Hero of the Force
Siddartha of Suburbia
Underboss
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 | | 04/12/2005 9:17 PM |
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"We can't stop here...This Is Bat country!"
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Hero of the Force
Siddartha of Suburbia
Underboss
2277 Posts
| | 04/12/2005 9:17 PM |
| Wow, that is a nice find.
The one advantage that 1e inarguably has that 3e doesn't, is affordability.
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"We can't stop here...This Is Bat country!"
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Grim
Sergeant
482 Posts
| | 04/12/2005 9:54 PM |
| | I have fond memories of the Ravager of Time module. Bring on the slime golems! | |
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Omand
Commander
3118 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/12/2005 10:44 PM |
| Merric,
Congratulations, that is quite the haul.
Enjoy it before the acid in the paper eats everything away. Although it may be more expensive now to buy 3E products, I do appreciate that many (if not most) are on acid free paper so that they last longer. The few pieces of material I have left from the Basic/1E days are showing their age with rusting staples, etc.
If you have a really good quality haul, double congrats to you.
Cheers [:)] | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10807 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/13/2005 2:01 AM |
| | I've got a few 1e modules, they are showing their age poorly I'm araid. Congraulations on the haul Merric. | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11227 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/13/2005 6:42 AM |
| Wow, Merric. That's an amazing find. GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders AND H2 Mines of Bloodstone and all the rest for only $26?????? [:0]
You suck! [)]
Man, I am soooooo jealous. | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11227 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/13/2005 6:46 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Omand
Enjoy it before the acid in the paper eats everything away. Although it may be more expensive now to buy 3E products, I do appreciate that many (if not most) are on acid free paper so that they last longer. The few pieces of material I have left from the Basic/1E days are showing their age with rusting staples, etc.
Proper storage is the key. Store them in a cool, dry, and dark location and they will keep for a long, long time.
A comic book collection was found back in the '70s in Colorado. These books were about 30-40 years old at the time and had been stored in a cool, dry climate and were pristine. Most looked as if they were brand new. | |
Ghendar - Now with 51% more snark
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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kyrin
Commander
3152 Posts
| | 04/13/2005 8:59 AM |
| That IS a nice haul, Merric. N1 is a very underrated module that converts nicely to 3.5, and I still think that Baltron's Beacon is one of the more challenging and interesting modules TSR ever put out. Very nice. Enjoy.
Seeing this has actually inspired me to look into bagging my old modules...
JIM
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11227 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/13/2005 1:41 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kyrin
and I still think that Baltron's Beacon is one of the more challenging and interesting modules TSR ever put out.
I agree. It's also kind of hard to find. | |
Ghendar - Now with 51% more snark
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Testament
Underboss
1397 Posts
| | 04/13/2005 10:58 PM |
| Enjoy U1, it's a great adventure, as it U2. Man, you picked up GDQ and all those for that price?
I'm in awe. | |
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MerricB
Underboss
2350 Posts
Australia
| | 04/13/2005 11:42 PM |
| I ran U1, U2 and U3 to start off the current iteration of my Greyhawk campaign (using borrowed copies). I really like U1, but U3 has issues - mainly due to not enough XP in U1 and U2; U3 is too hard for a set of introductory modules, and the strict timeline of events really hurts it.
In any case, all PCs that participated in the series died shortly thereafter... though there has been some continuity. The current PCs are 12th level or so, and have just arrived in Greyhawk (as detailed here) A mention of what actually happened to the PCs in Saltmarsh can be found here.
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 04/14/2005 1:32 PM |
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The one advantage that 1e inarguably has that 3e doesn't, is affordability.
Er? What?! YOu mean original list price? Things aren't actually much different if you compare original prices, adjusted for inflation.
If you mean that you can routinely find stuff like what Merric got for basement price, BUY NOW, and invest in your future.
Most people I know would consider $26.00 for JUST H2, or JUST GDQ1-7 to be an absolute steal.
Congrat Merric, and as you always say: "Enjoy"!
Pat E | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11227 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/14/2005 1:38 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
Most people I know would consider $26.00 for JUST H2, or JUST GDQ1-7 to be an absolute steal.
Without a doubt. I was lucky enough to get a near mint copy of H2 for $5. Still don't have GDQ1-7 though. [:(] | |
Ghendar - Now with 51% more snark
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 04/14/2005 1:51 PM |
| My best find to date was a mint copy of L3 for just $4.00 (and no tax even!)
I sold my copy of H2 (I got rid of all my Forgotten Realms stuff, 1st edition or no...) for $64.00!
Pat E | |
"Games evolve. Otherwise we'd still be pushing rocks around the dirt. What do you think the cavemen said when some dude showed up with sticks?" - Chairman7w | |
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kyrin
Commander
3152 Posts
| | 04/14/2005 5:47 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
My best find to date was a mint copy of L3 for just $4.00 (and no tax even!)
Pat E
L3???? Holy shnikie, I thought that never got published! Where did you get that?
JIM
aka kyrin | |
My Have/Want List <-|-|->My Trades and References 1 <-|-|->My Trades and References 2
Pronounce "Drow" like "crow"! Viva la Revolution! We Shall Overcome!
Vindicated Champion of the Stirge! Vindicated Champion of the Githyanki Knight on Red Dragon!!
Vindicated Champion of the Androsphinx! | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11227 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/14/2005 6:44 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kyrin
quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
My best find to date was a mint copy of L3 for just $4.00 (and no tax even!)
Pat E
L3???? Holy shnikie, I thought that never got published! Where did you get that?
JIM
aka kyrin
It was released in the TSR Silver Anniversary Set. | |
Ghendar - Now with 51% more snark
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 04/14/2005 7:24 PM |
| quote:
It was released in the TSR Silver Anniversary Set.
Yep, which sold for $60.00 retail. Someone opened it up, and ended up hawking the pieces to a local game store. They threw them in the used bin with $4.00 price tags... so I picked up what was left, the reprint of B2 and L3!
WOOP!
Pat E | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 04/15/2005 6:16 AM |
| Hmmm,
This has peaked my interest. A friend of mine got married recently for the third time. No he didn't keep the other two. He gave me a few boxes of his D&D stuff, that I have hardly looked at. He said it cost him two marriages, didn't want strike 3! Going to check dates.
One box of forgotten realms stuff, dating from 1993 - nothing special I guess. The other is Dragonlance dating from 1989.
Oh well, no artefacts for me.
Way to go Merric. | |
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