The Village of Hommlet

  

Ok. I love this picture. I know it's been said that it isn't Tramp's best work and I agree. But there's something just "right" about it. I think the redscale really helps bring it all together. And  everything in the picture kinda conspires to make Lareth look Badass!

All of these were Found during a Google Image Search. I like the one above. The maps all expand, when clicked. 

I love Hommlet. First Module I ever DMed. Hell, I'm pretty sure it's the first thing I ever DM'ed period. I can count on two hands, the total number of modules I've ran. The Village of Hommlet, The Assassin's Knot, TSR's first Conan module, Rappan Athuk 1-3, The Vault of Larin Karr, Larm, a little bit of Stonehell and The Swords & Wizardry Quick-Start. I think that's it. I need to run more modules. Expand my repertoire, playing around with other people's imaginings. Castle of the Mad Archmage, maybe?

I'm not so thrilled with The Temple of Elemental Evil, though.

I have no idea how closely these maps adhere to canon.

So, since I'm rebooting my campaign and decided to start over, with OSRIC, no less, the usual thought assails me. 

"Why not run Greyhawk?"

Because I've never ran a published setting, save for mini-stuff like Karr and Larm. Both of those are very good, The Vault of Larin Karr in particular. Which is probably why it costs $50+ on the second hand market. I think you can get it in PDF, though. I foolishly sold my copy, a few years ago (dammit!) I Still have my original three part set of Rappan Athuk, though. I'll never get rid of those! Besides, my wife would have my head! Heh, killed my wife's character in Rappan Athuk! But, if you're running 3.x or Pathfinder and want a ready to go sandbox/mini-campaign, then The Vault of Larin Karr is worth it's weight in Mithril. 

So, if I did run GH and Hommlet, where would I go from there?

I'm gonna print out this colorized Hommlet! 

Ooh! A Hexmap version. 

This one is kinda dull.

So, I'll end with Zuggtmoy. 

If you Missed the DCC Free RPG Day Starter and Want a Print Copy

If you do an ebay search on:

Dungeon Crawl Classic Free RPG Day 2011 Starter

a seller named game_keeper has 4 left. $4.99 and $4.00 shipping to the US and Canada. $7 for international shipping - A Buy It Now listing. This is the first time I've dealt with this seller and he has a low feedback number, but what feedback he has is good. 

The only other listings I saw were an auction, currently at $8.99 and one other that's part of a lot of three different free RPG Day products, that I think was at $12 or so, at the moment. 

My local so-called FLGS did not participate. They didn't even know what Free RPG Day was. 

Goodman Games put out the pdf, which is priced at $4.99 on RPGNOW. Per the forum chatter, if you pre-ordered the game, you should have gotten a coupon for a free copy of the pdf. I don't know if future pre-orders will get the same deal. 

Can Someone tell me what the Links to Post business is all about?

Not that I have an issue with it, or anything, but whenever I make a post, I start collecting all these Links To, which show up at the end of the comments string. Mostly from Jeff's Gameblog, but others start showing up as well. Are the bloggers in question making the links? Someone else? Is it a search engine thing?

A quick google search gave me this:

Backlinks enable you to keep track of other pages on the web that link to your posts. For instance, suppose Alice writes a blog entry that Bob finds interesting. Bob then goes to his own blog and writes a post of his own about it, linking back to Alice's original post. Now Alice's post will automatically show that Bob has linked to it, and it will provide a short snippet of his text and a link to his post. What it all works out to is a way of expanding the comment feature such that related discussions on other sites can be included along with the regular comments on a post.

So, that sounds like another blogger is mentioning my post and google is automatically inserting a link to said post. Except, I don't think that's what's happening. I haven't noticed Jeff, et al, talking about me that much.

Again, I don't mind if Jeff, Norman, etc. don't, but I am curious as to wtf.

The Identity of the Your Dungeon is Suck Guy, Revealed!

YDIS recently posted an expose, on the many regular commenters to his illustrious blog. This brought to mind the many emails I've received, claiming to have solved the mystery of his true identity. While most, I think, are way off base, I've decided to report the more likely, or interesting, scenarios:

1. Jeff Rients - After a three day session of Enochian Chess, Jeff had a great alchemical revelation! Putting his formula into action, he bravely gulped his mystical concoction. Alas, like unto Dr. Doom, there was a flaw in his calculations and no Mr. Fantastic to lend a helping hand. Suddenly inflicted with wracking pain, his hair and teeth lengthening, his eyes, become sunken, the warm and friendly Dr. Rients, found himself transformed into the horrible Mr. YDIS.

