Collecters Info for all D&D Editions

[FreeXenon]

Everyone, I am looking to put together a huge list, possibly even a very filterable website, which lists all of the main D&D RPG stuff created for all editions. I know there are collectors here who have a lot of this info. I have quite a bit of the info from 3E and earlier already in an XML format like this:

    <group publisher="TSR" edition="basic" format="soft cover" category="adventure" series_code="B"> 
        <item id="9023A" series_id="B1:" name="In Search of the Unknown"     print_edition_notes="pastel green cover" />
        <item id="9023B" series_id="B1:" name="In Search of the Unknown"     print_edition_notes="brown cover" />

Everything I have is organized into 243 groups like this of various sizes consisting of a total of 934 items (1666 lines) from 3E and earlier, which was pulled and XML'ilifed from a large collector's list PDF I found in the iterwebs.

Needed Info

I need more info in a suitable format preferably - XML, CSV, or spreadsheet organized first by product id, which unique to each product, and is present as the id field from above, as an example.

What product information I need are, in order of need, is the following information:

• publication month and year,
• ISBN
• authors
• num pages (total, front matter, content, appendices, back matter)
• image of the product's cover
• link to its wikipedia page
• link to its dndclssics page
• possibly links to e-bay or Amazon for specific searches for it or its product page too.
• all 4E and 5E data

All data should be organized by product ID or I may may not be able to readily use it. I can aggregate many files into one using scripting, so multiple people sending me files is not a problem. I will use my current XML file and any other files I receive to aggregate them into one XML file via scripting, and then, after normalization and correction, hopefully, I will at least create a scripted page for people to play with. Once that is done and working then I may look at a full website.

I will be more than willing to share the files and data too, at least making the XML file available. At some point I will need assistance by those who will verify and correct the entries I have. I know some of it is not categorized properly.

Can anyone help a data hungry bruth'a out?

 

[Morrus]

Echohawk has posted extensive collectors guides on the wiki here at EN World. Unlikely to be in the format you want though.

 

[FreeXenon]

Yea, I have those copied, but they do not have the ID numbers, which is going to make working with it quite difficult.

I am trying to convert the 1E one now, but... yikes!! Somehow I need to get the ID's added while not typing my hands into a bloody pulp! =)

 

[FreeXenon]

If someone is willing to do some work, I can provide the XML file when I get it done for them to add the ID's to. =)

Bueler? Bueler? Anyone? Bueler? =)

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

I already have a personal MS Works (yes, I'm old school) database with everything from Echohawk's Guides in them. What do you mean by ID? The ISBN numbers or the product numbers?

At any rate, I didn't have a need for those, so I didn't include them in my database. What I do have is Product Name, Edition, Setting/Product Line, and Month/Year of Release (based on Echohawk's data - sources differ on a fair number of products if you check out the histories by Shannon Applecline on most of the products on www.dndclassics.com ).

Since these are personal databases, I have them divided in to Inventory (what I already own) and Wishlist (what I still need to acquire).

 

[FreeXenon]

I currently have the product numbers (~4-5 digits) for the ID. I also need the ISBN numbers too. =)

Hmmmm... it sounds like what you have may be a little more usable for me if I can get them in a usable format, if you may be so willing. =)
I will still need to find a way to get those product ID's in there.

 

[FreeXenon]

Hmmm... it looks like D&D classics has some of that info in the side bar.... =O

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Honestly, you are more than likely going to have to go product by product. Echohawk's Guides link every product to its listing on RPGgeek, which has ISBNs for most listings. Here's the listing for Dragonlance Adventures as an example. RPG.net also has an extensive games index. Dragonlance Adventures on RPG.net, again as an example.

 

[TarionzCousin]

B. Renfow's site has many but not all D&D products. You can still access it via the Web Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20071002082255/http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/

Note: I didn't see any ISBN's on the site.