... the comic store where I picked up a few Free RPG Day items had, in their used RPGs, a copy of the original Black Box set and a copy of the original Masque of the Red Death boxed set.
I didn't check prices or conditions, but if anyone's interested I'd be happy to do so, and arrange for them to acquire it for the store's price + shipping.
If anyone would be interested...
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Catman Jim
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Dang, Free RPG Day. I didn't make the 70 miles drive to my nearest gamestore just for that. Brandi, did you get a copy of Paizo's D0: "Hollows Last Hope"? If so, what is your opinion of it?
I had wanted to go, but I've been a little busy.
My new Lab puppy, Heidi
I had wanted to go, but I've been a little busy.
My new Lab puppy, Heidi
In my opinion, the Black Box for RL was one of the best-written products ever released. Even though the design elements are older and non canonical now, the flavor text is spot-on, and the writing does a great job of letting the DM know how this setting is going to be a very different creature from anything else. I still have my Black Box manuals by my computer when I'm DMing a RL campaign these days, in addition to all the 3rd ed. books.
Bravo, Brandi, for your civic-minded duty
Bravo, Brandi, for your civic-minded duty
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'Fraid not. Despite the low amount of material sent to the store, the owner was relaxed enough to let me pick several items. I admit, in the wake of people talking about how many stores severely limited picks, not to mention that it's primarily a *comic book* store and I don't buy many comics these days, I feel a little guilty about my haul, so I'm hoping to spread some good karma his way.Catman Jim wrote:Dang, Free RPG Day. I didn't make the 70 miles drive to my nearest gamestore just for that. Brandi, did you get a copy of Paizo's D0: "Hollows Last Hope"? If so, what is your opinion of it?
I got:
Little Orc Wars (a modified version of HG Wells' original 'Little Wars' wargame rules)
Xcrawl Dungeonbattle Brooklyn module (funny stuff)
Castles and Crusades quickstart
Tunnels and Trolls quickstart (both nice enough, I guess, but not exciting)
Starfleet Battles quickstart and adventure (again, meh)
WFRP module The Pig, The Witch and Her Lover (not bad, but I think I'd need to know more about WFRP's world flavor)
and the Changeling: the Lost quickstart (I have friends who are very into Changeling-- I tried their Dreaming LARP but it wasn't quite my cuppa, and I've been intrigued by the changes to the nWoD version discussed on RPG.net).
Most of these (except the Changeling quickstart, which my friend picked up at another store) are with my friends, so they could have a look as well.
On the whole, I was more interested in rules than modules, though that Xcrawl one cracks me up.
Since it's just a short bike-ride into town for me to visit Bizarro World (the store in question), I'll check conditions and prices this next week and post again for tarlyn and any other interested parties. I may also ask the owner if he's serious about wanting to put a fridge in his store to sell drinks and if so, maybe help him track one down. (It's such a small store, though-- I think he could only manage one of those itty dormer fridges, and I'm not sure it'd be worth it for him...)
I think this might've been the first one-- apparently a lot more stores joined up than expected which is why the amount of swag sent to each was relatively low. (I know Free Comic Book Day has been running longer-- and has the advantage of much more resources behind it.)Aslan wrote:how odd. I've never even heard of free rpg day until now.
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It was the first. http://www.freerpgday.com/Brandi wrote:I think this might've been the first one-- apparently a lot more stores joined up than expected which is why the amount of swag sent to each was relatively low.
Okay, here's the skinny on the boxed set:
The Black Box has a split corner on the box itself and some wear on the spine of the main book (it looks torn but the binding is still strong and intact). It is, however, complete, including the hex-map overlay. US$25.
The Masque of the Red Death set is complete and in better shape than the Black Box, with no damage to the booklets or the box. Amusingly, it also contains a whole lot of photocopied (and I suspect homebrew) character sheets-- some filled in!-- and a copy of "Psychic Proficiencies: A Masque of the Red Death Rules Expansion," by William W. Connors, from Dragon magazine. US$20.
If anyone decides to buy one-- or both-- I'll determine shipping costs (maximum, at least in the United States, would be probably $8.95 for a flat-rate Priority Mail Box), and payments can be arranged via my PayPal account.
The Black Box has a split corner on the box itself and some wear on the spine of the main book (it looks torn but the binding is still strong and intact). It is, however, complete, including the hex-map overlay. US$25.
The Masque of the Red Death set is complete and in better shape than the Black Box, with no damage to the booklets or the box. Amusingly, it also contains a whole lot of photocopied (and I suspect homebrew) character sheets-- some filled in!-- and a copy of "Psychic Proficiencies: A Masque of the Red Death Rules Expansion," by William W. Connors, from Dragon magazine. US$20.
If anyone decides to buy one-- or both-- I'll determine shipping costs (maximum, at least in the United States, would be probably $8.95 for a flat-rate Priority Mail Box), and payments can be arranged via my PayPal account.
If you think you can afford the shipping, I'll get it for you. But I imagine it wouldn't be cheap...WolfKook wrote:Thank you very much, Brandi, for your offer! I would LOVE to have the Black Box, but I guess Bogotá, Colombia is a little too far (And expensive).
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... hm. I brought down my Black Box to weigh it and it seems *heavier* than the one I saw at the store. I might just be mistaken, but I'll also try and double-check on that one-- if nothing else, the owner might want to know if it's incomplete!
Happily, my fears were unfounded-- it is a complete Black Box (though I split another corner bringing it down to examine 
-- I'll repair it if someone wants it).
WolfKook: the boxed set is 2lbs, 2oz-- say I round it up to 2 1/2 lbs, for packing and box weight. From where I live, to Bogota, the cost for 1st Class International Mail is US $18.80. Not cheap, I'll admit... but I'll leave it to you to decide if it is worth it. (International Priority Mail is about US$25.)
-- I'll repair it if someone wants it).WolfKook: the boxed set is 2lbs, 2oz-- say I round it up to 2 1/2 lbs, for packing and box weight. From where I live, to Bogota, the cost for 1st Class International Mail is US $18.80. Not cheap, I'll admit... but I'll leave it to you to decide if it is worth it. (International Priority Mail is about US$25.)
Hmm... Dark Sun boxed set, you say? Is this the one they released in 1995 as an update? (This will say "Expanded and Revised" and feature a funky full-sun logo) Or is it the old 1990 version, which features only a half-sun logo?
I have the 1995 version and was irritated at the writing style, which explained very little and assumed that the reader had already read all there was to read in the 1990 version.
I have the 1995 version and was irritated at the writing style, which explained very little and assumed that the reader had already read all there was to read in the 1990 version.