Finds at the (kinda) local book shop

Titania Lefey · Post by **Titania Lefey** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:21 pm

yesterday we were doing our monthly shopping and decided to drop by a book and trade shop that had been calling our names for quite some time.

while looking around we found 3 shelves that were completely dedicated to gaming books, and among those books were.... (drum roll) 1st ed D&D books.

Not just any books though, no, they had the Dungeon masters guide, Deities and Demi-gods, and thats not even the best part of it. They had modules!! they had the entire Against the giants series, Village of Homlett, Boothill (can't remember the rest of the name), and The hidden shrine of temochan (or something like that memory is hazy due to really late night).

however, we had spent our budget for the day and the man knew what he had, as it is though he was selling the modules for 10.00. My dad nearly broke budget for the Village of Homlett since he has not seen one in his entire life.

Anyway thought it would be a cool thing to share.

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Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:28 pm

Titania Lefey wrote:
Anyway thought it would be a cool thing to share.

No, a cool thing to share would be a PM to me with the name and location of the store so I can swing through any buy the good stuff before and of these other jackals can get there.

dachda · Post by **dachda** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:35 pm

Found a shop like that in my town and left with a complete 1983 Greyhawk box, and the three Giant series modules. Nice thing is they do trades, so later I traded in a 3e MM for the GF Living Fantasy book.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:40 pm

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My dad nearly broke budget for the Village of Homlett since he has not seen one in his entire life.

They aren't rare or anything... how interesting.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:24 pm

The big find was that Cthulthu book. He wanted $90.00 for it, and since I am no collector, I didn't but it either. I know collectors may have gone nuts over it though. Supposedly one of the best adventures ever, and in pretty good shape. Looked "new" as far as I could tell.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:05 pm

serleran wrote:
They aren't rare or anything... how interesting.

No, but they're weirdly popular or so it seems on eBay. I've been wanting to get a hardcopy for a few years and the ridiculous prices for well worn copies is just silly.

But as I always tell people ~ patience. I'll get mine for $2-$3!!
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:07 pm

Nice find, Titania!!
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:31 am

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The big find was that Cthulthu book. He wanted $90.00 for it, and since I am no collector, I didn't but it either.

What Cthulhu book? Beyond the Mountains of Madness? There aren't many that I can fathom at that cost...

Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:40 am

Treebore wrote:
The big find was that Cthulthu book. He wanted $90.00 for it, and since I am no collector, I didn't but it either. I know collectors may have gone nuts over it though. Supposedly one of the best adventures ever, and in pretty good shape. Looked "new" as far as I could tell.

What Cthulhu book? Unless I am blind, Titania's original message does not mention this foul libram.

Although from your price, I would guess it is "Beyond the Mountains of Madness" (or a Necronomicon made of pure kitten skin )

I also have never stumbled onto a T1, which is odd given its wide availability. But I have had T1-4 since its original printing, so I have no strong need for T1

What was the Boot Hill module? You could run us through some rootin' shootin' good times!

Dead Mule revisited

Titania 'Groin Gouger' LeFay wrote:
Not just any books though, no, they had the Dungeon masters guide, Deities and Demi-gods, and thats not even the best part of it. They had modules!! they had the entire Against the giants series, Village of Homlett, Boothill (can't remember the rest of the name), and The hidden shrine of temochan

The 1st ed. DM's guide is a very useful resource with all sorts of info about running campaigns, how spells work, and so on. If the price is cheap, it is definitely a useful (if scrambled) book.

The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan is the module I ran the Thursday group through last year. Well, half way at any rate. It was Mayan flavoured, and you guys fought the [spoiler] who was trying to recombine in his [spoiler].

Have to revisit that some day.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:58 am

serleran wrote:
What Cthulhu book? Beyond the Mountains of Madness? There aren't many that I can fathom at that cost...

