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What's your favorite boxed set?

Started by Andy K , March 19, 2007, 10:09:21 PM

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Settembrini

#30
March 20, 2007, 12:25:10 PM
The pics in the boosters were far superiour to the ones in the Everwy basic box.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Silverlion

#31
March 20, 2007, 12:28:39 PM
Birthright Campaign Setting (Tied)
with the Kingdom of Karameikos
Both had nicely designed books and tons of material.
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Settembrini

#32
March 20, 2007, 12:30:36 PM
Yeah, the Glantri box has marvellous layout and illustration too!
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Pierce Inverarity

#33
March 20, 2007, 12:46:04 PM
Ringworld!

Oh god, it was Teh Pretty... but also Teh Expensive. 118 German marks, which was like $60. In 1985. We would secretly fondle it in the store... it was too big to steal, you see...
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Settembrini

#34
March 20, 2007, 12:47:13 PM
I only have some pirated pdfs of Ringworld. I´d definitely pay a hundred bucks now for the box...
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Pierce Inverarity

#35
March 20, 2007, 01:00:12 PM
How about a set of those special metallic-sheen cards for Everway?

500 bucks, and I do accept paypal. :naughty:
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

kregmosier

#36
March 20, 2007, 01:02:57 PM
ahh the boxed set...holder of books, miscellanea and geegaws!  Wish i still had all my old stuff... :(

Honestly, since i started gaming in the mid-70's, ALL my first games were boxed sets.  I wish more publishers would release special edition boxed sets these days (Phil Reed and the Trolllords kick ass!)
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Settembrini

#37
March 20, 2007, 01:03:20 PM
Everway sheen cards?
Oh they sucked donkey balls!
They were tackier than is allowed by law.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Pierce Inverarity

#38
March 20, 2007, 01:07:16 PM
Well yes, but they were part of the 500+ cards display set I got on ebay for twenty... thousand dollars.

Some people collect this crap, you know?
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

jdrakeh

#39
March 20, 2007, 02:16:25 PM
Quote from: CalithenaHolmes Basic

Me, too!
 

James McMurray

#40
March 20, 2007, 02:20:45 PM
It's a tossup between Marvel Advanced, Return to the Tomb of Horrors, and Dragon Mountain.

The D&D Immortals boxed set gets an honorable mention.

The Evil DM

#41
March 20, 2007, 02:58:31 PM
My Fav-




I also loved the Al-Qadim sets too.
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Settembrini

#42
March 20, 2007, 03:03:41 PM
Did it really say spicey stories?
Holy smokes!
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

The Evil DM

#43
March 20, 2007, 03:15:35 PM
Quote from: SettembriniDid it really say spicey stories?
Holy smokes!

yup it sure did.
spicey stories were a whole sub-genre of Pulp fiction. harmless by todays standards -divorcees, fallen women, native girls, young co-eds. and always some sort of peril. murder, white slavery, abduction, a little mild bondage and torture thrown in. Remember these pulps were marketed to working class guys during the great depression- what better escape than to read about exotic south seas islands where the native girls run around topless, waiting for the brave American adventurer to save them from a man-eating tiger.
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Pete

#44
March 20, 2007, 04:11:04 PM
The Uncanny X-Men Campaign Set!

This one:


There's a good chance you can define a person by what era of X-Men they cut their teeth on.  Mine was the late 80's early 90's -- just before everything got "Imaged".  This was just before the X-tinction Agenda crossover took place, Chris Claremont was going to comeback and some neat things were happening in Marvel mutant-verse.  I loved these comics and this box set, right here, almost perfectly encapsulated the feel of the X-Men comics at that particular time.

There was another mutant/X-Men box released not too long after this one, but it was rushed and didn't provide the amount of detail that the one above had.  I should have realized it when I saw it had Cable and Bishop on the cover...usually a bad sign.
 
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