smarmy1 wrote:Actually, I picked up one of the books I have been intending to buy for some time, Gary Gygax's World Builder. It seemed like a nice piece and was reasonably priced, although I imagine he never actually had much to do with it.
dbartman wrote:Gnat,Current valuations have not been incorporated yet (2010-2011). Plus, some of the past valuations will diminish in importance as time goes on. They are eliminated from the valuation calculations. So, assuming that the sales values of oB3 continue to remain high, expect that the valuations will rise.By the way, private sales are not included in the valuations. Only eBay or convention auction sales typically. It difficult to authenticate and there is too much potential for skewing the "market value" up or down. The valuation board also reserves the right to omit any sales that are considered an anomally, although this is rarely done. The valuation calculations tend to smooth out these issues.Hope this provides a little more clarity as well.
ExTSR wrote:The late Bob Blake, author of Baldemar and co-author of Aesheba, had a long and storied history with Judges' Guild and was also the Coordinator of the GenCon Open (AD&D Team Tourney) in the 1970s and early '80s, writing/co-authoring/managing all the tournament writing during that time. I offered him the job of running the RPGA after I set it up, but he stuck with his job & family in Indiana. (As a pharmaceuticals regional manager he made a lot more than TSR could offer.)
ExTSR wrote:Tutored extensively in the D&D school of hard nox, Bob was one of the best in the world at writing and running adventures, a huge talent now almost forgotten. In the DM's Invitational of 1980 (the last major DM competition of record iirc), he took second place by only 1 point out of 300 (players/voters/evaluators being Gary, Brian Blume, and Jim Ward).
ScketreWhisp® wrote:I was looking at donating $1000+ to the Gary Gygax Memorial Fund... but decided to bind it on the items instead...
bbarsh wrote:Hey, I am the only guy from Michigan to win something. Anyway, my three items arrived yesterday in great shape. I think they are actually in better shape than described.