2. Kent - In despair at the failure of his audience, to appreciate his eloquent, ironic witticisms, Kent created YDIS in a pique of anger, as a show of disdain, towards those philistines of the OSR, who were only capable of appreciating the most low-brow, ugly sort of humor. Alas, he's now a captive of his own generosity, after witnessing the great joy and exuberant good humor, he's brought to all our lives. The show must go on!

3. James Maliszewski - The Papal Crown resting heavily, upon his head, Mr. M conceived a brilliant plan, to ferret out the many traitors, within the OSR! It is also a possibility, that the activities are actually being carried out by the Monks of St. Gaxyg and the Pope is unaware of their involvement in this unsavory campaign.

4. John Stater - The Land of Nod, Mystery Men, the new Hexcrawl line from FFG, The Tome of Horrors, Pars Fortuna, the Nod Magazine, the list goes on and on! Mr. Stater is the hardest working man in the OSR! Is it so unlikely, he could find time for one more project?

5. Zak S. - The idea of a friendly, reasonable, talented fellow, whose life is filled with meaningful work, friends and lovers, carrying out the sort of goings on as takes place at YDIS is absurd. But, that's the point! YDIS is a work of art, as well as an in-joke, part of a multi-layered experiment in Dadaism, which only those on the inside, privy to the whole, complex picture, will ever be able to fully appreciate.

6. The K&K Alehouse - It's been suggested that one or another K&K regular is the culprit. Incorrect! It's all of them!

7. The RPGpundit - The Pundit already has his hands full, what with keeping the Swine in check. And one would think the OSR more of an ally, in this regard. But, we're a Movement. Possibly a dangerous one! So, in a quandary, the Pundit created the YDIS persona, to lay the ground-work for an attack, should one become necessary! If the OSR proves itself to be another scourge upon the RPG world, the Pundit will reveal himself, take his carefully cultivated army and go forth to war!

8. Austrodavicus - Known for writing many excellent compositions, elucidating the nature of the OSR and its detractors, Austrodavicus also put another plan into action! Taking a cue from the Bush Administration and its strategery of turning Iraq into an irresistible focus for terrorists, YDIS was born, to captivate and distract the OSR's many enemies.

9. The Underdark Gazette guy -  After exhausting himself keeping up with the OSR, the UG guy snapped, like Sam Kinison's Jesus and told everyone to suck it!

10. Cyclopeatron - Who set out to prove, once and for all, that Controversy attracts more comments than Content.

11. James Raggi - The real purpose of YDIS is to create more controversy and draw more attention to Mr. Raggi and the GE! The diatribes against all those other bloggers, are just a smokescreen!

12. Everybody! Yup! That's right! It's a group project of the OSR and everyone's in on it, but you!

Unpacking Ceremony - OSRIC - Black Blade/Usherwood Pub. HC Imprint

I got mail, today! I love getting packages in the mail!

I've erased the return address. It's from Jon Hershberger and Black Blade Publishing!

The first thing that is readily apparent, is that Jon packs like I do! I have, on a couple of occasions, of late, received stuff from publishers who think that throwing a book into an envelope is enough to protect it during shipping. It's not! Thank you, Jon!

Of course, I know what it is, sandwiched between that cardboard. On Wednesday Night, I sent Jon a Paypal payment, for a copy of the Black Blade/Usherwood Publishing Hardcover imprint of OSRIC! $26.00, plus $11 for Priority Mail, to my zip code. The price on the package listed the shipping cost as $10.95. As you can see, Jon earned his .05 cent handling charge! The Black Blade site is not currently processing Paypal payments and is misquoting shipping charges, so anyone who's looking to order one of these, will need to email Jon for a shipping quote and payment instructions. 

There were three more layers of wrapping, I think. And above, we see the unveiling of the cover. Woo-hoo!

OSRIC has an ISBN! Cool! This is not POD, by the way. It's an actual print run, of 300 copies.

Here we see the BB/U hardcover imprint, sitting atop my Lulu hardcover copy. The Black Blade/Usherwood imprint is thicker, wider and taller. Better paper (70#). Better binding.

There's more. 

