They pay HOW MUCH for that out of print game?

Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

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I figured I would do another list of games that go on EBay, or through dealers for an arm and a leg, and the question is why. The game may be real bad, or ok, but no way is it worth that much. Feel free to defend the game or frag it.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:10 pm

1. Board Game: Dark Tower [Average Rating:6.39 Overall Rank:1681]

Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

Might as well kick the list off with Dark Tower. It is a fun game, worth a rerelease, but my gosh, there is NO WAY it should go for that much. Funny thing is that I paid $5 for it at a garage sale, and then traded it for $40 credit with a dealer at a convention. I then found out it went for what it did on EBay. Go figure.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:10 pm

Everyone wants to be Chad Thriftington III

(okiedokie)

United States
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma

Originally released at $60 I think that this game suffers (or benefits) from fond memories more than anythinng else. At the time, it WAS Everquest/World of Warcraft/Halo. It was a solitaire game for 1-4 players. All of the fun is in the memories of it being played.

This is a boring piece of ap-cray that should never be reprinted.

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Mark Gallardo

(Magnus the Blue)

United States
Houston
Texas

WOW!...a blast from the past!!!

This was such a great game (and by great I mean FUN).
Yes, the gameplay was very linear and unimaginative but I very much enjoyed every session. This was the Gateway Game for most of my nongamer friends & family whose only experience was Monopoly & Risk. It also help many of them to be more accepting of "fantasy roleplay" (i.e.pencil & paper AD&D).

So it's not hip, new or Euro...so what!!!
It was a very memorable part of my teenage years.

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Douglas Abbink

(dabbink)

United States
Unspecified
Colorado

Ok, so I am one of those people who paid way too much for this game on ebay. And I got it before ebay was well known and people started poking around their garages for things to sell.

But, this is a game that people buy more for nostalgia then for the game play. If you didn't have one as a kid or were too old/young when it came out, you probably wouldn't understand the nostalgia. Heck, I don't understand my nostalgia for this game. But, I get joy-joy feelings whenever it is pulled out and I hear that dragon sound

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Jim Pulles

(Jim_P)

Canada
Regina
Saskatchewan

And... you can get the entire experience here... complete with sound effects:
http://www.aanimation.com/Dark_Tower/

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2. Board Game: Talisman [Average Rating:6.50 Overall Rank:990]

Donald Walsh

(havoc110)

United States
Columbia
Maryland

I bought a 1st edition at the Origins game auction for $1. (the box had been sat on). I think I got more gaming value for that buck than most any ever spent on a board game. We played it so much I swore off it for the rest of my life (also swore of Axis & Allies for the same reason).

Now folks pay stupid amounts of money, particularly for 2nd editions with multiple expansions.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:34 pm

Michael Evans

(mevans444)

Canada
Nobleton
Ontario

A couple of years ago, when I was checking the completed prices for Talisman on eBay, I saw that one seller had sold 2nd ed. with all expansions for around $700 dollars.
Another seller seemed to have seen this and other such sales and put up his complete set. At a starting bid of $1000! Nobody bit. I think he did manage to sell it after relisting it at a lower starting price.

Even the individual expansions are commanding high prices.
A Talisman: Cities is about to go for $99, and the last and rarest 2nd expansion, Talisman: Dragons commands particularly high prices.

Then, of course, there are the various stories about finding games like these in garage sales or thrift shops.
Was it Greg Schloesser who told the story of spotting and grabbing a complete copy of Talisman sitting in someone's garbage while out walking with his wife?

A few years ago, at one of the Orion game conventions here in Toronto, Wally Hnatiw and Doug Richards went next door to a church sale. (Wally and Doug are local gaming-community celebs who have two of the largest collections in the Toronto area). Wally spotted and grabbed a 2nd ed Talisman (w. one expansion I think he said) that was being sold for $5. And then tried to talk them down on the price!
(Evil, Wally! Very Evil! devil

)

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3. Board Game: Magic: The Gathering [Average Rating:7.34 Overall Rank:134]

Donald Walsh

(havoc110)

United States
Columbia
Maryland

Currently an alpha Black Lotus on eBay for over $1200.

