Best Five RPG Books You Own

[hewligan]

In no particular order (if there was an order, Freeport would be first):

Pathfinder RPG
Pathfinder Campaign Setting
Freeport
Midnight, 2nd edition
Forgotten Realms, old Grey Box (at the time, this was my nirvana)

 

[Tilenas]

In no particular order: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd Edition Unearthed Arcana 3.0 AD&D Players' Option: Skills & Powers AD&D Players' Option: Combat & Tactics Shadowrun 2nd Edition

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Monkey is still a poor gamer, but the collection has grown a bit since I first posted in this thread.

Monkey's Current Top Five

Pathfinder RPG - Monkey still plays D&D 3.5 and D&D 4E but Pathfinder is edging them out as current favorite RPG.

D&D Insider - Not a book, but a darn handy resource nonetheless. I can let my D&D 4E players use whatever they want without needing to shell out tons of money on books.

Wraith: The Oblivion 2nd Edition - The best RPG on my shelf in terms of mood, atmosphere, and just plain creepy coolness. It is hard to run successfully, though, because it is such an emotional drain if run properly.

D&D 3.5 Rules Compendium - Handy reference.

And...I guess I don't have a fifth. Nothing quite on par with the four listed above, anyway.

 

[2020]

1. Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue (2nd edition AD&D)
2. Dragonlance Adventures (hardcover, 1st edition AD&D)
3. Arms & Equipment Guide (2nd edition AD&D)
4. Forgotten Realms Adventures (hardcover, 2nd edition AD&D)
5. Ivid the Undying (unpublished manuscript)
6. From the Ashes (if Ivid the Undying doesn't count)

 

[El Mahdi]

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[JeffB]

I have a pretty small collection these days- about 50 books/modules and nearly all D&D, compared to about 500 books and dozens of systems several years ago.

In my current collection (and I won't include any modules)--

1E DMG
4E DMG
Secrets of Xen'Drik
Best of The Dragon Volume 1
Moldvay/Cook/Marsh Basic Expert books ( two books, but...)

 

[Votan]

A few books I really admire for quality more than anything else:

AD&D 1E Dungeon Master's Guide

Vampire: The Requiem

Castles and Crusades Players Handbook

D&D 4E Supplement "Underdark"

Queen of Spiders (AD&D SUpermodule)

If I still owned a copy of tyhe D&D Rules Cyclopedia it would take out one of the above books. Traveller is also a competitive option . . .

 

[jdrakeh]

Arduin Grimoire (Emperor's Choice hardcover collected edition)
D&D Basic Set (TSR blue cover box set)
OSRIC (The First Edition Society, B&W hardcover, second edition)
Perilous Lands (Avalon Hill, boxed set)
Story Engine (Hubris Games, hardcover, revised edition)

I omitted PDF documents and only chose from the printed books that I own.

 

[Sunderstone]

Holy Thread Resurrection Batman!!!!

Besides the Core Books....

Shackled City AP Hardcover
PHBII
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Frostburn
Stormwrack

Updated (of current/semi-current stuff)...
1) Pathfinder RPG Core Rules - The more I read, the more im hooked.
2) Shackled City AP HC - This one is still hard to top as far as a single volume goes.
3) Castle Whiterock - Raising the bar on the classic "boxed set".
4) Pathfinder Bestiary - awesome compilation in here.
5) Necromancer's Tome of Horrors - still seeing references from here in some newer products. Great monster book, also better than anything post 3.5 MMI and the FF from WotC.

The above is based on what I currently still own. Adding older stuff, I would include stuff like ...

D&D Basic set - Erol Otus cover, pink books iirc. Long time ago so my memory is fuzzy. I still have the dice from this, they are orange with worn off crayoned numbers.
AD&D Player's Handbook - Obvious choice.
The Forgotten Realms Boxed set - The original grey box.
Temple of Elemental Evil Compilation - some of my fondest gaming memories.

 

[SkidAce]

World Builder's Guidbook (2nd ed.)
Beyond Countless Doorways (Malhavo Press)
The Primal Order (WotC before DnD)
Deities and Demig0ds (AD&D)
The Complete Book of Villans (2nd ed.)