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misterspock
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:15 pm

Welcome aboard Melnibonean and u2622!

grodog
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:04 am

misterspock wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:Welcome aboard Melnibonean and u2622!

Indeed!

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Bracton
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:32 pm

Melnibonean wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:I went to collect the items about a year ago, having recently rediscovered the items a couple of years ago, and realized that my younger brother had sold everything. I was crushed especially since none of the items were his.

Ouch, that sucks. Fortunately, a lot of the original D&D and AD&D products can still be found, through eBay, RPGMarketplace or other sites, including the Classifieds section here. It just takes time, patience, and cash. But the hunt can be a lot of fun, and is what keeps most of us on these boards, if I had to guess. In any case, welcome!

"Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus."

throwi
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:54 am

Welcome Melnibonean! indeed, a great handle/alias for this site.

Thanks for sharing your story about your collection loss, many of us have experienced similar events involving parents and/or siblings.

You've found a great place to research and find what you're looking for!

~throwi

Melnibonean
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:17 am

Thank you misterspoc, grodog, Bracton, and throwi. Very nice of you all to welcome me. Hope to be around for some time and contribute at some point also.

muaddib5
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:13 am

So, I'm not really "new". But after a long absence, I'm back gaming and collecting. Most of my original collection is gone (ex-wives have 30th level magic user spells like that).

Hopefully, going to make it to Gen Con this year. This will be the first since 2002 where my then 8 year old son won the final item at the final Gen Con auction in Milwaukee (it was pretty awsome).

Hello to everyone and let's roll for initiative!!

Home - Gen Con Wisconsin 1968 2002

rredmond
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:05 am

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Zenfinite
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:44 pm

muaddib5 wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:So, I'm not really "new". But after a long absence, I'm back gaming and collecting. Most of my original collection is gone (ex-wives have 30th level magic user spells like that).

Hopefully, going to make it to Gen Con this year. This will be the first since 2002 where my then 8 year old son won the final item at the final Gen Con auction in Milwaukee (it was pretty awsome).

Hello to everyone and let's roll for initiative!!

I told my wife, to her face, if we get divorced I'll run away and live in Zimbabwe with my D&D collection before she gets a single copy of B2. That's just below the belt, man, my condolences.

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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:49 pm

muaddib5

Welcome back and I am sorry for your loss (of your collection).
My former wife did not even discuss my RPG collection (other than to mention it was one reason for her filing) during the weeks leading up to the finalization of our divorce in 2012.
We basically divided (value wise) everything else in half.

She had no idea how valuable my collection was, if she had, that would have been a mess to figure out since I did not have it catalogued at all.
Still don't actually.

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stratochamp
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:09 pm

muaddib5 wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:So, I'm not really "new". But after a long absence, I'm back gaming and collecting. Most of my original collection is gone (ex-wives have 30th level magic user spells like that).

Hopefully, going to make it to Gen Con this year. This will be the first since 2002 where my then 8 year old son won the final item at the final Gen Con auction in Milwaukee (it was pretty awsome).

Hello to everyone and let's roll for initiative!!

you are of course referring to the copy of kriegspiel. i remember when your son won that. welcome back!

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Thork N Hammer
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:57 pm

The Mrs. and I are experiencing our 37th year of togetherness come this summer.
I doubt she'll divorce me at this point.
Shoot me, maybe.
:lol:

"Here's to swimmin with bowl-legged wimin"

rredmond
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:06 pm

Nice!
And me coming up on only 14 years of the wedded bliss.

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throwi
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:38 pm

Well, since we're sharing wedding milestones - my 25th anniversary this July.

Also, 1) youngest turns 16 (driving), 2) middle child turns 18 and goes off to college, 3) oldest child pregnant, making my wife and I grandparents this year ... yeah, no big Cons for me this year, too busy, and too many expenses! ;-)

~throwi

benjoshua
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:00 pm

throwi wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:Well, since we're sharing wedding milestones - my 25th anniversary this July.

Interesting. My wife and I celebrate 25 years together in about a week.

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

throwi
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:49 pm

benjoshua wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:
throwi wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:Well, since we're sharing wedding milestones - my 25th anniversary this July.

Interesting. My wife and I celebrate 25 years together in about a week.

An early congratulations to you then!

~throwi

Bracton
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:25 pm

This seems to be derailing the topic of the thread. But my 25th anniversary is in July as well. Must have been a popular year for role-players to marry.

"Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus."

benjoshua
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:48 am

Bracton wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:This seems to be derailing the topic of the thread. But my 25th anniversary is in July as well. Must have been a popular year for role-players to marry.

There's some joke in here about role players and rolling in the hay playas, but I can only come up with rim shots.

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

throwi
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:28 am

Bracton wrote in Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors:This seems to be derailing the topic of the thread. But my 25th anniversary is in July as well. Must have been a popular year for role-players to marry.

Congrats to you as well.

Just proves that there are some women out there that can put up with our addic, er... hobbies. Although, if she compares me to any of the guys on Big Bang Theory one more time... ;-)

~throwi

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