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Post Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:14 pm 
 

My list includes a VF or better copies of Kobold Hall and Lost Tamoachan.  I'd also like to pick up a SW 10th anniversary box :)

Otherwise, just upgrade when a good deal pops up, but good deals are scarce any more.

  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:20 am 
 

sauromatian wrote:
You need to add:
1. a white XXXL t-shirt with the message "CHOOSE LIFE" in oversized letters.
2. a 1984 model GE Style-Pro 3000, George Michael's blow-dryer preference during the momentous & unforgettable first American tour.


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Is Wham really Tom's surname?  
And you forgot:
3. Andrew Ridgely's unplugged air guitar

  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:28 am 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:Quoting myself, like a big loser ...

Does this list look complete to any Wham experts out there?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/6895


I'm no expert, but it looks pretty close to a full list, Xax. Tom has a couple of more recent self-published games (Battlin' Spaceships and Felithian Finance) that are available directly from himself via his website. I have Battlin, but haven't got the chance to play it yet (it looks like good fun though).

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PS I believe he was indeed born a Wham. And after gaming with his group, I discovered its not pronounced as expected - I'd always thought it was said as spelt, but everyone was saying "Wahrm" - a kind of cross between wham and warm.

PPS Instead of a Choose Life t-shirt, you need to add blue striped railway engineer's overalls and cap to the list for authentic Wham clothing.


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:46 am 
 

mdr003 wrote:
PS I believe he was indeed born a Wham. And after gaming with his group, I discovered its not pronounced as expected - I'd always thought it was said as spelt, but everyone was saying "Wahrm" - a kind of cross between wham and warm.


That's disappointing..."Wham" as in the noise Batman makes when he punches people is an incredibly cool name for a game designer.

Dang Easterners....can''t pronouce the Queens English....Kennedys....friggin "chowdah" and crap like that...


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:49 am 
 

Same as always...Thieves Guild 2nd Edition boxed set.  

I hear those things are totally cool and even an auction that starts at 99 cents with no reserve is likely to net $350, even if there are...like...seven of them up on Ebay at once.


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:05 am 
 

I would like to finish inventorying my collection.  Every title has been added to a spreadsheet but I'm in the process of listing condition or additional notes on the items.  Unfortunately it is one of those things that takes quite a bit of time and doesn't hold my interest very long, so I work on the project in spurts.  

One reason to complete the "audit" is to generate a list of products I own that have been heavily played.  My plan would be to upgrade these items through the new year.  For example, I found highlighting in a product I didn't remember having any writing in and my Lords of Darkness (REF5) is currently MIA.  

Of course there are several items I don't own but would like to add to my collection.   :D

  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:42 pm 
 

Avurax wrote:I would like to finish inventorying my collection.  Every title has been added to a spreadsheet but I'm in the process of listing condition or additional notes on the items.  Unfortunately it is one of those things that takes quite a bit of time and doesn't hold my interest very long, so I work on the project in spurts.  

One reason to complete the "audit" is to generate a list of products I own that have been heavily played.  My plan would be to upgrade these items through the new year.  For example, I found highlighting in a product I didn't remember having any writing in and my Lords of Darkness (REF5) is currently MIA.  

Of course there are several items I don't own but would like to add to my collection.   :D


Good Luck, it does pay off down the road I think but I agree it isn't the funnest job to do.

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:21 pm 
 

Oh, and I forgot to add that I will be continuing my search - hunting high and low, leaving no stone unturned - for ceramic D&D and Call of Cthulhu coffee mugs.  For what is the one thing better than a great gaming item?  A great gaming item which you can drink tea out of!!

So, if anyone has any for sale, I will happily pay an eye-wateringly high price to take it off your hands  :D  :D  :D


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:47 am 
 

I'm mainly a Forgotten Realms collector (D&D-wise anyway, I have tons of other collectting passions) so I want to fill in the gaps in my collection there before 4e comes along.

  


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:49 pm 
 

I think I might add Gamma World to my list. It was a fun game (especially the first edition) ... and I'm feeling nostalgic. Back in my teen years, we often referred to GW as "D&D with a lot more hit points."

I like the limited amount of items to collect, too. We're talking a couple of dozen for GW as opposed to many hundreds for D&D.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:59 pm 
 

Gamma World would be what?

I can think of the three boxed sets (make sure the 3rd ed. one has the rules supplement), the 4th ed. rules, the two versions of the screen (1st and 2nd ed.), the 2nd ed. character sheets, the modules GW1-4 and GW6-10, plus the 4th ed. modules (just the GWA and GWQ series, at least 5 total) and Gamma Knights.

Anything I'm missing?

Oh wait, the Alternity version if you want that as well. ;)

So 24 items, unless I'm missing something? :?


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:02 pm 
 

Yeah, that's the thing: even with 4th edition and Alternity (and those would be the lowest on my priority scale), there's still not that many total items.

You hit everything that I can think of, BTW. Well, there's two Endless Quest books that are GW-based, but ... um ... I'll be passing on those.  :)

A lot of the older Dragons had some fun GW articles, too, but I'm pretty well covered there.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:12 pm 
 

I know some don't consider it part of the "true collection," but I do: Gammaraudars! :) Even if its silly.


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:16 pm 
 

Ack, you beat me to it! I just signed on to add that.

Yes, I'd include it; it's set in the GW "mythos." I've owned it before — and it ain't that great — so it'll be pretty low on the list, too.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:24 pm 
 

Hehe. Oh, and then, for the purist, there is Metamorphosis Alpha, from whence Gamma World came. Have to have all of those. Have to have the Amazing Engine version, which is more Gamma World than Metamorphosis Alpha, but they might as well be the same... and, I imagine you already have an original S3...


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:26 pm 
 

Hrm.  That's the board game, is it not?

Wasn't there an expansion for that as well?


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:04 am 
 

The last few posts all seem like classic 'collectors creep' - start off with a small list that slowly spirals out of control!

For me - I am seriously considering getting rid of stuff this year - basically the stuff that has been my own 'collectors creep' - wargames stuff/car wars/ miniatures and certain warhammer items/ a few different magazines etc.
Ideally all I need is the following - all FR items (and even then I'm not being anal about it - 3.5E LGR stuff does not really interest me overly), 1E core hardbacks (and the 2 UK softbacks), RC, core WD from my own gaming days, Imagine mags, Starstone, Original Traveller and possibly New Traveller as well. I'm even thinking I might get shot of a load of Dragons - I've got the Archive so do I really need hard copies of 100-250?

I have nowhere to display my collection as it is so it's just all so much boxed stuff anyway - if I happen to win the lottery so I can afford my own games room then I can just buy it all back anyway :lol:  :lol:


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:16 am 
 

gyg wrote:The last few posts all seem like classic 'collectors creep' - start off with a small list that slowly spirals out of control!


It's why I cut back on my GW collecting to just completing the Alpha to Omega modules a while back.

Lord knows I have enough problems with creep without adding another system. :lol:


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