OUCH!  No wonder I did not recognize it!  Crap..that Ardor map is probably worth up to $50 on Ebay...and without me bidding on it!!!!

I will remember. In fact, I'll sell that extra Ardor and split it with you. Morgan, what does Ardor go for, around $300 or so?

Hello to all the MERP fans. Just curious, is there a site similar to the Acaeum where you can discuss your hobby? I am not trying to come across as an ass but isn't this a D&D/TSR collector site?  

Happy collecting,
Burntwire

burntwire wrote:Hello to all the MERP fans. Just curious, is there a site similar to the Acaeum where you can discuss your hobby? I am not trying to come across as an ass but isn't this a D&D/TSR collector site?  

Happy collecting,
Burntwire

I haven't found one.  MERP internet sites are pathetic and stagnant (as are most D&D sites for that matter! )  Unfortunately this is the only messageboard with even the faintest of pulses.

It also bares mentioning that most MERP collectors are D&D collectors too.  Isn't MERP what D&D left on the table when they decided not to pay the Tolkien estate for JRR's ideas?  

I think of MERP as non-TSR D&D material of the highest quality.  Every book begins with an instructional on how to use MERP items with other gaming systems, ie. D&D.  I don't really see the harm with a few MERP threads but if the admins want us to stop I'll respect their decision.  Though I expect that all these MERP conversations will die a natural death very shortly as we get things off our chests after being silent on this stuff for so long.

Gotta say...MERP is what brought me here (for better or worse...here I am).  I only found out about this site from red_bus after I was mentioned as a valid reseller of MERP a couple of years ago.  I have read the forum and used the info to better myself since.  This includes the other areas such as the mold info...grading...D&D prices...etc.  It was what got me interested in collecting TSR/WOC products again...and now....it is what has caused me to end my reselling (soon as its all gone Deadlord) practices and sell off my other gaming stuff....full circle almost.  Course, the recent attacks by Deadlord is what caused me to join in the fray.

Also, I have looked into other MERP forums and they are either private or stale.  LOTR has some and the books/movies more.  Decipher's game sucks.  And well....here I am in the middle.

thanks - and no worries Shawn nor offence taken.  There aren't may of us out there I think, so it is a bit of a minority pursuit.

which of course reminds me - I need about three MERP items to make a mint set - anyone wanna trade????

I just saw Hands of the Healer go for $71. I lost by $1! Blast!

Morgansurname wrote:

there seems to be some overlap of MERP collecting with D&D as of late). Perhaps it would be wise to make the thread a sticky thread so that others do not add additional MERP postings and make the site more cluttered?

I agree. . . but I wonder whether the thread should encompass a variety of non- Dungeons & Dragons RPG's?  There's a lot of cross-over collecting that extends well beyond MERP and D&D.  We can discount a lot of the modern games, but RPG's such as Rolemaster, Tunnels & Trolls, Chivalry & Sorcery, Tekumel, Warhammer & a variety of others would all seem to fit the profile.

Again, not to clutter up or take away from this being a D&D site, but all of the above have close ties to Dungeons & Dragons.  Most of us played (or utilized in some way) at least a few of those games and still seek them for their collection.  References and queries about the above surface occasionally in other threads, so having a separate "sticky" that addresses "other RPG's" wouldn't be too off the wall.  I don't see that it would detract from this being a pure D&D site - though, I don't know that the desire to post to such a thread would be very high.

Others collect a lot more than I and may have more relevant input.

me too - i love collecting cthulhu but cannot in all honesty claim that it is any way related to D&D.