Junk I bought recently

[thormagni]

In my never-ending quest to stuff my game shelves full of junk, I bought some stuff in the past week or so. Most of it is still enroute (Amazon, eBay and FRP Games):

Trinity - three adventures for this sci-fi rpg from White Wolf (it is the future of the world of Aberrant, in case anyone is curious)
Hero Games Revised 5th Edition - the 600-pound brick of a role-playing game.
Star Wars D20 - Living Force Campaign Guide
Star Wars Rebel Storm miniatures - Ultimate Adventures book for minis game
Old Car Wars - The deluxe edition boxed set from the mid-1990s.
New Car Wars - A bunch of cars and rules.

 

[Fyrestryke]

Nice haul!

I think Bob likes that there Car Wars thing.

 

[thormagni]

Nice haul!

I think Bob likes that there Car Wars thing.

I used to really love Car Wars. Loaned all my stuff to my brother when he was a teenager and he lost it all. I picked up a couple of the new Car Wars sets last weekend and while it is different (it is a larger scale and the rules have been streamlined), it still could be fun, I think. But without their Vehicle Design book, they really don't let you make your own cars for the new one. So, to me it isn't a very complete game. I set out to try to buy some of the stuff I used to have.

 

[thormagni]

And today, I got the Car Wars boxed set, all the way from Louisiana, by Media Mail in two days. That is amazing!

It is the Deluxe Edition boxed set from 1985, plus some maps and extra counters that I am really not positive where they came from. I think one might be from the Truck Stop mini-boxed set and the other from Midville? Maybe, I don't remember what all came out for Car Wars way back then.

Originally, Car Wars came in a tiny plastic bag and/or box that made Cheapass games look sophisticated. Each of the supplements detailed how to go about playing a different type of vehicle, like one was for trucks and one for cycles, etc. After several supplements that size, they released this boxed set which combined all those rules into one in 1985.

Then in the mid 1990s they did it all again, combining even more rules and supplements into another "Deluxe" set. Except that the book in the box in the 1990s was called the "Car Wars Compendium."

Anyway, this is a real trip down memory lane for me. I remember this game very fondly.

 

[thormagni]

OK. I got the Hero, 5th Editon Revised book in the mail today. It is, far and away, the biggest brick of a single book I have ever seen in the RPG arena. It is just... huge. 592 pages of rules, plus four blank pages for a total 596 page monster. However, it is strangely lightweight for such a monster of a book. I wonder how they managed that?

However, can you imagine introducing this game to somebody and plopping that book down on the table WHAM "Here's the rules we will be using..." They would run off screaming!

 

[Odovacar's Ghost]

I'd love to get my hands on a copy. That book is $100 isn't it? Sounds like some good reading. I did see the book up at CHQ. I do wish I knew why, everytime I try to remember the name of the Game Preserve, I think of CHQ.

 

[thormagni]

Naw, it is ONLY $50. Although I bought a "damaged" copy from Steve Jackson Games' Warehouse 23 on eBay for $32. Did that make any sense. Steve Jackson Games' Warehouse 23, was selling on eBay, a book by Hero Games.

If you want to borrow my "non-revised" version of it, you are more than welcome to. It is about 400 pages of huge. Still impressive, but nothing like this monster. I'll bring them both on Sunday, assuming of course that I can fit them both into my game bag without herniating myself. Do you still have a copy of Sidekick, the lite version of the Hero rules? That is really all the rules you need to play. This is mostly examples and clarifications and what if? scenarios.

I'd love to get my hands on a copy. That book is $100 isn't it? Sounds like some good reading. I did see the book up at CHQ. I do wish I knew why, everytime I try to remember the name of the Game Preserve, I think of CHQ.

 

[Odovacar's Ghost]

Yes, I still have and read sidekick. So, this is identical? Hmm, still tempting to pick up. I use to buy RPGs just because it was new and a different system and never play them.

 

[thormagni]

Yes, I still have and read sidekick. So, this is identical? Hmm, still tempting to pick up. I use to buy RPGs just because it was new and a different system and never play them.

Well, Sidekick is a slim, trim version of the big Hero book, omitting the most complicated powers, skills, maneuvers and such, and the nigh-unto-infinite examples. Playing out of the Sidekick book, you would have the same basic detail, just not all the extras.

 

[InzeladunMaster]

You wouldn't happen to have a copy of Green Ronin's Noble's Handbook on those shelves, would you?