Those blank pages, that are green in the pdf and grey in the Lulu version? They've been replaced with new art! From Jon's post on K&K:

- we've added additional art selections from John Bingham, Steve Robertson, Mark Allen, Peter FItzpatrick, Peter Mullen, Brian Thomas and Jim Holloway;

- Jason Zavoda's expanded index is four pages long, and there's now a two page index of tables and charts following the index; and

- we've upped the grade of paper for the book to 70# (not a sexy change to OSRIC, but it does add to the quality and the 'heft' of the book); the hardback OSRIC is going to weigh in at just over 3 pounds when it's done.

 I haven't checked through it all yet. The K&K thread, contains a lot of info. This imprint contains all the known errata up to February 11, 2011.

Snazzy Red Endpapers, too!

For $26.00 + shipping, the Black Blade/Usherwood printing of OSRIC is an awesome, awesome deal! 

The book is absolutely cool as all hell!

It costs .80 cents more than the Lulu B&W HC.

For those of you who need a Pick-Me-Up

I recommend watching some Phineas and Ferb.

Free Stuff from Vigilance Press

For Free RPG Day Vigilance Press has made their World of Arkara: Gazetteer of the Known World available for free. Woo-hoo!




While you're there, they've recently released Nuclear Sunset: The Southwest the first installment of their Mutant Future setting supplement. Available for $1.99.

For those keeping up with WotC

I realize I've brought enough bullshit everyone's way in the past 24 hours, but for those who don't follow Tower of the Archmage:

http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2011/06/wotc-fail-girls-d.html

Let me be a little Clearer about Something

Something Zak said in the comments to the last post:

"Likewise: people on the other side of the debate see publicly encouraging (not "demanding" or "requiring", but still, "advocating for") someone NOT to publish a labor of love the way they want to publish it but instead to change it to fit some perceived ethical or commercial imperative is likewise equally bad-in-itself."

Greg is not just "advocating for" someone NOT to publish.

"People don't want their beloved games on the same shelf with this stuff, they don't like to see it included in the mix. They don't want someone looking at LOTFP Grindhouse Edition as being a part of RPGs, lest the negativity flow back onto other RPGs. Our hobby went through a very long and painful doldrum period where we struggled with negative reputational effects. We are just now getting to the point where it is not a big issue anymore. The last thing people want is for something like this to trigger even more negative associations. I try very hard not to describe RPGs as being "like D&D" because of this negative history. I would truly hate to have to disavow even more material."

"The problem with LOTFP Grindhouse Edition is that it violates the boundaries set by the community. It goes over the line that people are willing to comfortably tolerate, it is beyond the acceptable standard of behavior, and people have reacted to that in a variety of ways."

He's claiming that I agree with him. He's claiming that you agree with him. He's pretending he has a level of support, which he doesn't, in an attempt to create a perception in the mind of his reader's, that his view of what is acceptable and normal is shared by the majority.

He thinks that will work. After all, what the Majority thinks, is very important to Greg, so why shouldn't it work? It's typical mammalian politics and if I'm guilty of bad taste, in pointing this out and calling Greg to the Carpet for it, then I'm ok with that.

Edit: A Snippet of a comment to this post, made by ADD Grognard - 

"I could tell a very long bad story about how this ended the first time in the 80's. When RPGs were NOT a niche market but the fastest growing entertainment segment of the time. Of the religion freaks who threatened my customers until they wouldn't come back and shop.

To the customers I lost when TSR caved in to these peoples' demands. Customers who left for good. It took me 20 years to come back.

I will be damned and go to hell before I let that happen again without saying something this time."

That's why this is important.

In which, I am Offended

This is so damn stupid! More discussion about the Grindhouse Edition.

Greg's Comment:

"Furthermore,
1. In the past, there has been a lot of negative attention on RPGs because of perceived "immoral" aspects.
2. This kind of behavior risks that kind of thing coming back down on the hobby
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Therefore, I don't think it is a good idea to create such material."

I find that offensive. My reply on the same comment thread:

This is why my grandfather fought in WW II. So you can wimp out and declare that fear should censor our artistic vision.

An obvious reply, but fucking true.

Greg's obtuse answer:

@ James
Is that a new variant of Godwin's Law? Acts have to be judged as worthy in light of the WWII victory?

Greg, you ignorant slut! This isn't a case of Godwin's Law. I'm not comparing you to Hitler. I'm comparing you to Chamberlain.

