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Post Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:17 pm 
 

Hello. My friend has a TSR D&D rulebook published in the UK by Games Workshop in 1977. I can't find anything much on the internet about it, and wondered whether anybody here knows how it was sold? My friend says that he bought it new back in '77, and it came in a bag, a ziplock or something. He also thinks it may have had some dice with it. I've never seen one of these before, so would be interested in anything that anyone knows.

I wish I knew how to put an image in my post. This should link to it, I think:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28935598@N03/5245482192

Apologies for vagueness, as I said I can't find any reference to it. Thanks.

  

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Post Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:52 pm 
 

This is the UK Basic Book - sold as book only.  I would guess your copy would fetch around $75-$100.  The market on these (as with a lot of stuff) seems a bit down from what it was a year or so ago.



Here is a recent auction for a similar book:




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Post Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:59 pm 
 

Tome of Treasures has it listed...

http://tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=524

with a little bit of info.


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Post Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:47 pm 
 

I'd be interested in one, but not at $75.


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Post Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:54 pm 
 

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpage ... icfor.html

  

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Post Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:38 am 
 

Hi,

may be an odd question, but is the back cover blue or silver?

Would make a difference to the price - silver being rarer.

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Post Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:23 pm 
 

Thanks for the help everyone. Apologies for not picking this up in the Foreign Editions section of this site - I was looking for the wrong thing, mea culpa. But anyway I know now.

Malc, the back cover is silver.

Cheers

Edit: PS was just looking at the wandering monster table. Sure enough, there do seem to be several entries on that table that aren't otherwise described in the book. Most fearsome of all, if the party are three levels below ground, and they are unlucky enough to roll a 6 on the table, they encounter 2-5 Vicars! Aaaaaargh enough with the cucumber sandwiches.

  


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Post Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:34 am 
 

vosarnath wrote: Most fearsome of all, if the party are three levels below ground, and they are unlucky enough to roll a 6 on the table, they encounter 2-5 Vicars!


Just watch out for The Bishop. All in all, it's a pretty sweet edition to have: Holmes, plus drawings of boobs.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:45 am 
 

sauromatian wrote:
Just watch out for The Bishop.

No, Vic! Don't open the box!!!

  


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Post Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:20 am 
 

I'll get one of these one day!

  
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