Quote from: GameDaddy;978450Eh? ...I use those books at my gaming table to run D&D games.

Congratulations?

Your current use of them has no relevance to their market value or their status as a collector's item.

If I shoot my Thanksgiving turkey with a rifle used in The War of Independence, that doesn't magically make its considerable value become primarily about putting meat on the table.  It's value is due to how much collectors want it no matter its current usage.  And I wouldn't try to compare that value to what it cost to purchase back in the 18th century.  (obviously a much more extreme example)

Quote from: Dumarest;976849And plentiful, like in Venezuela!

Venezuela is the exception, for political reasons. But on the whole food is one thing that's very abundant here. In Montevideo, there's literally a farmer's market once a week in every six-block area.

Quote from: Krimson;976873Alberta beef tastes fine. I can't comment much on produce since I can't eat most plant based foods.

I used to live in Alberta. The beef is good, truly great by North American standards (which kicks the crap out of European standards). Uruguayan beef is better. Like, substantially better.

Quote from: RPGPundit;979495Uruguayan beef is better. Like, substantially better.

What makes beef in Uruguay better?

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;978211So even just using the books for one short campaign, I still spent more than twice as much on food I didn't need (I could have had dinner at home) as on the books themselves.

I've argued that Coke & Pizza Hut made more money off D&D than TSR.

Back in high school, we gamed often at a local pizza joint. They loved us and I know as a group we spent x10 the amount of money there than we spent in the game store.

Quote from: RPGPundit;979493Venezuela is the exception, for political reasons. But on the whole food is one thing that's very abundant here. In Montevideo, there's literally a farmer's market once a week in every six-block area.

So just like pretty much anywhere in California and you find that exceptional somehow? Do Canadians not have those?

Quote from: RPGPundit;979495I used to live in Alberta. The beef is good, truly great by North American standards (which kicks the crap out of European standards). Uruguayan beef is better. Like, substantially better.

Again, can't take your remarks seriously as you clearly have limited experience with food of an entire continent.

Quote from: Dumarest;979558Again, can't take your remarks seriously as you clearly have limited experience with food of an entire continent.

I will have to say, Alberta beef is damn good.  So is Argentinian beef.  It's all in how you raise the cows and what you feed them.  The best beef producers manage their cows the old fashioned way, through selective breeding, they don't shoot them full of chemicals and pack them in to stand crammed together in their own shit for their entire lives never using all that steroid-grown muscle.  I was lucky enough to be working in Hawaii for a couple of weeks (so I wasn't paying for anything and got a stipend) and I splurged on some 100% pure Kobe beef from Japan.  Jesus H. Christ it was fantastic.

The beef you'll get locally in California and Nebraska though is much better than most states unless they're getting Nebraska or California beef.

Did the original poster totally miss that I was hinting I might get the books for him and work out some kind of deal?

Or did that hint just fall by the wayside amidst various arguments?

- Ed C.

Hey man this is a forum of beef experts take your nerdy RPG nonsense elsewhere!

Quote from: Dumarest;979557So just like pretty much anywhere in California and you find that exceptional somehow? Do Canadians not have those?

Lots of farmers markets but in Canadian cities they are Yuppie bait.

Quote from: Koltar;979655Did the original poster totally miss that I was hinting I might get the books for him and work out some kind of deal?

Or did that hint just fall by the wayside amidst various arguments?

- Ed C.

Wait, since when do we argue about games on an RPG forum? Where's the beef?

The OP doesn't want to game, Koltar, he just wants to complain about gaming. He's a BNG.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;979673The OP doesn't want to game, Koltar, he just wants to complain about gaming. He's a BNG.

Well that explains it.
In the past I have done 'barter deals' with folks on gaming forums and negotiated via the private messaging.
Sometimes things are more affordable in the USA, and its less expensive to send a game thing as a gift than do the Amazon or internet purchase thing.
One guy years ago  I traded a GURPS source book for a Sonic Screwdriver that was only available in the UK at the time.
Seemed a fair trade to me.

- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;979674Well that explains it.
In the past I have done 'barter deals' with folks on gaming forums and negotiated via the private messaging.
Sometimes things are more affordable in the USA, and its less expensive to send a game thing as a gift than do the Amazon or internet purchase thing.
One guy years ago  I traded a GURPS source book for a Sonic Screwdriver that was only available in the UK at the time.
Seemed a fair trade to me.

- Ed C.

You are coming at this as a gentleman should. Unfortunately the OP is a BNG and an idiot, just look at some of his ravings in Pundit's forum.

Jeff please don't drag your grudges from the Pundency here.