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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:49 pm

This seller is geeking out a bit too much in the description. What is he talking about?

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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:25 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:This seller is geeking out a bit too much in the description. What is he talking about?

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The understatement of the week. :lol:

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:26 am

Anyone know who this seller is?

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Gotta love this part of the description:

THANK YOU for participating in the auction of one of the largest 1st and 2nd edition Dungeon & Dragons collections in history! This item is part of one the largest collections of 1st and 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons materials ever compiled, consisting of more than 1,200 items. Please review other items currently available via auction.

1200 items? That's it? :lol:

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:01 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:1200 items? That's it?

Sure, but it's better than the HUGE LOT listings we see... all of which have about five items.

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:12 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote: 1200 items? That's it?

Slacker!

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:06 pm

Just to throw FormCritic off one more time...

here's an ultra-rare Deities and Demigods with the misprinted cover

$80 is a steal at that price!!!

This is a rare dungeons & Dragons book in great condition. Item as pictured.

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:lol:

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:20 am

I don't know, with GenCon coming up, maybe this wouldn't be such a bad idea.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GEEK-REEK-Soy-Wax-C ... 286.c0.m14

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:24 am

Bracton wrote:I don't know, with GenCon coming up, maybe this wouldn't be such a bad idea.

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Good marketing idea but maybe not the best execution.

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:58 pm

AD&D 2nd Edition Dungeon Master Guide HB Gary Gygax

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AD-D-2nd-Edition- ... 286.c0.m14

... And I thought he left TSR in 1986... Little did we know he was secretly working on 2E!

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:39 pm

ericthecleric wrote:AD&D 2nd Edition Dungeon Master Guide HB Gary Gygax

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... And I thought he left TSR in 1986... Little did we know he was secretly working on 2E!

Isn't Gygax's name on the book anyway?

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:04 pm

FormCritic wrote:
Isn't Gygax's name on the book anyway?

Only in the fine print ("This work is derivitive of ... by Gary Gygax and others").

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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:45 am

"All the books are in fairly good condition"

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Are you absolutely sure?

but they are old and may be wrinkled, scuffed or marked inside with pencil.

Oh, ok.

The photos show the condition better than I can describe it.

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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:35 am

a lot better...

Brette:)

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:25 pm

The photo on this just looked really funny to me. Is that supposed to be Warduke?

http://cgi.ebay.com/lot-custom-80-AD-D- ... 286.c0.m14

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:32 pm

Check this thing out...a spiral bound 2e PHB. I was going to post this in Report Copyright Infringement thread, but the description/rationalization is too funny.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeons-D ... 286.c0.m14

I have no idea if TSR released this as a soft cover version, or if someone copied a hard cover edition and formatted it into this spiral. Judging from the darkness of some of the graphics, it looks like photo copies. That having been said, it is complete (255 pages), totally readable, and showing little or no wear. It has a plastic protector on the front and sturdy black cardboard type back page.

As if the cut-off artwork and text on the cover isn't an obvious clue, too. :lol:

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:14 pm

misterspock wrote:Check this thing out...a spiral bound 2e PHB. I was going to post this in Report Copyright Infringement thread, but the description/rationalization is too funny.

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As if the cut-off artwork and text on the cover isn't an obvious clue, too.

Assuming there's any type of age to this at all, I'd think it'd cost more to do this than it would to actually buy the book

255 pages scanned/printed, spiral binding, covers(coverstock) etc

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:23 pm

I have no heart to report this as a copyright infringement. That photocopy and binding job seems worth something just as an artifact.

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:51 pm

misterspock wrote:The photo on this just looked really funny to me. Is that supposed to be Warduke?

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The gay pride edition. No offense intended...

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