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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 04:21:35
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Last night at the FLGS, one of the owners showed me a box of Dragon Magazines, and told me that someone had come in and wanted to get rid of them, but didn't have the heart to throw them out. He told me they were mine if I wanted them.
The issues look like they range from about #138 to 197, which is a big chunk of the issues I sold when my ex wife and I hit a rough patch years and years ago. When I met my current wife, I started rebuilding my RPG collection, mainly through PDFs at Paizo, but this find was just amazing.
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 05:20:31
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Simply Amazing. Congratulations! |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 05:47:28
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I know, I was leafing through some of them and seeing old articles like "Seeing the Sights in Skullport," and I can't tell you how great a feeling that was to have that magazine again. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 10:44:41
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Congratulations from me on this! What a treasure!
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"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
1608 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 14:59:22
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Very nice... |
'Everyone dies...I only choose the time and place for a few.' --Eric Destler |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 15:00:57
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The 'Friendly' part is optional, and is sometimes substituted with another word.
I had an incredible deal once (a comic shop going out of business - I got TONS of 2e stuff 75% off!), but FREE is even better.
Great score! You got Phat Lewtz! |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
1608 Posts |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 19:20:24
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Nice one indeed, KEJr! I bought a bunch of Dragon Magazines from ebay, and got, to my surprise, the big-ass four-parter map of Faerûn, and some pretty nifty battlemaps as well. |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 18:09:32
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Lucky you. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams." --Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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Sanishiver
Senior Scribe
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 20:29:29
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Nice!
Makes me want to hit all the LGS's within driving range just to see what they have in dead stock.
The last big load I hit was in Stockton California about four years ago. Haven't seen a store with lots of Dragon and Dungeon back issues in a long time, but you never know! |
09/20/2008: Tiger Army at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. You wouldn’t believe how many females rode it out in the pit. Santa Cruz women are all of them beautiful. Now I know to add tough to that description. 6/27/2008: WALL-E is about the best damn movie Pixar has ever made. It had my heart racing and had me rooting for the good guy. 9/9/2006: Dave Mathews Band was off the hook at the Shoreline Amphitheater.
Never, ever read the game books too literally, or make such assumptions that what is omitted cannot be. Bad DM form, that.
And no matter how compelling a picture string theory paints, if it does not accurately describe our universe, it will be no more relevant than an elaborate game of Dungeons and Dragons. --paragraph 1, chapter 9, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 03:59:21
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This is awesome, Knight! Tymora favors you! |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
twitter: @yuripeixoto Facebook: yuri.peixoto |
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Ardashir
Senior Scribe
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 20:35:39
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Congratulations to you, sir! |
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althen artren
Senior Scribe
USA
780 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 23:41:39
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Slight related, My wife went to a yard sale and brought for me copies of the 1st two box sets for D@D for $.20. Get this, one of the boxes still had the dice and the crayon still in the package, and the other box had its crayon and a mix of original dice. I have since sold both boxes for $20 to a friend of mine who first used those boxes (and lost the 4 sided of the set I kept, sigh)
Have also gotten some used 1 edition modules as well. Good find on your part. |
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Gwydion669
Acolyte
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2008 : 08:51:42
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I hope I have your luck. I was recently informed that there was a water leak in one of my storage units several states away. My father claims one box of my books is toast while the rest are okay.
I'm hoping it was some Marvel or DC's and not my Dragons or modules.
If you can't find all that you want at Paizo, RPGNow has a pretty good selection in PDF form at relatively low prices. |
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Dracons
Learned Scribe
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jul 2008 : 20:29:54
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Huge Congrats:
Um. ... anyway you could send me some of the info on Sights in Skullport.....??? |
I love PMs! Please send me a message. Even if its Hi. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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