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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:18 pm

nice BIN for demons by SPI:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-role-playin ... 0237937992

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:51 pm

aia wrote:nice BIN for demons by SPI:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Back in 1991 or so I did not buy this game when I found it in the Goodwill toy section.

The subject matter scared me.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:58 pm

FormCritic wrote:Back in 1991 or so I did not buy this game when I found it in the Goodwill toy section.
The subject matter scared me.

Seller also has this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ritual-kit- ... dZViewItem

Which is described at:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9337

I've never heard of these games, but their existence is a real find- the Satanist scare over RPGs is a major part of their history. Society looked at it differently in those days, as something entertaining but not real. The end result is that Avalon Hills 1974 "Ritual Kit" product line appears very bizarre today.

SPI's Demons has a similar spookiness, especially as it involves actual invocations. Space Gamer #28 has cover art promoting it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=017

[The auction has ended, but the picture is still there.] My copy is a bagged mini-game, I didn't even realize there was a boxed version. Is it a regular full-size box, or is that version a mini-game too?

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:20 pm

sauromatian wrote:

Seller also has this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ritual-kit- ... dZViewItem

Which is described at:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9337

I've never heard of these games, but their existence is a real find- the Satanist scare over RPGs is a major part of their history. Society looked at it differently in those days, as something entertaining but not real. The end result is that Avalon Hills 1974 "Ritual Kit" product line appears very bizarre today.

SPI's Demons has a similar spookiness, especially as it involves actual invocations. Space Gamer #28 has cover art promoting it:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

[The auction has ended, but the picture is still there.] My copy is a bagged mini-game, I didn't even realize there was a boxed version. Is it a regular full-size box, or is that version a mini-game too?

Boxed version is full sized, but cheap and skimpy like a lot of the SPI games at the time that weren't wargames.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:19 pm

sauromatian wrote:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Wasn't x-tsr looking for this boxed game?

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:35 pm

NO I think he said he bought the last copy dirt cheap off ebay and intended to on sell it as he was expecting to get a bit for it.. (just from memory folks)

Brette:)

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 1:12 am

According to boardgamegeek, the AH Witchcraft Kit of 1974 had "6 Female & 6 Male Witch Character Cards." Character Cards? Like in an RPG? In 1974? Interesting...

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:37 am

FormCritic wrote:Wasn't x looking for this boxed game?

Always... but generally just for resale.
I'm still looking for one of 'em in the shrink tho.

F

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:45 am

Well, heck. I think I can help with that. Let me make sure, though, as I have lots of boardgames / non-RPGs at my disposal... didn't think anyone here would find that one interesting, though it plays rather fun, in my opinion.

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:09 pm

ExTSR wrote:Always... but generally just for resale.
I'm still looking for one of 'em in the shrink tho.

F

Ah, he has the SW sickness!

lol

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 1:09 pm

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Looks like an interesting "homebrew"

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:42 am

Maybe someone is interested in this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-PLAY-BY-MAIL-G ... dZViewItem

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:09 am

guerret wrote:Maybe someone is interested in this.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Interesting item. What is the history of that? Which year was it published?

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:10 am

The FAKE Frank might be interested, he is on a shrink kick, I hear.
I've seen this a few times before, but I don't know much about it.

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:25 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:
Interesting item. What is the history of that? Which year was it published?

I have one around here somewhere, unshrinked. Let me see if I can dig it up and give some info.

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:16 am

Classic Warfare:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:30 am

I was wondering when Bottle City would hit Ebay. This is the first one I have seen:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:34 am

Badmike wrote:I have one around here somewhere, unshrinked. Let me see if I can dig it up and give some info.

This was done by Jim Dutton's company Entertainment Concepts Inc (ECI) in 1985. ECI had their own Play by Mail games such as Silverdawn and Star Trek and also released some generic adventures. Here's a listing of various ECI stuff:

http://tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=109

All of them are tough to find. I would be interested in knowing some of the details about how it got farmed out to another company though instead of in house TSR.

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