Your Secondhand Finds?

jcfiala · September 10, 2017, 08:24:41 PM

Quote from: Zevious Zoquis;991236So the friend I mentioned earlier who found the pristine copy of Dawn Patrol at a garage sale for a buck just sent me a picture of something he found today at another garage sale...a pristine copy of Top Secret - complete with unused white crayon and unmarked red dice. He bought a scooter for his little girl and the guy threw the game in free. I now hate him.

Lol...

If it makes you feel better, I hate him too.

Dumarest · September 10, 2017, 09:08:33 PM

Quote from: K Peterson;991259Not sure if it was my best acquisition, but a few years ago I found a bundle of 9 Traveller LBBs for $10 at Half Price Books. Shrink-wrapped together in Fair to Great shape.
1977 LBB1-3, High Guard, Horde, Animal Encounters, Citizens of the Imperium, Forms and Charts, Veterans.

That's a great bargain. I wish there was a Half Price Books in my area. I'm always reading about steals there. Online they are no bargain at all.

Robyo · September 11, 2017, 12:47:32 AM

Recently picked up Shadowrun's Bug City in a lot of old RPGs on Ebay. Got the whole lot of 7 books for $21, which is less than half what Bug City usually goes for just by itself. That is one cool book of horror bugs!

DKChannelBoredom · September 11, 2017, 07:26:07 AM

Danish version of the Mentzer red box found in a thrift store for around 3$, great shape, with original dice and a Grenadier-mini thrown in for good measure. Now if only the Blue, also translated, Expert Set would turn up some place similar...

RPGPundit · September 13, 2017, 03:17:51 AM

There's a couple I recall. One of them was at Goodwill, I found the Basic/Expert (the pre-Mentzer one) which turned out to have several old-school modules in them too. I think it cost about $5 canadian.

S'mon · September 13, 2017, 04:22:07 AM

My best would be a battered box set of Starter Traveller for £2.

DKChannelBoredom · September 13, 2017, 05:19:22 AM

Just remembered another one.

Found a Ravenloft: Realm of Terror box for sale at a convention. The price of 15$ seemed a bit high... until I opened it and saw that the box contained both the original Ravenloft AD&D Module (I6) and Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill (I10). So that was bought instantly.

dungeon crawler · September 14, 2017, 07:52:16 PM

I picked up a bunch of OD&D/AD&D/AD&D 2nd edition books and modules and mini's at an auction for 34 bucks.

Dumarest · September 14, 2017, 11:08:25 PM

Quote from: S'mon;991989My best would be a battered box set of Starter Traveller for £2.

Excellent. Beats mine; I had to pay $7 for the one I found about 2 or 3 years ago.

Willmark · September 15, 2017, 07:51:40 PM

I've yet to strike gold with this mythical unicorn that is a second hand sale!

Dumarest · September 15, 2017, 08:27:23 PM

Quote from: Willmark;992756I've yet to strike gold with this mythical unicorn that is a second hand sale!

Come to San Diego and visit Empire Games by Clairemont Mesa Blvd. In the backroom where you have to slip betwixt bearded fat guys in cheap chairs playing miniatures war games, they have a good shelf of used games. Not as cheap as you might find at a garage sale but now and then there is a real gem for the price of paste.

Tetsubo · September 15, 2017, 08:32:25 PM

Quote from: Willmark;992756I've yet to strike gold with this mythical unicorn that is a second hand sale!

I hunt bargains as a hobby. I find a lot of cool things. But for every cool thing, there are a dozen trips where I find nothing. Perseverance is key.

Gunslinger · September 16, 2017, 02:02:50 PM

Quote from: Dumarest;992764Come to San Diego and visit Empire Games by Clairemont Mesa Blvd. In the backroom where you have to slip betwixt bearded fat guys in cheap chairs playing miniatures war games, they have a good shelf of used games. Not as cheap as you might find at a garage sale but now and then there is a real gem for the price of paste.

Any relation to the Empire Games in Pasadena?

Willmark · September 16, 2017, 02:34:53 PM

Quote from: Dumarest;992764Come to San Diego and visit Empire Games by Clairemont Mesa Blvd. In the backroom where you have to slip betwixt bearded fat guys in cheap chairs playing miniatures war games, they have a good shelf of used games. Not as cheap as you might find at a garage sale but now and then there is a real gem for the price of paste.

Yeah there are some game stores where I live where you'll get a semi-ok deal but nothing like walking out of a garage sale with a wood grain od&d box for 50 cents

Dumarest · September 16, 2017, 09:32:07 PM

Quote from: Gunslinger;992928Any relation to the Empire Games in Pasadena?

No idea. I would doubt it since the name is backed. I imagine maybe Game Empire is a local chain or franchise as there is (or was--I hardly ever go to game stores as I really have more than I'll ever need already) another Game Empire in Old Town San Diego as well. Personally that location underwhelmed me: a lot of D&D-type stuff but not much else, and not much for me as I don't do D&D.