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Shingen
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:42 pm 
 

Anyone heard of a book called Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax? It's not really a piece of Gaming material, but talks about how to be a good RPer. I have a copy in good condtion, autographed, and was curious if anyone has a general Idea at it's worth/
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:45 pm 
 

They tend to sell for $5-15, but the autograph will carry the item higher.  :)
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:47 pm 
 

darkseraphim wrote:They tend to sell for $5-15, but the autograph will carry the item higher.  :)

snap.
17 copies at present (= almost "Common" on my usual rarity scale), but none of those is signed.
(the book is paperback and relatively new (1987), so not quite as high a premium as a  contemporary sig on a "classic" item, I'd think).

Still a "nice to have" :)
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:03 pm 
 

Ah well.  Amazon is showing 24 used and new from $1.75 to $32.65 (psssh!), so it looks like it's devalued since I sold one - 3 years or so.  But a cool book!
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:21 pm 
 

Definitely. I'm really interested in selling it, but I like to know what things I have are worth.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:45 pm 
 

Has anyone read it? I tried to, but I find it difficult. I thought the 1E DM Guide was much easier to read.


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:46 pm 
 

It's pretty dense, and probably takes the subject matter a little more seriously than it should. It's mostly just a fun book to have.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:50 pm 
 

I liked both of EGG's general RP books, and IIRC both also contain some early GH tidbits....


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