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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:03 pm

Any idea if these are going to make it into distribution or not? I'm just wondering if I should get my FLGS to get one in or if I should buy direct from TLG and pay the shipping.

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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:06 pm

I broke down and ordered one from FRPGames.

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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:29 pm

When I talked to Steve @ TLG in early November, it sounded like they might get 200-300 copies into domestic US distribution and per Steve's blog post @ http://trolldens.blogspot.com/2008/11/w ... bells.html sounds like that happened.

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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:19 pm

Another Ebay seller with the best price I have seen so far... $29.80.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=017

Enjoy

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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:16 pm

smarmy1 wrote:Another Ebay seller with the best price I have seen so far... $29.80.

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Enjoy

Noticed it earlier myself. I bit on both Zagyg I & II and a couple others...

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:00 am

mbassoc2003 wrote: Can anyone confirm this? That must mean the print run remains small. Any luck getting your hands on any more, Allan?

I don't know, Ian, since my order from 11/11 hasn't arrived yet: I guess I need to call Steve to check up on it.

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:31 am

I just one from this guy

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Shipping was reasonable at only $10 or so.

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:29 pm

grodog wrote:I don't know, Ian, since my order from 11/11 hasn't arrived yet: I guess I need to call Steve to check up on it.

I just touched base with Steve, and he's waiting on an additional printing of the maps that need to be fixed (from our group's GenCon purchases), so he should be able to ship by mid-week or so.

@ Ian: Steve said he can back-order more copies if you want me to do that, but shipping is still killer: $50 for 2 boxes to ship to the UK. Do you still want them??

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:41 pm

grodog wrote:
Ian: Steve said he can back-order more copies if you want me to do that, but shipping is still killer: $50 for 2 boxes to ship to the UK. Do you still want them??

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:27 pm

Just got my Upper Works today from FRP Games off Ebay...good packaging and sent quickly, plus total with shipping is under cover price. I'd recommend them!

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:52 am

I finally finished my review of the CZ:UW boxed set, and you can read it at http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh ... _final.pdf

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:40 pm

grodog wrote:I finally finished my review of the CZ:UW boxed set, and you can read it at http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh ... _final.pdf

Wow that is some comprehensive review. Thanks for it

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:40 pm

Blackmoor wrote:
Wow that is some comprehensive review. Thanks for it

Yeah! What he said. I only read about twelve pages of it, but I got the idea. Good writing, and I'm sure very helpful for those considering it.

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:41 am

grodog wrote:I finally finished my review of the CZ:UW boxed set, and you can read it at http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh ... _final.pdf

Great review, made me sad though. Gygax is gone, brought it home, and an amazing era has ended, but the same crap is following his work.

The part I like best is him telling everyone, companies and fans both, that this is a game first and foremost to have fun with, and also that it was his puppy before it became everyone elses dog.

I will be doing that index (lotsa good and bad stuff getting in the way of course) but more indexing work is to come.

Thanks for all your work on this, bet you had fun reading through the set though. Now to get to run or play it.

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:42 am

Thanks for the comments everyone!

@ Jason: I was really hopeful that we'd have some allusion on the level 2 dungeon to where Bottle City was located, but that's clearly not to be at this point... *sigh*

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:55 am

I was very happy and excited to see the many references to the Black Reservoir. I feel as though I played a small part in bringing that area to light, so it was very satisfying to see it mentioned!!! Too bad that wasn't one of the area that will be developed by EGG himself in the future.

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:49 pm

Badmike wrote:I was very happy and excited to see the many references to the Black Reservoir. I feel as though I played a small part in bringing that area to light, so it was very satisfying to see it mentioned!!! Too bad that wasn't one of the area that will be developed by EGG himself in the future.

Mike: you didn't "play a small part in bringing that area to light"---you freaking rediscovered the thing! It's possible that Paul Stormberg already had a copy, but even if he did, you're the one who published it to Greytalk, and first made it available to GH fans world-wide

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:30 pm

grodog wrote:
Mike: you didn't "play a small part in bringing that area to light"---you freaking rediscovered the thing! It's possible that Paul Stormberg already had a copy, but even if he did, you're the one who published it to Greytalk, and first made it available to GH fans world-wide

Let's hear the whole story, Mike.

You and Grodog have dropped enough teasers to whet the RPG-lore appetites. Spill it. Spill it. Spill it.

Please?

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