Makes me wonder if I should sell mine.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:37 pm

Dane Peacock

(Sky Knight X)

United States
Stansbury Park
Utah

That tickles

In a heartbeat

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Michael Webb

(CortexBomb)

The People's Republic of Ann Arbor
Michigan

Actually the cost of the power cards has been affected less by collectors and more by the rising popularity of Type I and 1.5

For those who aren't at all familiar with Magic, those are the two formats that allow most of the older cards to be used. A few years ago, both of those formats had almost died, and were very rarely the feature of tournmanets. More recently, large tourneys have been held that crown champions in both of these formats, and independent tourneys have also sprung up that offer power cards as prizes. The result is that the secondary market has grown considerably and cards like Moxes, which used to be available for around 100$ if you were willing to play plebian white bordered ones, are now worth 3 times that, with the black border ones shooting up even higher.

Changes to the banned and restricted list can also have a big impact on card values. Mishra's Workshop is a great example of this as it was worth no more than 20$ for most of its life, but when it became unrestricted an entire new archetype was formed which relied on having 4 copies of the card...a card that was already quite scarce because it was from a very early set. The result is that the card is now worth over 200$ per copy.

Similar things happen on a smaller scale with more recent cards as they tend to lower dramatically in value when they rotate out of Type II, which happens every two years.

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Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

I was thinking for Magic, to make the older cards popular, a "Block Party" format should be introduced. And I will need to explain what I mean, CAREFULLY, as people seem not to get what I mean.

In a "Block Party" format, players can play any deck of cards against any other deck of cards, provided each deck ONLY has cards from a certain block or cycle. I don't mean EVERY card in a tournament is from the same block/cycle, just that a single deck can't have cards from a single time period. When I have tried to explain that, people assumed I meant just one block/cycle for ALL the decks.

I got the idea from this from I believe a Scrye article that pitted different blocks against each other in a format called "Block Party".

Players' decks can also have cards from the regular edition, PROVIDED they were out when that block or cycle was around.

This type of tournament allows players with older decks to compete.

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Michael Webb

(CortexBomb)

The People's Republic of Ann Arbor
Michigan

Actually a friend of mine who still plays Magic has made utterances to the effect that Block Party is a format that has been played locally with some regularity (here in Michigan).

The Block Party is actually an official format now, sanctioned by Wizards and apparently popular online. There is a specific banned card list just for this format on the Wizards site, mainly to keep stuff like the monstrous Urza block decks in check.

I actually have been somewhat tempted to play in that format, mainly because it is the only one in which Necropotence is not banned or restricted...still haven't though...

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Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

Wow, that is great to hear. I guess I am not the only one who read the "Block Party" article and got the idea. When I tried to explain it to people, they misunderstood what I was saying. Anyone have any URL links for more info on this?

This may actually get me to dust off some of my cards. I can see the popularity of this format. This format at least keeps people playing without having to reenter tournaments.

I believe this format must be the reason why Wizards decided to finish off the Ice Age block.

Any idea where Arabian, Antiquities, Dark and Fallen Empires would fit into? Would they be considered a block of their own or are they not played?

Posted Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:39 am
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4. Board Game: TAMSK [Average Rating:6.82 Overall Rank:673]

Ken Boone

(Hubajube)

United States
Cleveland
Ohio

not much for long...

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:41 pm

Ken Boone

(Hubajube)

United States
Cleveland
Ohio

and the same can be said for Polarity.

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Alan Kaiser

(alkaiser)

United States
Aurora
Colorado

Before the announcement of the reprint I have seen this going on eBay consistantly for about $30 or so. Occasionally you would get one up in the $50 range. This was maybe about a year ago so maybe things have changed since then.

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Brent Mair

(Spielguy)

United States
Roy
Utah

I won this badge from Daniel Karp in a poker game.

I've seen a few go for over $100. Plenty others in the $70 to $80 range.
TAMSK is the game I've payed the most for.

And I speek English good. d10-0

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Ogdred Weary

(gashlycrumb)

United States
San Francisco
California

As much as I like having a cool hard-to-get game, I am happy that this is being reprinted so that others may enjoy it. This is a fun and tense game.

