How much is your gaming collection worth?

James McMurray · June 14, 2007, 12:04:44 PM

100-250 USD. It used to be a hell of a lot more than that (somewhere in the low $1000's) but after a layoff I decided selling my books was a good way to aboid a foreclosure.

I've never bought anything but books or boxed sets apart from a very rare dice purchase. Almost all of it was D&D, Rolemaster, Spacemaster, or Shadowrun related.

If we include CCGs I used to be one of those Mr. Suitcase guys who spent the leftovers from his college grants on Magic cards. At one point I had around $15,000 in cards (current value, not spent). A leaky gas pipe under the house took those out, and rather than rebuy them with the settlement I spent it on important things like housing, transportation, and lap dances.

flyingmice · June 14, 2007, 12:29:45 PM

My batch of gaming stuff* is priceless, because I'm not interested in selling anything, therefore it has no price.

* I prefer this term to collection, because I don't collect games. I run or play them.

Serious Paul · June 14, 2007, 02:15:52 PM

I didn't mean collection to be a derogatory term, just as an aside, I just figured it was a good catch all term. But I heartily agree with you flyingmice. All of my stuff is for usage!

flyingmice · June 14, 2007, 02:19:20 PM

Quote from: Serious PaulI didn't mean collection to be a derogatory term, just as an aside, I just figured it was a good catch all term. But I heartily agree with you flyingmice. All of my stuff is for usage!

Then I'm cool with collection.

-clash

Nicephorus · June 14, 2007, 03:02:59 PM

Most of my stuff is for usage. But I gotta admit some sits there for nostalgia value. I doubt that I'll either bother with SFB/F&E again but I'm not up for selling it all yet, partly because I probably couldn't get more than $20 for all of it.

stu2000 · June 14, 2007, 07:24:55 PM

Quote from: Serious PaulAbsolutely. That's why I tried to leave it open ended, because I figured some of you have dropped a lot of cash over the years on just supplies (Pencils, pens, and paper), let alone how much money has gone into say board games, and video games, and the like.

I think PepsiCo and Frito-Lay make more money off hobby gaming than any publishers or miniatures studios.

Pseudoephedrine · June 15, 2007, 02:53:51 AM

My gaming collection is priceless. It cost me about US$750 to get it though. Maybe more if I totted it all up, but a rough eyeball of price multiplied by the number of books makes that sound about right.

Black Flag · June 15, 2007, 10:30:20 PM

My current collection is just starting to grow again, having re-bought the nWoD stuff plus newer supplements and started on Exalted 2e.

Pre-Katrina, I also had lots of Exalted 1e, a nice spread of classic Deadlands, WFRP 2e, Stormbringer, and probably the only two hardbacks ever to be put out for Call of Cthulhu. And I had just sold off my D&D books, old Vampire, some d20, etc. The gods only know how much I've spent over the past 20 years.

Of course, Post-Flood I've had to stick to a pretty strict budget, which means just a couple of game lines and even then only things I plan to use in the foreseeable future. No more middle-class lifestyle for me...

Christmas Ape · June 16, 2007, 03:58:50 AM

Worth, at cover price? My estimate (at work, considering what's in the storage bins ATM) is around $600 US. I paid about half that, because my efforts to rebuild a gaming collection have all gone through eBay (except Wild Talents, Reign, and the Delta Green re-release).

Drew · June 16, 2007, 04:01:36 AM

Based on cover price I'd estimate almost $10 000, accumulated over a 25 year period. It'd be significantly more if I factored in all the books I've sold/lost/had stolen over the years.

Blue Devil · June 17, 2007, 10:55:37 AM

Quote from: Serious PaulEarlier this evening I was thinking about just how much I have spent on gaming products. Not including dice I have purchased well over a thousand gaming books. At an average of about 15 dollars a pop, give or take, I see that I've dropped a fat stack of change in the last two decades of gaming. (Admittedly some of this is stuff I bought doubles, triples, or more of.)

Right now my collection is between $300-$400. I have gotten rid of so many games I won't ever play and cut things down to 5 games total (1 with supplements),

If we talk total amount in games that I have bought and kept, sold and traded, well that number is higher.

But the $300-400 amount is what my current collection is worth

One Horse Town · June 22, 2007, 11:31:23 AM

I've currently got about 100 RPG books. Guessing about £12-15 or $25-30 a piece, that's about £1500 or $3000. Much more than i was expecting. That's cover price though. I probably bought at least a third of those books at a much lower price. Hell, i got 8 Pendragon books for a total of £10.

NYTFLYR · June 22, 2007, 12:41:12 PM

I said 1000-5000, but now that I think about it, it has to be more...
everything from Cyberpunk 2020 alone is close to 1k
W:tA through 3 editions, though not very book
Warhammer FRP, many of the rare supplements, including the two Realm of Darkness books
Complete Chill (Mayfair)
Complete Deadlands

then there is everything else that fills several book cases

I need to sell some stuff... seriously

beeber · June 22, 2007, 07:17:29 PM

spent, not including the horrendous ccg phase i went through, probably in that :eek: 6-10k range

worth? significantly less, since many books are damaged, just plain used, or dismembered (zebulon's guide for star frontiers got chopped to hell, kept what i wanted & pitched the rest, years ago, for example)

i refuse to actually add it up, tho. 25 years of accumulation could be a scary figure

How much is your gaming collection worth?

Blue Devil