Good posts guys.

Ian, I assume you say that the Shakled City Adventure path will be worth something because it was the first adventure path and gave rise to Pathfinder?

i don't think that rare automatically equals valuable, it has to be desireable as well.  Sure there are some collectors who want everything but most are a bit fussier than that.  That is why I perhaps agree that the Necromancer Games and Goodman Games stuff will have some value.  I also expect Midnight is worth collecting.  But there was lots of average stuff and some real rubbish published for D20.

Sardan wrote:Ian, I assume you say that the Shakled City Adventure path will be worth something because it was the first adventure path and gave rise to Pathfinder?

Not only that, but the hardback has been somewhat redrafted to smooth out some of the interface issues and inconsistencies that the original sections published in the magazines had. And it is a very well presented tome which I understand is no longer in print. That doesn't mean it won't be reprinted, but if we are limited to the initial print run, it's a nice cheap item at the moment. Maybe $20 or so. It's a shame Age of the Wurm wasn't published in the same way, or Maure for that matter which I believe was on the acrds at one stage.

Mythmere1 wrote:Classic internet logic!  
"I haven't seen it, but it sucks..."

Not necessarily. I think it is fair for someone to judge whether they are going to buy products based on other people's impressions and reviews of those products, and I believe the effort and quality an author/publisher puts into the presentation of their product to their supposed customer goes a long way to explaining the author's ability and work ethic. There is no pride in half of the stuff some muppets want us to part with our money for, and that's just pure ignorance or laziness on the part of the author/publisher. If it looks like sh't and feels like sh't, in all likelihood it's sh't.

When I buy, I usually buy in multiples of 10, and I trust my instinct on selecting quality stock. I have not made too many errors in the investments I have made, so I'm fairly confident if I can pluck the odd gem from the sea of detritus we get presented with by all the bandwagon jumpers.

The publishers who have good products in the pipeline tend to know they have a winner before going to press, and for the most part tend also to invest the extra time and effort needed to presnet it well. At the end of the day, if the publisher doesn't have any faith in their own product, and they know it intimately, how bad must it actually be?

The 1st printing of the first Burnie module is something to keep a hold of if you happen to be one of the few who have a copy. Very limited numbers. I suspect Bottle City with the 1 piece map is a keeper too.

Dan Proctor wrote:

Labyrinth Lord is available through distribution...just ask them to order it!  

I know the owner of my FLGS. I ordered LL, Advanced Edition Companion and Mutant Future from them. They just do not carry the books in the store. Their main seller is Pathfinder followed by 4e.

clangador wrote:
I know the owner of my FLGS. I ordered LL, Advanced Edition Companion and Mutant Future from them. They just do not carry the books in the store. Their main seller is Pathfinder followed by 4e.

Odd that he would carry modules but not rulebooks. LL is selling fairly well in distro but I suspect it is through retailers who work hard to sell games other than the big few. The big few sell themselves. At my local store I'm running a biweekly game, and prior to this James Mishler had been running one for several months. LL sells well at this store. I think people need to know there is a local community and that helps.