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Michael Webb

(CortexBomb)

The People's Republic of Ann Arbor
Michigan

This strikes me as an entry that will see history repeat itself though. TAMSK is a pain for companies to reprint, and it always is going to cost more because of the components. I'm sure this one will be an expensive collectible again...

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5. Board Game: Titan [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:317]

John Shanahan

(Shanahan)

United States
Quincy
Massachusetts

Surely we aren't forgetting this (ahem) behemoth of ebay! I laugh myself silly watching the prices go up on this--and then start sobbing when I realize I gave mine away....

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:48 pm

Donald Walsh

(havoc110)

United States
Columbia
Maryland

It's the Fantasy Monster BID-a-thon.

Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:00 pm
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Ken

(artfuldodge2)

United States
The People's Republic of Portland
Oregon

I understand that this game has some strong supporters, but it never really interested me very much.

I found a copy at a thrift store for $1.99, sold it on ebay for $112 and never looked back.

Bought some games I actually like to play with the $$ though.

Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:09 pm
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Andrew Hung

(andrewh63)

United States
San Francisco
California

I guess for the hardcore group, this is a must have since it has a good blend of Tactical Battles and Strategic Recruitment. The counters do wear out and you can't find any replace unless you buy another.

My friends used to play this a lot in college and it's pretty amazing to find a copy set up at their apartment ready for drop in play.

I was lucky in that the copy I bought from Ebay turns out to have 2 copies of the game.

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Matt Thrower

(MattDP)

United Kingdom
Bath
Somerset

A friend picked this up at a car boot sale for some paltry sum. We had no idea it was valuable but we loved the game.

Somtime after finding out how valuable it was, the same friend shelled out an outrageous amount for a shrinkwrapped copy on EBay. He's never even opened the box it was delivered in, never mind the shrinkwrap. He's convinced it's going to accrue massively in value in years to come, and I suspect he could well be right.

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Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

"He's never even opened the box it was delivered in, never mind the shrinkwrap"

I hope he doesn't open the box in ten years to find he was sent Coca-Cola Monopoly by mistake.

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6. Board Game: Warhammer Quest [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:331]

Sven Reuter

(Tanakor)

Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen

This one goes quite high...could slap me for not buying while it was still in print. I got mine 2 years ago for 100€. On german ebay it has gone up to 150€. Personaly I think, this game is worth the money, if you are into this kind of game and love miniatures.
The really mad thing I saw once was a Chaos Warrior Character Pack: It sold for about 70€!!! I got mine for just 15€ a few months before (and I wouldn´t pay more than 25€ for any Character-Pack).

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:07 pm

Andrew Petty

(AndrewPetty)

United States
Everett
Washington

This was the first game I bougth here in the marketplace, the seller had it listed in "good" condition for $75, when I got it was more like "excellent" with some extras!

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7. Board Game: Cosmic Encounter [Average Rating:6.99 Overall Rank:361]

Mark Ballinger

(thniff)

United States
Seattle
Washington

Today I see $40 for an original Eon set with no expansions. Even the Avalon Hill version goes for real money.

Please! Reprint this game!

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:42 pm

jefF, There are some who call me... DuneKitteh

(midnightmadness)

United States
Wood Dale
Illinois

Useless rollover, booya! Dune Kitty says, "deal with it."

Not to mention a basic Mayfair set easily goes for well over $100 any time it comes up - in fact, the last one I saw go for under $100 was one that went for $94 the day after Christmas.

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Dave VanderArk

(David Vander Ark)

United States
Coopersville
Michigan

If a base Eon set sells for $40 then the price has dropped drastically for this game. The price was right around $100 a couple of years ago.

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Steven Winsor

(hooded_paladin)

United States
Santa Clara
California

Actually, you can see lucre in the picture and the seller replied to a question saying there are 75 alien powers in there. If only the price were going to STAY that low.

