http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/ The World of Glorantha Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:11:51 GMT Shannon Appelcline http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10091 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10091 ... buying a copy. Thank goodness. Now there may actually be a chance for the new edition to win some new converts. Shannon [Non-text portions of this message Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:11 GMT Trotsky http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10090 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10090 ... As always, TetZoo proves informative: http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/03/move_over_theropoda_sebecosuch.php Back in the Mesozoic, Crocodiles Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:33:39 GMT Nick Eden http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10089 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10089 Or at least it should be, in the UK anyhow. It's on the latest new releases sheet from Esdevium Games. And at the considerably more appealing than expected Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:03:57 GMT dougiepunk http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10088 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10088 Interestingly, they found a number a number of other quite deverse croc types in the same area.. hmm... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:48 GMT Roderick and Ellen Robertson http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10087 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10087 ... Normally, when something says "a $XX value", it is being sold for less than XX, giving the impression (correctly or not) that you are getting a deal by Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:57 GMT Rick http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10086 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10086 The original deep box RQ2 was advertised at $26. That box set had apple lane as well as fangs and a few other bits and pieces. It was twice the price of the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:03 GMT markmohrfield http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10085 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10085 Further Research: The Acaeum claims that some of the boxed versions had "A $26.00 Value" on them. I presume Jeff's copy was part of one of these. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:18 GMT Trotsky http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10084 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10084 ... Way back when, I wrote for Anaxial's Roster (in a section cut, when it was decided to focus only on Genertelan creatures): /The crocodiles that the gods Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:59 GMT Richard Hayes http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10083 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10083 My own dim recollection is that when I bought it in Spring 1984, RQ2 was sold in the UK in a Games Workshop boxed set, for £10.00. That included some dice, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:13 GMT markmohrfield http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10082 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10082 Okay, after hunting through my collection of ancient, musty, RQ2 materials I came upon a price list from the RuneQuest Companion, copyright 1983. It claims Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:41 GMT Guy Hoyle http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10081 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10081 ... I wonder how I could have afforded $26 for a game in 1978? (Actually in '79, at the end of my freshman year of college.) I remember paying $40 for the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:15 GMT Nick Eden http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10080 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10080 Though remember that the crazy prices of RQ3 played a significant part in killing the game, at least in the UK market. Back in 1981 I was able to buy the RQ2 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:44:52 GMT Roderick and Ellen Robertson http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10079 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10079 ... My copy of RQ1 has the Chaosium "Other Products" printed on the back page. RuneQuest is listed as $8. (WBRM is $10). RR He was born with the gift of Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:34 GMT Jeff http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10078 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10078 ... Woops my bad - that is from my 1980 copy of RQ 2. Sorry, that copy goes for a mere $70 in 2008 dollars. Jeff Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:10 GMT markmohrfield http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10077 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldofGlorantha/message/10077 ... Oh, I definitely agree with your broader point. After all, the $40.00+ for the core 1978 rulebook is still more than the $30.00 for the current core