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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:42 pm

lokiwookie wrote:Actually, he read English, but not sure he understand :lol:

You could explain the difference between Steve Jackson (UK) and Steve Jackson (US) and then watch his head explode. :)

FormCritic
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:00 pm

Wait - two Steve Jacksons? :?:

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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:04 pm

Troll and Toad has a Zocchihedron described as being from Chessex . . .

. . .
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Chessexyhedron?

lokiwookie
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:21 pm

FormCritic wrote:Wait - two Steve Jacksons? :?:

At least five Jackson... hmm no, only four, sorry Bambi.

JohnGaunt wrote:
Chessexyhedron?

:lol:

Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:32 pm

This one cracked me up:

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Complete collection? Then what is all this extra crap I have in bookcases? I guess I dont need any of this extra junk anymore...might as well just give it to Goodwill. :lol:

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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:55 pm

Don't try snagging the photo from the auction to print out your own copies -- OF COPIES -- of character sheets, you fools :lol:

Thankfully all the sheets are "drilled" and fear not, as

NOTE: The picture included with this auction is a scanned image of the player character record sheet. The word COPY will not appear on or across the sheets you receive.

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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:01 pm

Hey look, it only took about a month before the new site updates get quoted in current ebay auctions

:)

This is the "4th Gamma Edition" of the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual by Gary Gygax, printed in 1979.

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unfortunately, no such detail on his DMG

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:cry:

and thankfully he didn't find the PHB research threads to attempt a quote

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or otherwise he'd be forced to say "here's my 7th Gamma Minus printing with reversed artwork on pg 108"

:D :D :D

Invincible Overlord
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:18 pm

Is this a fair price, or is it way off. I don't see anything super rare in this bunch (some uncommon items like a B10, Rules Compendium, etc.). I think it's way off...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... ESELX%3AIT

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benjoshua
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:38 pm

Invincible Overlord wrote:Is this a fair price, or is it way off. I don't see anything super rare in this bunch (some uncommon items like a B10, Rules Compendium, etc.). I think it's way off...

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If you are talking about the asking price of $2500.00, yes, it's off. If you are talking about what it was bid up to, $1551.65, that's fine IF it's true that most everything is near mint/excellent condition. The Immortals boxed set, B10, and X10 stood out to me, but those are not super rare finds.

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SimperingToad
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:48 pm

Erm... Fair condition?

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-4-D-AND-D-HANDB ... 19c39052d3

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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:55 pm

SimperingToad wrote:Erm... Fair condition?

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That's awesome! I can't wait to see their "other cool stuff" :)

Bracton
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:57 pm

misterspock wrote:That's awesome! I can't wait to see their "other cool stuff" :)

The next auction will be the covers to four AD&D books . . . . :lol:

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:47 pm

SimperingToad wrote:Erm... Fair condition?

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I got an email back from the seller. These were the only known copies in New Orleans to survive hurricane Katrina. The covers were used as canoe paddles.

:roll:

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misterspock
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:01 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:
I got an email back from the seller. These were the only known copies in New Orleans to survive hurricane Katrina. The covers were used as canoe paddles.

:roll:

For the seller, I guess that's their only "cover" story

sauromatian
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:35 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:I got an email back from the seller. These were the only known copies in New Orleans to survive hurricane Katrina. The covers were used as canoe paddles.

Perhaps it was insensitive of me, but that's exactly what I thought of when Katrina happened. Oh those poor D&D collections...

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:06 pm

That looks like more than "some" (I'm glad the seller at least posted photos of this, so I'm not completely bagging on him)

This is a great lot of dungeons and dragons manuals! A few have peoples names written in them and some have artwork drawn in them.

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:51 am

Am debating whether to buy the D&D items or the lacy thong or both.

eBay listings

sauromatian
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:22 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:These were the only known copies in New Orleans to survive hurricane Katrina. The covers were used as canoe paddles.:

That's exactly what sprang (inhumanely) into my mind after Katrina.. oh, those poor D&D collections...

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