Tell me about these older edition D&D products [list updated: Nov 20/10]

[Tinker Gnome]

Yup, were you live is clearly a black hole for all old gaming material.

 

[Knightfall]

Yup, were you live is clearly a black hole for all old gaming material.

I'd be more than happy to give a guided tour through the the city's game and used book stores to anyone who wants to visit Edmonton.

Don't come here in the winter, however. High summer is best unless you like to ski. Jasper, Alberta, is close by in the mountains and is one of the province's best tourist traps... err, attactions.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I'd be more than happy to give a guided tour through the the city's game and used book stores to anyone who wants to visit Edmonton.

Don't come here in the winter, however. High summer is best unless you like to ski. Jasper, Alberta, is close by in the mountains and is one of the province's best tourist traps... err, attactions.

If I ever get to visit Canada, Edmonton will be on the top of my list.

Anyways, how much do you get on average for the stuff you sell to any Used Book Stores? Most places do not seem to pay much.

 

[Knightfall]

If I ever get to visit Canada, Edmonton will be on the top of my list.

If you do, make sure you convert your money first. Heh.

Anyways, how much do you get on average for the stuff you sell to any Used Book Stores? Most places do not seem to pay much.

It varies wildly. Right now, I can sell VHS tapes for 25 cents each. Normally it is 5 cents each, but WBI's owners felt the stores were running low. Good for me!

Fiction books sell the best but WBI won't take hardcovers unless they are less than a year old. I think WBI buys books for roughly one-third the book's cover price but don't quote me on that.

I've sold cookbooks for as much as $2.50 each (not at WBI). However, that's not the norm. WBI won't take cookbooks that are more than 5 years old.

Almost all the used book stores in Edmonton give more value in trade than in coin. Some even give double value for trade.

Selling RPG books to Whyte Knight is less rewarding than trading RPG books there. The owner often gives more in trade value, which usually works out for me. However, there are some items in his store that aren't normally available to trade for.

Anything with a red price sticker, for example.

Plus, he doesn't like it when people try to trade him new stuff for old stuff, which I completely understand. There can be exceptions just like with any rule. However, the deal has to be really worth it to him otherwise he won't take it. Period.

WK has a bit of a monopoly on old school games (in relatively fair condition) in Edmonton. The used book stores get old school stuff from time to time but it usually isn't in the greatest condition. More often, WBI gets newer game books (i.e. D&D v.3.x) or OOP books that never gained a lot of popularity/sell value (i.e. Alternity, 3PP d20 books, etc).

WBI doesn't usually give very much for RPG books, I think. However, they take almost anything that comes there way because it sells so fast. (D&D books, of ANY edition, 'fly off the shelves'.)

 

[Tinker Gnome]

If you do, make sure you convert your money first. Heh.


It varies wildly. Right now, I can sell VHS tapes for 25 cents each. Normally it is 5 cents each, but WBI's owners felt the stores were running low. Good for me!

Fiction books sell the best but WBI won't take hardcovers unless they are less than a year old. I think WBI buys books for roughly one-third the book's cover price but don't quote me on that.

I've sold cookbooks for as much as $2.50 each (not at WBI). However, that's not the norm. WBI won't take cookbooks that are more than 5 years old.

Almost all the used book stores in Edmonton give more value in trade than in coin. Some even give double value for trade.

Yeah, I have found that Used Book Stores where I am give me very little, maybe a dollar at the most, and will not even take a lot of books. I do not know if they will just let me trade one book for another. They have good stuff, but their sell back prices are terrible though.

 

[Knightfall]

Yeah, I have found that Used Book Stores where I am give me very little, maybe a dollar at the most, and will not even take a lot of books. I do not know if they will just let me trade one book for another. They have good stuff, but their sell back prices are terrible though.

Since I'm selling my mom's old books, I'm happy with getting anything I can for them. I help her get rid of books and VHS tapes she doesn't need, and I get a little bit of cash that I can use towards getting books I want or use for buying groceries.

I'm on a very fixed income, so I have to maximize my fundage as much as possible. Plus, carrying books around is good exercise, which helps with my battles against depression and obesity. I just have to make sure I don't push myself too hard since I have chronic pain too.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Since I'm selling my mom's old books, I'm happy with getting anything I can for them. I help her get rid of books and VHS tapes she doesn't need, and I get a little bit of cash that I can use towards getting books I want or use for buying groceries.

Yeah, anything you can get for them is cool, and it does help get rid of old stuff.

I'm on a very fixed income, so I have to maximize my fundage as much as possible. Plus, carrying books around is good exercise, which helps with my battles against depression and obesity. I just have to make sure I don't push myself too hard since I have chronic pain too.

I Hope things get better for you.

 

[Knightfall]

Yeah, anything you can get for them is cool, and it does help get rid of old stuff.

Yep.

I Hope things get better for you.

Thanks Galeros.

And, feel free to comment on anything from my list in the Original Post.

 

[jeffh]

First of all, let me back up everything that's been said about Edmonton. Several of the best places for gamers to shop that I know of (for gaming stuff, used books in general and some other things of related interest) are located within a couple blocks of each other around Whyte Avenue along with some decent used record shopping and lots of other cool stuff.

Now, comments on a few nearly random things on your list, with mild spoilers.

D1-2
Reasonably good dungeon crawling. Each has a couple of preliminary encounters leading up to a huge underground complex of some sort to explore, occasionally interact with the local politics of, but mainly kill things and take their stuff. There aren't that many Drow in it, though the very first encounter consists of being mobbed by them; those guys take center stage in D3 much more than in 1 and (especially) 2.

Any Gazetteer, and most BD&D Mystara stuff in general, is well worth it. However, there is a special place in Hell reserved just for whomever wrote Journey to the Rock, a linear runaround whose name is by no means its lamest feature. I rather like the Atruaghin one. Minrothad does indeed seem to be one of the rarer ones.

I remember Five Shall Be One as a pretty fun crawl, but one that asks the GM to run not one but two fairly high-level wizards as DMPCs; find a way to avoid that.

Rod of Seven Parts is a mixed bag, a good variety of mini-adventures loosely linked by a common plot.

 

[Knightfall]

I got two more books at Wizard's today...

• Dragon Lords of Melniboné [d20] (CAN $7.50)
• RAVENLOFT: Vecna Reborn (CAN $9.50)

I got another as well, but it's for someone else. Thus, I'm not going to mention it unless he wants to chime in about it.

Now, excuse me while I leave myself a note...

Note To Self: Wizard's also has the Monstrous Arcana books: "I, Tyrant" and "The Sea Devils." There was also a copy of "Demihumans of the Realms" and "Wyrmskull Throne" and multiple copies of "Cloak & Dagger" and "Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark." They don't have "Dungeon Crawl: The Dungeon of Death" or "The Accursed Tower," however.

There was also these Dragonlance Fifth Age adventures: "Chaos Spawn" and "Rise of the Titans."