Yep, that is it.
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Aladar · Post by **Aladar** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:22 pm

We have a local book store here in Las Cruces that has all sorts of RPG stuff, and they have a lot of 1st & 2nd ed. AD&D, the old Basic D&D, as well as older and current 3rd ed. D&D stuff. Including a lot of old modules, as well as hard to find SciFi and Fantasy hardbacks and paperbacks. I buy stuff from them all the time, and they do trade credit as well.

I think they will still do phone or on-line orders.

Their address to their main store is:

Coas My Book Store

317 N. Main

Las Cruces, NM 88001

Ph# (800) 592-8471

website: www.coasbooks.com

They have moved their RPG stuff over to their other store, and their info is:

Coas Book Store on Solano

1101 S. Solano Drive

Las Cruces, NM 88001

Ph#: (575) 647-4472

They are a real nice bunch of folks and they have a lot of RPG stuff (new & old). I don't know what they would charge for shipping.
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Foxroe · Post by **Foxroe** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:19 pm

Aramis wrote:
What was the Boot Hill module? You could run us through some rootin' shootin' good times!

Boot Hill was TSR's wild west RPG. Unless she meant "Bone Hill"...

-Fox

Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:12 pm

Foxroe wrote:
Boot Hill was TSR's wild west RPG. Unless she meant "Bone Hill"...

-Fox

Oooh, a haunted keep on the hill. hobgoblins to the right of you, ghouls to the left. And you with just a six shooter. I like it. Let's mix the two genres! (as Gygax intended with his six guns and sorcery rules )

Titania and I (and some other reprobates) actually went through a Boot Hill module, adapted to C&C rules. So I was wondering what this module was, so that they might allow us a return to Dead Mule

The campaign journal is here if you are interested
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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:46 pm

Used to find alot of good D&D/AD&D items at the local Half-Price Book shops in our area. But, it's gotten tougher as the years have gone by. Either because people are more savy to these places or the supply is drying up. I keep looking though. Every once and a while I dig up a nice little nugget! I was able to fill a bunch of holes to my AD&D collection that way!

Cool finds, Titania! Keep up the search!
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:27 pm

Well, if I may jump in here with a recent acquisition of my own (not from a game store, though):

Spartan International August 1970 issue. It has an article entitled "Rules for Medieval Miniatures" written by Gary Gygax. Significance? This predates Chainmail by about a year.

Not a whole lot of fantasy in it, but it is interesting so far.

Clangador · Post by **Clangador** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:43 pm

I've picked up almost all my 1e AD&D stuff for my local Half-Price Books. That place has been a real treasure trove over the years.

Harry Joy · Post by **Harry Joy** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:23 pm

Clangador wrote:
I've picked up almost all my 1e AD&D stuff for my local Half-Price Books. That place has been a real treasure trove over the years.

Damn. I hear so many people talking about Half-Price Books you'd think it was a national chain or something. Honestly, hearing about the chain is becoming one of my pet peeves. They are localised heavy in a handful of places, and are nowhere else. I lived in Milwaukee, however, when the store opened there and was always woefully underwhelmed by them.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:26 pm

Yeah, HPB is like a cancer, in a way... they grow in clumps. Hmm, maybe cauliflower is a better analogy. Yeah. Sorry.

Harry Joy · Post by **Harry Joy** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:45 pm

Texas, Ohio, and the Upper Midwest - they get all the freakin' action. Half-Price Books has more stores within a couple of hours of Milwaukee than they have in the entire state of California. That's a pretty localized chain.

S'not freakin' fair. *grump*

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:40 am

I don't have a Half-Price anywhere by me, but I do have a BAMM ~ online that is!!!
www.bamm.com

Pretty much thee best prices on books (including game stuff - but no OOP) over Amazon and Buy.

For me OOP will always be on eBay.

