One collection complete!

Been a while, but keep reading,

 In a previous post I stated my collection goals. Well not much has changed except I have given up any notion of collecting OD&D, a fools errands for the money involved, though I will probably at some stage seek out some reprints just for the pleasure of reading them.

But anyway the reason to post this is going to be a little ramble through the completion of my White Dwarf Collection - it's true I am now the proud owner of issues 20-100, HUZZAH.

And there they are in all their glory.

Now for the ramble.

I love these so much and cannot believe how much stuff I remember reading bits. I guess because I literally read over them again and again they tended to stick.

I think that issue 30 was the first I actually bought but I'm also pretty sure that 40 was when I started buying them as they came out. Remember these were the days when you could pick up back issues at the store ( in my case Not Just Stamps as well as Ritz toys - happy memories).

So some memory highlights:-

41 The Snowbird Mystery, a great Traveller adventure, Andy Slack is something of a genius if you were to ask me.

42-47 Iriliam, what can I say? Timeless classic that has everything, including what amounts to a second language, pointless but awesome to my teen self

53 Minas Truth, I pored over these photos and wish I had the wherewithal to do this game justice. And who can forget the charge of the Knights of Dol Amroth, all one of him!!

56 Last Log, classy CoC scenario that was only improved by the awesome use of a Space 1999 Eagle in the photos, brilliant

57 SkyRig another just great Traveller adventure, proper Alien stuff.

59 on the road - this RW adventure just pressed my buttons, clever stuff.

62 Alien Werewolf in London - now this is just clever, such a simple premise but done incredibly well.

After 74 I was a casual buyer at best and by 100 the roleplaying had gone but I will now proceed to mention titles that stayed with me but I can't look at now as the mags have gone back into storage!

In no particular order as they come to me,

Freeway Deathride or something like it.

Eagle Hunt

Spuung ones, To Live and Die in Mega City One, a Day in the Life followed by a Night in the Death.

Sorry!

Tower Trouble.

And I can't believe I left out the Judge Dredd Games Day Spread - the hours I pored over those pictures. If anyone can direct me to any more info about this setup I would be grateful.

So many memories, such good times.

UK RPG magazines - getting there!!

 

Following on from the last post, here's a recent buy. Luckily for me condition is not something I worry about as long as they're complete.

I have done a (very) vague collection goal for UK mags and once again am wondering why I am bothering!

So I need (pretty subjective word bearing in mind we are talking about magazines that are generally between twenty and thirty years old) the following.

White Dwarf from 20-100

All 31 Imagines,

AND Valkyries, Fantasy Chronicles, Role Player Independent, Games Master international,GM Independent, Adventurer,Arcane and Gamesman.

There are probably more but I need to limit myself a bit, though there was a UK mag that I had a couple of copies that came with a plastic binding spine that I cannot remember the name of for the life of me!!

As we speak I need roughly a hundred more magazines, as well as a corresponding amount if really useful boxes to put them in.

Reading through these can be really interesting particularly as I have no actual gaming history between about 1989 and the present day - who knew LARPing and Vampire were a real thing that normal(ish) people got involved in!!

Happy days though, onward and upward.

Adventurer Magazine #1 Review

 

So

My current rpg collecting is now in its final form, which is as follows;

1 - D&D stuff (mainly Forgotten Realms but a little bit fluid).

2 - Traveller stuff - as much as I want.

3 - OD&D - good luck with that on my budget!

4 - UK RPG magazines.

So (4) is where we are at here. UK magazines are generally cheapish and readily available, in fact  generally can be more than the item itself.

I will subsequently list what I have and where I'm at but for now here is a new acquisition, Adventurer #1.

Brief review, it's ok.

90p in 1986 seems about right and it has a reasonable amount of content.

The fantasy adventurer, of which this is part one of 2 is formulaic but solid, nothing new in heaven and earth but ok.

The CoC adventure is actually quite decent but again, nothing much is new. The maps though are quite decent , but seem a bit overproduced for what is required (1986 was a bit like this though).

Miniatures stuff is again of its time, standard issue figures by decentish painters.

The reviews shine, seem well balanced and well thought out, good stuff.

Adverts if course are a joy, we can never get back to the halcyon years where all these products were on, and remained on, shelves in the high street. I know that times have changed but......

Little snippet on the news page, true that but whatever.

Great advice

See what I mean, a bit overdone.

You should go to this, and maybe try and buy some D&D stuff.