TSR was wrong to make concessions to the Satanic Panic of the 80's. Your wanting to appease moralists and declaring:

 "Therefore, I don't think it is a good idea to create such material."

Is offensive.

I find your lack of self-respect, offensive.

The Art of Harry Clarke

Harry Clarke (March 17, 1889–1931)

Most of these are his illustrations for editions of Goethe's Faust, Edgar Allen Poe, Swinburne and some Fairy Tales.

OSR & 3.x Saves, Dave Arneson Style

Somehow, I got on a tangent last night of wanting to fix the 3.x save system.

I have two problems with saves in 3e.

1. There needs to be a cap on the DC's. That's an easy fix.

2. Fort, Reflex & Will. I really dislike having Saves reduced to these three types. The older systems have far more flexibility and room for imagination.

Let's have a few word from Gary: DMG pge 80 - 81:

"Someone once sharply criticized the concept of the saving throw as ridiculous. Could a man chained to a rock, they asked, save himself from the blast of a red dragon's breath? Why not?, I replied. If you accept fire-breathing dragons, why doubt the chance to reduce the damage sustained from such a creature's attack? Imagine that the figure, at the last moment, of course, manages to drop beneath the licking flames, or finds a crevice in which to shield his or her body, or succeeds in finding a way to be free of the fetters. "

"A character under magical attack is in a stress situation, and his or her own will force reacts instinctively to protect the character by slightly altering the effects of the magical assalut. This protection takes a slightly different form for each class of character. Magic-users understand spells, even on an unconscious level, and are able to slightly tamper with one so as to render it ineffective. fighters withstand them through sheer defiance, while clerics create a small island of faith. Thieves find they are able to avoid a spell's full effects by quickness. "

There's a method to the madness of the five-save system. One that allows more flexibility, in imagining the action. In short, why should a save vs. a spider's poison be Con based? Why not Reflex? The damage from the spider's hit, in the latter case, would be taken from those "non-physical" hit points. At the last minute, the PC dodged and avoided the venomous fangs.

But, why not something non-attribute based? Maybe a fighter's armor prevented the fangs from penetrating. And why wouldn't armor provide a bonus, in such situations? See page 81 of the DMG, again, for Gary's remarks on modifiers to saves.

Which brings us to the single save and a remark someone (don't remember who) made, that Dave Arneson only allowed a Saving Throw, if the player in question came up with a good enough reason for receiving one. You see where I'm going with this, right?

So, a single 3.x save. In an appropriate situation, the player describes why and how his character is saving. Any appropriate bonuses, are allowed. Whether he's relying on his armor to protect him from the spider's venom, his quickness, his faith (remember St. Paul?) or his constitution, he explains it to the DM and the latter ok's things, assigning a modifier, if appropriate and one isn't already evident.

Maybe the MU scribbles a sigil and makes a quick, short-term pact with the Demon Lord of Spiders. Not necessarily of the soul-selling sort. Demon Lords need the occasional favor or chore taken care of, as well. Will that unearthly being accept the offer? Better hope so!

The same "Dave Arneson" rule can be applied to earlier versions as well,of course and should work just dandy!

And here we see Dave Arneson's wisdom, at work! Putting the onus on the player is the best way to ensure creativity and imagination, in the action going down during a saving throw! Not to mention fun! It'll take some working out, but I'm going tie this to the S&W single save system and see how it goes!

Shield Bash Rule & Other Stuff

A tweak on something Al posted. 


I didn't like the extra attack, but figured treating it like I do two-weapon fighting might work. 


A shield (not a buckler) will provide an AC bonus of +2. Furthermore, a Fighter may state he is foregoing his shield bonus to AC for the round and attempt a Shield Bash. His attack(s) for that round will be at +2 to hit. If a hit is scored, then the effective strike was made with the Shield on a roll of 1-2 on a d6 and will do 1d4 points of damage. 


On other notes, I'm not concerned with Nihilism, think the DCC has promise but looks too deadly, even at levels beyond 0, to make it my go-to D&D (love the art) and a hearty Congratulations to Pat of Henchman Abuse for releasing 
ASE1: Anomalous Subsurface Environment!

Unplugging for a Few Weeks

I'll be absent from the blogosphere for the rest of June, returning sometime during the first week of July. I've experienced several major upheavals in my life, over the past six weeks and it's going to take most of my energy to find some place to stand. Unfortunately, the worst of it can't be fixed. Only endured, with whatever grace and wisdom I can muster.

