Jules
Belgium
Leuven
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
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So much more story oriented that we even started an Amber diceless campaign. I remember the awesome character creation rules:
GM: "Strength is the most important stat in the game, if you don't have strength, everyone will kick your ass. Now bit for your stats".
*furious bidding*
GM: "Endurance. Endurance is the most important stat in the game. If you don't have enough, everyone will outlast you, and then kick your ass. Now bit for your stats".
Everyone: Hey!!
I'd avoided the stat race and had a character loaded with skills like trump making. We only played a few sessions. It was a bit tiresome in tabletop because no one trusted each other and everyone kept wanting to talk to the GM seperately. But it still rocked.
How it ended
Petered out after a few sessions as well
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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Near Mint Condition
English
Free surface post worldwide Free surface post worldwide. I am starting 2 weeks vacation at the end of the Maths Trade, so posting will be mid Feb. Can receive items in London or New York.
My full list of offers and wants can be found here (most are also on my BBG trade list on here), but I'm open to other ideas.
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/8232085#8232085
Particularly looking for
HeroQuest RPG 2nd Edition
Pendragon Supplements
Dominant Species
Here I Stand
Twilight Struggle
Twilight Imperium
Fifth Frontier War
Warriors of God
Also have a huge collection of White Dwarf's available, and first printing AD&D stuff.
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Andrew Hodkinson
Canada
Kemble
Ontario
兵者詭道也
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No list would be complete without this game. Set in Roger Zelazny's Princes of Amber novel world, this was one of the first, if not the first RPG to not use dice.
If he had been interviewed for this geeklist item, Roger might well have said, "As a young toddler, I put dice in my mouth and nearly choked to death. Since then, I have always feared dice, and when this RPG game was coming out, I nixed the idea of dice. Actually, my exact words were 'if you use dice, I will kill you'".
A surviving designer (Eric Wujcik) came up with a point, attribute, rank, and Dungeon Master resolution system.
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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Near Mint Condition
English
Free surface post worldwide (normally 2-3 weeks to Europe or US and 4-6 weeks elsewhere). Can receive items in London or New York
You can view lots of my wants here (but I'm open to other ideas)
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/8232085#8232085
Particularly looking for
HeroQuest RPG 2nd Edition
Pendragon Supplements
Dominant Species
Here I Stand
Twilight Struggle
Twilight Imperium
Fifth Frontier War
Warriors of God
My full list of offers can be found here (most are also on my trade list on here)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?579355-AD-amp-D-RQ-Trave...
Also have a huge collection of White Dwarf's available, and first printing AD&D stuff.
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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Near Mint Condition
English
Free surface post worldwide (normally 2-3 weeks to Europe and 4-6 weeks to US.)
Can receive items in London, Germany or New York
You can view some of my wants here (but I'm open to other ideas)
http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/73127/october-2011-uk-math...
Particularly looking for
Twilight Imperium,
Twilight Struggle,
Britannia,
Perudo,
Federation Commander,
Adv Civilisation,
Byzantium,
Various RQ/Heroquest stuff.
My full list of offers can be found here (most are also on my trade list on here)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?579355-AD-amp-D-RQ-Trave...
Also have a huge collection of White Dwarf's available, and first printing AD&D stuff.
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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Near Mint Condition
English
Free surface post worldwide (normally 2-3 weeks to Europe and 4-6 weeks to US.)
Can receive items in London, Germany or New York
You can view some of my wants here (but I'm open to other ideas)
http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/73127/october-2011-uk-math...
Particularly looking for
Twilight Imperium,
Twilight Struggle,
Britannia,
Perudo,
Federation Commander,
Adv Civilisation,
Byzantium,
Various RQ/Heroquest stuff.
My full list of offers can be found here (most are also on my trade list on here)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?579355-AD-amp-D-RQ-Trave...
Also have a huge collection of White Dwarf's available, and first printing AD&D stuff.
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Very good condition, some minor shelf wear.
Free shipping to US, first $10 elsewhere.
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Zack Stackurski
United States
Mankato
Minnesota
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English First (only?) Edition
This book is in excellent condition with only some minor scuffs on the binding. I will provide free shipping worldwide.
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This item is closed... and the winner is:
Nick King
United States
Norcross
Georgia
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the geek in 2011 and I hope you have a great year of gameing in 2012!
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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Near Mint Condition
English
Free Shipping to Europe
See above for my want list, and what else I have available.
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Dominic Swan
United States
452 5th Avenue
New York
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EX condition.
English language.
You can view some of my wants here (but I'm open to other ideas)
http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/73127/october-2011-uk-math...
Particularly looking for
Twilight Imperium,
Twilight Struggle,
Britannia,
Perudo,
Federation Commander,
Adv Civilisation,
Byzantium,
Great Pendragon Campaign,
Various RQ/Heroquest stuff.
My full list of offers can be found here (most are also on my trade list on here)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?579355-AD-amp-D-RQ-Trave...
Also have a huge collection of White Dwarf's available, and first printing AD&D stuff.
Trades can be one-for-many where the item value is different.
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Lowell Francis
United States
South Bend
Indiana
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Great condition. softcover, English language.
Sweetener:
Shadow Knight
Free US shipping; will cover first $5 outside the US, balance to be paid via Paypal.
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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I'm back to reading this one because that's what I do when I'm running Amber. There's some great GM advice in this book that applies to non-Amber games, as well.
