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Post Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:55 pm 
 

Haunted wrote:"The Dungeon" retail order blank (Nov 1980): worthless?


I'd guess about $10 or so if you have a nice picture.

Could you scan the front page of this?

Tome of Treasures has scans of the March and June 1981 Retail Order Blanks posted in this thread, but not for November 1981.


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:39 am 
 

Zenopus wrote:
Could you scan the front page of this?

Tome of Treasures has scans of the March and June 1981 Retail Order Blanks posted in this thread, but not for November 1981.


It's actually Nov 1980 (rather than 81) :roll:

Here are the scans (front and back). Feel free to crosspost it back to the tome!

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:27 pm 
 

The next box (more modules):

I1-I14
IM1
L1-L2
LC1-LC2
M2, M5
N1, N3, N5
O2
OA1-OA7
OP1
Q1
REF3 - REF5
S1 (1st mono)
S2 (1st mono)
S3 (1st)
S4
T1 (1st mono)
T1-4
U1-U3
UK4-UK7
WG4-WG8
WGA4
WGS1-WGS2
X1-X7, X10, X11, X13
XL1
Ruins of Adventure
Lankhmar - City of Adventure
Expert Set Box (1st)
Holmes rulebook (4th)
Companion Rules Box (1st)

I think most of this stuff is available on the site. No estimates needed.

Next box is hardcovers mostly. Will try for this weekend :?

  


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:06 pm 
 

Haunted wrote:
It's actually Nov 1980 (rather than 81) :roll:

Here are the scans (front and back). Feel free to crosspost it back to the tome!



Thanks for the scans! How many pages are there total? Is it just a single sheet with a front and back? The ones on Tome of Treasures have 24 or 32 pages, IIRC.


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:23 pm 
 

Zenopus wrote:Thanks for the scans! How many pages are there total? Is it just a single sheet with a front and back? The ones on Tome of Treasures have 24 or 32 pages, IIRC.


Hmm - your right. Just a single sheet printed front and back. Wierd. Does anyone else have any of these old order forms sitting around? I wonder when they went from single sheets to a beefier format.

This was just sitting in one of my old boxed sets, where I must have stashed it to keep it from getting crumpled (I dont throw away much - obviously).

I doubt if anyone is really actively collecting these, or even passingly interested, but these are the kind of random discoveries that jazz me up for some reason  :oops:

What "treasures" have other folks discovered in hidden amongst your collections?

  

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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:53 pm 
 

Other than The Black Vial, I haven't found anything noteworthy, but I have a zillion boxed sets to go through. The wife has become quite proficient at inventorying; she is breastfeeding, and the kid spends 90% of his day on the boob, so she has plenty of time to do it. She had me laughing my ass of Sunday when she had an opened boxed set resting on the baby while he boobed.


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:37 pm 
 

Some people do collect old TSR catalogs, etc :)  Although a single page one that doesn't list the RPG stuff probably isn't going to bring in very much.  It does make me wonder if it is really only 1 sheet of a larger bundle.  I would have to dig out my catalogs to see how they compare but they are a bit buried at the moment.

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:39 am 
 

RaisedFromTheDead wrote: she had an opened boxed set resting on the baby while he boobed.


Genes + environment...this kid should turn out to be a champion collector.

  


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Post Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:36 pm 
 

Mars wrote:Some people do collect old TSR catalogs, etc :)  Although a single page one that doesn't list the RPG stuff probably isn't going to bring in very much.  It does make me wonder if it is really only 1 sheet of a larger bundle.  I would have to dig out my catalogs to see how they compare but they are a bit buried at the moment.


Yes, I was wondering that, too (if it came out of a larger set of Retail Blanks). But it does have a page 1 on the front, and seems to be complete in itself. Perhaps it was printed up when the World of Greyhawk mini line debuted? I know there was a minifig flier included with some of the WoG folios from that time period - how similar is the flier (which I don't have) to this sheet?

It might have a little value to someone who collects those figures, since it has the info on which countries in Greyhawk the various figures are assigned to. However, the same info is also found in the much longer June 1981 Retail Blanks, which I typed up here at one point before I sold them (to Mars!).

So, guessing - the November 1980 short form comes from debut of minis for sale, and then the info is incorporated into later forms such as June 1981.


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Post Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:52 pm 
 

Haunted, thanks for the great scans of the ROB. I reposted them over in the thread at ToT:

http://tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4141


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Post Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:09 am 
 

Haunted, thanks for the great scans of the ROB. I reposted them over in the thread at ToT:


No problem - happy to participate!

Finally getting around to the next box - hardcover rule books:

PhB - 1st print (orange flyleaves)
PhB - 7th print x2
PhB - 9th plus
MM - 2nd print
DMG - I think it is 3rd gamma?
DMG - 4th print
FF - 1st print
UA - 1st print
DSG
MMII - 1st print
OA - 1st print
DM screen - 1st print

Plus miscellaneous stuff:
DM adventure log
Rogues Gallery
DM design Kit
Leaves from Last Home

and another small pile of FR supplements:
FA2
FR1-6, 10,11,13

An assortment of miniatures rules and games up next.

  


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:45 am 
 

Resurected!

A few fantasy miniatures rule sets:

Knights and Magick: (Heritage - "1st ed revised" according to summary sheet, errata dated Nov 1, 1980).
Chaos Wars - "Rules according to Ral": (Ral Partha 99-001).
Fantasy Warriors: (Grenadier)
Fantasy Warriors Companion
Grenadier Bulletin #4

I'm not seeing anything current on e-bay. Low value?

Several sets of different GW miniatures games to sort through next!

  

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:45 am 
 

Knights & Magick - is this the boxed set (5 volumes, I think)?
Chaos Wars - maybe $5 to $15 depending upon condition.
Fantasy Warriors - again, is this the boxed set or just a loose rulebook?
FW Companion - $5 to $15 depending upon condition.
Grenadier Bulletin #4 - $5 to $10.

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:52 am 
 

Thanks THG!

Yes - both the K&M and FW are the boxed sets. The boxes themselves are pretty flimsy, but are actually still in quite good condition.

  

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:45 pm 
 

OK, if the box is in good condition, then I would guess  anwhere from $15 to $35 for Fantasy Warriors.


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Post Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:58 am 
 

A few games near the top with some valuation guesses:

City State WarFare (JG 1120): unpunched but box has some scuffs and light corner wear. $40ish?

Battle Masters (MB): $10-15?

Man O War (GW 0141): ?
Sea of Blood expamsion (GW): ?

Divine Right (TSR 1008) - well played this one. I think this is second edition, but not really sure how to distinguish them.

Lots more of this kind of stuff - but not sure anyone still has the endurance after 6 pages and months later...

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:09 am 
 

Quit now? Are you mad? Keep it coming!

Divine Right - I'll let the folks more versed in DR lore chime in, but in general it is quite collectable.

Man O War & Sea of Blood - I can't give any specific numbers, but I think you can expect to do fairly well ($50+?) with these - OOP GW games typically do quite well (Mordheim, BattleFleet Gothic, etc), and Man O War seems to be highly regarded among the bunch. You might be able to get some better info (and potential buyers) if you join the Man O War Yahoo! group and ask the members for advice:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/the ... aws/files/

The other games and your estimates seem reasonable.

What else ya got in those boxes?


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