While it will be several months at least, before I can reach any points of resolution, I intend to be in a better position to devote some attention to less pressing concerns, shortly. I'll be putting my campaign on hiatus as well, until about the same time period of early to mid July.

As I refuse to let my work here, or my campaign, become a casualty of current events, I'll be back, soon. I've lost far too much of my life, over the past seven years, to let that trend continue.

Take care and have fun while I'm away.

Ebay Tips for the Returning Grognard

Man, Ebay's been weird lately.

Amongst other things, I've been keeping an eye on complete Moldvay Basic sets. I've got B2 and a copy of the Basic rules in worn but ok shape, but I'd like a nice, complete box set in collectible condition.

For months, a complete set has been going for $25 to $50 dollars, even when several competing auction listings have been present. Strangely, a bunch sold last week in the $10 - $20 range, so I missed my chance!  A fairly nice looking set is on auction currently at $46. It's ending today.

Holmes Basic continues to rock! I've rarely seen a set go for less than $30 and several have been reaching the $40+ dollar range. A shrinkwrapped set, recently went for $112. As always, condition and luck are factors.

If you're looking for just the rulebooks on either of these, you can snag a nice one for $5 to $10, plus shipping. If you're a little patient.

If you're planning on buying or selling some gaming stuff and you haven't kept up with ebay in a while, I'd suggest  performing a few weeks of research, first. Especially if you're selling. I'm noticing some real crazy swings and ebay has been volatile as all hell! And pay real close attention to what "Buy it Now's"and "Fixed Price Listings" are doing, as opposed to "Auctions," both in price and rate of sale. Especially if you're selling items that are fairly marketable, but not super-hot at the moment. There's a very good chance that "Fixed Price" is the way you'll want to go.

If you're buying, you can snag some great deals on auction style listings, right now. But, as usual on ebay, caveat emptor.  

Some of you are just getting back into Old School gaming and may have decided to head to ebay, to procure and/or replace TSR era treasures. Unfortunately, while there's honest folk dealing on ebay, there are also a lot of schmucks who try to get over and hide the fact that they're selling shit! Even some "professional" dealers fail to list major defects.

A few things to keep in mind:

If the seller doesn't provide a good description, contact him and ask questions, especially if you're spending more than a few dollars. Like, is there any writing or prominent staining? Are any module inserts still attached? Any splitting at the ends of the spines on module covers? Tears or creasing to the covers or pages? Even if you're not overly concerned about condition, you don't want to pay a premium price for a cheeto-stained, highlighted and chewed-up copy.

Do some research and find out what's supposed to be included in the item you're interested in and if the listing doesn't mention these, ask the seller! If you don't get an answer, don't bid!

I won't bid on anything with a "stock picture." If the seller can't go to the trouble of including a pic of the actual item, then I'll pass it by.

Again, do some research! People will list items with ridiculously inflated prices, hoping to catch someone unawares. Sometimes, out of their own ignorance as well.

That DMG may have the original cover, but unless it's a real early printing, it's not worth as much as you might expect! You'll see listings for $30+ all the time, but you can snag a nice copy for $10 - $20 bucks, if you're a little patient. If you're looking for several AD&D HC's, you might get a better deal in a lot, but Dealers jump all over those to the point that it often isn't worth the trouble.

I haven't been checking out the multiple item lots recently, so I'm not too sure what they're doing at the moment. Again, patience and research is important.

A lot of these sellers use some rather wacky grading schemes. And if you're used to the usual Professional Bookseller guidelines for grading books, Do Not expect these to be in use. The Acaeum grading guidelines are far more forgiving than those a professional bookseller would use.

I'm not trying to knock The Acaeum guys and realize we're dealing with gaming material, not books, but their grading conventions could easily cause some confusion/consternation for someone not familiar with their system.

Detached inserts and minor writing wouldn't say "Very Fine" to someone used to more usual grading conventions, so follow the link above and check it out. Not all ebay sellers use The Acaeum conventions, but some do. When it comes to selling gaming material, I don't use "Grading Terms" at all and rely upon highly detailed description.

Checking out the seller's feedback is always a good idea. But it's absolutely no guarantee of fair dealing!

