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killjoy32
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:28 pm

hey guys

once upon a time, i picked up a book in a lot of other things and its been sat around since then cos i didnt know what to do with it.

its the booklet from the battle of helms deep (from the lord of the rings trilogy).

its a little beholder size booklet, light blue in colour and its (c) Richard Jordison, 1974.

Is it worth anything? was going to sell it but dunno what to do with it at the moment.

any help would be most appreciated, as if its worth sod all, i will just file it with my other stuff.

Al

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jasonw1239
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:12 pm

There is a review of the game on the tolkienlibrary.com website that states:

"This is the first Tolkien hex based wargame"

The complete review is located at:

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/miscellan ... msdeep.htm

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Mars
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:37 pm

If the game is complete with map and counters then it would probably sell very well. CrazyEgor (I think) has sold a number of them at a very nice price $100+ range maybe? If its just the book, maybe $30ish - just a guess.

killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:08 am

Mars wrote:If the game is complete with map and counters then it would probably sell very well. CrazyEgor (I think) has sold a number of them at a very nice price $100+ range maybe? If its just the book, maybe $30ish - just a guess.

it is just the book, so i guessb there may be a little interest, which would make it worth listing eh?

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Mars
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:20 am

A book like that is always worth listing. Whether its complete or not I'm sure it is still pretty rare and someone will want it. There might be enough scans on the internet to find the map and counters as well.

killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:24 am

Mars wrote:A book like that is always worth listing. Whether its complete or not I'm sure it is still pretty rare and someone will want it. There might be enough scans on the internet to find the map and counters as well.

if i could find them i would keep it, cos its quite cool.

ah well i just hoard stuff

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jasonw1239
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:24 am

The link that I posted above to the review includes images of the map and counters (both 1st and 2nd editions).

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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:27 am

jasonw1239 wrote:The link that I posted above to the review includes images of the map and counters (both 1st and 2nd editions).

JasonW

well if someone has maps n counters they dont want, just holler in my general direction

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notquitekarpov
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:14 pm

There is an entry for this game on BoardGameGeek - see http://69.13.44.3/game/12743

From that you can see somebody has linked in a current eBay auction for a copy -
** expired eBay auction **
. EU 43.50 currently with 7 hours to go.

If you create yourself a BGG profile you could put up that you own and have parts for trade and see what interest that gets first - and if you und up listing the thing you can even link in your auction for the book alone.

Very useful function I find!

Cheers!
Nick

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