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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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 Posted - 21 May 2004 : 16:21:38
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..getting
For me it was the Old 1ed Lords of Darkness (I swear they must have done a limited run of that) I was never able to get it as a PnP module, only managed to get when SVgames started selling PDFs of it
Other FR products that where hard to find where the H series (I managed to track down all 4 modules), The Ruins of Myth Drannor Boxset (Another one I never managed to track down as a PnP product) and the other hard one to find was Nightmare Keep.
So which products did you find hard to get?
On the other end of the scale I could still find FR1 Waterdeep and the north in stores as late as 2000
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 16:30:53
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Originally posted by Dargoth
So which products did you find hard to get?
On the other end of the scale I could still find FR1 Waterdeep and the north in stores as late as 2000
Many of the second edition boxed sets I could still find in stores not that long ago.
Hard to get? I don't really think I've ever encountered something I found hard to get in the FR World. But, I'm very selective as to what scrolls go into my library. Plus I have two other people in the household who collected a great deal over their lifetimes that is now part of the collection.
Now, a product from another world that starts with a G....I've had trouble getting ahold of an unblemished copy of it. |
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Brother Ezra
Learned Scribe
USA
268 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 17:17:31
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During the FR heyday, I was pretty good about getting most of the new releases, especially the regional supplements and the boxed sets. What I've been trying to find lately to round out my collection are the Volo's Guide series. I've heard some wonderful things about them. Pure lore, no prestige classes or feats.( ) |
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 17:32:19
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| If you count the Bloodstone series, that is one that I never got ahold of. I was in a bidding race for a copy of Bloodstone Pass on Ebay last year (uncut counters)...but the price shot through the roof and I did not want it that much. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 17:51:13
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Of the products I have, the toughest to get was the Waterdeep Trail Map.
Of the ones I still need, so far the most elusive have proven to be the Kidnapped module, and the Kara-Tur boxed set.
I'm only shy about 3 dozen products, mostly modules. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 21 May 2004 : 18:09:53
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The hard to get stuff I still haven't got: "Spellstorm" and other tournament modules, the Secrets of the Sages newsletter, "Dungeon of the Hark" and other RPGA modules...
Don't know why the H series fetches such prices, I didn't and wouldn't pay cover price. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 19:05:13
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Originally posted by Dargoth
..getting
For me it was the Old 1ed Lords of Darkness (I swear they must have done a limited run of that) I was never able to get it as a PnP module, only managed to get when SVgames started selling PDFs of it
Other FR products that where hard to find where the H series (I managed to track down all 4 modules), The Ruins of Myth Drannor Boxset (Another one I never managed to track down as a PnP product) and the other hard one to find was Nightmare Keep.
So which products did you find hard to get?
On the other end of the scale I could still find FR1 Waterdeep and the north in stores as late as 2000
I got my copy of Waterdeep and the North directly from the TSR catalog several years ago, along with a brand new copy of Oriental Adventures (the first one, obviously)...
Nightmare Keep is still on my list of things to acquire, ditto for the H series.
I got the Ruins of Myth Drannor boxed set when it came out. I got the majority of the boxed sets that way.
Lords of Darkness(1E) I got without really trying hard. I found it on eBay just a few months ago, and got it for like $10. There's at least two copies of it on there right now -- I just saw them. |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 19:45:59
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If anyone's still seeking FR or other 2E materials, I'm currently liquidating a lot of my library due to financial reasons. Thus, I may be able to help out some folks looking for older TSR materials (and not just FR stuff).
Steven
Who hates feeling like a shill but would rather put things in people's hands who really want the stuff (and he's too lazy to post on EBay)
PS: Contact me offlist re: any queries for materials. steven-schend@sff.net is the email. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2004 : 22:33:15
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
If anyone's still seeking FR or other 2E materials, I'm currently liquidating a lot of my library due to financial reasons. Thus, I may be able to help out some folks looking for older TSR materials (and not just FR stuff).
That include a personal autograph on some things you might be responsible for helping create? |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 01:22:50
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
If anyone's still seeking FR or other 2E materials, I'm currently liquidating a lot of my library due to financial reasons. Thus, I may be able to help out some folks looking for older TSR materials (and not just FR stuff).
That include a personal autograph on some things you might be responsible for helping create?
