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4 comments about Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games.

1. Price guides come in two types. The first type are ones that are well researched and reflect real world prices/values as determined to the best of the authors' ability such as the Overstreet Comics Price Guide. This one is in the second category, those that function solely to help dealers convince people unloading their collections that whatever they have is not worth much and that the dealer would be 'doing them a favor' by taking the material off of their hands. While 90%+ of RPG material sells for cover price or less in Near Mint+ condition, there are some very valuable items which this book does not address or otherwise undervalues the items (at 1998 prices even).
   
   This book also fails as a comprehensive reference book for several reasons. One, it dates from 1998, so it's not reflective of modern materials. Two, it is incomplete for many second tier publishers. Three, magazines are some of the most collectible items, and quite a diverse field - yet, this guide is woefully deficient at covering them. Four, publisher product numbers are absent - particularly strange since all lists done of the main line of RPG collectibles, TSR products, include the publisher's product code number. Five, index and table of contents are very weak and inadequate for what information is in there.
   
   Avoid this book except for a very cheap clearance priced copy as the internet can, in most cases, provides better lists of published RPG items. The prices in this book do not reflect real world sales.



2. As an RPG collector, I've been looking for a good desk reference (I live & breathe the Internet as a reference tool, but sometimes it's nice to have an old-fashioned book...).
   
   This particular book is part of the Official series (They have many useful books of the type for collectibles: Coins, stamps, sports cards, etc.) and written by RPG veteran Timothy Brown. On the surface, it shows much promise. With a 1998 copyright date, this includes most RPGs up to the dawn of the D20 rules.
   
   On the plus side, it is well-organized with games listed alphabetically by game system. Brown also does a good job telling what components belong to a particular game accessory (ex. Is this module supposed to come with a poster map?). Cover price, year of release, authors, companies, and occasionally a very brief description are included.
   
   Unfortunately, Brown neglects to include product numbers (ex. TSR 9143), making RPG research more time-consuming. This flaw is shared by the otherwise superior "Heroic Worlds" (ISBN 0879756527 HC; 0879756535 PB). Of course, the values given for the RPGs are completely obsolete given the rise of eBay since the book's publication.
   
   Summary: Useful, but not necessary.
   
   Wayne Gralian
   Wayne's World of Books



3. Do not be fooled by the words "price guide". The books fails profusely in that department. It can be used as a list of role-playing games, but there are plenty of those, most of them are better than this. Try to avoid this books if possible. I see no reason to buy it.



4. This book purports to be a price guide, but it is a mystery as to where the authors pulled out the prices for the products listed. The prices are way off from what items have sold for at any conventions I have attended or others have attended, on usenet marketplace newsgroups or on ebay. I can only conclude that the authors picked out the prices at random. The only redeeming point of the book is the listing of RPG material published. But since this book's title states that it is supposed to be an official (according to whom?) price guide, and that this was the primary reason for its publishing, I conclude that this book is a total failure as a price guide that will serve no purpose for the purchaser of old RPG material. In short, this book should be avoided at all costs except for use as kindling material.

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1. This book on Collectible Television Memorabilia will delight you with it's fascinating topic, photos and descriptions. It covers 900 subjects with 500 photos- all well described,well written and well researched. You'll enjoy turning back the years with page after page of your favorite TV shows trinkets, dolls, games, and much more. Well done!!

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