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Lyman Hurd

(lyman)

United States
Atlanta
Georgia

My college roommate and I had the original of this game and loved it. In fact we waited for each expansion to become available. Much later when I had barely remembered it I came upon the AH version and bought it. I do not know if it was the missing rules/features or time but I was pretty bitterly disappointed!

Now will I fork over many hundreds of dollars to make up the difference...I don't think so...

Boy the smilies keep multiplying. Can someone clue me in on what game the colored dice are from (the PR, TTR and DDW references I got).

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8. Board Game: RoboRally [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:155]

Mark Ballinger

(thniff)

United States
Seattle
Washington

Now, isn't this being reprinted this year? The original sets go for top dollar.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:43 pm

Matthew LeVan

(MonkeyDLuffy)

United States
Lunenburg
Massachusetts

Yep, it is going to be reprinted this year... Don't know if it will be an exact duplicate of the 2nd edition, or a translated back to english version of the Amigo release, or some new variant on the theme...

And I'm curious if, before the impending reprint came into play, there was ever a significant difference in price for the 1st and 2nd edition(1st is rarer if I recall, so from a collectors standpoint may be more valuable... but the tweaks for 2nd edition were all positive from what I've seen, thus making it the more desirable of the two from the gamer perpective...)

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Randy Schmucker

(rschmucker)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

I've watched the Robo Rally auctions for the last three years. I've never seen a significant difference in price between 1st and 2nd editions. At one point it seemed like 2nd edition sold for more. Currently, I've not seen much of any difference. People seem to be happy to get any copy.

Randy "Twitch" Schmucker

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Todd Derscheid

(derscheid)

United States
Houston
Texas

People aren't buying to collect, they're buying to play. The edition differences shouldn't matter.

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9. Board Game: Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage [Average Rating:7.92 Overall Rank:27]

Brett David Spain

(throwingmuse)

United States
Lee's Summit
Missouri

Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.

Yet another titan... no pun intended... in the ongoing insane asking price wars.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:46 pm

Andrew Hung

(andrewh63)

United States
San Francisco
California

Unfortunately this one came out toward the end of Avalon Hill and the print run was pretty small. I wished I got a copy of it because it is the best of the Card Driven system so far.

I was hooked after one play and still looking for this.

Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:26 pm
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Tony Cocks

(woodmeister)

United Kingdom
London
Unspecified

I'd love a copy of this but don't want to pay silly money. I guess it's just not meant to be. cry

Get your card driven fix from the reissued Paths of Glory.

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Jim Molander

(butcher)

Sweden
Uppsala
Uppsala

How much would you guys say a used copy for this one is worth? 60-70 $ ?

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Jim Hogan

(Whirlinghurly)

United States
zimmerman
Minnesota

On ebay it's going for $160 so 60-70 would be a steal. If you have one to trade and only want that much for it I'll even pay for your shipping...

Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:02 pm
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Andrew Hung

(andrewh63)

United States
San Francisco
California

Me too, I'll take a used copy any day for that price($60 to $70).

I'm looking forward to the new CDG like Manifest Destiny and Empire of the Sun when GMT ships them next month. Will have to set aside some time to play them.

The good thing about CDG system is that you can pick up on the play fairly quickly after playing just one of them.

I have been contemplating Path of Glory, especially now that it has been reprinted.

Too many games...too little time.

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Davide Bacchiega

(bacco)

France
Savigny sur Orge
Essonne

I've seen it on sale in Italy on http://nuke.goblins.net/
at 80€

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10. Board Game: Up Front [Average Rating:7.87 Overall Rank:95]

Mark Kolenski

(spinoza)

United States
Haverhill
Massachusetts

Currently $81 on e-bay with almost 2 days to go ...
It's a great game though.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:40 pm

Glenn G

(GlennG)

Canada
Oakville
Ontario

I've seen at least 3 unpunched copies go for <$60. You just have to be patient. I, of course, overpaid. At least my copy is mint. Bought card protecters for it as I don't anticipate Multiman ever republishing this one.

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Stephen Cope

(bfchooch)

United States
Boston
Massachusetts

I can't even trade this game _and_ both of its expansions away! I've only received one offer and it was for cash, not games. Maybe I should just put them on ebay...

