So 80's so collectable.

[ashmie]

Today the doors for advanced Heroquest turned up from e bay.

Huzzah a dungeon in 3D.

[ashmie]

It's the little things in life that matter. Like a Fighting Fantasy collection.

[kojibear]

Awesome I wonder which ones I still have around here somewhere...

[ashmie]

@Koji: If you do have any around I'll happily purchase them from you. Ideally I'm collecting the green spines 1980s publications but some of the older prints are just as good.
@All: If anyone has any let me know. I'm currenly after vol 7 and 9. I want to complete at least the 1st 10.
There are over 40 or more.

[ashmie]

To celebrate finding a new job I treated myself to more books. I seem to be a book worm these days rather than a painter, books are easier to pick up and put down. Anyway, I ordered Black Wings 2 an ST Joshi anthology of Lovecraftian Horror fiction. New authors. Also Fighting Fantasy Books 7 and 9 in the original print run. Now here's the thing, I have the first 10 now but they all with different colour spines. They were printed so many times it seems difficult to track them down in either their 6th format of printing (green spines) or first edition different colours. A very boring topic but interesting to me so I thought I'd post it here for future reference. Once again anyone that has the 80s publications of these books let me know. I'm collecting these now above anything else gaming related.

FIGHTING FANTASY
PUFFIN

Many people like to keep their collection to the same cover style. The books were originally published by Penguin Books under their Puffin Label. The seven different cover versions are pictured to the right.

The ORIGINAL COVER features an illustrated spine, the book is un-numbered.
The FIRST COVER VARIANT featured multi-coloured spines which differed with each book and the number of the book was printed in an asterisk on the front cover.
The SECOND COVER VARIANT featured a regular green spine common to all titles with the book number printed upon it, the cover featured a banner at the top with the book number in the top right hand corner above a green Final Fantasy Logo.
The THIRD COVER VARIANT features the regular green spine which is numbered, the logo has moved to the bottom right hand corner of the cover and the book number is in a yellow oval in the top right hand corner. The lettering of the author's name is rendered in a metallic bronze effect.
The FOURTH COVER VARIANT features the regular green spine without a number, the logo is in yellow in the bottom right hand corner of the book. The number has been removed from the cover. The author's name is rendered in a metallic bronze effect.
The FIFTH COVER VARIANT features the regular green spine with the number, the logo is in yellow in the bottom right hand corner of the book. There is no number on the cover.
The SIXTH COVER VARIANT is the same as the fifth except the author's name is in black ink.

Steve Jackson did a separate series of four books called SORCERY!, these were a little more complex and did not sell as well initially.

WHAT TO COLLECT?
In order to have all books all with identical variants it is only possible to collect the sixth cover variant and there is thus a small premium on these prints. The other popular choice is to collect the FIRST PRINTS of each book (or the cover variant that was in place during the initial release), whilst Warlock of Firetop Mountain was publish 18 times under the first cover variant this was chiefly due to the size of the print runs and unexpected success of the book. A true first print in good condition is thus a remarkably rare item.

Reprints were made by DELL in the US format, WIZARD BOOKS in 2000 by popular demand the old classics were dusted off, smartened up and sent back into circulation by Wizard Books. The numbering of the books has changed. Note that the print runs on some of these books will far exceed the original Puffin first print run, particularly on The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. They are of course more likely to be in much better shape. A subsequent reprinting was undertaken under the ICON BOOKS imprint.

Fighting Fantasy Role Playing Game was originally published by Puffin and comprises the following titles: Fighting Fantasy, Riddling Reaver, Titan, Out of the Pit, Dungeoneer, Blacksand!, Allansia

Fighting Fantasy Novels have also been converted for use with the d20 RPG system produced by Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast by Myriador Publications.

And a series of paperback stories were written by Steve Jackson based in the world of titan.

[ashmie]

A friend of mine has just tracked down Treasure of the Pharaohs. A game from the 70s but still bring played in the mid 80s. Boardgames were played to death back then. Anyway he's made a video and a post about it.

From Yog Sogoth.com
As some may know, I spent a little while tracking down a game from my childhood, Treasure of the Pharaohs. I suspect it had a profound influence on me as a child. Earlier this year I finally managed to obtain a copy of this fairly rare 1974 game made by Palitoy Bradgate, and so much fun has been had giving it a spin (sometimes literally, as you'll see)!

As it's such a visual game I shot a few short video clips to go along with the audio recording. (WARNING: The video gives away the ending!)
http://youtu.be/uW4oGZsa3TQ

So here's Treasure of the Pharaohs - and that whooshing sound you hear? That's me being transported back over 35 years in an instant... (Jon also suffered a similar effect).

Treasure of the Pharaohs
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1015 ... e-pharaohs

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/threads/2493 ... Irregulars

[ashmie]

Put in an offer for Treasure of the Pharaohs but it expired. They want 100 quid for it.

[ashmie]

For when you just can't stand to paint another army. Top trumps.

[me_in_japan]

Now there's a natsukashi classic, and no mistake. Another eBay purchase, or are they yours from days of yore?

[ashmie]

Days of yore mate. I found them in my tape collection.