By sheer accident I found an obscure ad for a box of D&D books going cheap and picked them up today.
It doesn't rival Joe's hoard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=15507), but it pads out my collection nicely.
For 30 Australian shekels (US$28) I got:
Basic- Basic Rulebook
- In Search of the Unknown (B1)
- Keep on the Borderlands (B2)
- Palace of the Silver Princess (B3) (2 copies)
- Lost City (B4)
- Gem and the Staff (O1)
- Blade of Vengeance (O2)
- In Search of Adventure (B series campaign)
- Gazetteer: Grand Duchy of Karameikos
- Gazetteer:Principality of Glantri
- Gazetteer: Five Shires
- Gazetteer: Orcs of Thar
1E modules- Village of Hommlet
- Secret of Bone Hill
- Lost Tomb of Martek
- Dwellers of the Forbidden City
- Pharaoh
- Oasis of the White Palm
- Tomb of the Lizard King
- Assassin’s Knot
- Against the Giants
- Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
- Danger at Dunwater
- Beyond the Crystal Cave
- Forest Oracle
- Sentinel
- Midnight on Dagger Alley (with Magic Viewer!)
- Lost Island of Castanamir
- Gauntlet
- Eye of the Serpent
- All That Glitters
- Lankhmar: Swords of Deceit
- Desert of Desolation
- Eye of Traldar
- Return of Randal Morn
Dragonlance:- Dragons of Flame
- Dragons of Hope
- Dragons of Desolation
- Dragons of Mystery
- Dragons of Ice
- Dragons of Light
- Dragons of War
- Dragons of Deceit
- Dragons of Dreams
- Dragons of Glory
- Dragons of Faith
- Dragons of Truth
- Dragon Magic
- Dragon Keep
- Dragon Dawn
- Dragons of Despair
- Dragon Knight
- Dragon’s Rest
- Mists of Krynn
- World of Krynn
Accessories- PHB
- DMG
- Fiend Folio
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1987)
- Monster Manual
- Deities & Demigods
- Monster Manual II
- Unearthed Arcana
- World of Greyhawk
- Tell Tall Tales of the Wee Folk
- Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue
- Volo’s Guide to Waterdeep
- Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands
- Undermountain: Maddgoth’s Castle
2E- Ruins of Undermountain boxed set
- From the Ashes boxed set
- PHB
- In Search of Dragons
- Gateway to Raven’s Bluff
- Jungles of Chult
- Doom of Daggerdale
- The Murky Deep
- Tales of Enchantment (2 copies)
- Cleric’s Challenge
- Book of Lairs
- Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga
- DM Deck: Deck of Magical Items
3EDungeon MagazineA snotload of Dragonlance, which I'm not that into, but I'm very happy with the B-series modules and
In Search of the Unknown. Lots of good modules, and I really dig
Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue.In Search of Adventure looks pretty wicked for a campaign. Has anyone played it out?
Why did so much 2E stuff get dull, tacky titles?
Tales of Enchantment?
Doom of Daggerdale?
Cleric's Challenge? Bleh.
But then, 1E's
Tell Tall Tales of the Wee Folk is the sort of thing you'd show someone if you wanted to confirm for them the worst cliches about RPGers.
I haven't decided if I'm going to keep all of it yet, so PM me if there's anything there you're keen on.
Holy shit thats fucking tits! I'm jealous as hell!:)
Oop. Forgot to list the snotload I mentioned.
Dragonlance:
- Dragons of Flame
- Dragons of Hope
- Dragons of Desolation
- Dragons of Mystery
- Dragons of Ice
- Dragons of Light
- Dragons of War
- Dragons of Deceit
- Dragons of Dreams
- Dragons of Glory
- Dragons of Faith
- Dragons of Truth
- Mists of Krynn
- World of Krynn
Quote from: Hairfoot;348426
I wonder how many people "lost their virginity" with this one. It was the first module that was translated in Italian when the Italian edition of the "Mentzer Red D&D Box" came out. I had already discovered the English edition, but "The Lost City" was the first module I bought ans played, too.
They put the uber-evil dude, Zargon, into the "Elder Gods" supplement for 3.5E. It would seem that I'm not the only one who remembers fondly this module :)
QuoteWhy did so much 2E stuff get dull, tacky titles? Tales of Enchantment? Doom of Daggerdale? Cleric's Challenge? Bleh.
Cough...
Dungeons & Dragons... cough...
Good job! I had a nice yard sale find this summer but it was about a third the size of your haul.
You are a complete fucker...
Seanchai
Well done.