Posted Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:33 pm
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Chris Severs

(Foolish_Dog)

England
Birmingham

Theres one up for sale on BGG. GBP45

I nearly bought it myself but the mrs surprised me for Xmas!

Woot!

Posted Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:35 pm
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Random Access

(ststrat)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

A really great game.
With a great story behind the wretched choice of cover art subject.

Posted Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:07 am
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Jonathan

(jmw23)

United States
Maitland
Florida

This is a pretty good game, and I suspect the main reason you see it on e-bay so often is that the rules seem complicated. I suspect people keep buying it, trying to play, and selling it again. The rules really aren't that bad, I taught myself without too much trouble. Banzai is a pretty great expansion though.

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11. Board Game: Crude: The Oil Game [Average Rating:6.94 Overall Rank:1040]

Richard Lea

(rplea)

United Kingdom
Leeds
County: West Yorkshire

3 second-hand copies currently available on BGG Marketplace for $250, $850, and €150 respectively.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:08 pm

Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

Better jump on that one going for $849.99 -- I think it'll be going fast.

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Scott A. Reed

(skelebone)

United States
Lawrence
Kansas

Yes, Scrofula, it sucks.

I just wasted 100 :gg: on this.

I snagged a copy of this on eBay for $85 six months ago. After that, I saw another copy go for $150.

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Scott A. Reed

(skelebone)

United States
Lawrence
Kansas

Yes, Scrofula, it sucks.

I just wasted 100 :gg: on this.

Examining the marketplace, you will see that the one that is earmarked $850 is actually McMulti's predecessor, Crude, which is vastly more rare than McMulti itself. That copy that is listed is also only partially punched, and comes from Sid Sackson's personal collection. I'm not saying that those elements combined equal the asking price, but it is a unique item -- especially since I have seen people offering $300 for just a copy of Crude.

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12. Board Game: Star Wars: Epic Duels [Average Rating:6.95 Overall Rank:467]

J. Philip Evilsizor

(consuelo)

United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Star Wars Epic Duels. Once somebody gets their hands on it, they never sell it. I got lulled into this one when my roommate came back from coop with Hasbro (where he got paid to co-develop the card designs and playtest - lucky!). When he graduated from college and moved away, he took it with him (mind you, his is actually a prototype with alternate art, and I bet that would fetch a pretty penny). I spent months scanning ebay for it, and new sets would routinely go up into the $80 range for a simple game that's designed for ages 8+. I finally buckled down and picked up a copy on ebay last week with birthday money. My price for a used set - just under $60. And I'm happy about it, too.

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Posted Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:58 pm

Henry Vogel

(hvogel)

United States
Raleigh
North Carolina

This boggles the mind, as the games were readily available at close out prices at Toys R Us for quite a while. We have two sets in the house because I bought a close out priced copy for my eight year old son just to have as a toy. I find myself wishing I'd stocked up on copies when they were available so cheaply now!

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Rolling bad dice in wargames since 1977

(BradyLS)

United States
Austin
Texas

A guy here on BGG was looking for a copy primarily for the box. I offered him a sealed one for $40+ shipping. I was turned down, but I'm glad to know that I wasn't being exhorbitant.

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Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

Hmmmm...need to put mine up on ebay soon.

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J. Philip Evilsizor

(consuelo)

United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

When I said 80, I meant shipping and everything. Yeah, I've seen sets sell for 35, with another 15 in shipping. The one I bought for mid-50's included the 15 for s&h. In my book, that's still part of the price.

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Rich Pizor

(richpizor)

United States
Valley Village
California

You know...there's so many alternate decks and maps on the Yahoo group, you could conceivably play this game entirely for free by simply downloading, printing, cut n pasting - the complete rules are available from hasbro.com. Many of the decks even include cardboard figures, and a bit of ingenuity can net you the rest in the form of singles Star Wars Miniatures pieces.

Well, I suppose you would have to build a custom D6. But that's not tough.

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13. Board Game: Discretion [Average Rating:6.81 Overall Rank:4213]

Was George Orwell an Optimist?

