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Hard-To-Find and Out-Of-Print Games You Wish You Owned

Started by Akrasia, April 30, 2007, 03:52:50 PM

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Akrasia

#30
May 01, 2007, 11:04:34 AM
Quote from: Ian AbsentiaWell, we know that Conan and Prince Valiant are on the list... :D

!i!

I'd add Chaosium's old Worlds of Wonder to the list.  I'm always looking out for extra copies of the D&D Rules Cylcopedia (I only have two).  I'd love to find a copy of the original Dungeon! boardgame (man I loved that thing!).
Hmmm ...  
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ColonelHardisson

#31
May 01, 2007, 07:38:19 PM
Quote from: SilverlionI'd like a copy of Ghostbusters 1E myself.

Another one I bought when it was released, and still own. This is a really nifty game, well worth owning and playing. I'll echo Balbinus by saying the revised Ghostbusters released after the second movie, which I also bought new, is a disappointment. They larded the game down with more complexity, and did away with much of the art and movie photos, as well as the a lot of the humor.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

Sosthenes

#32
May 01, 2007, 07:51:58 PM
I'd like to take a look at "Spawn of Fashan", just to understand the jokes...
 

ColonelHardisson

#33
May 01, 2007, 07:58:50 PM
Quote from: SosthenesI'd like to take a look at "Spawn of Fashan", just to understand the jokes...

A few years back, Piratecat, one of the mods at EN World, found the guy who did SoF and actually got a batch of them printed up for those who requested a copy, myself included. The guy even included a history of the game, including the infamous lambasting it got in Dragon. The guy is long since out of gaming, and his history put the game into context - yeah, it's bad, but it was done by some young guys with a lot of enthusiasm, if little design talent. Real pull-oneself-up-by-one's-bootstraps stuff. There are, and have been, plenty of games that have been just as bad, but SoF had the misfortune to be an amateur production that somehow attracted the attention of the most important source of RPG news at the time.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

Corvus

#34
May 03, 2007, 04:39:31 AM
I wish I still had my D&D Rules Cyclopedia.  I don't have two pennies to rub together to buy one online to replace it.
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -- Carl Sagan

Settembrini

#35
May 03, 2007, 05:11:49 AM
Ringworld
Leviathan (and the rest of the Renegade Legion stuff)


In regards to Ringworld and blank space:

When I GMed my MT campaign, I had a Ringworld in my sector. The players explored it, and therefore I wrote a program, that would generate a deviant  expanded UPP for every culture on the Ringworld. It was generated in MySQL commands, so I could search and sort to my liking.
It was 500 MB of culture data, referenced by my own coordinate system for a ringworld. Thusly, I had diverstity and preparation without getting insane. I also analyzed the database, so I could construct interrellations of various cultures depending on size and tech level. Without automatization it would have been impossible.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

gale_wolf

#36
May 03, 2007, 07:01:44 AM
Quote from: SettembriniRingworld
Leviathan (and the rest of the Renegade Legion stuff)

Ah yes, Renegade Legion, one of my favourite settings for which I own every set and supplement released by FASA! Muhahaha! Took me a long time to get most of it though. Most of the stuff pops up on ebay fairly often, except the Leviathan Capital Ship Briefing which appears to be a near mythical product worth its weight in gold. But despair not! It does actually exist, I have a copy :)

The RPG I want is Privateers & Gentlemen since my copy is so battered I feel I need a replacement.
 

Christmas Ape

#37
May 03, 2007, 07:48:32 AM
It's entirely possible I will utterly fail to ever 'sell' the Rules Cyclopedia I got off eBay to my group.

If that's the case, I'll certainly ensure it gets a home with someone here.
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ColonelHardisson

#38
May 03, 2007, 07:59:15 AM
Quote from: SettembriniIn regards to Ringworld and blank space:

Yours is a clever solution. Nice. Regarding others disliking just how big a canvas Ringworld is on which to paint without official support, I think reading and then re-reading the entire series of books would help one "fill in the blanks" much more easily. Plus, on something that size, literally almost anything is possible. This is especially true given that some of the more advanced Ringworld races had managed to leave the Ringworld, and some of them may have returned at some point, bringing even more items and critters with them.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

zomben

#39
May 04, 2007, 11:56:27 AM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonAnother one I bought when it was released, and still own. This is a really nifty game, well worth owning and playing. I'll echo Balbinus by saying the revised Ghostbusters released after the second movie, which I also bought new, is a disappointment. They larded the game down with more complexity, and did away with much of the art and movie photos, as well as the a lot of the humor.

For what it's worth, 1e GB was written and designed almost entirely by the guys at Chaosium. 2e was overhauled completely by WEG.

I don't know if there's a correlation there, and I'm not trying to throw stones at WEG (I absolutely love D6 Star Wars), but it is pretty clear that the version WEG did entirely by themselves is regarded as inferior to the original.

Mcrow

#40
May 04, 2007, 12:04:12 PM
I have a friend who has 2 copies of Ringworld.

I wouldn't mind having a copy myself.

flyingmice

#41
May 04, 2007, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonYours is a clever solution. Nice. Regarding others disliking just how big a canvas Ringworld is on which to paint without official support, I think reading and then re-reading the entire series of books would help one "fill in the blanks" much more easily. Plus, on something that size, literally almost anything is possible. This is especially true given that some of the more advanced Ringworld races had managed to leave the Ringworld, and some of them may have returned at some point, bringing even more items and critters with them.

That's one of the many reasons I love Ringworld. Room for creativity. It's why I left so much of the StarCluster blank. :D

-clash
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flyingmice

#42
May 04, 2007, 12:14:44 PM
Quote from: McrowI have a friend who has 2 copies of Ringworld.

I wouldn't mind having a copy myself.

It is, to my mind, the best SF RPG published before 2000.

-clash
clash bowley * Flying Mice Games - an Imprint of Better Mousetrap Games
Flying Mice home page: http://jalan.flyingmice.com/flyingmice.html
Currently Designing: StarCluster 4 - Wavefront Empire
Last Releases: SC4 - Dark Orbital, SC4 - Out of the Ruins,  SC4 - Sabre & World
Blog: I FLY BY NIGHT

kregmosier

#43
May 04, 2007, 12:32:17 PM
I want a copy of Boot Hill 1st & 2nd editions, the old TSR Conan game, and Delta Green.  (sure the reprint's coming...sure it is...delivered by a jackalope riding on the back of a Jengwi.)

i've slowly amassed the rest of my 'wants'...Yaquinto's Man, Myth & Magic, Castle Falkenstein, Prince Valiant, and a couple of other minor things.
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Mcrow

#44
May 04, 2007, 12:34:48 PM
Quote from: kregmosierI want a copy of Boot Hill 1st & 2nd editions

neener, neener

I have both.:D
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