Future d20 Collectibles

[Buttercup]

Well, I could see the Bastion's Arms & Armor as being one product of theirs to become collectible. The original is now vanished from Bastion shelves and it was, I believe, a popular and early title.

:looks over at her bookshelf: Hmm, you think so? I'll take good care of it then.

 

[DaveMage]

My guess is that modules will be collectable - such as those from Necromancer Games and Monkey god - especially the later ones with limited print runs.

I can see Lost City of Barakus becoming one down the road. Some might argue that Rappan Athuk 3 is already there as it's very hard to find. (The RA reprint will change that a bit, though.)

 

[Treebore]

I like Alchemy and Herbalism, a lot. Darn! I only have two out of the three Witchfires!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I just watched a set of thew Witchfire Trilogy go for 80 bucks on EBay, so I would bank on that going into collectible status.

Wow, I picked up all three only a few months ago at 60% off cover price...

gaming collectibles do not work like comic book collectibles, they aren't a serialized product.

The serialized nature of comic books has nothing to do with their value. Many of the most prized comics are not the first in the series, but some are, this has more to with "historic first" than the issue number. Now I will grant you that lower numbered issues are usually more valuable than there later counterparts but this is do to age, and hence rarity.

 

[pogre]

My guess is that modules will be collectable - such as those from Necromancer Games and Monkey god - especially the later ones with limited print runs.

I can see Lost City of Barakus becoming one down the road. Some might argue that Rappan Athuk 3 is already there as it's very hard to find. (The RA reprint will change that a bit, though.)

Exactly my thought. The last MG almost epic module I would add to the list.

 

[Napftor]

Heh, if we're not careful we might make some items collectible!

 

[teitan]

Wow, I picked up all three only a few months ago at 60% off cover price...



The serialized nature of comic books has nothing to do with their value. Many of the most prized comics are not the first in the series, but some are, this has more to with "historic first" than the issue number. Now I will grant you that lower numbered issues are usually more valuable than there later counterparts but this is do to age, and hence rarity.

I agree on one hand but looking at recent comic book trends, Jim Lee's Batman run fetches between 120-200 dollars. Ultimate Spider-man's first 6 issues net about 500 dollars and both books are not that rare nor really fit into the "historic first" category. When looking at books that arrive at the advent of the Bronze age (Shooter era at Marvel) there is a whole STRING of issues from both Marvel and DC, as in runs on a book. The serialized nature of the stories is what brings the prices up like Frank Miller's ELektra Saga in Daredevil, sure it sort of fits the historic first status but...

ANyway, what I mean by serialized nature is the continuing story and general lack of availability of back issues. In order to understand the story you are reading you need to go back and buy previous issues, well, if the issues are sold out and EVERYONE is looking for them, the price goes up based on demand. RPGs do not have that issue. The material is often reprinted to suit demand until maximum profitability is achieved and then even the quantity of material avaiable, as in the same book, keeps the prices down, sometimes even lower than cover due to the fact it doesn't move. A product like a module achieves maximum profitability when the print run is done, the demand has been met in most cases. A book like say Eberron will continue to experience reprint until there is no longer a demand or the market is saturated. This conflicts with the comic book market where there is little profitability in reprinting individual issues of a series. Thusly the trade paperback. Reprints of issues tend to languish on the racks, crying themselves to sleep until the vendor tears them to shreds because they can't sell them... happens to a lot of D20 books too. LOL

Anyway, was that clear?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I agree on one hand but looking at recent comic book trends, Jim Lee's Batman run fetches between 120-200 dollars. Ultimate Spider-man's first 6 issues net about 500 dollars and both books are not that rare nor really fit into the "historic first" category.

Actually there exceedingly rare or they wouldn't be worth so much... (I'm happy to say I have both runs. Though to comment on this more we really should go to the book section and make are own thread. )

Anyway, was that clear?

Crystal, and I agree totally in principle on this. I’m not a 1st edition book, as in the first print run, collector by any stretch of the imagination but maybe someone who is can comment on rather or not a classic from yesteryear being reprinted once again has an effect upon the 1st editions sale.

I’m going to say simply that it does not… (Could be wrong though.)

But the real questions remains who would rather have a first printing of the PHB when there is a second printing that has fixed many, if any, errors? :\ (Lets assume that it was reprinted and that it also contained errors.)

Seems to me that d20 isn't going to be a smart investment, nor is comic books for that matter, simply buy what you want and enjoy what you buy, and invest your future in something more profitable.

and use your books for gaming!

 

[Glyfair]

The sample BOEF will probably be a rarity. But the actual one, I dunno. It's been one of the top sellers at FRPGames since it's been released.

Surely it must have made a good deal of money for the company that released it.

BOEF was one of the first things that came to mind when I saw this thread. It has all the earmarks. It's a niche product that the average gamer won't buy (and I'm talking the average gamer that buys a lot of products, too). It's very controversial, so people will probably remember it. Also, a good percentage of the people that have it will probably want it enough to not get rid of it.

I can see 10 years down the line people remembering this and deciding they want a copy and looking all over to find one. One group is likely to be those gaming now that have heard of it, but are too young to get a copy (for whatever reason - let's not get into arguments dealing with young people being able to get a copy). With a scarity on the market and a demand for it, it will probably get nice prices on eBay (or whatever serves its role at that time.

Nothing else jumps out at me as "likely collector's items." Then again, those things often don't do so. If they did, the collector's would snap them up, leading to reprints, leading to a lack of scarcity.

 

[teitan]

Saying Ultimate SPidey is rare is like saying Youngblood is rare. LOL In a sense yes, but not as many people are buying comics nowadays which gets us back to topic. Lets use the Drow series GDQ as an example... the individual modules do not net much on Ebay or in used book stores, what 5, 6 bucks each but QUeen of the Spiders can get upwards of 200 dollars... why is that? I would say it is because when the originals were published those modules were very popular and went to multiple printings. Sales were HUGE at the time so the individual modules are not that rare. Now, QotS is another story, my god is that hard to find. I haven't seen a copy physically in about 12 years. When compared to the original AGainst the GIants, which it contains, it is very rare but AtG was printed when D&D sales were through the roof. GDQ was released at a time simlar to ToEE when D&D sales were down and not long before the crash (what 4-5 years) and not long before 2e came out...

Jason