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DMF
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:29 pm

This thread is for the (apparently very few) non-RPG products issued by TSR.

For instance, Tractics - a miniatures (tankies) game published in 1975 and OOP since 1977. I suppose Chainmail would also qualify.

Any others?

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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:30 pm

So to start, what's a decent copy of Tractics worth nowadays?

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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:57 pm

I picked up a copy for just under $40 recently:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:23 am

TollHouseGolem wrote:I picked up a copy for just under $40 recently:

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If you're not looking for a 1st print "dark-brown box" :wink:

, then this is a good price.

The 1st print boxes can go for $100.00.

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:45 pm

DMF wrote:This thread is for the (apparently very few) non-RPG products issued by TSR.

Any others?

How about including board games like Dungeon and the Castle Ravenloft one?

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:00 pm

Or sticker albums, stencil kits, colouring books, key rings, matchbooks, notepads, folders and files, pencil erasers, chocolate molds, plaster molds, dice bags, douche bags and t'shirts? They are all non-RPG TSR products.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . minestrone soup.

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:28 pm

douche bags?? only available in Scotland i presume...

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:28 pm

Other wargames by SPI and later TSR/SPI, other boardgames like All My Children, cross stick patterns by Greenfield Needlewomen (owned by TSR), etc etc.

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:34 pm

This week I've been mostly eating . . . minestrone soup.

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:24 pm

Didn't they also do some Napoleonics?

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:14 pm

DMF wrote:Didn't they also do some Napoleonics?

Yep. They did Tricolor. You can find it on this list:

http://tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=29

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:17 pm

Mars wrote:
Yep. They did Tricolor. You can find it on this list:

http://tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=29

Is that a nearly abandoned forum?

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:45 pm

Scathaigh wrote:Is that a nearly abandoned forum?

Not quite abandoned but more inactive. There is still a bunch of us wanting to get things done but haven't had the time to do it. Maybe in Sept, I will get a chance.

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:47 pm

mbassoc2003 wrote:Or sticker albums, stencil kits, colouring books, key rings, matchbooks, notepads, folders and files, pencil erasers, chocolate molds, plaster molds, dice bags, douche bags and t'shirts? They are all non-RPG TSR products.

<laughing>
Or wallets and belt buckles. And nothing else below the belt. <scratch>

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:27 am

Or Gummi Monsters. Don't forget the Gummi Monsters.

I still have a few of the empty packages for those somewhere.

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:53 pm

Don't count. They were RPG-themed. Likewise anything licensed as relating to D&D et al.

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:21 pm

Well...hmm. How about Star Probe? Or the Lankhmar boardgame? Or War of Wizards?

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:27 pm

Phentari wrote:Or Gummi Monsters. Don't forget the Gummi Monsters.

I still have a few of the empty packages for those somewhere.

There were little boxes of crunchy candy, too. You could save and collect the cards off the back of the boxes.

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