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Bring Me The Head Of OD&D!

Started by Dr Rotwang!, March 06, 2008, 07:36:52 PM

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Dr Rotwang!

March 06, 2008, 07:36:52 PM
Or, rather, please provide advice on how I can own a copy of the rules.

I'm actually quite opposed to, and uninterested in, actual...you know...beheadings.
Dr Rotwang!
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blakkie

#1
March 06, 2008, 07:42:28 PM
You could just ask for the head with the specification that it's mostly intact body comes with it. :) You probably don't want the "real thing" though, the misses might not understand. :cool:
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity

Dr Rotwang!

#2
March 06, 2008, 07:44:50 PM
If we had the money?  Hells yes she'd understand.  She's the one whose AD&D 1st ed DMG I use for C&C.
Dr Rotwang!
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dsivis

#3
March 06, 2008, 07:48:42 PM
Dr. Rotwang,
You live a very special life. FYI.
"It\'s a Druish conspiracy. Haven\'t you read the Protocols of the Elders of Albion?" - clash

blakkie

#4
March 06, 2008, 07:48:54 PM
In case nobody else has mentioned it, or you've somehow not figured it out: That's a keeper. :)
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity

Gronan of Simmerya

#5
March 06, 2008, 07:50:16 PM
They're available as PDFs from, I think, DriveThruRPG.

I know SOMEBODY has legally downloadable PDFs.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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blakkie

#6
March 06, 2008, 08:00:27 PM
Last time I checked, which was some time back admittedly, I thought they just had the supplements and not the core but Old Geezer is right.  EDIT: Though the details explain it is the 6th printing.
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity

Pierce Inverarity

#7
March 06, 2008, 08:03:11 PM
Permit me a moment of gloating over the fact that last year I scored a copy in the original shrinkwrap for $75.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

David R

#8
March 06, 2008, 08:03:52 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!...and uninterested in, actual...you know...beheadings.

Pity. I was actually going to deliver the head of OD&D. Mearls would have put up a fight. He would have lost....

Regards,
David R

James McMurray

#9
March 06, 2008, 08:04:01 PM
So the first D&D was a wargame? I always thought it called itself an RPG. Had the term just not been coined yet?

Pierce Inverarity

#10
March 06, 2008, 09:05:57 PM
Quote from: James McMurraySo the first D&D was a wargame?

Yes, but a very bad one. It could only be played over the phone.

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jrients

#11
March 06, 2008, 09:11:55 PM
Note to Doc Rotwang:

You will only need the original 3 rulebooks.  The official supplements mainly put AD&D brand pants on the system.  If you want anything else, try getting the Judge's Guild booklet Ready Ref Sheets or the Arduin Grimoire.
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arminius

#12
March 06, 2008, 09:27:18 PM
Quote from: Pierce InverarityPermit me a moment of gloating over the fact that last year I scored a copy in the original shrinkwrap for $75.
And a moment of wailing and tearing at my flesh over the fact that I sold my copy, along with the three original supplements, to the kid on the next block for $20 tops.

Zulgyan

#13
March 06, 2008, 09:55:56 PM
If you buy them without box, they are cheaper.

About $99

James J Skach

#14
March 06, 2008, 10:32:45 PM
A guy from work is getting rid of his collection - including a white box.  He's going to want going rate, but I might be able to do some bargaining if I talk to him as he hates to have to deal with the e-bay thing.

He's got all kinds of stuff.  Maybe I'll get a list this weekend (finally) - there's Top Secret, Gamma World, all original stuff.

I think the going rate is..what...$250?

EDIT: Holy Shit - $500? Weren't they just going for 250 like a year ago? That's not a wood grain (in the ebay link), right?
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