MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I suspect that at some point in the next 50 years, as the original RPG generation and a couple subsequent ones give way to the children of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th-edition players, the demand for more obscure D&D items will plummet, along with prices for them. Sure, there will always be some erudite collectors who would love to own a Jade Hare or whatever, but rather than numbering in the hundreds they'll number in the half-dozens or less. (On the other hand, I suspect woodgrain sets will always command a premium.)
dbartman wrote:I agree. Still don't want to pay the ridiculous price ST1 goes for.
Badmike wrote:Blech! I have no desire for a Fazzle. At least ST1 has some cache, being an actual TSR product release. Plus the entire story about how no one wanted one, the connection to the UK garden fair, etc makes at least a pretty interesting history for the item.Mike B.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:Like the Deities & Demigods Cyclopedia 1st and 2nd prints.Yes the Chtulhu and other (rumored to be recalled) mythoi rock, but still...There are no less than 10,000 copies of each printing... STILL in circulation!I can go on E-Bay and find up to 10 copies and seldom less than 5 copies with squids in them for sale almost any day of the year... Year after year.And prices seem to stay high for them for the most part.Even beat up copies sell for over $50 on a VERY regular basis. Present company included... What other examples can you name?
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I suspect that at some point in the next 50 years the demand for more obscure D&D items will plummet, along with prices for them.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:Agreed, I wont buy one but for the money it often goes for I would rather have a Minty Fazzlewood plus a Minty 1st Print Vampire Queen any day, PLUS another rare, like a Dwarven Glory 4th print or whatever....
Blackmoor wrote:This module (along with Judges Guild stuff) helped to convince Gary and the boys that this type material would be viable to make money and in essence build the brand.
Blackmoor wrote:Is PotVQ quality stuff? Nope, it is a few maps and hack and slash encounters. Same as Dwarven Glory. Still both are very important modules and part of the history of this great game.
PotVQ was fascinating because I could tell I was looking back in time. The module was rudimentary, but functional. The intro was short but interesting. The room descriptions were spartan. I have rarely seen two maps for each level, one without secret passages/rooms and one with everything revealed, and I liked that. Still, there were lots of thin walls. All the basics of a modern module were there all together. And even though it was primarily a hack & slash adventure as presented, there was a theme to everything and usually some rationale for its inclusion.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:I enjoy having my copies of PotVQs enough that I recently traded a tough to find and fairly valuable Box Set to get yet another copy of the PotVQ reprint plus another item from a fellow Acaeum member overseas... I might eventually sell one of them, but it wont be as easy for me to do so as it was for you.
faro wrote:Good luck getting those for a ST1; how many "Minty 1st Print PotVQ"s are there in existence? Two or three vaguely close, perhaps...And as for that Dwarven Glory 4th print, I think someone will have to rewrite the listing, first.
