What RPG do you most regret parting with?

[Reynard]

Maybe you were short of money and you sold it. Maybe you were short of space and gave it away. Maybe you lost it in a move, or the dog ate it, or it was destroyed in an overflowing toilet incident.

Whatever the reason, you no long are in possession of this beloved RPG book. What is it?

I have stupidly gotten rid of many books over the years, and I almost always regret having sold or lost all of them at some point or another (even if it is just because I have an itch to read it for nostalgia sake). But the one that really bugs me that I wish I had never parted with is the Star*Drive setting for Alternity. It is one of my favorite space opera settings and the book was really fun to read: thick and dense and good for just diving deep into. There are other books -- I gave away all my author copies of GWd20 PHB for example -- but I actually miss that Star*Drive book at least once a year.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Thieves World boxed set.

 

[MGibster]

The first edition of Legend of the Five Rings. I had almost every book from that edition, and after 5th edition I'm not sure we'll ever see another one again.

 

[Umbran]

I cannot find a couple of my 1e books - I have my DMG and PHB, but my Monster Manual and Deities and Demigods seem to be missing, which is crummy.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I cannot find a couple of my 1e books - I have my DMG and PHB, but my Monster Manual and Deities and Demigods seem to be missing, which is crummy.

That was almost my answer, but I went for practicality over nostalgia. (The difference being that I don't have any of my AD&D books...gave them all away in about '92. Ugh.)

Also, my "opposite answer" is that I'm really glad that when I heard the news about C7 losing the TOR license I tracked down a hardcover Darkening of Mirkwood and pounced on it.

 

[Retreater]

My first D&D book was the AD&D 2e Player's Handbook. I buried it with my friend Jacob, who died at 16.

 

[Bill Zebub]

My first D&D book was the AD&D 2e Player's Handbook. I buried it with my friend Jacob, who died at 16.

You just won the Internet. Or at least this thread.

/hatsoff

 

[Old Fezziwig]

My physical copy of Temple of Elemental Evil. My father, not unreasonably, as it wasn't his responsibility to store things for me in case I might want them later, especially as I never said anything to him, donated it to the library or sent it to the dump in the lacuna between when I stopped playing D&D in high school and started playing again in grad school.

 

[CleverNickName]

I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from giving away my original Rules Cyclopedia. I have the POD copy now, and it's fine, but it's just not the same.

 

[thullgrim]

My complete Planescape collection from 2e.

I bought Star*Drive a couple years ago after parting with it in the late 90’s. I like Alternity and that setting. It wasn’t that expensive to replace.