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Post Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:00 pm 
 

Yassa, Massa. :)

Seriously, I've had lots of fun with T&T solo adventures.   I'd love to try playing it as a real RPG, but never had a group that was up for it.
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And the mechanics have a certain elegant simplicity.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:52 pm 
 

The Fantasy Trip: Melee and Wizard, both unused.



Melee:  
** expired eBay auction **


Wizard:  
** expired eBay auction **
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:22 am 
 

stumbling tiger wrote:Yassa, Massa. :)

Seriously, I've had lots of fun with T&T solo adventures.   I'd love to try playing it as a real RPG, but never had a group that was up for it.
(screws monocle back on, crooks pinky)
And the mechanics have a certain elegant simplicity.


i always liked a simple straight-forward format. you dont have to worry about bucket loads of rules or any form of mechanics, you can just get on with it and concentrate on enjoying the game.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:46 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:i always liked a simple straight-forward format


Gamers seem to fall into two camps: those whose main strategic effort is during the game, & those whose efforts are before the game, in preparation. The two sides rarely see eye to eye. Each tends to look down upon the other.

In mathematical terms, a fair game must begin with all players at equal advantage. In most modern games [RPGs, CCGs, minis wargaming] there has been a serious shift towards the preparatory way of doing things.
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:22 pm 
 

Speaking of Runequest...



First edition:  
** expired eBay auction **




No idea on how good the price is vis-a-vis the item quality, but it is interesting at least. :D
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:02 pm 
 

interesting but already overpriced because uk market or exchange rate?? signed first in fine sold around $25 or $30 with little interest too cheap i thought. value in rq is in the extras
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:24 pm 
 

Doesn't the second edition RQ rulebook usually go for $25 or more?
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:50 pm 
 

- Doesn't the second edition RQ rulebook usually go for $25 or more?[/quote]
should be able to get cheaper in any color but mostly flat on prices for rqI & II. exception is hardback at about double that
was fooled by low rqI price + missed out on editor annotated copy at $110 or thereabout as was using too cheap a base value in my head
edit - rqI is not common. just not valuable at current time
  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:32 pm 
 

Some C&S, obscure other late-70s stuff, signed:



eBay listings
  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:57 am 
 

sauromatian wrote:Some C&S, obscure other late-70s stuff, signed:

eBay listings




The seller is asking a pretty high premium for the signature.  Not to mention the shipping is pretty high for with Canada.
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:25 am 
 

sauromatian wrote:Some C&S, obscure other late-70s stuff, signed:

eBay listings




Some of the the C&S Sourcebooks were perfect bound (i.e with a flat glued spine) and so are prone, after 30 odd years, to crack and lose pages.  Worth asking the seller if the spine is stapled/glued and if the latter, in good condition.


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Post Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:16 pm 
 


** expired eBay auction **




Wizards and Warfare. This is the rare edition. Only seen one before.


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:00 am 
 

JTAS 1-4

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0135713444



Are these things really so rare? Worth a bid or stay well clear? Anyone got these issues?
  

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:48 am 
 

megnelwil wrote:JTAS 1-4

** expired eBay auction **


Are these things really so rare? Worth a bid or stay well clear? Anyone got these issues?




Admittedly, I know next to nothing about Traveller stuff, but about 2 or 3 months ago, I tried selling issues #9 & #13 on Ebay and I couldn't even garner a single bid on either one of them through 2 full weeks of auctions, the second week of which I had $0.99 opening bids for them. I ended up selling them along as "freebies" with a Traveller Fanzine (the name of which is escaping me right now) and I still only got like $5 total.  :scratch:  I suspect this is just a really bad case of a newbie bidding war gone extremely bad which is seemingly happening all over the place recently it seems.  :?


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:08 am 
 

i've also seen them sell a few times for lowish amounts danny, so i wouldnt get overly excited about them chummer. if you want them, stick em on your list and have some patience and you will snap em up cheap in time.

course its your call.... ;)

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:42 am 
 

Once it passed $300 I glued my wallet shut, just in case. Strange thing was, I was following the bidding before it jumped to $200 and even though there were a few yellow stars involved some of the main bidders had 5 year track records with plenty of feedback. Head scratch.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:11 pm 
 

The early ones are a bit hard to find, but not that hard.

I'd say that my guess is it had something to do with the fact that the seller listed all 24 issues at once, but no one bidder won more than two of the auctions.  :scratch:
  

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:18 pm 
 

Or, people just wanted to give money since it was supposedly a "memorial auction." Sometimes, you can milk people.


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:17 pm 
 

g026r wrote:The early ones are a bit hard to find, but not that hard.

I'd say that my guess is it had something to do with the fact that the seller listed all 24 issues at once, but no one bidder won more than two of the auctions.  :scratch:


Almost the whole set - Issue 7 was a photocopy. Think you might be right though. I fancied going after the whole lot figuring I'd pay over the odds at $6 per item just to be sure. That idea died pretty quickly.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:35 pm 
 

megnelwil wrote:Almost the whole set - Issue 7 was a photocopy.


I must have missed that when I was looking at the auctions.  I think I'm the ~$25 bidder on that 1-4 auction.  (Yeah, I'm cheap.  So what? :lol: )
  
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