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grodog
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:07 pm

I knew you could do an advanced search to search for items by bidders, but I didn't see how that would help you ID who bid on a particular transaction (with the hidden usernames) unless you happened to hit on one of the bidders in that auction (because you knew that grodog_of_greyhawk would bid on GH tourney, or somesuch).

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Bracton
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:18 pm

Well -- no surprise here to Badmike -- I overpaid for this. But I still think it's pretty cool.

Phil Foglio was actually nominated for a Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation for this in 1976. He and Bob Asprin apparently would go to various conventions and do dramatic readings while projecting the slides of the book.

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JasonZavoda
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:21 pm

Bracton wrote:Well -- no surprise here to Badmike -- I overpaid for this. But I still think it's pretty cool. Phil Foglio was actually nominated for a Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation for this in 1976. He and Bob Asprin apparently would go to various conventions and do dramatic readings while projecting the slides of the book.

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Wow - that is simply amazing.

TheHistorian
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:56 pm

I don't know if anyone else will care, but I remember being intrigued by the ads for this back in the days I read Dragon regularly. It's a fun find for me, anyway.

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gyg
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:08 pm

Cool - IIRC the review in White Dwarf was rather scathing!

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beasterbrook
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:42 pm

I love this game! the slogans in it are great.. don't know about playability though.. oh and I see that it came with the extras as well.. thats everything made for it as I recall..

Brette:)

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TheHistorian
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:28 am

gyg wrote:Cool - IIRC the review in White Dwarf was rather scathing!

I just reread it (WD86). I wouldn't say scathing. Mixed, maybe.

beasterbrook wrote:I love this game! the slogans in it are great.. don't know about playability though.. oh and I see that it came with the extras as well.. thats everything made for it as I recall..

I'm not really worried about playability - I've been waiting 20+ years just to read this. And yes, there were just those two supplements; another reason I pulled the trigger on this auction.

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:05 am

I guessing the recession let me grab this for $97.

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:29 am

Prufrock wrote:I guessing the recession let me grab this for $97.

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Martin

Martin,

I sold one last year for around $110 in same general condition. So I am thinking demand might have decreased.
Still a great buy.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/

Ector
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:30 pm

TheHistorian wrote:I don't know if anyone else will care, but I remember being intrigued by the ads for this back in the days I read Dragon regularly. It's a fun find for me, anyway.

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Wow - great price. I paid $25 for just the base set at GenCon last year. I bought it mostly for the nostalgia (had the box back in the 80's) and also because I've tossed around the idea of a con game version of Red Dawn.

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:07 pm

Someone walked away with some nice stuff on the cheap:
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(Yet another lot I forgot to bid on

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:43 pm

bbarsh wrote:
Martin,

I sold one last year for around $110 in same general condition. So I am thinking demand might have decreased.
Still a great buy.

I think the location the auction was listed (Books>Fiction Books) has more to do with the low price than decreased demand. I planned to bid on this but when I noticed that Martin already had I decided not to as a "professional courtesy". Also, had it been posted here it would have probably went for quite a bit more.

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:59 pm

grodog wrote:Someone walked away with some nice stuff on the cheap:
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(Yet another lot I forgot to bid on ).

Me too.

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bbarsh
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:38 am

bclarkie wrote:
Me too.

Make that three.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/

JasonZavoda
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:39 pm

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I wasn't even looking for this but when it popped up I remembered how much fun my group had with it when it came out.

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:30 pm

Thanks to a kind Acaeum member I was able to get a Trolls and Trollkin for under $5, which I think is amazing. Yay! One less on the great hunt list of will never be completed.

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:49 pm

serleran wrote:Thanks to a kind Acaeum member I was able to get a Trolls and Trollkin for under $5, which I think is amazing. Yay! One less on the great hunt list of will never be completed.

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:05 pm

A couple more interesting items arrived today:

You Bet Your Life - Metro Detroit Gamers' Michicon VIII tournament (1979)
You Bet Your Life Again - Metro Detroit Gamers' Michicon 10 tournament (1981)
You Bet Your Life Again - GameMaster version

I also added a back cover image for the Uncle Ebenezer's Will module on the Tome of Treasures:

Tome of Treasures :: View Forum - Metro Detroit Gamers

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