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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:58 am

Yeah, we have three different stores in the metro Milwaukee area - Greenfield, Milwaukee, and Brookfield. I don't frequent them as much as I used to - too many other things getting in the way. Alot of times it's hit & miss - ya just never know!
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Foxroe · Post by **Foxroe** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:18 am

serleran wrote:
Well, if I may jump in here with a recent acquisition of my own (not from a game store, though):

Spartan International August 1970 issue. It has an article entitled "Rules for Medieval Miniatures" written by Gary Gygax. Significance? This predates Chainmail by about a year.
Not a whole lot of fantasy in it, but it is interesting so far.

Nice!
Where did you find that gem?

-Fox

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:24 am

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Where did you find that gem?

eBay. Someone at The Acaeum (a D&D collector's site) posted about it, and I happened to win it. Only spent half of what I had bid, too, so maybe I overbid, but I don't care... I wanted it.

Post by **Fiffergrund** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:25 pm

Beyond the Mountains of Madness is quite possibly the best adventure I've ever seen for *any* game system. I'm so glad I have a copy. Found it for $20 in new condition, in a brick and mortar that has since dropped most of their RPG products.

I hit the Chaosium site for the Antarctic Expedition pack (for the big maps) and it's complete.

It's starting to sound like I should take the book and hermetically seal it somewhere.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:28 pm

$90 for a BtMoM is roughly accurate. They go, typically, 70-100+. I'd have bought it at $90.

Foxroe · Post by **Foxroe** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:50 pm

Man, I loved CoC!

Unfortunately, I haven't played since the early 90's, so I completely missed out on BMoM.

Yikes! $148 through Amazon and $180-$200 on eBay. I'll have to add it to my "watch for it" list and hope for a better deal.

-Fox

Post by **Fiffergrund** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:13 pm

Chaosium hinted at a reprint of BtMoM a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if it went anywhere.

The demand is obviously there. A collectors edition with the handout package and spare maps included would net a *lot* of revenue. I personally think it should be a boxed set like Masks of Nyarlathotep is. From running the adventure, the book is really too large to use effectively during gameplay.

I'm not sure why it has never been reprinted. It seems like such a no-brainer. They must like the prestige associated with having such a great adventure in such high demand. A second printing would deflate that, a bit, and it would screw over some collectors.
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Harry Joy · Post by **Harry Joy** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:18 pm

Google netted me this:

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In the R'lyeh Report for April 2007, Chaosium announced plans to release a true 2nd edition of the seminal Beyond the Mountains of Madness campaign, sometime in 2008.

A reprint of the first edition, similar to the one available last September is (likely) to be available again this Summer from Chaosium's web site.

More information will likely be appearing in the following YSDC forum thread: Beyond the Mountains of Madness Second Edition??? as it appears.

From this site:
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php? ... le&sid=371

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:44 pm

Fiffergrund wrote:
Chaosium hinted at a reprint of BtMoM a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if it went anywhere.

The demand is obviously there. A collectors edition with the handout package and spare maps included would net a *lot* of revenue. I personally think it should be a boxed set like Masks of Nyarlathotep is. From running the adventure, the book is really too large to use effectively during gameplay.

I'm not sure why it has never been reprinted. It seems like such a no-brainer. They must like the prestige associated with having such a great adventure in such high demand. A second printing would deflate that, a bit, and it would screw over some collectors.

I thought Chaosium did do this earlier this year. Not a deluxe version, but a standard 2nd printing of BTMoM. I could have sworn I got an e-mail regarding this.

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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:46 pm

Harry Joy wrote:
Texas, Ohio, and the Upper Midwest - they get all the freakin' action. Half-Price Books has more stores within a couple of hours of Milwaukee than they have in the entire state of California. That's a pretty localized chain.

S'not freakin' fair. *grump*

I have to say that the best OOP store I have ever seen is up in Cleveland Ohio. They have moutnains of old, OOP D&D and lots of the classics. However, their stock is not easily accessible unless you actually go into the store and spend a lot of time searching for what you want.

give them a try if you are in the area:
www.warzonematrix.com

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