juliab wrote in Domesday Collection:Hey guys, I have recently acquired a rather large collection of 1970's era books, games, letters, score-cards, maps, and other handwritten war/fantasy games. These include ORIGINAL Domesday Books, Chainmail, Boot Hill, and numerous others... I'm not very familiar with any of this stuff and I am just trying to get more information on what I have here. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Trying to get together an inventory of things, but there are 50+ items here. Thank you! JuliaAttachment:image1.JPG
juliab wrote in Domesday Collection:To address the history question, it seems that the collection originally belonged to a Charles Wranovics Jr, who I have found to be deceased as of Nov 25 2005. Many of the items are either post marked to him or have his initials/signature. There are many letters to and from Charles as well as notes/hand written manuals from him. I can not find much information on the man, and I am very interested to know if he was one of the original members or if anyone knows of him.
grodog wrote in Domesday Collection:juliab wrote in Domesday Collection:To address the history question, it seems that the collection originally belonged to a Charles Wranovics Jr, who I have found to be deceased as of Nov 25 2005. Many of the items are either post marked to him or have his initials/signature. There are many letters to and from Charles as well as notes/hand written manuals from him. I can not find much information on the man, and I am very interested to know if he was one of the original members or if anyone knows of him. The name doesn't ring any bells to me, FWIW, and it doesn't appear in the index of Playing at the World. A google search doesn't find anything more useful than his obit, unfortunately.
increment wrote in Domesday Collection:He does leave a trace or two in IFW publications; I see a Wranovics in the roster of 1971 IFW members.