Enchantra Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Well a friend of mine got a job in Arizona. He's moving there to be with his girlfriend so he is selling off a lot of his older gaming stuff. He's offering me his 2nd Edition D&D books for roughly $95. Here's what I would be getting: AD&D 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual AD&D 2nd Edition Player's Option: Spells & Magic AD&D 2nd Edition Player's Option: Skills & Powers AD&D 2nd Edition Player's Handbook AD&D 2nd Edition Book of Artifacts AD&D 2nd Edition Dungeon Master's Option: High-Level Campaigns AD&D 2nd Edition Tome of Magic The Complete Book of Elves Complete Wizards Handbook That sound like a deal to you? I'm not versed on the book values. They are all hardcover except for the last two. EDIT: Also these books are like new. Some he never used as he bought them, was starting to form a campaign and edition 3.0 came out and all his gaming buddies at the time were using 3.0 so he went out and got all the 3.0 books. So these books are basically in mint condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Doesn't seem like a deal to me, at all. Maybe, maybe if I was actively playing 2nd ed D&D, I'd buy some of it, for a much lower price. Are you in a 2nd Ed game? Are you planning on running one? Is there something else you could spend $95 on that you would enjoy more or benefit more from? YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted May 26, 2005 Author Share Posted May 26, 2005 I'm interested in the books for material to add into stories and eventually when I learn the game better, I want to be able to draw from the older material to create monsters if I ever DM. That's the plan at least. That and I'm interested in some of the artwork in the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Snack Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 I bought my used 3.0 books for $5 a piece and they are in pretty good condition... Do a quick search of eBay and see what those books are going for. But really it's up to you to decide if they are worth it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted May 26, 2005 Author Share Posted May 26, 2005 Thanks for the input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustrated Father Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Not a deal at all IMHO. Besides, you can buy the electronic copies of them on the Core Rules CD for about $10 these days or go to some of the RPG shops and pick them up for a few dollars each in electronic PDF format. Save your money on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I think that is a heck of a deal, well for the seller anyway. Those books are worth a little more than a tenth of tht value. The hard part is there are few 2ed players left and there are fewer and fewer as time goes by.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet118 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 well, the nice part is getting hard cover versions of the players options books.. 95 bucks for 9 books, average of 10 bucks a book... thats not really that bad. sure you could get digital copies, but you dont seem to be wanting digital ones, and i dont blame you. having said that, ive got plenty of 2nd edition material of you'd like more..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 You're getting only around 50% off the cover price for those books. Hardcovers for 2nd Edition went, on average for $20. Softcovers for 2nd Edition went, on average for $15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted May 27, 2005 Moderator Share Posted May 27, 2005 The following have material that you can easily adapt to 3E story lines and such: - AD&D 2nd Edition Player's Option: Spells & Magic - AD&D 2nd Edition Player's Option: Skills & Powers - AD&D 2nd Edition Book of Artifacts - AD&D 2nd Edition Dungeon Master's Option: High-Level Campaigns - AD&D 2nd Edition Tome of Magic - The Complete Book of Elves - Complete Wizards Handbook I honestly wouldn't pay more than $2-5 for any of them. You will probably find that their primary use will be to occupy a shelf somewhere in your house. After DMing 3E for a while, you will find that the material in these books will be a bit difficult to convert on the fly to 3E. I typically go back to my 2E stuff very rarely now, using them mainly because I like the magic items better in them; thopugh, even those need to have the powers converted into something that works in 3E. From a collectable standpoint, 2E is not really a collectable. Too many people were into it at that time. 0E, the early D&D boxed sets, and some mint copies of 1E are really the only ones worth anything as a collectable. TS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet118 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 2-5?.. hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 At conventions where I have done the auctions, those books are typically being sold in the 2-7 dollar range depending on condition. There are a couple of the 2ED books that go for a lot higher because they are rare but none of those books are in that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsino Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I'm guessing that only the Monstrous Manual will be much help to you, as far as ideas go, but maybe the magic and artifacts books will be inspirational. US$95 seems a little steep for these volumes, but if you're really into second edition (the Player's Option series represented the apex of the system, IMO--love that point-buy character generation), why not go for it? The best of this material, I believe, can be had in the aforementioned Core Rules CD-ROM, for a lot less money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet118 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 well, sure, the CR2 helps.. lol ive got it myself, still use it, although using it for the books was the least of my uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 based on the prices I've seen at the Games Plus auction, in near mint condition I would expect those books to go for $50-60 in total. $95 is a bit too high. If he doesn't want to move them, you could always make a counter-offer at a more reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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