So my dad went to Atlanta this weekend and returned with one load of my stuff which ImprovSister was holding for me. I’ve begun unpacking in it, and I couldn’t help but laugh as I merged book collections and such.
I’m not sure what to do with the 3.0 books, I think I may give them to charity or some poor gamer. I’m going to keep the 3.5 doubles to use for teaching friends how to play.
That said, you could set up the 3.0 books as sort of a Shelf of Failure. Although you could probably salvage the FRCS, as I think you may be able to find a 3.5 update for it. Can’t remember if it’s a published book or online supplement, though.
You know, I’ve got a shelf like that, complete with multiple copies of some of the books (not sure how I wound up with the spares). Mine also has a load of 2nd Edition books and boxed settings, though. And a couple of editions of Shadowrun manuals…and Paranoia XP…and Nobilis…and a stack of LARP rulebooks…
Come to think of it, I need another geek shelf, but my other shelves are mostly full of SF, fantasy, and foreign-language dictionaries.
{Indie-Style Geek Cred Showboating}
A real geek would have 1st ed. manuals. With the original crappy artwork on the covers.
{/ISGCS}
I still have too many RPG manuals to want to think about stuffed into closets and under the bed. Lord only knows why since it’s not as if I’m going to start up a rousing game of 1st ed. AD&D any time soon but I hate to get rid of them.
I’ve never actually played Dungeons and Dragons, but I think I still qualify as a geek. I recently found the strength to let go of approximately $500 worth of Magic: The Gathering Cards from my high school days. I was especially proud of my ‘‘Flame Wave’’ card.
Gee, a shelf full of 3e D&D books. That’s alright, I suppose. I mean unless you’ve got shelves just dedicated to dead RPG lines and another shelf with a set of three editions of D&D (no white box, though; I almost bought an early printing a few years ago but decided against it).
I left my bookshelves when I moved. The only thing I have left is the cabinet I use to hold RPG’s and comic TPB’s (both of which have overflowed the space available to them). Before I moved I had eleven and I don’t know how long I’m going to stay here which dampens my interest in buying or making shelves and then having to deal with shifting their contents again. Now those books are packed safely away awaiting the day when I feel ready to set them up again.
On my bookshelf, I have the original AD&D beginners and expert boxed sets. Then the first four hardcovers. Monster Manual, DMG, Players Handbook and Fiend Folio.