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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:30 am

ciao folks, i'd like to focus a search on mayfair stuff for d&d...

from the ususal TSR list webpage i found out that these are all the adv module published by mayfair:

701 Beastmaker Mountain
702 Nanorien Stones
703 Fez I: Valley of the Trees
Blasted Lands
Kobold Hall

705 Question of Gravity

706 Tower of Magicks

709 Dragons of Weng T'sen

712 Shipwrecker

713 Evil Ruins

714 The Keep

715 Swordthrust

716 Deadly Power

717 Shadows of Evil

722 Final Challenge

723 Throne of Evil

726 Lich Lords

728 Clockwork Mage

732 Elven Banner

733 Ice Elves

735 Pinnacle

740 War of Darkness

741 Crystal Barrier

742 Beneath Two Suns

then there's also the fez series:

703 Fez I: Wizard's Vale

710 Fez II: The Contract

720 Fez III: Angry Wizard

725 Fez IV: Wizard's Revenge

743 Fez V: Wizard's Betrayal

745 Fez VI: Wizard's Dilemma

the point is that the first group of modules (marked in red), i dont know whether this price is fair or not:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-ROLE-AIDS-modu ... 8803563752

how much collectable are they? ...is there anyone who has an idea on the reasonable mkt price of them?

tnx in advance and ciao

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:33 am

$1-10 each for the most part.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:37 am

Tower of Magicks does seem to be a little less common, though, so it would likely be near the top of Frank's scale.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:10 pm

aia wrote:701 Beastmaker Mountain
702 Nanorien Stones
703 Fez I: Valley of the Trees
Blasted Lands
Kobold Hall

These rarely show up on Ebay. I dont know if anyone here keeps track of the prices or not since they arent TSR. But Beastmaker Mtn, Blasted Lands, and Kobold Hall will easily go for over $100 if the cover folder is intact and in good condition.

Fez I: Valley of Trees will go for $15 - 30 usually depending on condition. I cant recall the price on any recent Nanorien Stones. But I know that Al (killjoy) wants one and I want one so the next time it pops up it may set a new record. :wink:

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:22 pm

Full List:

Kobold Hall (orange envelope) (750 printed)
Blasted Lands (orange envelope) (1000 printed)
701 Beastmaker Mountain (red envelope)
702 Nanorien Stones (light blue envelope)
703 Valley of the Trees (green envelope)
703 Wizard's Vale (Fez I)
704 Dwarves (2 Printings)
705 Question of Gravity
706 Tower of Magicks
707 Dark Folk
708 Wizards
709 Dragons of Weng T'sen
710 The Contract (Fez II)
711 Elves
712 Ship Wreaker
713 Evil Ruins
714 The Keep
715 Sword Thrust
716 Deadly Power
717 Shadows of Evil
718 Morgaine (never published)
719 Fantastic Treasures
720 Angry Wizard (Fez III)
721 Dragons
722 Final Challenge
723 Throne of Evil
724 Monsters of Myth & Legend
725 Wizards Revenge (Fez IV)
726 Lich Lords
728 Clockwork Mage
730 Fantastic Treasures II
732 Elven Banner
733 Ice Elves
735 Pinnacle
737 Undead
740 War of Darkness
741 Crystal Barrier
742 Beneath Two Suns
743 Wizards Betrayal (Fez V)
744 Giants
745 Wizards Dilemma (FezVI)
746 Monsters of Myth & Legends II
747 Witches
748 Lizardmen
749 Psionics
750 Portal to Adventure
751 Monsters of Myth and Legend 3
752 Demons
753 To Hell & Back
754 Assassins (never published)
755 Denizens of Vecheron (Demons Folio)
756 Novel Seeds of Darkness
757 Sentinels Box Set
758 Denizens of Verekna
759 Demons 2 Box Set
760 Arch Magic Box Set
761 Undead: Legion of Darkness (never published)
763 Denizens of Og
764 Apocalypse Box Set
765 Blood & Steel Box Set
767 Denizens of Diannor

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:31 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
These rarely show up on Ebay. I dont know if anyone here keeps track of the prices or not since they arent TSR. But Beastmaker Mtn, Blasted Lands, and Kobold Hall will easily go for over $100 if the cover folder is intact and in good condition.

Fez I: Valley of Trees will go for $15 - 30 usually depending on condition. I cant recall the price on any recent Nanorien Stones. But I know that Al (killjoy) wants one and I want one so the next time it pops up it may set a new record.

heheh king

yes i am after a nanorien to complete my rare role aids set, but that doesnt mean i will go gung-ho for it. i can take as much time as it takes. valley of the trees and nanorien are the more common of the batch. though that doesnt mean they are common either - they are still both quite hard to obtain, unless youre as lucky as marlith a while back getting two nice shrinky ones off titan.

kobold hall and blasted lands are very rare and extremely hard to get hold of. beastmaker mountain slightly less so. it took me 2 years to get hold of all three and cost me a small fortune, but i was very happy when getting them as i have been after them for a very long time.

so axel, if youre going after them my friend, ensure your pockets are VERY deep, as i dont doubt for 1 second, that there are prb at least 10 ppl off here who will blast at them thats for sure.

