my entire RPG collection (photos included)

[geoffrey]

I've recently finished selling about 95% of my RPG collection, and I'm keeping what's left (i. e., nine D&D books). First of all, here is the list of what I have. (Note that this list doesn't include my collection of Tekumel material, which I don't treat as RPG products but rather as books to study and read.)

The entirety of my D&D collection is Old School Renaissance stuff. The only TSR item I own is the 1975 Empire of the Petal Throne boxed set, and the only Judges Guild item I own is The Nightmare Maze of Jigresh, a 16-page module for Empire of the Petal Throne.

Without further ado, here is my D&D collection:

1. A heavily-edited, self-made booklet (only 48 pages!) of the Swords & Wizardry Whitebox rules.
www.swordsandwizardry.com/?page_id=6

2. The Random Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and Their Modern Simulacra, self-published edition (by James Edward Raggi IV, 2008)
www.goodman-games.com/4375preview.html

3. People of Pembrooktonshire (by James Edward Raggi IV, 2009)
www.lotfp.com/RPG/products/PeopleofPembrooktonshire.php

4. No Dignity in Death: The Three Brides (by James Edward Raggi IV, 2009)
www.lotfp.com/RPG/products/NoDignityinDeath.php

5. Death Frost Doom (by James Edward Raggi IV, 2009)
www.lotfp.com/RPG/products/DeathFrostDoom.php

6. Supplement V: CARCOSA (by Geoffrey McKinney, 2008)
carcosa-geoffrey.blogspot.com/

7. The Carcosan Grimoire (by various authors, 2009)
www.apolitical.info/carcosa/

8. Obregon’s Dishonor (by Cameron DuBeers, 2009)
bravehalflingpublishing.com/blog/products-page/original-edition/obregons-dishonor-pdf-only/

9. Fight On! #4 Winter 2009
www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/fight-on-issue-%234-winter-2009/6208366


Dice:
454 opaque, uninked dice:
4-siders: 62
6-siders: 61
8-siders: 82
12-siders: 130
20-siders: 119


Here are the photos:

This first one is of my 23" shelf that holds my RPG collection: Tekumel on the left, D&D on the right.


My nine D&D books:


My one-and-only D&D rulebook:


My copy of the Random Esoteric Creature Generator with my D&D rulebook (with cover image taken from the RECG). I used to love monster books such as the AD&D Monster Manual and Fiend Folio, but James Raggi's Random Esoteric Creature Generator packs more good weirdness and more monsters in its 26 pages than do all the voluminous monster tomes put together.


My over-the-top collection of 454 old-school dice, with a couple of D&D supplements for scale. (Note that I no longer own the Greyhawk supplement.)


I love my compact, single-shelf collection of RPG items. It's all stuff I actually use, and it's now always easy to find the RPG book I want!

[Deleted]

Wow! Looks like my little module, and my edited supplement, are in good company! ;D

[kesher]

That's a beautiful idea. You've inspired me just in time---I'm about to start cleaning out my basement office, which is overflowing with RPG books in which I have almost no interest...

[kenmeister]

... Must ... get ... copy ... of ... Warriors ... of ... Mars ...

[Mr. Darke]

I've thought about doing this.

[Finarvyn]

Hey, and the parts of your collection that you sold to me aren't coming back to your library so don't even think about asking! :-)

[benoist]

That's a nice collection you got there, Geoffrey!

[Deleted]

Geoffrey: I received my Supplements III & IV today and ... SQUEE!

My white box collection of years past has finally been recreated, and I did it all for around $150.

I now have a white box containing the TLBBs and chart booklet in very good condition; as well as GH, BM, EW, and GDH in varying conditions ranging from good to very good. Yay!

[benoist]

That is really cool DuBeers.
You must be ecstatic.

I'm missing Supplement II, IV and Swords & Spells, personally. But I will do the same, one day!

[Deleted]

It's a good feeling! I am thinking of investing in one of those fire-proof safes to store them in, now. I also have them all on PDF and they are stored in various spots, just in case.

[benoist]

Same thing with the PDFs here! hehe.
The safe idea is a good one. Small ones are relatively cheap these days.

[Deleted]

Top row: the box.

Middle row (left to right): chart booklet, Men & Magic, Monsters & Treasure, Underworld & Wilderness Adventures.

Bottom row: Greyhawk; Blackmoor; Eldritch Wizardry; Gods, Demi-Gods, and Heroes; Carcosa.

[Mr. Darke]

That is sweet.

[benoist]

One step closer from the complete collection! I just won Blackmoor today! :-)

[Deleted]

Aug 2, 2009 0:58:07 GMT -6 benoist said:

One step closer from the complete collection! I just won Blackmoor today! :-)

Cool, and congratulations! How many left to go?

