D&D General What is your most prized Dungeons and Dragons Product?

[PHATsakk43]

My 2nd edition AD&D PHB, it is what got me into the game all those years ago when it was freshly published. Changed my life.

Which version?

I wish I had mine, but they were all borrowed when I joined the military and disappeared. Pretty sure the covers had all fallen off as they were the 1989 version. I've replaced them with the black bound revised versions.

I happened to find out one of my cousins had a few of my things two years ago, which was cool as I got some of my originals back. It was an odd group of Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons, Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga, and Chronomancer.

Everything else in my pre 3E collection is stuff that I picked up second hand, except for my 2E CD-ROMs for the Core Rules 2.0 and Expansion, Dragon Magazine Archive, and Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas.

 

[sophotek_bliss]

Which version?

I wish I had mine, but they were all borrowed when I joined the military and disappeared. Pretty sure the covers had all fallen off as they were the 1989 version. I've replaced them with the black bound revised versions.

I happened to find out one of my cousins had a few of my things two years ago, which was cool as I got some of my originals back. It was an odd group of Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons, Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga, and Chronomancer.

Everything else in my pre 3E collection is stuff that I picked up second hand, except for my 2E CD-ROMs for the Core Rules 2.0 and Expansion, Dragon Magazine Archive, and Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas.

This one, the revised.

Sad to hear about your books which disappeared. And even sadder that it seems to be a fairly common occurrence. A close friend had an almost complete Dark Sun collection which was pretty much lost during a house move. I almost lost all my books in an apartment accident. Think we all aren't quite aware how precious some of these old collections are.

 

[DMLazenby]

My Bugbear Miniatures are my prized DnD possessions as well as my Curse of Strahd 5th edition book.

What about you? What are your favorite Dungeons and Dragons possessions?

My notebook(and iPad). You don't need anything else to run DnD!

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Yeah. Used goods almost cost the same as an unopened product.

I have only bought one shrink-wrapped second-hand gaming product in my life, the Revenge of Rusak. It's not a well-regarded module, but I had such fond personal memories of it.

I have many fond memories of various published products dating back to red box Basic. However my favorite possession is the “module” my childhood best friend made for our home campaign.

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I love that copyright disclaimer! It's always cool to see these old artifacts of people's games

Maybe that correlates to the massive surge in the growth of D&D player base?

Absolutely. The boom from 5e and Stranger Things really did a number on the second-hand market. But that's how it goes.

 

[billd91]

Absolutely. The boom from 5e and Stranger Things really did a number on the second-hand market. But that's how it goes.

Yeah, it's definitely not the first time it has happened either. When Magic was in its initial craze in the mid 90s and everyone was selling/re-selling cards chasing profits, the second-hand market was also zooming because suddenly everyone was trying to capitalize on collectability and benefit from the aftermarket mood. You could see it all over Gen Con. Stuff I could have gotten from Crazy Igor's a couple of years before were more expensive. Everyone had their "Out of Print! Collectable!!1!" stuff for sale.

 

[Ombre29]

For me it's clearly the French version of the Draconomicon 3.5.
Very few exemplaries were edited . A few weeks after its release 3.5 tranlations in french stopped.
I got it for 80€ (and was lucky...)

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Yeah, it's definitely not the first time it has happened either. When Magic was in its initial craze in the mid 90s and everyone was selling/re-selling cards chasing profits, the second-hand market was also zooming because suddenly everyone was trying to capitalize on collectability and benefit from the aftermarket mood. You could see it all over Gen Con. Stuff I could have gotten from Crazy Igor's a couple of years before were more expensive. Everyone had their "Out of Print! Collectable!!1!" stuff for sale.

I barely remember that era, as I dropped out of gaming for a couple years in the 90s. But I do remember a friend of mine coming up with a get-rich-quick scheme using Magic cards. Spoiler alert, he did not end up getting rich. The irony is that if he had just bought a bunch of boxes and not opened them, then waited a couple decades, he could've made plenty.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I love that copyright disclaimer! It's always cool to see these old artifacts of people's games

I know, right? I also love how my friend gave himself the "Esq." title... at age 14.
He did not, in fact, ever go on to become a lawyer (USA) nor is he part of the landed gentry (UK).

I should also note that I am technically in violation of the copyright notice as I have "reproduced" the document by scanning it to convert into a PDF. Shhhh! Don't tell anyone.

 

[billd91]

I barely remember that era, as I dropped out of gaming for a couple years in the 90s. But I do remember a friend of mine coming up with a get-rich-quick scheme using Magic cards. Spoiler alert, he did not end up getting rich. The irony is that if he had just bought a bunch of boxes and not opened them, then waited a couple decades, he could've made plenty.

My friends are in that situation right now. While cleaning part of the basement, they found part of a box of unopened boosters from the late 1990s. I'm not sure what set off the top of my head but it was around the 1997-99 timeframe. They had just... forgotten they were there, which seems to be a pretty good route to potential unexpected windfalls.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My friends are in that situation right now. While cleaning part of the basement, they found part of a box of unopened boosters from the late 1990s. I'm not sure what set off the top of my head but it was around the 1997-99 timeframe. They had just... forgotten they were there, which seems to be a pretty good route to potential unexpected windfalls.

When I was cleaning out my room at home after college, I found a copy of Sandman #1 that had a box laid atop it and kept it pressed flat for years after I had first read it. A mint condition Sandman #1 turned out to be a very nice find in the early 1990s. Dumb luck investments are the best.