Do you mark your books?

[Wombat]

Game books are tools.

They are not collector's items.

I mark them whenever possible; I am the Master of Marginalia and carry on conversations with myself in books. (This, sadly, is not an exaggeration.)

 

[Jdvn1]

I mark my books so I know which are mine.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I put my name in mine to make sure I get MY book back. Sometimes someone wants to borrow a book and that way makes sure we each get our own book back... We're not worried about theft, just mixup. We're all friends who gather together to socialize and game.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I don't mark the main books (Core + Complete series), because I put them in book covers from The Gamer's Bag (details on the bottom on this page).

The other ones I don't mark, because there's usually not multiple copies at the table.

 

[Sanackranib]

yes I mark the outside edges with a sharpie with my name on them they tend to less prone to walk off . . .

 

[RichGreen]

Hi,

I write my name in the ones that the other players have. Years ago, in the days before scanners and Photoshop, I marked a lot of towns and villages on the maps that came with the Old Grey Forgotten Realms boxed set.

Cheers


Richard

 

[Hand of Evil]

Name inside mostly

 

[Joker]

I carved the first one and a half letters of my name in the front of the 3.5 PHB.

Just to make it personal.

But truthfully I don't care if I get *my* book back. As long as I get all of the books back with which I came into the game. They just have to be same ones, not necessarily purchased by me.

 

[diaglo]

Ditto!

i buy multiple copies. now. one for use. one for my collection.

in the past, i wrote in, over, under, on, around... all of them.

 

[Desdichado]

I do actually put a little rune in most of my books, particularly the gaming books. I'm not worried about theft, but I do like to have a way of sorting mine out of the pile that tends to accumulate on the table during sessions. It's kind of nice at cons, too.

That's my motivation as well -- I don't care about theft, nor am I worried about it, except accidentally when everyone involved is trying to sort out who has who's book, etc.

On the broader unasked question, I don't like marking up my books like textbooks (I actually never liked marking up my textbooks either) because I have this strange aversion to writing in books. Just a personal hang-up, I suppose.