The BIG Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day SALE is ON!

This here's my first post of the day in appreciation of Swords & Wizardry. With this post, I'm letting you know that Frog God Games has discounted their entire line of Swords & Wizardry products for ONE DAY ONLY in celebration of Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day. The discount is good for 25% off S&W Products but you must use coupon code SWApprDay on April 17th (TODAY) at check out.  Note that the coupon excludes items less than $1, S&W Cards, Pre-Orders, and Subscriptions. 

 

So, that's my sales duty done. Later today, my OTHER Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day post (the one with the real sizzle) will emerge from the blogosphere like a great behemoth that crushes adventurers to pulp! Why have I chosen to post later in the day, you ask? Why, to separate myself from the pack, of course! ;-) It's all about the strategy, folks.

Stay tuned!

P.S. It seems that John Reyst has created the code SWAD252013 for the SRD store where you can get PDFs. Sales here help support the SRD sites. Here are the links to the SRD sites: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ and http://www.d20swsrd.com/

Second Anniversary Stuff (Sorta) Giveaway

Hello again, all, and I hope you're having a great 4th of July! Well, I'm just going to go for broke and put up a list of stuff that I no longer have space to store, and I would like to give all of this away to good homes.

Again, as I said in my last post, funds are sort of tight on my end. I won't charge you for the items, but you may have to pay for shipping. I'll work to ship stuff as cheaply as possible (I'm willing to get advice on shipping cheap from anyone out there).

If you want anything, email me at gm_drance@yahoo.com and we'll work out the details.

So, without further ado, here's the list:

Roleplaying/Card Games:

Underground RPG core rulebook

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay core rulebook - 1st Edition

Star Wars RPG Revised core rulebook - Wizards of the Coast

Rifts RPG Worldbook 13: Lone Star

Dungeoneer: Tomb of the Lich Lord card game


PC Games:

Descent: Freespace Battle Pack

Age of Empires II: Gold Edition

Civilization IV: Gold Edition

Halo

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault


Misc:

Original Stargate Movie Official Magazine

OMUtB 2nd Anniversary: Should I Give Away Some Gaming Stuff?

Wow, I just realized today that Once More Unto the Breach! turned two on June 30th! I've been distracted of late due to a whole host of crap, not least of which was the fact that we're getting Hell's weather and our central air was dead. Well, the AC is now fixed and I can focus on, you know, not melting when I try to use my laptop.

Thanks to one and all who stop by my humble little corner of the blogosphere and read, comment, etc. I really like communing with you all out in our...well, community.

Anyway, I feel good about the milestone, and was wondering if I should give away some stuff to show my happiness. Well, I'm not talking about giving away PDFs or gift certificates or stuff like that, unfortunately. I'm talking more along these lines: I have a lot of gaming stuff, not just RPGs but PC games, card games, and other various stuff that I can't store anymore in my house. I just have way too much of the stuff.

So, I was thinking of writing a post with a list of the stuff I want to give away, and see who wants what, if anything. Do you think this is a good idea? I mean, if no one wants certain items I will just find some other way to move them out of my house.

I guess the big concern on my part is shipping. I'm pretty much broke right now (thanks to the aforementioned central air system replacement that now has me set back many thousands of monies). I can't really spring for shipping, kids. So the stuff will be free, but most likely ya'll out there will have to pay for shipping...unless someone who wants an item or two (or three, or more) can advise me on some dirt cheap shipping methods.

So in other words, each deal would be on a case-by-case basis. Seriously, I'm not trying to turn a profit. I just want the stuff to go to a much better home than mine (because the stuff is just in storage, basically).

Soooo...is anyone interested in seeing my list of stuff?

Have I mentioned Crypts & Things yet?

"Is the soup ready yet?"

I may have already talked about this before on my blog, but I can't remember. ;-) Anyway there's a pretty cool Swords & Wizardry variant out there called Crypts & Things (the image above is one of the many illustrations in the book). Creator Newt Newport has taken the S&W rules as a foundation and made them more swords and sorcery-friendly.

The project is about to hit the streets, and a lot of people are buzzing about it and have put in their pre-orders (myself included). The PDF is slated for release in the next couple weeks, with the print release before the end of the year. They've almost reached their pre-order goal. So go check it out, and get in on the action!

Have you ordered YOUR copy of C&T yet?

What? You haven't?! Well, then, you must go here immediately and do so! Come on, you know you want to. Everyone's doing it. Be one of us. One of us, one of us, ONE OF US, ONE OF US!

Crypts & Things available for pre-order!

The Swords & Wizardry variant Crypts & Things is now available for pre-order! I've been very excited about the arrival of Newt Newport's brainchild, I have to say! It has me daydreaming of running some savage sword & sorcery-style adventures!

I've placed MY order! Go here to order YOURS!

Lamentations (and other things) for Sale!

Ok, not to broadcast a sob story, but...I've come across some difficult financial times of late, with salary reductions, reduced hours, and other specters of the current economic state of the country (the world?) afflicting me. That being said, as painful as it may be, I find myself in need of unloading some gaming materials.

The most painful of these is the need to sell my brand spankin' new, barely used copy of the Lamentations of the Flame Princess box set, which I just acquired a few scant monts ago. It's in pristine condition, of course, and I'm looking to sell it for $45 (shipping will be a bit extra)...that's $20 less than what I paid for it. Please let me know if you are interested. You can email me at gm_drance@yahoo.com to discuss this or any other item I have for sale.