Crap, I'm envious! :)
Regarding:
Quote from: Hairfoot;348426- Greyhawk Gazetteer: Grand Duchy of Karmeikos
- Greyhawk Gazetteer:Principality of Glantri
- Greyhawk Gazetteer: Five Shires
- Greyhawk Gazetteer: Orcs of Thar
Those Gazetteers actually are
not set in Greyhawk, and have nothing to do with it. Rather, they are set in the D&D '
Known World' setting (first introduced in the module X1), which eventually would become known as '
Mystara.'
Karameikos and Glantri are excellent.
Quote from: Akrasia;348488Those Gazetteers actually are not set in Greyhawk, and have nothing to do with it. Rather, they are set in the D&D 'Known World' setting (first introduced in the module X1), which eventually would become known as 'Mystara.'
Not everything is listed right. I went with an alliterative name rather than checking.
"Thar" should have been a give-away. Isn't that in the Forgotten Realms?
Quote from: RoninHoly shit thats fucking tits! I'm jealous as hell!
Quote from: SeanchaiYou are a complete fucker...
Every dawg has its day! It's a heartwarming Christmas tale. I also saved an orphanage and taught a cold-hearted miser the error of his ways.
It's amazing how far 30 bucks will go.
Quote from: Hairfoot;348492"Thar" should have been a give-away. Isn't that in the Forgotten Realms?
No, it's Mystara.
Quote from: Akrasia;348498No, it's Mystara.
There's a Thar in FR, too. Right there (http://www.ovarus.com/lfr/images/lfr_mediumsize.jpg) in the north above the Moonsea.
It's also an orc-land (http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Thar).
Quote from: Hairfoot;348499There's a Thar in FR, too. Right there (http://www.ovarus.com/lfr/images/lfr_mediumsize.jpg) in the north above the Moonsea.
It's also an orc-land (http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Thar).
Interesting. I don't know much about the FR (simply what is contained in the Bioware games).
All of the 'Gazetteers' are set in Mystara, and all are for D&D (not AD&D).
Excellent haul. Congrats!
The seller tried to give it to me for ten bucks. She was going to throw it out. I insisted I was robbing her and she took thirty, but she said she just wanted to make sure it went to a good home.
Some D&D players are just awesome.
Quote from: Hairfoot;348584The seller tried to give it to me for ten bucks. She was going to throw it out. I insisted I was robbing her and she took thirty, but she said she just wanted to make sure it went to a good home.
Some D&D players are just awesome.
That would have been a crime to throw all that out. Awesome indeed. I wonder if she was the player or someone else in the family.
Quote from: Akrasia;348504All of the 'Gazetteers' are set in Mystara, and all are for D&D (not AD&D).
There are rules for adapting the Gazs to AD&D in some of the later ones (Darokin, for example). Nothing that one couldn't came up with by himself.
It was fun to read how "the differences between the two games are small enough to allow this", whereas the party line had always been "What is for D&D is not for AD&D". I remember wondering what caused this change in marketing.
Quote from: Hairfoot;348584The seller tried to give it to me for ten bucks. She was going to throw it out. I insisted I was robbing her and she took thirty, but she said she just wanted to make sure it went to a good home.
Some D&D players are just awesome.
You are going to start a campaign based on the items in your haul - aren't you?
- Ed C.
Awesome find man. I keep looking for another big haul. Seems they are still out there. :)
Quote from: Grimjack;348595That would have been a crime to throw all that out. Awesome indeed. I wonder if she was the player or someone else in the family.
It's her, but her group stopped using books years ago and now just free-forms with a d20. She's moving house and didn't want to take the books, but didn't have the time to Ebay them either, so she put up an A4 sign in a shop window in the hope someone would spot it before she threw them out.
Quote from: Koltar;348610You are going to start a campaign based on the items in your haul - aren't you?
My master plan is finish our Pathfinder campaign early next year, then bash some B-modules with Swords & Wizardry to see if the system's a good fit.
Quote from: Hairfoot;348772My master plan is finish our Pathfinder campaign early next year, then bash some B-modules with Swords & Wizardry to see if the system's a good fit.
Plenty of those maps need little or NO conversion to use with
Pathfinder.
Still sounds like you got a deal and a half.
- Ed C.
"Orcs of Thar" remains the only fantasy campaign I've run to date. I have very fond memories of it, we had a lot of crazy fun. But to be honest other than the character generation rules for monster races I'm not sure how much I actual use I got from the book itself.
Quote from: Koltar;348785Plenty of those maps need little or NO conversion to use with Pathfinder.
I'm very happy with all the maps. Much of my older gear is used, and many of the maps are gone or crumbling. I'm looking forward to running more overland, take-and-hold adventures now.