D&D General Help: What to do with physical books?

[aco175]

My suggestion as a Gen X DM who has given away, sold, and lost plenty of books in my time: Keep it all. If you absolutely can't, keep the books, and frankly, minis are bulky but lightweight, so really, unless your collection is significantly larger than your pictures show, I would just bring them all. You will never regret keeping them.

I find that I'm the opposite in that I purged all my old stuff and have not missed it. I lost my job several years ago and felt that I needed to get rid of things, so I sold all my old 1e/2e stuff. Then when 5e came around I got rid of the 3e/4e stuff. I might get rid of the 5e stuff later this year when the 5.5e comes out since I doubt I will need any of them again.

Even some of the nostalgic stuff that I kept has not been used or looked at in since the last move over 2 years ago. I kept a few old modules and setting stuff I thought I would need or like to keep, but I find if looking for something to do with FR, I can find everything online and do not need the books.

I would keep the minis though.

 

[el-remmen]

I have never regretted keeping and almost always regretted getting rid.

 

[bedir than]

Also, this may mark the end of my D&D group as we always meet in person and now I will be 2000 miles away. Not sure I will DM again.

You're moving to one of the easiest regions in the world to find gamers and places to game. If you want to DM still it's very simple to find a group.

 

[el-remmen]

I moved to a new city in June 2019. By November I had a session zero for a new group and we started playing in January 2020. Still going four years later.

 

[Reynard]

We are moving house soon so I have had to eliminate the majority of my collection. It is all going to good homes, though, so I am glad for that. The truth is, I haven't cracked most of these books in 15 or 20 or even more years. And I am keeping things that have nostalgia value for me. But I don't need to cart 12 file boxes of RPGs to the new house only to store them out of sight or access again.

 

[dave2008]

We are moving house soon so I have had to eliminate the majority of my collection. It is all going to good homes, though, so I am glad for that. The truth is, I haven't cracked most of these books in 15 or 20 or even more years. And I am keeping things that have nostalgia value for me. But I don't need to cart 12 file boxes of RPGs to the new house only to store them out of sight or access again.

We dropped off 20 boxes of books to Half-Priced Books (not all D&D books) and I think I only brought one box with me to Seattle. Mostly the ones with nostalgia value as you noted. I had most everything digitally, but I recently realized my flash drive with all my RPG PDFs is missing! That hurts.

 

[Reynard]

Next up: the comics. Oof.

 

[JEB]

I had most everything digitally, but I recently realized my flash drive with all my RPG PDFs is missing! That hurts.

Hopefully you can re-download them all! (Though if that includes your personal game notes and such, ouch, my condolences.)

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

All my TSR and 3e stuff is in storage boxes at my parents' house. Other than the Eberron Campaign Guide, I did 4e through a subscription, so that's gone like tears in rain. I own four physical 5e books the Player's Handbook, Eberron: Rising from the Last War, Exploring Eberron, and Chronicles of Eberron.

 

[dave2008]

Hopefully you can re-download them all! (Though if that includes your personal game notes and such, ouch, my condolences.)

I most definitely cannot.

If only the younger me had purchased more legally! Maybe its karma!