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Post Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:18 pm 
 

"The second "Dungeon Masters Kit" by Wee Warriors is Dwarven Glory.  The third and final module in the series, Misty Isles, is not covered on The Acaeum, since it was neither produced nor distributed by TSR."

I wish we did. I have been staring at this since it was posted and cant determine if its OG and complete. :)


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Feel free to let me know if it was a good buy. I wont feel bad if its gone.


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:25 am 
 

On a quick look, it appears authentic. Odd comment about the pages never having been stapled, however. I can't tell if it's complete from the photos. You can get some info on Misty Isles, including page count, on Tome of Treasures. I haven't seen one sold in a bit, mainly because I haven't really been paying attention. Given what similar products of that era have been going for, however, and assuming it is complete, this seems like a pretty good price to me.


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:49 am 
 

I sold my author's copy a few years ago but I seem to recall that the pages were stapled. However, Misty Isles is from the very early days of homebrew hobby rpgs. There is no reason why it could just be a copy which was hand assembled without being stapled (or a reject from the printer). That alone does not make it inauthentic.

More broadly, that's why I am sceptical of narrow classifications from those very early days - the nature of the hobby then lead to lots of minor variations in production. For example, I have a copy of a Games Workshop Owl and Weasel 'zine from 1975 with no centre staple. probably just from a batch that were not stapled .. but sold anyway :).


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:19 pm 
 

I picked this up.  I've been looking for a decent one for a while, as Bracton might recall. :)

Waiting for it to arrive to see the condition, and whether it's complete.  It's definitely looks authentic.  It could be an interesting variant, if it wasn't stapled.  I'm expecting that is was stapled, but the staples were removed.  We shall see.

I do have another that is probably in better condition, but it's not complete, which seemed to occur with some of these, even when they were first distributed.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:09 pm 
 

Awesome! Post better pics if you can and and info! Thanks!
  

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:04 pm 
 

I'm happy to report that The Misty Isles was complete and in great condition (VF-).  It was missing the staples, which is probably good, since there isn't any staple rust as a result.  The writing on page 35 was in light pencil, so it was easily removed, with only a faint residual impression remaining.  The overall condition is actually slightly better than the one I already had, so the hunt for this collectible is over!
  

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:51 pm 
 

dbartman wrote in Misty Isles:I'm happy to report that The Misty Isles was complete and in great condition (VF-).  It was missing the staples, which is probably good, since there isn't any staple rust as a result.  The writing on page 35 was in light pencil, so it was easily removed, with only a faint residual impression remaining.  The overall condition is actually slightly better than the one I already had, so the hunt for this collectible is over!


Nice pick up  :)


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:17 pm 
 

I am glad to hear it! My search begins!
  

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:52 pm 
 

They do come up occasionally, so I think you will have some future opportunities.  I doubt they will go down in price anytime soon though.

If you would be satisfied with an official reprint, or would simply like a copy while you hunt for an original, you can get some of the Wee Warrior product here:

https://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=145

The Misty Isles is not available yet, but hopefully before too long it will be.
  
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