I know these are post-1989, 2nd Edition items--not the usual fare for these environs--but I'm hoping that someone here nonetheless can point me in the direction of fellow collectors.  eBay is of only limited usefulness, as singles are rarely sold (why would they be, considering the low value?), and buying unopened packs rarely produces good results.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance.

Thank you!

Mars wrote:There are a bunch of card sets.  There are collector card boxed sets for 1991, 1992, and 1993 as well as a number of card sheets that were inserts in Dragon or Dungeon magazine.  Most of these sell really cheap.

Yes, I know.  I own most of them.     But I was hoping to locate other collectors.

Lance Hawvermale wrote:Yes, I know.  I own most of them.     But I was hoping to locate other collectors.

I looked up a couple of websites that trade cards (ones I have used for Spellfire and Blood Wars cards) but none of them trade these ones.

I do still want to know if there is a difference between the cards you would buy in packs versus the boxed set ones though.

Mars wrote:
I do still want to know if there is a difference between the cards you would buy in packs versus the boxed set ones though.

Hey Mars. Only in the 1993 set is there a difference between the pack opened cards and the box sets. The pack opened cards, some were ruby bordered instead of gold bordered. So, it's possible to assemble the same set, with ruby borders instead. I know because I own both years' boxed sets, and have opened packs from both sets as well.

There are also foil cards in the 1993 set as well. I'd like to keep buying boxes of the 1993 packs, to assemble a ruby bordered set, but people still think they are worth money, and I can't get boxes for less than like...$40 after shipping, and screw that lol. Anyway, good luck.

Zen

Actually, the boxed set cards for 1991 and 1992 have SILVER borders, whereas the cards from the packs have GOLD borders.  How do I know?  It took me over three years and quite a bit of money to compile a complete set of 1991's and 1992's, including all the promo cards that were given out at various places.  Oi, headaches!

I called it quits when I saw what TSR was doing with the 1993 cardsets.  There was only one ruby border card per pack, and at that rate it was going to run over $1000 just to have a chance at getting a complete run of red-bordered cards.  Feh!  TSR did the same thing with the Spellfire game cards by upping the ante via power level of cards - you had to keep buying the new expansion sets to stay competitive.  That's when I finally turned my back on any so-called collectible game.

John
Gaming Curmudgeon

I got the 91 and 92 factory sets and would like to get a hold of the 93 box... if anyone knows a reliable source who can send it out to bloody Brasil, let me know fren'...

Back in the days we had the booster packs on sale down here, but I don't know of one single soul who had ever bought it besides me, so I can't trade the cards... this sucks bad.

And even then, we only had the 93 cards. Thank god and Noble Knight I could find the factory sets I got here a few days ago...

edit: added last paragraph

frankfromgermany wrote:http://www.rickstradingcards.com/  --> -> AD&D/TSR --> Series 1993

Very unlikely to send stuff my way, but I'll try and talk to Rick. Thanks for the pointer...

I think this was discussed here before.

As far as I know, the 93 series was organized like this:

Series 1: cards ranging from from 1 to 165 (of 495).
Series 2: cards ranging from from 166 to 330 (of 495).
Series 3: cards ranging from from 331 to 495 (of 495).
"Chase" cards: exceptionally rare cards from a different list, numbered 1 to 60 (of 60). Some of these had a colored back, some were printed with special silvery ink in front, and so on. They were special.

Booster packs: divided by series (1, 2 or 3), these came with a few (8 or 10 I think) random cards each, much like any other collectible card pack. All cards had golden borders except for one card per pack, which was ruby-bordered. Rarely, a booster pack would come with a "chase card" (I think I have 3 after quite some time buying the packs.) Cards were numbered 1 to 495 if from the regular list or 1 to 60 if from the "chase cards" list.

Factory set: came with all 495 cards of the regular list. All cards silver-bordered.

So theoretically you could assemble four collections from the 1993 series: 1 to 495 golden-bordered cards, 1 to 495 ruby-bordered cards, 1 to 495 silver-bordered cards and 1 to 60 special cards. It is however arguably nearly impossible to finish the ruby collection, you'd have to buy over 500 booster packs and then hope to trade a lot of them!

Now want to hear what's funny? I collected these cards for some time (they were rare down here in Brasil, but I tried) and never really paid attention to differences like golden and ruby borders, to me they were all the same... only thing that intrigued me were the 1 to 60 numbered cards, but then I had no one to talk about it here.

In the Links section of The Acaeum there's a link to a site that has lists of all collectible cards ever, look up there.

Chase cards exist only in the 93 series I think.