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Author Topic: What "rare" or hard-to-find book/books have you been searching for?  (Read 22367 times)

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« Reply #150 on: June 26, 2016, 06:48:28 PM »
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Same here.  I'm not going to deny the sheer utility and ease of transport of a PDF library - I can't tell you how many times I've been flipping through a hardcopy trying to find a specific passage, or wish I had Book X with me instead of Book Y - but flipping through a PDF just isn't as satisfying to me.  If I can get both for one price, great, otherwise I'm going for the printed version.

yah i honestly can find stuff faster in a book most of the time my self.
the other end is i look at a screen enough and its hard on the eyes after a point where as a book is soft and easy on them
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« Reply #151 on: June 28, 2016, 09:41:21 PM »
I wouldn't say no to a print copy of the original Mechanoid Invasion. I have The Mechanoids and the reprint trilogy anthology volume, so I don't really need it.

I would realy like to find a copy of the Chaosium Elric of Melnibone board game.

Most of the old games I want have a way of being reprinted just after I finally track them doiwn and bite the bullet. Most of them I want to read and/or play so I would be perfectly happy with the reprints if only they came out before I parted with my bucket of cash.

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« Reply #152 on: June 28, 2016, 09:49:26 PM »
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As I sit here, browsing RPG stuff on eBay, trying to determine if there's anything out there that I actually want right now, I became curious just what everyone's "holy grail" of a game book/supplement is.

Is there something out there that you're desperately craving and can't seem to find (or find for a reasonable price)?

Rare RPG stuff isn't worth looking for. It's rare for a reason.

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« Reply #153 on: June 29, 2016, 03:14:27 AM »
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It's rare for a reason.

Its been out of print for a while and lots of people want it because its great?
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« Reply #154 on: June 29, 2016, 07:35:28 PM »
Not RPG books, but I would love to locate the last 2 Dumarest books ("The Return" and "Child of Earth") by E.C. Tubb at a price I can afford. I've read the first 31 that are easy to get a hold of used.

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« Reply #155 on: June 30, 2016, 11:12:57 AM »
One day I'm going to pull the trigger on getting a Moldvay Basic rulebook. And I really want Mekton II/Roadstriker II books.
Though I already have a PDF of the basic D&D book, and I only want them for nostalgia, so I'm not in a hurry to get them.
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« Reply #156 on: July 01, 2016, 12:44:32 PM »
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And I really want Mekton II/Roadstriker II books.

Make me an offer.
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« Reply #157 on: July 01, 2016, 04:01:21 PM »
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Make me an offer.

What condition are the books in?
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« Reply #158 on: July 01, 2016, 05:59:26 PM »
I just recently got a copy of Vampire: The Masquerade 1E for a fairly reasonable price off of Amazon. I also am currently looking for a copy of Chicago by Night 1E for a reasonable price.
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« Reply #159 on: July 02, 2016, 06:58:35 PM »
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http://mesmerizedbysirens.blogspot.it/2011/10/i-do-not-think-this-exists.html

It seems that Mr. Mike Monaco once owned a copy of it.


I'm sad to say that I still periodically do a search for this game, hoping that someone has discovered a copy and has more information about it or a PDF of it.  That's what led me back here because this thread popped up.

I know there is no way that this game can meet any of my expectations for it.  It's not that I think it's good.  It's just that it's such a huge mystery to me.  It's one of the only two unresolved game questions I have from childhood (the other being about a Dragon Magazine advertisement for a play by mail game where players struggled against the space Pope's battle fleets).  I'm sure it's a spiritless and boring overly complex fantasy heartbreaker.  But I still have this irrational desire to see it and read it.

I've even thought it's ripe to be forged in some kind of Encounter Critical-like stunt, because NO ONE seems to have or know anything about this game.
 

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« Reply #160 on: July 02, 2016, 07:05:25 PM »
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I'm sad to say that I still periodically do a search for this game, hoping that someone has discovered a copy and has more information about it or a PDF of it.  That's what led me back here because this thread popped up.

I know there is no way that this game can meet any of my expectations for it.  It's not that I think it's good.  It's just that it's such a huge mystery to me.  It's one of the only two unresolved game questions I have from childhood (the other being about a Dragon Magazine advertisement for a play by mail game where players struggled against the space Pope's battle fleets).  I'm sure it's a spiritless and boring overly complex fantasy heartbreaker.  But I still have this irrational desire to see it and read it.

I've even thought it's ripe to be forged in some kind of Encounter Critical-like stunt, because NO ONE seems to have or know anything about this game.

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« Reply #161 on: July 03, 2016, 01:19:29 AM »
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I'm sad to say that I still periodically do a search for this game, hoping that someone has discovered a copy and has more information about it or a PDF of it.  That's what led me back here because this thread popped up.

I know there is no way that this game can meet any of my expectations for it.

Heres a quote from someone who got it.

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Well as I said at CL's blog, my bro & I actually "joined" and got a stack of three-hole punched, single-sided pages of manuscript game. I can't remember a lot about the game because we never even got so far as rolling up characters for it. It went into a large binder, and was eventually tossed. I forgot they promised to send updates and all that. Nothing else ever came but a few hundred pages of loose leaves. From what little I do recall, there were fixed (rolled) stats and many derived stats from the fixed ones. I think there may have been some distinction between sharp and blunt weapon damage, and a fatigue system. All very complex and confusing (we like 14 and 15 at the time). I think we moved shortly after we got the Paragon package and I suppose there is a slight possibility that other things did come in the mail, but were not forwarded.
Basically a huge disappointment though. $25 in 1986 was a ton of money. Maybe the whole thing was more of an overly optimistic project than a scam, I don't know.

Apparently I am the only person on Earth who bought Ground Assault Gamma Force. A mecha wargame. Still have it and the minis.

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« Reply #162 on: July 03, 2016, 05:16:42 AM »
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Yep, some of us just prefer dead trees.


As do I. My collection covers 60+ linear feet of shelf space. But a digital copy beats no copy in the interim.

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« Reply #163 on: July 03, 2016, 01:10:07 PM »
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Apparently I am the only person on Earth who bought Ground Assault Gamma Force. A mecha wargame. Still have it and the minis.

The rulebook looks incredibly crude for a 1990 game (I say that actually as a compliment)... what on earth were the miniatures like?

Several years ago at a small con I purchased this game for two bucks called Divine Battle Lust. It's an "Adult" fantasy miniatures skirmish system with rules for gang rape, prostitutes, etc. It seems to be trying to be to Warhammer what FATAL is to D&D. Not "Ironic" and not a parody. The rulebook encourages you to set up a lead workshop and make your own damn miniatures. On one hand it's embarrassing, but on the other it's got a weird "Roll up your sleeves" ethos to it that's sorta admirable. Really odd.
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« Reply #164 on: July 03, 2016, 01:28:34 PM »
  • The Traveller Digest (I "only" have Early Adventures and the MT things)
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