Unpleasant news on the gaming front----Just a few hours ago, Ernie Gygax lost everything he owned but his dog when his apartment burned down. Ernie is OK, the dog is OK and the roommate is OK. Everything appears to be a total loss.Gygax Magazine and his friends and family are rallying around for him. I will keep everyone informed as I know it. We are already discussing schemes and stratagems for helping him back onto his feet.
Badmike wrote:Well if you are on Facebook today you have probably heard the news, Ernie's house and everything inside is gone due to fire.
Badmike wrote:On a related note, I hope this serves as a warning for everyone here with unique gaming collectibles (manuscripts, artwork, maps, etc)....make sure they are insured with a SEPARATE POLICY (If you try to declare you had valuable games inside your house when it burned down after the fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the agent laughs at you), and it would not hurt to have copies scanned onto a hard drive at a location of somewhere other than your house (Grodog, Stratochamp, Burntwires, etc I'm looking at you guys). Especially in the case of unique dungeon memorabilia that shows the history of the game. It would be a shame to lose some manuscripts or dungeon levels that don't exist anywhere else, future generations of gamers will thank you! (Not that I have anything that unique, but I do have a backup hard drive of my computer contents at my brother's house).
grodog wrote:I've got a separate declaration for the original artwork in our home, but still haven't gotten around to doing the inventory of either my book collection or gaming stuff that I need to provide to my homeowners insurance for them to value and then get a rider(s) on the policy. I've also been meaning to investigate a safety-deposit box for the original mss. too (but haven't gotten to that either). Fortunately the unique stuff I have has already been scanned or copied in several cases, although not all of it.... Something to work on this year, for sure!
Mars wrote:Many that I have looked at have a clause that states: $1500 (or sometimes as high as $5000) for "collections" which is a maximum for all collections.
Mars wrote:If you think you are covered by your house policy, double check the fine print. Many that I have looked at have a clause that states: $1500 (or sometimes as high as $5000) for "collections" which is a maximum for all collections. So if you own baseball cards, or D&D books or figurines or comics or any other books etc, i.e. basically all the stuff you have lying around that isn't a major appliance or furniture then the most the insurance company would give you is $1500 total.
Invincible Overlord wrote:Mars wrote:If you think you are covered by your house policy, double check the fine print. Many that I have looked at have a clause that states: $1500 (or sometimes as high as $5000) for "collections" which is a maximum for all collections. So if you own baseball cards, or D&D books or figurines or comics or any other books etc, i.e. basically all the stuff you have lying around that isn't a major appliance or furniture then the most the insurance company would give you is $1500 total.I sure did. PDT_Armataz_01_34 My collection is covered separately on my homeowner's insurance. Cost me an extra $100/year for my D&D stuff, but clearly worth it...
