Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Gem from the Treasure Chest
I rarely played D&D in the 70s and 80s. I collected in the late 90s, but D&D was never my strongest interest. I picked some up in other transactions. Until now. Now I'm neck deep in the OSR. So I looked at my collection and found a Moldvay, a full set of Mentzers, and two Holmes. I was really surprised when I looked in the Holmes box.
Yes, a complete boxed set, including rule book, B1, original dice, Dragon ad, and TSR survey. The box even has corners intact. I feel very lucky.
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I don't think those are the original dice, they looked more like this: http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/harami2000/dice_gw.jpg
ReplyDeleteBut the set looks beautiful, and it's hard to find one with that B1 in that good shape. Now play it, it's still a blast! I sadly just had to give up my original in shrink, but I still have a lightly used one. It was my first D&D, and still my favorite.
Oh, I picked up the free B1 from RPGNow.com, so I won't be using this copy.
DeleteYou're right. These are pre-inked numbers of rather older dice, including a d10 and no d8. I looked closer and this is a Fourth+ printing, according to The Acaeum.
ReplyDeleteStill in amazing condition. My Holmes is falling apart from so much use.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the books are basically untouched. Staples a little rusty, but otherwise hardly used.
DeleteVery cool.
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