ffilz
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The "White Whales and Holy Grails" thread got me thinking about the gems I have in my collection. But I don't want to hear about the items in your collection that you DON'T seal away, but actually use, maybe even to the point of near destruction.
Absolutely my favorite is my original 1st edition RuneQuest that I STILL reference in play. Every Wednesday evening it comes out onto my desk beside my computer. I have repaired the spine with packing tape. The corners are dog eared and the page edges feathered. This book shows my devotion to RQ. And all the supplements. Despite my tendency with almost anything else I run to use the PDFs as primary reference, I run RQ almost exclusively from original physical copy. Still even marking off damage in pencil in the books... (OK, I've started photocopying pages - sometimes...).
While actually in amazing shape, by OCE OD&D books DO get referenced from time to time, though I DO use the PDFs for most referencing and I don't look at them often, my copy is a play copy not an archival shelf copy.
While I have not run it since college, the 2nd RPG book to come into my circle, my best friends copy of Chivalry & Sorcery that he got for Christmas 1977 and I beat to crap photocopying to the point where the spine has failed and while it isn't a stack of loose sheets, it's in at least a dozen separate chunks. I bought it off my friend somewhere around 1980.
My 1977 Classic Traveller boxed set. These days I DO mostly look at the PDFs, but I will still occasionally flip through the original books. Not in near pristine shape like my OD&D, but still in pretty good shape.
First Fantasy Campaign. Any time I run something in Blackmoor, out comes this book. And the maps, including the color versions from the TSR DA modules.
My complete collection of Thieves Guild and Haven. The loose leaf sheets are sometimes a bit worn.
My AD&D PH, the only book I ended up keeping when I sold off my AD&D stuff in 1990/1991 (I have since replaced the MM, DMG, and UA). The other day I was looking at my physical books rather than PDF. The spine is intact but VERY wobbly.
Absolutely my favorite is my original 1st edition RuneQuest that I STILL reference in play. Every Wednesday evening it comes out onto my desk beside my computer. I have repaired the spine with packing tape. The corners are dog eared and the page edges feathered. This book shows my devotion to RQ. And all the supplements. Despite my tendency with almost anything else I run to use the PDFs as primary reference, I run RQ almost exclusively from original physical copy. Still even marking off damage in pencil in the books... (OK, I've started photocopying pages - sometimes...).
While actually in amazing shape, by OCE OD&D books DO get referenced from time to time, though I DO use the PDFs for most referencing and I don't look at them often, my copy is a play copy not an archival shelf copy.
While I have not run it since college, the 2nd RPG book to come into my circle, my best friends copy of Chivalry & Sorcery that he got for Christmas 1977 and I beat to crap photocopying to the point where the spine has failed and while it isn't a stack of loose sheets, it's in at least a dozen separate chunks. I bought it off my friend somewhere around 1980.
My 1977 Classic Traveller boxed set. These days I DO mostly look at the PDFs, but I will still occasionally flip through the original books. Not in near pristine shape like my OD&D, but still in pretty good shape.
First Fantasy Campaign. Any time I run something in Blackmoor, out comes this book. And the maps, including the color versions from the TSR DA modules.
My complete collection of Thieves Guild and Haven. The loose leaf sheets are sometimes a bit worn.
My AD&D PH, the only book I ended up keeping when I sold off my AD&D stuff in 1990/1991 (I have since replaced the MM, DMG, and UA). The other day I was looking at my physical books rather than PDF. The spine is intact but VERY wobbly.