Why my scribbling on something would improve it is beyond me, but if that's what you want, that's what you'll get. ;)
Steven
Who does have immediately at hand a complete set each of the DC/TSR Forgotten Realms comic series (#1-25 & Annual) and the AD&D series (set in Waterdeep; #1-36 & Annual) |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 03:45:38
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Why my scribbling on something would improve it is beyond me, but if that's what you want, that's what you'll get. ;)
I like a person who will grant a consumer's wish. 
Thanks for the reply. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 06:02:14
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1) 8224, What is the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Anyway?
2) 8908, Gateway to Ravens Bluff
3) 9122, Bloodstone Pass
4) 9185, Treasure Hunt
5) 9199, Desert of Desolation
6) 9200, Bloodstone Wars
7) 9262, Cities of Mystery
8) ****, Secret Password
I've only seen Treasure Hunt once or twice from the OOP retailer (Nobleknight.com) that Ive bought from for years. And many of those I've never seen him get in stock except the bloodstone modules and Desert of Desolation.
And of couse the RPGA modules Fafaer mentioned. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 06:05:52
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Hmmm...now let me see...
For extended Realms material, the Al-Qadim boxed set was the most difficult for me to find, as here in Australia only a limited number of sets were ever sold  .
For complete core Realms material though, it's a tie - Nightwatch in the Living City, and the N5 adventure Under Illefarn.
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 06:22:29
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Originally posted by kuje31
I've never seen him get in stock except the bloodstone modules and Desert of Desolation.
This thread's bringing back some great memories. Desert of Desolation, though I don't own it, was the first FR module I played with an old group in Germany. Some good times.
As for the people that make up my current group....Under Illefarn. I wasn't the DM at first. However, after running through it and meeting the people I did while gaming....I had to purchase it. The module was relatively easy to obtain although my friends have since told me that it's somewhat hard to find.
It's bagged up now with one of those cardboard backings. Perhaps a bit overprotective, but I really like the module and treasure the memories from it. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 22 May 2004 : 06:40:32
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
However, after running through it and meeting the people I did while gaming....I had to purchase it. The module was relatively easy to obtain although my friends have since told me that it's somewhat hard to find.
Really...? 
Well, I purchased my copy of Under Illefarn in 1991, but I had to scour the game and hobby stores of Perth for over a year and a half before I found a copy. When did your friend first have a copy?
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 06:42:14
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
This thread's bringing back some great memories. Desert of Desolation, though I don't own it, was the first FR module I played with an old group in Germany. Some good times.
As for the people that make up my current group....Under Illefarn. I wasn't the DM at first. However, after running through it and meeting the people I did while gaming....I had to purchase it. The module was relatively easy to obtain although my friends have since told me that it's somewhat hard to find.
It's bagged up now with one of those cardboard backings. Perhaps a bit overprotective, but I really like the module and treasure the memories from it.
Under Illefarn is another of the ones I noticed on eBay one day and snatched up...
As for the overprotective thing... Well, all of my gaming stuff, except for the hardcovers, is in magazine bags. I got into that habit many years ago, and I've kept up with it since then.
With the old boxed sets, I also bagged the maps and cardstock sheets. I still bag maps that come in new stuff. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 10:24:23
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I'm still after a copy of H1 - Bloodstone Pass. It's hard to locate a good copy as it contains many cardboard cut-out pieces for the Battlesystem. ...and its ridiculously priced too
Before, I struggled to locate a copy of Empires of the Sands, it took about 3 GENCON's before I saw it and quickly grabbed if from the box squealing in delig.....ahem, and went over to purchase it.
Therefore, H1 is all that i'm missing  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 22 May 2004 : 10:38:42
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Oh, I wish you'd said something about 5 months ago Rad  . I actually had two copies of each of the adventures in the Bloodstone series. Unfortunately I gave it to a friend of mine as a Christmas present last year. He'd been searching high and low for a copy of each of these adventures as well...
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 10:40:58
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Originally posted by The Sage
Oh, I wish you'd said something about 5 months ago Rad . I actually had two copies of each of the adventures in the Bloodstone series. Unfortunately I gave it to a friend of mine as a Christmas present last year. He'd been searching high and low for a copy of each of these adventures as well...
