I'm not sure if this should go in the silliest price thread or not, but I'm starting a new one for this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true

Can such a "limited edition" module only a year+ old really command this price (or double this price which I also heard possible)?  If it can, I regret more than ever giving away my unsigned copy.  Thank god the signed one is safe on my shelf!

That's about the going rate that cougarrinard has been snagging them at to corner the market.  The module has a couple of things going for it including Arneson's authorship, the Erol Otus cover and that Goodman Games' dungeon crawl series is pretty good with a nice 1st edition feel.

Dave Arneson is getting a surge of interest with Blackmoor, and Erol Otus has been in demand. There have been a few other exclusive limited print modules, like the one they released at KublaCon, but this one has attracted the most notice.

Now Goodman Games is planning to do a recompilation of Dungeon Crawl Classic 2 and 3, and it probably will include this 3.5 one as well.  So that might soften the price a bit.

I think that's a high for this module---IIRC Adrian paid $90-125 for his copy awhile ago.  Things have obviously heated up since then

dathon wrote:Shortly after it came out I got it for $50 or so on eBay.  
The reason they're going for so much is because cougarinard is trying to corner the market on them.

The problem with such a high price on such a recent item is that it can always be reprinted, and actually Goodman Games would have no reason NOT to reprint such an item.  Companies are far more likely to reprint a sought after item today than, say, 20 years ago.  Plus, recent collectible or limited edition type items have shown a tendency to decrease in value after every that "Has" to have one gets their copy.  Anyone remember Warriors of the Gray Queen or Crypt of the Smoke Dragon getting just ridiculous prices a couple of years ago?  They can be had cheaply now.

Mike B.

I'm glad to see the Goodman guys getting some free press out of all this. I met some of them at GenCon SoCal last year (and Erol Otus, too -- yeah!) and they were pretty cool. And the DCC series, while suffering greatly from its 3.0 and 3.5 shackles, most definitely is written and produced by gamers who have affection for and appreciation of the classic 1st edition. I've got about half the series, including all of Erol's covers, and there's at least two I would seriously consider DMing (after converting to 1st edition, of course)  

Still ... $251?   I'm in no position to judge anyone else's bids, having paid too much for stuff in the past myself, but I'm guessing the bottom is going to fall out of this market when Goodman goes into re-print mode.

Xaxaxe wrote:I'm glad to see the Goodman guys getting some free press out of all this. I met some of them at GenCon SoCal last year (and Erol Otus, too -- yeah!) and they were pretty cool. And the DCC series, while suffering greatly from its 3.0 and 3.5 shackles, most definitely is written and produced by gamers who have affection for and appreciation of the classic 1st edition. I've got about half the series, including all of Erol's covers, and there's at least two I would seriously consider DMing (after converting to 1st edition, of course)  

Still ... $251?   I'm in no position to judge anyone else's bids, having paid too much for stuff in the past myself, but I'm guessing the bottom is going to fall out of this market when Goodman goes into re-print mode.

I'm DMing #5 Aerie of the Crow God after converting it to 2nd edition.  I have almost all of the Dungeon Crawl Classics, and can't say enough good thing about them.  3rd edition or not, they really do have that 1st edition feel.

Mike B.

i've actually DM'd a few 3E mods, using my 1st Ed rules - worked fine for me and they went across very well. just a little adjustment here and there and it was easy!



personally, i really like some of the 3E/d20 stuff - wouldnt play it with them rules mind, but the actual scenarios etc are excellent.

dathon wrote:Whether any of it will worth anything in 20 years is debatable, but I guess we can all check back then and see...

Retirement communities and nursing home better have high-speed internet by then, or I'll be  :x