(Sphere)

Spain
Corvallis
Oregon

I sold a copy of Discretion some years back for $275 in an impromptu auction on rec.games.board.marketplace. I have to admit I was stunned. I had picked it up (still in shrinkwrap) at a Goodwill store for $5, and played it a couple of times.

The kicker is that there had been two copies in shrink at the Goodwill when I bought mine. I almost picked up both, but decided it would be stupid to blow 10 bucks for a game I'd never heard of. Right.

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Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:45 am

Joey Konyha

(MonteCristo23)

United States
Terrytown
Louisiana

What!? This game is awful! shake

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14. Board Game: Monsters Ravage America [Average Rating:5.88 Overall Rank:3572]

christopher smiley

(Banelord)

United States
sacramento
California

this one routinely goes for around $50 easily on ebay; think i will wait for the 2nd edition (right?) that is being released spring '05.

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15. Board Game: Space Hulk [Average Rating:7.45 Overall Rank:170]

christopher smiley

(Banelord)

United States
sacramento
California

here is another OOP GW game that fetches i ridiculous price on ebay. it easily goes for around $100 (maybe more, or maybe a little less). last time i looked, there were around 10 copies available "buy it now" going for around $130, and every one of them are missing the terminators and/or genestealers miniatures.

what really rakes me about ebay and warhammer quest/space hulk is the thought that folks buy them up, gut the boxes and resell the leftovers, making these once great games all the much more a rarity.

i do not understand why GW is not attempting to print these games, i would say demand is way higher than the pure "fantasy" or "40k" lines.

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Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:27 am

Jonathan

(jmw23)

United States
Maitland
Florida

Geez, I have a complete game, everything there that I keep meaning to put up for sale. I think the terminator captains are missing their back banners, but that's it. I really need to get on the ball with these auctions!

Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:34 am
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Sean Swart

(Da Black Gobo)

United States
Moscow
Ohio

I payed 150 for mine, but I think I got a great deal. Inside the box was also Deathwing and Genestealer along with the extra scenarios lifted from the White Dwarf.

Still the best game of it's kind to this date.

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16. Board Game: PitchCar [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:179]

Rob Leveille

(Phelonius)

Canada
St. Catharines
Ontario

This one is pretty pricey on the marketplace too.I'd build my own set, but with my powertool skills, I'd have no fingers left to flick with.

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Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:17 am

17. Board Game: Full Métal Planète [Average Rating:7.46 Overall Rank:567]

Nelson Lamoureux

(haver)

Canada
Kangiqsualujjuaq
Québec

I am surprised no one put this game on this list. Full Métal Planète is one of the most difficult and expensive game to be found around here (1 for sale asking 250$us) or on eBay (where I regularly look for it but rarely sees it).

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Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:05 pm

Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

I got mine in exchange for a copy of Divine Right, from a game designer in Europe, who shall remain nameless in this thread. I actually found a place that sold multiple copies of this game for like $12-$25 a pop in the mid-1990s.

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18. Board Game: Dune [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:88]

Jeff Boes

(MurWiz)

United States
Saint Joseph
Michigan

This one seems to go for a significant pile of change, when it shows up. I sold mine, and unused expansions, a year or two ago. Neat game, but long and sometimes predictable, and the card quality was *way* below what you'd expect for the money nowadays.

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Posted Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:57 pm

Jay Stainbrook

(jaystainbrook)

United States
Seattle
Washington

If this is true then this must be a recent development. I paid less than 30 on Ebay for a played copy in January and the shrink ones were in the 60 dollar range. That's pretty reasonable. Wasn't hard to find a copy for sale either.

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19. Board Game: A Gamut of Games [Average Rating:7.71 Overall Rank:559]

Richard Lea

(rplea)

United Kingdom
Leeds
County: West Yorkshire

I notice that this is being sold for large sums in North America. It's offered by one American dealer for £540 ($1000) on Amazon UK. I looked elsewhere and bought it for £6.

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Posted Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:50 pm

Morgan Dontanville

(sisteray)

United States
Brooklyn
New York

Plate of Shrimp.

Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.

www.abebooks.com

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20. Board Game: Broadsides and Boarding Parties [Average Rating:5.98 Overall Rank:3041]

Marc Echternach

(Maluus)

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

OK, I owned this game when it was first released. It was fun, worth the $25 I dropped on it back in the 80's. On eBay, the only copy available is selling starting at $250!!???

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Posted Sun Apr 3, 2005 5:36 pm

Andreas Udby

(javelin98)

United States
Spokane
Washington

Wow! B&B was good, but ont *that* good! If they ever re-release this one, I hope they fix some of the mechanics.

Posted Mon May 9, 2005 8:32 pm
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21. Board Game: Conquest of the Empire [Average Rating:6.29 Overall Rank:1781]

Andreas Udby

(javelin98)

United States
Spokane
Washington

I found a copy of CotE at an antique store in Ithaca, New York, back in early 2002. I picked it up for a measly $5! It was even complete (except for three broken weapons -- ten minutes with some Krazy Glue solved that) and I sold it on eBay for $168. Boo-yah!

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22. Board Game: The Longest Day [Average Rating:7.27 Overall Rank:1144]

Simon Franks

(frankie71)

United Kingdom
Torquay
Devon, England

This is the real deal. I've seen this move for well over $250 on ebay.

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Posted Mon May 9, 2005 9:53 pm

Kevin Nieman

(Dante_Cubit)

United States
Thousand Oaks
California

Makes sense to me. Monster game . . . monster asking price.

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John Di Ponio

(JohnnyD)

United States
Warren
Michigan

Sold mine a while back for 220.00. Not bad considering I bought it for 20.00.

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23. Board Game: 1853 [Average Rating:6.84 Overall Rank:1522]

Ola Mikael Hansson

(unic)

United Kingdom

One of Francis Tresham's 18xx-designs, covering railroadbuilding in India. A copy just sold on ebay for $227.50.

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24. Board Game: Tribond [Average Rating:5.31 Overall Rank:7405]

Jimbo Carroll

(Dimbus)

United States
Garland,
Texas

Now that this game no longer appears in the Hasborg/WOTC/AH catalog, prices have starting rocketing up on Ebay. Maybe I'll finally let that third edition go

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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:33 pm

Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

I just did a search on ebay and the highest it's sold for in the last 30 days is $9.99. Am I missing something?

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Marc B.

(fsumarc)

United States
Palm Bay
Florida

I don't know, but I guess I missed it too... I'm hoping the OP is making a joke here.. I see these in every thrift store (many still sealed) and often see it close without even a bid, let alone go over 3-5$. There are a couple smoooooth ebay stores listing it buy it now for as much as $38 but who would pay that?!? Especially when there are $3 BIN right next to it that won't even sell...

arrrh

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Jeff Luck

(Lemming)

United States
Salt Lake City
Utah

...so what was the latest/average price for one of these fine games?!?

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Fraser

(Karlsen)

Australia
Melbourne

Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.

Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?

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If I ever pay more than d10-5

for a game I'm gonna have to question my sanity...

Don't ever move to Australia then. It's a rare game that you will find under d10-5

Normal bookcase size games are d10-9

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Marc Echternach

(Maluus)

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

I used to have SPI's Atlantic Wall -- I see it going for $235 at some online stores.

I also had Eon's Cosmic Encounter (1st printing) -- I almost had a heart attack at the price it commands nowadays -- and frankly, I found it wasn't all that great a game - fun, but not THAT fun.

I re-acquired a copy of Talisman, 2nd ed. for MUCH less than everyone seems to want to pay - it's a fun game to spend a couple hours on (without expansions), but again, not THAT fun!

I do still have DungeonQuest, with the snotlings and first heroes add-on (the lead figures). Anyone have any idea what that thing might go for thesedays?

Ah, well -- gaming is good fun, right?!

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Jason Monroe

(belial1134)

United States
St Louis
Missouri

You might like this geeklist - Games which go for $100 or more on Ebay.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...

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M Samas

(Lobo2)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

There are too many great games currently being released for me to even consider paying the kind of prices people are asking for these games. For me it's not the game that provides the enjoyment but the friends that I play the game with.

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