 AARRRGGHHHHHHH NOOOOOooooooooooooo
Shucks! No matter, Sage. Thanks for the thought anyway. I'll continue my life-long search.... id only feel empty and without purpose if I had the product anyway |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 14:37:13
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Under Illefarn is another of the ones I noticed on eBay one day and snatched up...
What's this Ebay thing I keep hearing mentioned? Is it something important?
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As for the overprotective thing... Well, all of my gaming stuff, except for the hardcovers, is in magazine bags. I got into that habit many years ago, and I've kept up with it since then.
I can understand that. Due to the environment I was in, I had to start doing this with my favorite paperback books. I need to start doing it to all the books I have and the gaming modules. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2004 : 17:30:27
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
I can understand that. Due to the environment I was in, I had to start doing this with my favorite paperback books. I need to start doing it to all the books I have and the gaming modules.
Well, the reason I started bagging everything has to do with my dad's wife at the time. She was death on D&D, and had already tossed out all of my Super Endless Quest books (becuase they said AD&D on the spine). I covered all the hardcovers in brown paper, and that made them invisible to her. For my boxed sets and supplements, I simply stuck them all in folders.
After my dad divorced her, the camouflage was no longer necessary. I kept covering the hardcovers, to keep the pattern intact, but I decided to take the other stuff out of the folders. I had grown used to them being somewhat protected, though, so I invested in some magazine bags. And I've done that routine ever since.
As for my paperback novels, I've thought of bagging them, but I doubt that I will. Currently, the only one that is bagged came from the eBay seller that way, and since I had a hard time finding that book (The Sword and the Dagger, the forgotten first BattleTech novel), I left it in the bag.
Oh, and all my manga -- whether the Japanese version, or the American version -- is bagged, too. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 May 2004 : 17:46:26
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| I do protect a lot of my softback books with plastic book jackets that I get from here -- don't know offhand of a good US source. Prevents most wear to the covers. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2004 : 01:19:34
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Well, the reason I started bagging everything has to do with my dad's wife at the time. She was death on D&D, and had already tossed out all of my Super Endless Quest books (becuase they said AD&D on the spine).
Shudder. I forget sometimes that not every person had parents/guardians that were tolerant towards these roleplaying games that are actually fronts for true demonic activity. |
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Darth KTrava
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 24 May 2004 : 02:21:44
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What few FR stuff I've gotten, none has been that hard to get ahold of. Thanks to ebay.....  Although all I've gotten are all three of the 2nd ed deity books and the two different heroes lorebooks. One of the deity books (don't remember which) I got at a local used bookstore for half price.
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Senbar Flay
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 28 May 2004 : 19:22:00
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| For me believe it or not was the forgotten realms campaign setting they don't sell as many FR stuff in my town so I have to search around on the net. I found it in town later though a friend told me. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 May 2004 : 19:34:41
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Originally posted by Senbar Flay
For me believe it or not was the forgotten realms campaign setting they don't sell as many FR stuff in my town so I have to search around on the net. I found it in town later though a friend told me.
The third edition one? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 May 2004 : 20:10:38
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Originally posted by Darth KTrava
What few FR stuff I've gotten, none has been that hard to get ahold of. Thanks to ebay..... Although all I've gotten are all three of the 2nd ed deity books and the two different heroes lorebooks. One of the deity books (don't remember which) I got at a local used bookstore for half price.
Those three deity books are some of my all-time favorite Realms supplements! I was grabbing those as they came out, and eagerly devouring every word. Those books were enough to make me overcome my aversion to playing clerics, and give one a try.
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 May 2004 : 20:44:45
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Those three deity books are some of my all-time favorite Realms supplements! I was grabbing those as they came out, and eagerly devouring every word. Those books were enough to make me overcome my aversion to playing clerics, and give one a try.
Far superior to the 3rd edition counterpart! |
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Senbar Flay
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 20:44:54
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Senbar Flay
For me believe it or not was the forgotten realms campaign setting they don't sell as many FR stuff in my town so I have to search around on the net. I found it in town later though a friend told me.
The third edition one?
Yah I live in a small town they don't have that much stuff on Fr so most of mine is from the net. Except novels. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 29 May 2004 : 20:49:39
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Originally posted by Senbar Flay
Yah I live in a small town they don't have that much stuff on Fr so most of mine is from the net. Except novels.
Understood and thanks for replying. |
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