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Post Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:55 pm 
 

Sadly, a member of the local gaming group passed away recently.  The group is now holding an auction for his large collection of gaming items, with proceeds going toward his daughter's college fund.  I think this is a very nice gesture, and since I know this is a good place to find prospective buyers, I thought I'd post the link here in case anybody is interested.  

Online Silent Auction for games from the Wargo Estate | Schenectady Wargamers Association

The items are in Upstate NY, and you can pick them up if you are close enough or have them shipped if you win anything.  See the web page for details. Be advised up front that they are selling the collection in lots which will NOT be broken up, and they are asking very nicely that you please refrain from asking for single items.  They just don't have the man hours available to go through the collection individually.

Also note that I am not affiliated with the group, although I do take part in their gaming events and have volunteered off and on for cons.  They're a very nice group of people.


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Post Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:34 pm 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Gaming Auction:Sadly, a member of the local gaming group passed away recently.  The group is now holding an auction for his large collection of gaming items, with proceeds going toward his daughter's college fund.  I think this is a very nice gesture, and since I know this is a good place to find prospective buyers, I thought I'd post the link here in case anybody is interested.  

Online Silent Auction for games from the Wargo Estate | Schenectady Wargamers Association

The items are in Upstate NY, and you can pick them up if you are close enough or have them shipped if you win anything.  See the web page for details. Be advised up front that they are selling the collection in lots which will NOT be broken up, and they are asking very nicely that you please refrain from asking for single items.  They just don't have the man hours available to go through the collection individually.

Also note that I am not affiliated with the group, although I do take part in their gaming events and have volunteered off and on for cons.  They're a very nice group of people.


Their bidding process is interesting. Something I've never seen, but I haven't seen much auction wise other than ebay and the occasional facebook.


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Post Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:02 pm 
 

Wowzers!  8O

I'm going to keep an eye on this. The shipping to Maryland would probably be ginormous given the amount of stuff in each lot.

I don't envy someone getting their hands on all the Squad Leader stuff. I picked up a bunch a few years back, and spent about two years on and off sorting through the counters, making sure I had as close to complete sets as I could manage. That lot was about 1/4th to 1/3rd the size of what I can see in the photos.


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Post Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:28 am 
 

Yeah,  I took a peek at the descriptions and it looks like he's got a ton of Squad Leader.  Lots of old school D&D and a big lot of Dragonlance stuff  too, which I'm a big fan of and I'm thinking of bidding on that although I doubt I have the funds to put up a serious enough fight to win it.

You know, I always wanted to try Squad Leader.  I actually have a copy that I bought new as a kid, but have never played it.  It looks like a lot of fun but the rules are pretty intimidating.  I think about selling it all the time but then I think, "no-someday I'm going to try and play this..."


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Post Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:58 am 
 

I'm not too far away (in CT) and may try for one of the lots.

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Post Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:02 pm 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Gaming Auction:Yeah,  I took a peek at the descriptions and it looks like he's got a ton of Squad Leader.  Lots of old school D&D and a big lot of Dragonlance stuff  too, which I'm a big fan of and I'm thinking of bidding on that although I doubt I have the funds to put up a serious enough fight to win it.

You know, I always wanted to try Squad Leader.  I actually have a copy that I bought new as a kid, but have never played it.  It looks like a lot of fun but the rules are pretty intimidating.  I think about selling it all the time but then I think, "no-someday I'm going to try and play this..."

As kids, we had some fun times with the original SL game, though I doubt we played it by-the-book at all because it is indeed rules heavy. Most of what I picked up a few years back was Advanced Squad Leader. Supposedly, it cleaned up the original rules, and was promoted as being easier to deal with since all the rules were now in one place rather than across several packs, like the difference between BECM and the RC. As you can see from the photos, ASL became quite large itself, so it kinda defeated it's own purpose. One great idea ASL did was to print up entire new rule pages whenever supplemental material overrided an older rule, so it could be inserted seamlessly in the rules binder.

These days, I'd be inclined to go with the original game, and no supplements if I were to have another go. But then, that would simply be for a cheap nostalgia trip.  :D


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