What's the oldest RPG Product you own?

[Knightfall]

The title says it all.

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City State of the Invincible Overlord (1977), and the CSotIO poster-sized map (1976). I kid you not!

Next oldest...

The Harndex and Harnview, plus the map (1983). Missing the rest of it.

Cheers!

KF72

{EDIT}

I've also got a downloaded version of Dave Arneson's original Blackmoor campaign book (and map), which you can find here.

 

[HellHound]

This is going to turn rapidly into a "I'm the oldest school gamer here" thread.

The oldest item I bought myself, NEW, is Gamma World 1st Edition.

 

[Knightfall]

This is going to turn rapidly into a "I'm the oldest school gamer here" thread.

The oldest item I bought myself, NEW, is Gamma World 1st Edition.

I'm definitely NOT the oldest school gamer here. I got lucky and found my copy on the shelf at a used game and toy shop here in Edmonton called Whyte Knight. (I'm looking forward to the new version coming out.)

 

[EarthsShadow]

my marvel superheroes rpg game from way back in 84 or 85. Despite a flawed system it was fun to play.

 

[Kweezil]

Unless the definition of "old school gamer" extends into the mid-90s, I don't think I make the grade. I do, however, have original copies of X1 - The Isle of Dread and X3 - Castle Amber (1981) among the OD&D stuff on permanent loan from a friend.

 

[Redleg06]

D&D Basic Set. The boxed edition with the Earl Otis cover.

I think it's purple....

 

[thalmin]

My first rpg product (purchased new) was 1st edition Basic D&D box set, with the cardboard chits instead of dice. The oldest I own is the brown box Original D&D, 2nd printing.

 

[WayneLigon]

*raises a trembling arthritic hand* Old School Gamer chiming in. The oldest things I own are the original boxes set of books, and some of the first Dragons.

I think my collection begins with #3 or 4. I have the City State of the Invincible Overlord, of course, as well as a lot of other Judge's Guild stuff (did you know they came up with the term THAC0? Or at least popularized it?); Tegel Manor, the Wilderlands maps, etc.

Ral Partha figures (which I used to be able to get 5-8 in a pack for $2.00, and were real lead); I still have a handful, painted very nciely (mostly by other people; I got quite good at painting before I decided I didn't have any time for it)

Original Traveller books, original Metamorphasis Alpha. Never did pick up Empire of the Petal Throne when it first came out; it was way too expensive. Probably because of all those maps printed on plastic. Never seen that before or since, but dang it sure kept the maps looking nice.

 

[Silver Moon]

And it's still in the shrink wrap.

 

[haiiro]

Avalon Hill's Lords of Creation boxed set -- a remarkably terrible game.

This came out in 1983, but I didn't pick it up until...probably '86 or '87. I remember buying it at a deep discount at a Barnes & Noble in NYC, and I didn't do anything resembling gaming until about 5th grade (which was 1987 for me).

First D&D product would be a tie between the 2e PHB, DMG, MC1 and Time of the Dragon boxed set (I bought them all at the same time).

Edit: memory is a funny thing. The first LoC boxed set I bought all those years ago got lost/destroyed/sold (can't remember which, actually). I bought one used a few years ago, and I still have the dice from my the original set. I'm not sure anyone would actually care about this detail, but I wanted to be accurate.