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Jason Monroe
United States
St Louis
Missouri
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Lot L: 5 books for $10 @ flgs auction
3rd printing/april 1993
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Steve Donohue
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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This book is probably best described as "Very Good". It is lightly used and read, but it is a 20 year old soft cover book. I'll even throw in a copy of Shadow Knight. This book is also in good condition. There is one small divot out of the spine, but the book is intact.
I'll cover shipping anywhere
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Wéi (韋) Wǔ (伍)
United States
Encinitas
California
Dim Sum, the bestest meal of the day
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SEED: Helms Deep Chain
CLOSED
And...
Teenagers from Outer Space (1st Edition), i don't know what edition.
It's the second edition. This one.
Will roll on the 19th...
And the Winner is...
Mario Perez
United States
Worland
WY
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Chain: Star Siege
This Entry Is Now CLOSED
The winner of this chain gets to choose from one of three different exciting prizes!
 First is the title item of this entry, a physical copy of my precioussss, AMBER Diceless Role-Playing.
It is in exquisite condition, with just some coloration by age on the edges of the pages. My other copy is a bit more, um, worn, shall we say, so I'm keeping that one and giving you the good one!
 Now that may not strike your fancy, since clearly you are a man or woman of discriminating tastes, so you already own the physical copy of this book (or two copies, like me). Well, there's still something here for you! I will purchase you a PDF copy of either AMBER Diceless Role-Playing
or Shadow Knight!
This way you can access it no matter where you are. I will send you the link that is good for one download from Drive Thru RPG, so we avoid any of the touchy issues with handing off digital copies of books.
 If for some reason this doesn't strike your fancy (since you're either a non-believer who has yet to be converted to Amber OR you already have all the PDFs too), then I offer up my last old school item, S1: Tomb of Horrors.
It is the 1981 reprint shown above, in good condition, with a bit of a crease in the upper right hand corner of the cover. The cover is, of course, detached, to allow for use as a map. The rest of the module is in excellent condition.
Now, I am including one extra rule for this particular giveaway, since the chain I won was absurdly generous. This entry will have three winners. Yes, you heard me right.
Three Winners
I will give away each of these items! The primary winner will get his or her choice of the three (and will be the one to continue the chain), the secondary winner will get the choice of the last two, and the tertiary winner will get the last prize.
Now, just in case you are the secondary or tertiary winner and only wanted one of these find prizes that is already gone, you're probably thinking you don't want to take something you don't want when someone else wants it more. If that is the case and you choose to pass on your winning, I will offer a consolation prize of 10 Geekgold. It's not much, but it's a small thank you for making sure these items find a good home.
Act Fast! Winners will be announced on Wednesday, 22 February AD 2012!
Which is today, so our first winner is
Simon Silva Jr.
United States
Carol Stream
Illinois
Second winner is
Billy Compton
United States
Boiling Springs
South Carolina
And third winner is
Kendall Merriman
United States
San Jose
California
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Michael Lavoie
United States
Nashua
New Hampshire
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The Children of Oberon
This game is not altogether successful. In particular, the diceless system, while pretty cool in theory, doesn't work all that well in practice. What makes it memorable is the setting, Roger Zelazny's word of Amber, and the great characters he created to populate it. All of the members of the royal family of Amber are fascinating, but two in particular stand out for me.
First is Corwin, the narrator of the first series of five books that Zelazny wrote about Amber. Corwin is ruthless, ambitious, duplicitous, often unlikeable, and yet utterly irresistable. His attempt to win the throne of Amber drives the plot of this series. I have a T-shirt with a Corwin quote from the books: "I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy, and goodness. Trust me in all things." The joke, of course, is that he is none of this. The punchline is that the character he says this to, Dara, turns out to be even worse!
The other character is Corwin's sister Fiona. While she often aids Corwin, we are never sure exactly which side she is on and that is how she wants it. She has some great lines in the books, including one that shows up on another T-shirt that I have: "... and I, of course, am innocent of all but malice." Fiona also has a strong presence in the second series of five books, the ones narrated by Corwin's son (by Dara) Merlin, in which she serves as a mentor in sorcery to Merlin.
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Bill Johnston
United States
Boston
Massachusetts
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peter pan
Poland
Warsaw
mazowieckie
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Ebay package part 1
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Lowell Francis
United States
South Bend
Indiana
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The next three campaigns in my list all started out strong but never got up to speed. The first was another attempt (a dozen years later) to do a game using Zelazny's Amber as a background. I'd picked up Amber Diceles but wasn't yet ready to move all the way to a completely narrative-based diceless approach. I tried a homebrew system (the roots of what would eventually be Action Cards). The premise was persons in a modern setting discovering they were orphans of Amber and getting embroiled in the weird dimensional shifts happening in their world. It went well for a long time, but a couple of the players didn't like the setting and the complexity of it. I went through a series of contortions trying to bring their interest back into the game, at the cost of the rest of the group's interest and my own desire to run the thing. After less than a year I shut it down. We had some great stuff come out of the campaign, and it is the one my wife most requests coming back to again, but there's still a little sour taste in my mouth about it.
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Free shipping to CONUS, etc. Game is in good condition with mostly shelf wear (I'm trading my good copy away as opposed to the one I use while playing).
This is my favorite RPG ever. I will be very sad to see it go. Even though I have two copies! Go figure.
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Warren Sistrom
Australia
Sydney
NSW
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Amber Diceless RPG
#61 on InQuest list
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