Especially given that, in American English, any word that can describe anything is usually acceptable usage. So, a copse might be a glen which might be a forest which might be a hill which might be a burg... even more true if it is being used "artistically." Though, that is a no-no in RPG writing, it seems.

mbassoc2003 wrote:Just stumbled accross a book called green and pleasant lands with a picture og a cricket all on trhe cover, and another kind of flip book with two adventures in it and cut out shits in the middle. Both by Games Workshops probably from the 80's or so. Don't know anything about Cthulhu. Is there a Cthulhu Acaeum type of site with price guides on it?

I was watching a few of those 'Green & Pleasant Lands' last year and they were selling for 10's of ££. From memory anything up to £50 IIRC...

TheHistorian wrote:The prices at yog-sothoth.com are about three years old.

Just like here then.  
I'll probably just stick them up on eBay on open auction. I've never really appreciated CoC or MERPS. I spent the day looking through the stockrooms of my LGS, and didn;t realise how little I know anout what's worth buying and what's not outside of my own very limited scope of experience. I picked these two up along with a stack of FR and Greyhawk 2E sourcebooks, none of which I know anything about ATM.
Did knock back a box of 3.5E Spell Compendiums, in favour of a box of Rules Compendiums, which I may live to regret. Spell Compendium seems to be worth more than Rules Compendium.

How bizarre!  

simonmwh wrote:I think this sums up CoC gamers


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A rubbing of a grave marker is common practice among people who engage in such things as historical research, family history or even just collectors of interesting headstones.



I could imagine a situation where someone would take so many rubbings of a headstone that it would risk damaging the stone...but that is what they do.

Can only assume this is heavily over priced...



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Call-of-Cthulhu-G ... .m63.l1177



Just picked up this and it's sister publication in brand new mint condition cheap. I'll see if I can get a title for the flip book.

mbassoc2003 wrote:Can only assume this is heavily over priced...


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Just picked up this and it's sister publication in brand new mint condition cheap. I'll see if I can get a title for the flip book.

Certainly very top end from what I can recall them going for last year. Optimistic, but that doesn't say it won't go for that price...



I'm sure that one went for £50ish last year and others were going for £20-30 regularly.

The flip book is the exact same format and from GW. On one side you have The Statue of the Sorcerer, and on the other side tou have The Vanishing Conjurer, and in the centre is the player's handouts still attached. Seems they need to be cut up once detatched. This one I can't find.

simonmwh wrote:Most OOP CoC books in decent condition will go for £15-25.  Main exception being the Orient Express.  I sold mine that I dug out of the loft for £75.  Opened but in decent order.  Funny really as out of all the Chaosium CoC products I found it hardest to get along with.

That is one of the few CoC items that I do not own. When it was released another local keeper that I gamed with claimed it to run for the group before I even seen it. Out of respect for him I did not buy it so there would be no questions about prior knowledge. He was also the manager of the local games store. He only ran about four sessions before he moved away.
Of course I was partially responsible for that since at the time the store he was working in was in an office block in the hotel I was working in.
The owner of the store was behind on his rent and I had to initiate legal action on behalf of my company to padlock the doors.
This not only closed the local game store but also put my friend out of work.