Serleran I hope they didn't ding you too much on the CSIO Mayfair stuff...it's absolutely el stinko....!

The price wasn't as bad as I'd expected, and I did want it for the Gygax foreword. I also like the city/castle of Briarwood (I know, I know) on some dark level of my subconscious.

Oh, and BTB... I'll just have to show up at your house! Or, are you just trying to keep me away?

Half-Price Books in Seattle's University District, Wednesday....

FASA Star Trek Federation Ship Recognition Manual:  $2
FASA Star Trek Romulan Ship Recognition Manual:    $2

Both in excellent condition.

ICE Shadow World:  Sky Giants of the Brass Stair:  $3.48

Excellent condition

CM6 Where Chaos Reigns:  $2.98   Excellent condition

ICE Arms Law, First Edition:   $1
ICE Spell Law, First Edition:   $1
ICE Book I, Of Channeling:   $1
ICE Book III, Of Mentalism:  $1

All in rough condition...obviously used by active gamers.

Not too bad, eh?

OK...

I hit Half Price Books in Tukwilla, Washington today on my way home from Sea Tac Airport.

The booty list:

The Adventure Begins Here
(3.0 introductory boxed set...in SW) - $4.98

Then, as I was leaving the store I noticed on the discount rack outside:

Penumbra - Unhallowed Halls - $1

Last Unicorn - Aria RPG Worlds - $1

Pardigm Concepts - Slaves of the Moon, Guide to Lycanthropes - $1

Malhavoc Press - When the Sky Falls - $1

Whit Publications - Scortch (sourcebook for Wizards RPG) - $1

Paradigm Concepts - Codex Arcanis - $1

Wonderworld Press - The World of Synnibarr - $1

OK, OK...I know I overpaid for The World of Synnibarr, but overall not bad, eh?

Anyone in the Tacoma area who wants to collect Freeport, there were four or five different Freeport publications in the Tacoma Half Price Books...all for less than you would pay on Ebay.

Also, anyone looking for Lost Souls (second edition)?  It was at the Tukwilla store.  There is a photocopied letter to Roger Moore (editor of Dragon magazine back in 1993) asking him to explain to readers that Lost Souls had a new publisher.  It was $7.98...and only an owners name inside the cover, otherwise no faults.

Anyone here familiar with the Legend of Yore RPG?

There were also other items I left behind on the $1 rack in Tukwilla, if you live near there.

While I was in Tukwilla, I should have tried to look up the Wonderworld Books owner and see if I could get the author to sign The World of Synnibarr!  The book was only about a 10 minute drive from its publisher.

I noticed that Lost Souls was published by two different companies in Beaverton, Oregon.  I think of the Pacific Northwest as a gaming backwater, but I guess it really isn't....except that a lot of the OD&D stuff did not make it out here in the 1970's.  

(As I have mentioned before, I was astonished to discover Mary and Ben Ezzell, of Dragontree Press, living almost within eyesight of my house.)

So, anyone else?

Mark

FormCritic wrote:Wonderworld Press - The World of Synnibarr - $1

OK, OK...I know I overpaid for The World of Synnibarr, but overall not bad, eh?

I've actually been looking for a copy of Synnibarr.  Except my usually cheap standards become even cheaper when it's involved -- which means that I wouldn't pay the price that Wonderworld is asking on eBay, even if they were willing to ship that one to Canada.

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:I know it's mainly shameless bragging, but a friend of mine stopped at  two half price books in Cincinnati for me yesterday and he found...

Greyhawk: From the Ashes (complete) - $6.98
Greyhawk: Wars (complete, a few counters punched) - $6.98
H2 - Mines of Bloodstone - $2.98
A1-4 - Scourge of the Slavelords - $4.98 (with map)

an OCE box set...very nice shape (or so he says)...they had it apparently in their "showcase" section for older and rarer books...with a price tag of

$35!

The really funny part is that the boxed sets were sitting on a shelf with lots of old White Wolf (as Half-Price always has) and a bunch of bulk d20 Penumbra products...all marked at $4.98 or higher....



WOOT! I love Half-Price...now I just have to wait until my friend ships them up to me....sigh....

Nice pick-up center

Thanks, guys. I'm not really that good at finding the goodies first on eBay, but I seem to have luck at least once a month through Half-Price.

I'll be ok with my good finds there, unless BClarkie moves to the Cleveland area...(just kidding, Brian!)

And just to balance it out, several years ago (maybe 10-12 years at that) I was in a local HPB, and someone had sold them the ENTIRE run of MERP items, including stuff like Umbar, Grey Mountains, etc.  All in nice shape, for half cover.  And I said "Huh, looks nice, but I already have all that stuff, I'll come back next week and pick up some of the rarer items, since I'm a little low on cash right now......" and then next week..it was all gone.  Yeh, stupid.  Can't believe I didn't at least take Umbar, Ardor, Grey Mountains, some others and have them held for me until the next week...sheesh.....

Mike B.

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:Actually, the OCE wasn't what I was most pleased with - the prices on the Greyhawk boxed sets and the H2 were the ones that had me smiling.

Remember, you'll be wanting to send CougNuts an email describing your H2 find.

Poor kitty ... now he's one step further away from "cornering the market." [insert about 19 rolly-eyes here]

Half Price Books drives me nuts some times.

They have stuff I might want to collect for $1...but priced at $25 because the original price was a laughable $50.

I have considered taping a note to the game shelf at the Tacoma store:

Hey! Have you considered why this section keeps growing and growing without most of it ever selling?  Has it occured to you that most of this stuff is not worth even 10% of the original price...much less 50%?