First off, let me say hello to the forum.  Im a D&D player from back in the early 80s...started out on the red basic set, and played all through junior high and some of high school, then stopped.  I would still buy stuff just to read, and I still buy stuff I find on the cheap at yard sales and junk shops.  though the old D&D stuff sure is tuff to come by at a reasonable price.  Im not an EBAY seller, but check often to see values.

This weekend I scored a 6th printing white box set with the wizard and the red starburst.  box is in bad shape, and books are a bit banged up, but it was cheap.  Had the reference sheets to boot!



Also in the box was a 3rd printing of Chainmail:


From what I gather I could get a few buck for this stuff, thogh Im not really looking to sell.  Whats your estimate of the value??

Now for my real questions.  

There were also 2 sets of dice and some painted miniatures in the box.  Im wondering a few things.  Is there any way to tell if the dice are early ones?  The d20s just have 0-9 twice.  The edges are very sharp too.  is there any value on these?








Now the miniatures.  Theres 5 bearded halfling looking dudes with the number
1237 and the date 1979 etched on the bottom.



And then theres some orc/gobin looking guys:




the orc with and axe and the one with his shield raised do not have any numbers on the bottom.  the others have numbers...hooded orc #1237, 2 ocrs leaning on halberds #1294A, goblin with bow 1293D, and goblin with shield and curved knife #1295B.

they are all real heavy and seem of good quality, though Ive never collected the minis.  Can these be traced to a particular set or company?  Anyone out there give some info on them?  any value?

thanks for your time with this stuff.

The information here is mindblowing.  Im not sure how I went so long without knowing about this place.  

Scott

Those dice aren't early ones, as if I recall, the early dice had the numbers printed on the surface, not engraved, and the edges blunted really quickly.  Those dice are identical to dice I have in my Worlds of Wonder box set, and were apparently made on the cheap, being rather lightweight compared to higher quality dice.

In the top picture of the dice, the blue D12, red D6, and pink D20 looks like what came with the Basic D&D Holmes box set.
I still have mine around somewhere but the edges are somewhat worn.
If you rolled those babies on a hard surface you could see the flakes coming off them.  

...an oddity: i havent seen beforehand the brown d4...
the shape is the usual one but i havent seen one with the cut edges...

I want to say the newer looking dice are from the C&C white box, but I'd have to dig mine out to check.

ShaneG.

serleran wrote:Interesting. Every copy of Chainmail 3rd edition I have seen has been too big to fit in the OD&D box. Yours actually is small enough?

The only print/edition of chainmail that I know of that will fit inside the Box Sets is the hybrid print of Chainmail 3rd Edition, which was also silver/grey cover, but was stapled, not with the Spiral bound, as the one above clearly is.

Perhaps some of them were smaller overall and will fit.
Of course, looking at that box, perhaps it will easily fit inside anyway.

Pennfarms wrote:Im not familliar with the c c white  & holmes set.  these are d&d sets?  Im not too well knowledged.  Im sure I could find the answer somewhere here on the acaeum...

C&C = Castles and Crusades, a Troll Lord RPG system.  C&C tries to capture the old-school feel of D&D.  Troll Lord put out a C&C boxed set a few years ago to pay homage to the white box set.

White box  = http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/original.html

Holmes set/blue box = http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/basic.html

jasonw1239 wrote:In the top picture of the dice, the blue D12, red D6, and pink D20 looks like what came with the Basic D&D Holmes box set.
I still have mine around somewhere but the edges are somewhat worn.
If you rolled those babies on a hard surface you could see the flakes coming off them.  

Is it true that my set and the holmes set were released at the same time, hence the starburst on the white box?  So they could have been issuing the same dice to both sets?   

....that is if my white box set originally came with dice.  did they?

JohnGaunt wrote:Your minis look unbroken.  At 2008 values, I'm guessing at least dollar or two apiece.

*bump*

Based on recent and current eBay auctions, I humbly revise my WAG for Heritage prices:

. . . Humans - at least two dollars apiece
. . . Non-humans - at least three dollars apiece

If anyone cares, here's one eBay search to run under the Games category:

. . . (heritage,dwarfstar) -american.heritage -trivia -warhammer

and ignore anything from "collectorfigs", as his are inferior recasts.