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) - $6.98Greyhawk: Wars (complete, a few counters punched) - $6.98H2 - Mines of Bloodstone - $2.98A1-4 - 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....
Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote: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!)
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.
sauromatian wrote:Half-Price central Austin has been putting good stuff into the clearance section: NM Fiend Folio $3, Rogue's Gallery $1. It's just been common stuff I already have so I don't mind alerting others. It seems like a reseller/trader could make good use of this however.
FormCritic wrote: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%?
Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:Found a Swords and Spells today for $1.98.
JohnGaunt wrote:OK, who in North Texas is in for a road trip to, errr, Ohio?Only 1000 miles one-way. That's about 50 gallons of gas at $3.00 per gallon . . . hmmm . . . and at least 12 hours . . .
silver_beetle wrote:Well, if you're coming up Cleveland way, stop by and have a beer or three, then we'll duel over the rare stuff.
FormCritic wrote:My big score last week: The Conan RPG by Mongoose.The original price was $50+It was marked down to $25+The store guy came by while I was shopping and marked it down to $12+.For those of you who have not checked out this game....it is D20 3.5 material, but made cooler for the Conan campaign background. That means that the magic system has been gutted and replaced with the type of magic depicted by Robert E. Howard.You don't play demi-human races...or half-dragons or whatever. Instead, there are extensive character creation stats for each nationality on the map of the Hyborean Age.One clue to how the rules read: There is an extensive section depicting all of the types of armor and weapons in the Conan world. All of the weapons are depicted with blood on them. Even the longbow! With the inclusion of text by REH and an essay on the Hyborean Age by REH (published elsewhere, but interesting in this context), the entire game book is a solid product. The artwork is also pretty Conan-esque (Conan-licious?).Oh..and I also paid, like, $2 for a near mint copy of DCC #1 Idyls of the Rat King, with the original cover art.