[benoist]

Supplement IV and Swords & Spells. Already got Carcosa (hey, Geoffrey *waves* ).
Soon a collection, and world domination tomorrow!

[Deleted]

Seems like so much fun, I thought I'd share. Plus, I am very excited as I just acquired the white-box with hobbits and balrogs for $130 and the next day ran into a guy that happened to have an Empire of the Petal Throne which I bought (including Avalon Hill's Third Reich and The Russian Campaign) for $64. This accomplished all within a few days time after looking for months!

Needless to say, I am pleased. I will include photos later.

[Deleted]

Ooh! Score!! Was the EotPT the original TSR boxed set? I'd love to have one of those.

[geoffrey]

Aug 31, 2009 15:58:19 GMT -6 christopher said:

an Empire of the Petal Throne which I bought (including Avalon Hill's Third Reich and The Russian Campaign) for $64.

That's awesome. I paid $70-something for my TSR Empire of the Petal Throne boxed set back in the mid-1990s.

[Deleted]

Yeah, it is the TSR boxed set. The maps are all included and in near mint condition. The book is nearly flawless: very slight cigarette smell and a couple of minuscule brownish stains of unknown origin, nothing to complain too loudly about. However, the plastic ring/comb binding seems to be a problem as the pages near the beginning and at the end of the book become bunched up and tend to bend instead of flipping as they are intended to. Is this a common problem? And if so, how can I alleviate this?

[Deleted]

Christopher, dude! That's awesome! ((eHigh-Five!))

[Deleted]

Thanks! (eHigh-five returned.)

The original plan was to buy a few of "the guy's" old board war games, but when he began to unload his boxes, and out came a copy of EoPT, I mostly forgot about the war games. I feel very lucky.

@geof

I love the single volume self-edited rules. I have pondered doing something similar for quite some time, but all attempts have been aborted. Not sure if I have the same aesthetic tastes that you do with the rock and roll font and the wild box-vaghina-plant-monster-thing, however, I do find much of what you do inspirational and very much in line with my own sense of DIY and homebrew sensibilities. Thanks.

EDIT: By the way, how did you get such a clean cut on your homemade booklets?

[geoffrey]

Aug 31, 2009 18:58:38 GMT -6 christopher said:

The maps are all...in near mint condition...[T]he [rulebook's] plastic ring/comb binding seems to be a problem as the pages near the beginning and at the end of the book become bunched up and tend to bend instead of flipping as they are intended to. Is this a common problem? And if so, how can I alleviate this?

Those 1975 EPT maps are unsurpassed. They are so tough and sturdy. One would have to be willfully abusive or wildly unlucky to seriously damage them.

My book has the exact same issue as yours. I think probably all the 1975 EPT rulebooks are that way. It's just the way they are put together. My solution?

I purchased a reprint of the EPT rulebook here: www.tekumel.com/tita/ept.html

I always read my reprint, and I leave the original in the box. The reprint has a problem-free spiral binding.

[geoffrey]

Aug 31, 2009 19:55:57 GMT -6 christopher said:

@geof

I love the single volume self-edited rules. I have pondered doing something similar for quite some time, but all attempts have been aborted. Not sure if I have the same aesthetic tastes that you do with the rock and roll font and the wild box-vaghina-plant-monster-thing, however, I do find much of what you do inspirational and very much in line with my own sense of DIY and homebrew sensibilities. Thanks.

EDIT: By the way, how did you get such a clean cut on your homemade booklets?

Yeah, that bizarro monster and the black metal font are probably acquired tastes!

The easiest way to edit your own D&D rulebook is to start with the Swords & Sorcery Whitebox document in Word. Then start deleting, adding, and polishing!

Clean cut? I cheat. There are two things I don't do at home: staple and trim my booklets. I pay a local printer to do that for me. But everything else is done at home.

[Deleted]

Those 1975 EPT maps are unsurpassed. They are so tough and sturdy.

Indeed. I have been tempted to play a game of twister on them. Seriously though, they are awfully rugged.

The easiest way to edit your own D&D rulebook is to start with the Swords & Sorcery Whitebox document in Word. Then start deleting, adding, and polishing!

Brilliant!

My book has the exact same issue as yours. I think probably all the 1975 EPT rulebooks are that way. It's just the way they are put together. My solution?

I hesitated to do it, but I "borrowed" a 125-page plastic comb binder from one of my son's old school projects and replaced EotPT's original binding. It worked like a charm! The pages turn freely and loosely without bunching up. I also happen to have a reading copy on the way in the mail, ordered before the fortuitous events that lead to my acquiring the authentic copy.