grodog wrote:Adam Shultz wrote:Latest tidbit I unearthed is they actually ran Deep Dwarven Delve at GenCon in '79 many years prior to printing it with the 25th anniversary collectors set. Len Lakofka actually GM this dungeon at the tournament. Hey Adam, that's great! If you have other details like that, I'd love to pick your brain and add them to my Greyhawk/OD&D tourney history at Greyhawk's Tournament History
Adam Shultz wrote:Latest tidbit I unearthed is they actually ran Deep Dwarven Delve at GenCon in '79 many years prior to printing it with the 25th anniversary collectors set. Len Lakofka actually GM this dungeon at the tournament.
McDuff wrote:Mkman wrote:Also Brett, tell me about the Crown of the Summerlands tournament module you have that is supposedly ran at a convention in Detroit in the late 70s. Coolness, I had begun to think Crown of the Summerlands was a home brewed module. I had asked on the newsgroup a couple times, but no one recognized it. My copy has a comb binding, a plian beige cover. The author is Shawn Williams and there is no copyright date. I bought it from someone in the Mid-West so Detroit makes sense. I collect anything that catches my eye, just so long as I do not have to pay more than $5 for it. The Internet has allowed me to purchase quite a few items from the author. Whenever I do this, I ask the author to sign it.
Mkman wrote:Also Brett, tell me about the Crown of the Summerlands tournament module you have that is supposedly ran at a convention in Detroit in the late 70s.
beasterbrook wrote:Well 3 years later and it arrives... long story...40 pages, comb binding written by Shawn R Williams, with description as above typed single sided, 3 Dungeon levels with Tournament Scoring System and pre generated characters a Druid/Cleric, Fighter, Thief and Magic User. Designed for Advanced D&D rules, so this was prob run in the very late 70's or early 80's...
El Diablo Robotico wrote:Wow, talk about yer thread necromancy!*Rise! Rise o ancient thread of collecting focus!*Anyway, it's a good thread. I have several different areas I concentrate on: I like the old Judges Guild stuff and I've been trying to get all the good stuff from them. I'm well on my way in that area too. Still need a few more items, but I'm almost done there. I don't want to get *everything* that JG published, just the good and collectible stuff. And also, condition doesn't have to be perfect for me as along as it's in okay shape.The other thing I like to collect is Gamma World stuff. GW has gone through 6 editions (7 if you count Metamorphosis Alpha). There's a lot of stuff to get for it, but not so much that it becomes overwhelming. Right now I'm concentrating on just getting all the editions (actually I just won an auction for a 3rd edition the other day, so the only thing I need now is a 2nd edition). I'll move on to all the modules and suppliments after that.Another interest I have is just to try to get stuff that is influential or important to RPG history. For instance, I just got a 1st edition Runequest book not too long ago, and I'm thinking about getting other editions of Runequest too. I've also got an OCE D&D set, a Blue-box Basic D&D set, a 1st edition Boot Hill boxed set, a 5th edition Tunnels & Trolls book and some other items like that. I'd like to get 1st ed Top Secret, Star Frontiers, Chivalry & Sorcery, and other stuff like that.I still buy and collect new RPG stuff too. My collection of new books is much larger than my collection of old stuff. I've got a pretty decent collection of White Wolf stuff (especially the Changeling line - I've got all the books from that game). I've got a numbered and signed copy if Burning Wheel (a pretty cool independent game). Stuff like that.Overall, it's just a helluva lot of fun collecting!
Zippanthropus wrote:I love AD&D mods. Especially ones I played in my younger days. I am trying to get a complete collection of 1st Ed mods, including the B's and X's. But there is another thing I like to collect. Odd books. What I mean to say is books like the Arcanum (1st ed) and books like The Book of Demons. To look through them and see distinctly different art work (I'm to the point where I can't stand seeing Braum and Easly). Different spell casting systems with different spells. Doubly true if the book looks occultish.