A couple of more tips. If you sell and buy on ebay, consider a separate account for buying. That way, you won't have to worry about retaliatory actions from a seller you might choose to leave bad feedback.

Lastly, if you buy something and feel you got taken, don't hesitate to contact the seller and civilly, but firmly demand he make it right! If he won't, don't hesitate to hit his feedback and stars! Everyone makes mistakes and it's only decent to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but, if after doing so, the seller proves to be a schmuck, then bad feedback does make an impact and will force the seller to fix his attitude or quit.

Business Lunch with Mr. Brisco

Ok, our business was driving around playing guessing games and going to toy, game and book stores, but we did have lunch!

I decided to run out to Bud's Games this morning and asked my son if he'd like to ride along. I bribed him with the promise of lunch and a stop at Toys-R-Us. So, while his mother went out to get her hair done, in preparation for a business trip, Brisco and I had a guys day out!

Bud's wasn't what I hoped, but nice folks. Bud opened the business for his son and hangs out with him there. Pathfinder and Warhammer seem to be the games of choice. I'll head out again and spend some time chatting. Like I said, nice folks.

We then went to Johnny Rockets, for hamburgers, fries and milkshakes. Good Stuff! Brisco declared the burger "Good!" So, we'll probably go back.

Then, because we were so close by, I went to Legions Games for the first time in years. I had some initial hopes of it being a useful trip, when I saw a few boxes and shelves of old gaming material. None of it was priced.

The dude said he'd have to look the prices up, but he would take condition into account. Uhuh. I had a strange feeling that I wouldn't be buying anything.

I would have paid the $20 asking price for B1, if hadn't been in such crappy shape. The Queen of the Spiders supermodule was in ok condition, but I literally laughed when he asked $150 for it.

Yeah, dude, I'm sure there's people asking that much for it. But, even if I was impatient, I could still snag a copy for half that. Give me a month and I'd be surprised if I had to pay more than $60.

After listening to a few more idiotic price quotes, Brisco and I bought some cokes and left.

Next was Toys-R-Us. We ran around for a while, till Brisco was done fooling around and ready to head for what he was really after. We discovered that Nintendo DS games were on sale for buy 1, get another for 50% off.

So, two more Mario DS games, joined Brisco's collection. Little dude loves Mario Games.

So, while Mr. Brisco wanted to go home right then, now that he had what he wanted, Toys-R-Us is right next door to 2nd & Charles, the Super, Giant-sized used bookstore. Which, I've since found out is owned by Books-a-Million.

I love 2nd and Charles. And they price their old gaming stuff, to move!

No, dammit, no Cthulhu! But, I've never owned a Deities & Demigods and paid less than $10 for both of these! Score, baby!

I've never played or owned any WFRP stuff! But for $4, I figured, what the hell! It's the HC.

None on ebay, though there's a softcover with a $29 asking price. Amazon has one HC and they're asking $99. There's not enough info to tell what it would really sell for. It's in ok condition. Solid, but certainly not collectible. Very heavy wear at the tips and corners of the boards. It may be ebay bound. If anyone's interested, let me know and I'll send a very detailed description. My ebay rep. is awesome.

I have the SFBC Omnibus edition of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, but I found this old BCE HC of The Shadow of the Torturer and just had to buy it! It's in beautiful condition and I love the original cover of the first book. My rule of thumb on Conan Pastiches is: If it's not written by de Camp, Steve Perry or Roland Green, I buy em! I have most of the Tor Conan's not written by the above. I was going to collect ALL the Tor Pastiche books, but Steve Perry cured me of that notion. As if his books weren't evidence enough, I once read an interview with old Steve, where he made perfectly clear, his lack of respect for R.E. Howard, Conan and his own pastiche work. I don't think he's ever read Mr. Howard. Asshole.

I blogged about this book the other day! $1.78. It's the BCE HC of the original printing. Which, I think was a pbo. Which would make this the first HC edition.  A "First, Thus" in bookseller lingo. Considering the movie being out, this damn well may be worth ebaying.

After spending a lot of time, a few years ago, heavily into buying and selling on ebay, I just can't look at books quite the same way. If I find something like the above and only kind of want it, it quickly comes down to "just what's it worth to me?" There's a lot of expensive stuff on ebay, that I really, really would like to have.


Our last stop was Publix to pick up a few odds & ends. I snagged myself one more goodie, for the day.

I love Boar's Head Meat & Cheeses!