Same Jason Zavoda from the hay-days of R.G.F.M. ?

JasonZavoda wrote:
That's me. Back in the days when men were real men, online auctions were real online auctions and small furry creatures from alpha-centauri were real small furry creatures from alha-centauri.

Nice to see you here, Jason, it's been awhile.

I don't know what the rights situation is with something like that, but it might be interesting to see if Schick retains any rights of the property..I've heard it's a bear now to contact the man, who wants nothing more to do with the hobby.  Anyway, although espionage games aren't that popular, you might see about either trying to publish it as a classic Top Secret adventure or a D20 upgrade if he gives permission.  
 Unfortunately I can't imagine the manuscript having that much worth except to longtime TSR or Top Secret afficiandos, but this site has plenty of both...you might shop it around here and see what kind of private offers you come across. So, basically, it could be worth a couple thousand bucks, or 50 bucks...manuscripts that have sold here are generally by RPG vets who are selling traditional dungeon crawls, and they have fallen in the $500-$1500 range the last few years.

Mike B.

Mars wrote:Its probably pretty similar to the Rob Kuntz or similar auctions where the author maintains any rights to have the work published.  As a manuscript, I would probably be in for $50 more than $500 but there might be a few others with deeper pockets than me around here.

I'm not interested in selling, but if original game adventures from the Great Old Ones like Schick are going for under a $100 a pop I'll have to start buying them.

Jason, does there happen to be a page where Larry wrote his name?  I bought an old rule book in a shop in Tucson with the name "Schick" written inside the front cover, and have always wondered if it might be THE Schick.  I'd like to see the way he wrote his name for comparison.

bombadil wrote:Jason, does there happen to be a page where Larry wrote his name?  I bought an old rule book in a shop in Tucson with the name "Schick" written inside the front cover, and have always wondered if it might be THE Schick.  I'd like to see the way he wrote his name for comparison.

There are a number of character sheets he filled out (even included himself as a character for Top Secret under his own name) so I have his printed name several times and a page or two of handwritten notes, a strange drawing of a sci-fi figure on the back of an add for a movie, among other things with the module.

I can scan one of the sheets with his name if you want a comparison.

Jason, your steading sounds very cool---it must the in the air to create models of old GH sites:  Paul Stormberg had a T1 Moathouse custom built last year; you can see it in his threads here and on DF, and in my gallery of pics from our Chainmail game this year @ http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictu ... 2090630524

JasonZavoda wrote:I will check out Rob's GH material and hope for that old school gaming style I loved .

Apparently I had a cut/paste error in the previous link.  Rob's PPP boards are @ http://pub175.ezboard.com/bpiedpiperpublishing and his site is @ http://www.pied-piper-publishing.com/

Sorry for the confusion, if any.

JasonZavoda wrote:
There are a number of character sheets he filled out (even included himself as a character for Top Secret under his own name) so I have his printed name several times and a page or two of handwritten notes, a strange drawing of a sci-fi figure on the back of an add for a movie, among other things with the module.

I can scan one of the sheets with his name if you want a comparison.

Would very much appreciate a scan of his name, preferably, or other writing if possible.  I've just packed my books away because of a move for the next year, but would like to have your scan for comparison when I get back to my stash.  Email:  [email protected].

Many thanks!  

-Stephen

bombadil wrote:
Would very much appreciate a scan of his name, preferably, or other writing if possible.  I've just packed my books away because of a move for the next year, but would like to have your scan for comparison when I get back to my stash.  Email:  [email protected].

Many thanks!  

-Stephen

Email with scan has been sent. Let me know if you received it and if the writing was clear enough. I can probably enlarge the section where he wrote out his name.

Jason

Doesn't ring any bells to me, either, Jason.

Relatedly, having a secure site archive/resource where it would be possible to see scans of legit autographs would be helpful:  I say secure, so that it's not something a forger could readily access, but perhaps it's something that could be maintained by the Valuation Board or Foul or something else.

Thoughts?