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Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #15 on Apr 6, 2012, 9:52am »
I don't know offhand, either. It's not a really popular game, except to folks who are really "into" Dave's game design, and never got much interest. I think I bought my copy for $30-40 many years ago. I would guess that the value has gone up since then, but I really haven't followed it.
Frankly, I rarely dust off the copy I have. I had hoped to find some cool OD&D insight, but AiF is a very different game system from OD&D and not as interesting to me anymore.
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Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #16 on Apr 6, 2012, 9:53am »
By the way -- I just hopped over to Noble Knight and they don't have any for sale. I was hoping they would list one so I could give you a price estimate.
The shrink-wrap and signatures should make this have some value to a collector.
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Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #17 on Apr 6, 2012, 10:55am via the ProBoards Mobile App »
With the signatures and shrink wrap, that is clearly an exceptionally rare find. The shrink wrap may have been added later to preserve the signatures. If not, then it may likely have been part of a limited run of memento copies of some sort; possibly thank you's distributed at the game's release or something like that.
If you can find out more, then you might have something particularly valuable. I have no idea what such a thing might go for.
I'd definitely sell it and buy something I'd use, either this game or something else. I wouldn't open it.
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Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #18 on Apr 6, 2012, 1:24pm »
The Acaeum (http://www.acaeum.com/) is usually a good place to ask questions of this sort ... and perhaps even find a buyer. These guys are serious collectors and give pretty solid advice.
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Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #19 on Apr 6, 2012, 5:44pm »
I bought my copy from Adventures Unlimited at a Boskone when it was released. Every copy was signed, and in fact, my copy was also signed by Kathy Marschall (the artist). I'm guessing all the copies sold at conventions where Adventures Unlimited had a booth were signed. Who knows how many other copies were signed.
I vaguely remember that maybe Kathy's signature was added at the booth.
I have a copy of this that it still sealed in shrink and throw box front is signed by Richard Snider and Dave in blue pen under the shrink. Been debating for awile on whether to open it up or keep Minty. I got it for cheap
Can't help you much. I'd guess you might be able to get a benjamin for it as is, but there simply aren't as many people aware of or interested in Dave Arneson's products.
If you want to sell it, don't open it, if not what purpose would not opening it serve? It is a cardboard box and paper books. It will disintegrate in a couple hundred years unless stabilized with an expensive chemical process. That's inevitable (and equally true of all the oD&D books), and then some distant descendant of yours will have a shrinkwrapped bag full of dust.
Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #21 on Apr 7, 2012, 1:51am »
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some distant descendant of yours will have a shrinkwrapped bag full of dust.
I love that image. " You mean Suzy go the real estate and I got this.....f-ing bag of dust!!!"
To tell the truth I buy all may game items with an eye towards ripping em open and fully using them but held of on this because at the time I bought it I also got tons of other stuff. RPG and game auction you see. So it sat until I recently was reading through the massive thred where you and Snori (and others!) try to dissect out Dave's old combat mechanics, which is amazing BTW.
Now I know I would never use the game but would like to read it but not if it means wiping out something that a collector would treasure and keep in better shape than I ever could.
Whats weird is that as far as I can tell it is original shrink since there is no box wear underneath except in one corner where some shrink is rubbed away. The signatures are underneath the wrap, so this must have come from the manufacturer as a package.
If you lightly shake the box you can hear the books slide around but no, 20 sided die, though it may be in a bag and silent. Who knows.
Also got a mint copy of Swords and Spells for 11 dollars, sixth printing at the same auction.
Re: Adventures in Fantasy? « Reply #22 on Apr 7, 2012, 1:59am »
It is the first edition first printing and has white paper labels on it that say Adventure Games Inc. and obviously cover up all the original printer names on the. You can make out Adventure Unlimited underneath a few of them.
Needless to say this seems odd since I know that Excalibur Games first printed it then Dave bought the rights back with some of his first TSR settlement money and brought it in-house to his own Adventure Games Inc. company.
Existing stock would have been relabeled for sale, which is possibly when the box was signed and then shrunk wrapped, but what gives with Adventures Unlimited under the stickers instead of Excalibur?
It is the first edition first printing and has white paper labels on it that say Adventure Games Inc. and obviously cover up all the original printer names on the. You can make out Adventure Unlimited underneath a few of them.
Needless to say this seems odd since I know that Excalibur Games first printed it then Dave bought the rights back with some of his first TSR settlement money and brought it in-house to his own Adventure Games Inc. company.
Existing stock would have been relabeled for sale, which is possibly when the box was signed and then shrunk wrapped, but what gives with Adventures Unlimited under the stickers instead of Excalibur?
Anyone know?
I don't have it with me at the moment, but I think its in the interview in Pegasus issue 1, where Dave mentions buying the unsold product from Excalibre and then selling the game directly from his own company (Adventure Games).
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