Al

ps. the rest of the role aids items come up very regularly. with a little patience you can prb get them quite easily.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:51 pm

aia wrote:701 Beastmaker Mountain
702 Nanorien Stones
703 Fez I: Valley of the Trees
Blasted Lands
Kobold Hall

Of those listed above, which are the rare ones, I've read Beastmaker, Fez I, and Kobold Hall. BM was the best; I didn't like much about the others.

I think Blasted Land is the rarest of them, though I don't know much about Nanorien Stones. I've seen 2 BLs on ebay over the past 3 years or so, and 3 NSs. I'm sure someone else would have better data on them, though.

I sold my KH and BM within the past year (both to Al, I think), and gave away my Fez I (also to Al). I think I got around $125 for the KH, and around $75 for the BM, but I could be wrong. My memory ain't what it used to be...

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:26 pm

bombadil wrote:I sold my KH and BM within the past year (both to Al, I think), and gave away my Fez I (also to Al). I think I got around $125 for the KH, and around $75 for the BM, but I could be wrong. My memory ain't what it used to be...

i think i won my beastmaker off ebay - though i cant remember now. i think the KH was more than that from memory - though i would need to check paypal (which is always a crap task isnt it).

you will never know how relieved i was to get kobold hall. was overjoyed to get that.

blasted lands is without any shadow of a doubt the hardest to get.

Al

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:17 pm

Easiest for me was Nanorien Stones, 2-3 years ago IIRC I got it for $7.50 in SW. Think Fez was 2nd cheapest, after that the others run in the good $100-200 range pretty consistantly.

Also Beastmaker Mountain, Nanorien Stones and Fez I: Valley of the Trees besides folder and module have a sales sheet. For Beastmaker its paper, the other two it is heavy cardstock.

I have not seen a yellow folder Beastmaker except here: http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/ra/beastmaker.htm

I'm wondering how rare that folder is and does anyone have one?

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:25 pm

Shane,
I couldn't connect to the link, but have never seen a yellow-foldered Beastmaker.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:35 pm

bombadil wrote:Shane,
I couldn't connect to the link, but have never seen a yellow-foldered Beastmaker.

Ian has a pic of the yellow Beast on afterglow2.com as well.

Aia, if you are looking to start a Roleaids collection your best bet is to buy the bundle packs directly from Mayfair. They still have them listed for cheap cheap cheap. 40 Roleaids items for $63 + shipping. A number of them are boxed sets as well. Here's a link:

http://www.mayfairgames.com/shop-specia ... fg-ra.html

A good comparison of price is your seller has Fez I- VI for $70 or you could buy it from Mayfair for $6.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:46 pm

I've got a few differently-colored folders for the various Role Aids modules, details in the thread @ viewtopic.php?t=647

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:16 pm

grodog wrote:I've got a few differently-colored folders for the various Role Aids modules, details in the thread @ viewtopic.php?t=647

Interesting rereading that, because the sales sheets are in the color ink of the folder they go to (red, blue and green respectively), so am curious is the Yellow Beastmaker has a sales sheet? is in yellow ink? and predates the red foldered one?
As for the Kobold Hall and Blasted Lands, mine are in Orange folders.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:51 pm

I have a brown Fez I in addition to the ones on the link. I have green and blue Nanoriens, but I will be down to only one after I send Al one (hint hint).

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:18 am

Deadlord39 wrote:I have a brown Fez I in addition to the ones on the link. I have green and blue Nanoriens, but I will be down to only one after I send Al one (hint hint).

lol woohoo!

i will have all of em then! yay! damn that means i will have to search for something else then

feck!

frank..PM sent btw.

i cant even remember what colour my ones are. dont really care tbh...its just nice to have em.

Al

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:40 am

Deadlord39 wrote:I have a brown Fez I in addition to the ones on the link. I have green and blue Nanoriens, but I will be down to only one after I send Al one (hint hint).

Hey Frank. Any chance of a cover scan for the site? Sound like a great piece.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:30 am

Sure thing. I can try and get them scanned in the next few days.

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:51 am

bombadil wrote:
I think Blasted Land is the rarest of them, though I don't know much about Nanorien Stones. I've seen 2 BLs on ebay over the past 3 years or so, and 3 NSs. I'm sure someone else would have better data on them, though.

...ahemmm... i'd say 3:
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and in addition the seller is frank! :wink:

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