ZardokhasSpoken wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:How so?
ZardokhasSpoken wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:One good thing about such references, even if crude or cold, they remind us of things in our human history that should not be forgotten, lest we allow such events to repeat themselves.
stratochamp wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Perhaps they were intentionally being ironic so as to draw attention to the plight of Uganda. I'm not saying that's where I'd put my money, but I'd say it's better to give people the benefit of the doubt. Especially gamers.
Deadlord wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:This probably belongs on OT, but pick 10 people in history, such as Amin, Hitler, Pol Pot and such and you come up with tens of millions of people killed by them. It's astounding.
benjoshua wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Deadlord wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:This probably belongs on OT, but pick 10 people in history, such as Amin, Hitler, Pol Pot and such and you come up with tens of millions of people killed by them. It's astounding.The villain of history hardly anyone knows about is King Leopold of Belgium (1865 to 1909) who is responsible for the death of roughly ten million Congolese. This is told in the book, King Leopold's Ghost, and is a fascinating and sad read. It is astounding. I apologize for the off-topic rant.
ZardokhasSpoken wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Great book. Very disturbing. A good friend recently had a foreign exchange student from Belgium and I asked her about him. She had no idea who he was. She is 18. I was very alarmed and concerned.
Mister Yuk wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:After doing a little research on Poland during that time and looking up Armenia in the 1970s, I do now wonder if the writers were trying to bring awareness like you said Stratochamp.
sauromatian wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Mister Yuk wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:After doing a little research on Poland during that time and looking up Armenia in the 1970s, I do now wonder if the writers were trying to bring awareness like you said Stratochamp.Is the cover maybe trying to imply that US covert forces were active at the time in Poland, Armenia, & Uganda?
tool wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:webrik33 wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Starfaring Fantasy Game Book Ken St Andre 1976 Flying Buffalo Rare LL 356 | eBayStarfaring rpg Ken St Andre game book VERY RARE 1976 | eBayIs this a 'thing that makes you go hmmmmm' or are these really that rare? I have no clue.I'll be on ebay cruising around and it just amazes me how much prices have increased over the last several years!It's not nearly that rare, or at least it didn't command those kind of prices a few years ago - I got about $65 each for my copies.Also, the second one of those auctions is a recent unauthorized reprint - Flying Buffalo only produced them with the stapled red cover (I asked Rick Loomis about this when I first saw one of the pink comb-bound copies on eBay).
webrik33 wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Starfaring Fantasy Game Book Ken St Andre 1976 Flying Buffalo Rare LL 356 | eBayStarfaring rpg Ken St Andre game book VERY RARE 1976 | eBayIs this a 'thing that makes you go hmmmmm' or are these really that rare? I have no clue.I'll be on ebay cruising around and it just amazes me how much prices have increased over the last several years!
Mars wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Outlaw press was selling unatherized reprints of this for years - I think they were spiral bound.