Greyharp wrote:Yep, it was the Gs & Ds....  

I dont know who you spoke with about them not being rare treasures, but if you have the Aussie D & G series, I would be happy to take those off your hands. Then again I would imagine that I am not the only one here that would be interested.

well my advice is if someone offers you something for anything, post a msg on here and ask what an item is worth. someone is bound to know about most items around, so that way, you will get a fair idea of the value of your items



and then voila, no more ppl getting narked



Al

harami2000 wrote:

killjoy32 wrote:and then voila, no more ppl getting narked

*nod nods vigorously*



Good advice, Al...

Kind of shame that someone here would try and take advantage of a new board member like that.  That is not what the forum is about.

*reads back up to the possibly contradictory statements*



"setting me straight when I thought I had rare treasures, only to find that they were foreign (Australian) editions of modules"

vs.

"Yep, it was the Gs & Ds, although I do have "aussie" copies of the Basic Rules Set and PHB."



I only got as far as the "was" first time.





Please run that past me again, Greyharp.

There are others on the Acaeum site?  This is so much like an episode of Lost!

Maraudar wrote:First post for me here. Names Pat or Maraudar depending on who knows me. Started playing in 1980 when I was 13. Got out of playing for a long while but kept all my stuff. I have a good run of Dragon Mags and most of the 1e AD&D stuff.





Pat

*waves*



hello pat and welcome to the forum



they are a good-ish bunch here mostly (:D) so join in and enjoy



Al

Maraudar wrote:Thanks Killjoy.. I see alot of familiar names here that I know from other boards and collecting is near and dear to the heart. Wish I had the time to do more of it but the wife watches me like a hawk where thats concerned ....



Pat

build a shed in the garden and tell her you have to go work on something....pc out there and there you go! youre sorted

I'm definitely a johnny-come-lately to this board, and this thread has been around a while, but I thought I would introduce myself nonetheless.

I guess I fit the classic mold of the collector: male, mid-30s, been playing since 1978. Started with the Basic Boxed Set with the monochrome B1 and the cheap-o dice that wouldn't roll straight. I've been playing D&D ever since.

I'm not a prude, mind you. I experimented with other systems when I was younger; Tunnels and Trolls, Runequest, Top Secret!, Traveller, Morrow Project, Call of Cthulhu. The 80's were a wild time and experimentation was pretty normal. We were innocent; we didn't know about market saturation and optimized production frontiers. We thought TSR was going to last forever. Hasbro made Mr. Potato Head, for goodness sake -- how could we have known?

But though I may have been sowing some wild oats, I always stayed faithful to D&D in my heart. Well, except for that trial separation we went through in the 90's when D&D was all caught up in its "look at me, I'm all self-actualized and 2nd edition, now" phase. I spent most of that decade seeking comfort in the arms of Call of Cthulhu.  But now that D&D and I have both moved comfortably into middle age, not even WoTC can come between us.  

I've been collecting D&D stuff on and off again since 1990. At first it was just 1st edition AD&D modules. I didn't have a problem, I was in control. Then I started picking up the basic, expert, companion, master and immortal modules, "because I'm only missing a few anyway." But I could have stopped any time. Really. In fact, I didn't add anything to my collection for nearly 7 years while I was living overseas.

Then in 1998, shortly after I returned to the States, I discovered e-bay. Gone were the days when "collecting" meant driving to conventions and deal with sweaty gamers in halls that smelled like that funky stuff in the back of my fridge. That was the end of restraint. Now I collect TSR D&D stuff according to a purely internal code of logic and follow e-bay auctions like a street aristocrat follows the price fluctuations of a 40-ounce bottle of Colt 45. I'm still short a couple of items for this collection of mine, but I know that with patience, luck, and the utter willingness to burgle an orphanage for a copy of TSR 9518 Treasure Tales, eventually I will succeed.

Hi there folks. Matt obviously! 38 years and counting. A long time lurker twiddling my thumbs and finally decided to register today.
Started roleplaying at school about 1979 with AD&D and a little traveller. Amassed a huge collection of stuff which I gave away/sold/loaned etc and never saw again after I went to college. Have recently been collecting again on ebay and carboots everything I used to own or wanted originally and couldn`t afford to buy.
My best memories are the first few games of D&D or travelling up to London and spending a few quid on citadel minis at the only Games Workshop branch. In those days on saturday afternoons the place was bedlam, completly packed out and you had to scribble the catalogue no`s on a scrap of paper and hand this over to the beleaguered assistant who after much searching through loose figures in drawers would announce that everything you wanted was out of stock except FA3 cleric with cross. Happy days!!