If there was a fire at your house and could only save one set of your games what would it be?

[Evenglare]

By Set I mean something like D&D3rd edition PHB, DMG, and MM. So what about you guys?

For me I do honestly say I'd pick D&D 3.5 books for nostalgia reasons and the fact that the DM guide does an amazing job of telling you how to tinker with things so they work as you like it. I think more people should read those sections more. Anyway, that is neither here nor there, the point is what would you save?

 

[delericho]

Dragon Archive. It's just about the only thing I couldn't replace.

(Of course, that's assuming I can't save my laptop, which includes the files... and, in fact, I think I'd rather save my laptop, since it has all my game notes for the past decade.)

 

[Dwimmerlied]

I'd have to go 3.5 core set too. I wonder how many rounds of thumbing through the DMG to find the variation that allows me to take the first d6 falling damage as subdual (so I could jump out the window).

 

[Bluenose]

One that I could carry easily.

Probably my Runequest 3rd edition material, although I'd really regret leaving behind the Classic Traveller and WFRP 1e items. But, while I can replace the Runequest 2e material and the Traveller material, the RQ3 material is gone and probably never coming back.

Now I think about it, so is my run of Digest Group Publications material for Traveller/MegaTraveller. This is hard. I'll need someone else to carry that out.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'd have to go for HERO 6th. With it, I'd be able to recreate my HERO superheroic campaigns- some of my best work ever- and even D&D style tuff as well.

 

[Phototoxin]

my d&d boardgames - too many painted minis. If we're talking books then all my 4EIf we're talking all games then my warhammer 40k - that's expensive!

 

[amerigoV]

My initial reaction was anything Savage Worlds, but I have a lot of that electronically that I could recover easily. So it would be Tekumel - I have an original box set. A rather unique world that was incredibly detailed back when Greyhawk was pretty much just a big hole in the ground.

 

[Gilladian]

Ouf! I'd grab my hard drive. But if I seriously had to grab books, I think I'd just snatch up armfuls of my magazine holders - they don't have anything specific in each one, but they're full of all my 2e and 3e adventure binders, campaign notes, modules, magazines, and all the 3rd party stuff I've bought over the years.

Rule book systems can be replaced. Other stuff is ephemeral. Once gone, you can never get it back.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Would have to be 1E AD&D.

 

[Morrus]

Do I have time to check which are easy to replace on eBay?