(Some of you might be asking how I will continue to run my current, LotFP-based campaign. Well, I'm going to resort to using the free PDFs of the Rules and Magic books that James Raggi has provided.)

While my copy of LotFP is my current crown jewel for sale, I have a list of other materials that are also for sale. Here's the list (with prices):

• Dungeoneer: Tomb of the Lich Lord card game (with bonus extra cards) = $10
• D&D 3.5 Module: The Standing Stone = $5
• Fading Suns sci-fi RPG = $5
• In Nomine RPG = $5
• Continuum time-travel RPG = $5
• Rifts World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign = $7
• Rifts World Book 12: Psyscape = $7
• Rifts World Book 13: Lone Star = $7

Slow Blog Days

I'm currently in a Sargasso Sea of busy-ness this week, between work, family, and other real life stuff. On the gaming side of my existence, I'm also using my spare time to work on my Pathfinder character (read my session report on my first Pathfinder game for the reasons why I'm desperate to tighten up my character!)

Also taking up my free time is reading some fiction as well as all the blogging I've been trying to do, all the blogs I've been reading, and all the RPGs I've been reading. Something has to give, and unfortunately the blog seems to be getting the short shrift.

In the meantime, I wanted to ask everyone again for some more advice on getting rid of some gaming stuff. My blog-based "yard sale" hasn't generated much interest (though it seems like someone who I have contacted via Craigslist might want to buy all the video games I listed).

Seriously, any thoughts? Anyone interested in anything? ;-)

That's all for now. I hope to blog something of more substance again soon. I have a huge list of more involved topics that I want to write about, and I want to do them justice. Hopefully I'll have the time soon to do so...

Stay tuned, and as always, happy gaming!

Blog-based Yard Sale!

Ok, since I asked in a prior post for opinions on using one's blog to attempt to sell some stuff, and those that did respond seemed to think it wasn't a horrible thing to do, I have decided to forge ahead and do this here post with a list of things I'd like to sell.

I still feel a bit weird doing this, but...here goes:

I have a bunch of roleplaying games, board/card games, and PC games that I want to get rid of ASAP! All games are in great condition, with just minor shelf wear, and come with all original components unless otherwise noted. The PC games are gently used, some of them barely played. These all come with boxes, manuals, and the discs are pristine!

I am selling all games for just $10 each (or less if noted next to the name of the item)! Many of these items are pretty rare (I think), so selling them at this price is a steal (I think)!

If you want to buy some things in "bulk," contact me and we'll work on a reduced-price deal for multiple items!

I am looking to sell rather than trade, since one of the reasons for this sale is to de-clutter my house. But if you really want to propose a trade, let me know. I might be interested in some fantasy RPG stuff.

In general, let me know if you have any questions. And yes, I know that there's such things as eBay and Craigslist, but these days eBay is too much of a hassle for me, and Craigslist never gives me the results I am looking for. And I figured this portion of the blogosphere has more of the target market for these items. But if anyone has some advice on how to sell gaming stuff successfully, I'm all ears!

And please, if you don't mind, feel free to spread the word! Tell your friends!

Here's the list of games:

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS:

- Forbidden Lore box set for Ravenloft campaign setting (includes everything but fortune telling dice and cards that originally came with the set)

WHITE WOLF RPGS:

- Wraith: The Oblivion core rule book

- Charnel Houses of Europe (Wraith: The Oblivion sourcebook) = $5

- Mage: The Ascension core rule book

- Guide to the Technocracy for Mage: The Ascension

- Werewolf: The Apocalypse core rule book

OTHER RPG GAMES:

- Shadowrun 3rd Edition core rule book

- In Nomine core rule book

- Continuum core rule book

BOARD/CARD GAMES:

- Risk 2210 board game

- Risk and Castle Risk combination board game

- Samurai Swords board game

- Thieves Guild fantasy board game

- Dungeoneer Card Game: Tomb of the Lich Lord (if you buy this, I will give you extra cards for the game for free!)

PC VIDEO GAMES:

- Panzer General II (includes huge strategy guide)

- Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun (with Firestorm Expansion)

- Warcraft III

- Galactic Civilizations

- Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy

- Spinter Cell

- Fallout 1 and 2 (both games in one package)

- And a rare game called Alien Logic, based on the Skyrealms of Jorune roleplaying game

To Pimp or Not to Pimp?

Over at Swords & Dorkery, there's a recent post that made me wonder about what is the etiquette in the blogosphere pertaining to the following:

• Using a blog to trade RPG materials (as in the Swords & Dorkery post I mention above)
• Asking for donations on a blog
• Using a blog to buy/sell RPG materials

The final bullet in my list is what I'm most interested in. Here's the deal: I have a lot of gaming stuff at home—RPGs, board games, even computer games—that I am thinking I would like to try and sell.

So here's my question: would it be considered poor form if I posted items I would like to sell on my blog?

Personally, I don't see why it would be a bad thing. I mean, there's lots and lots of blogs that ask for donations...just because! At least with trying to sell something, the person handing over the cash gets something out of it.

I would really like your opinions on this. And in the meantime...anyone interested in seeing what I have to sell? ;-)