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Timespike

02-06-07, 01:07 PM
Have a great library? List it here.

My current fantasy d20 gaming library (I'm NOT going to post my GURPS collection, d20 Modern Collection, In Nomine Collection, L5R collection, Aberrant Collection, or miscellaneous RPG book collection here, or I'll literally be typing all day):

It's important to note that if something is listed as a PDF it means I bought it legally in that form.

This is current, and will be kept so.

3.0 WotC
Player's Handbook 3.0
Dungeon Master's Guide 3.0
Monster Manual 3.0
Psionics Handbook (3.0)
Song & Silence
Sword & Fist
Masters of the Wild
Defenders of the Faith
Arms & Equipment Guide
Manual of the Planes
Deities & Demigods
Ghostwalk
Savage Species
Book of Vile Darkness
Epic Level Handbook
Monster Manual II
Fiend Folio
Oriental Adventures

3.5 WotC
Player's Handbook 3.5
Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5
Monster Manual 3.5
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Planar Handbook
Player's Handbook II
Miniatures Handbook
Complete Warrior
Complete Divine
Complete Arcane
Complete Adventurer
Complete Psionic
Complete Mage
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Champion
Races of Stone
Races of Destiny
Races of the Wild
Races of Eberron
Races of the Dragon
Dragon Magic
Book of Exalted Deeds
Frostburn
Sandstorm
Stormwrack
Cityscape
Dungeonscape
Heroes of Battle
Heroes of Horror
Unearthed Arcana
Spell Compendium
Monster Manual III
Monster Manual IV
Monster Manual V
Draconomicon
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Drow of the Underdark
Tome of Battle: book of Nine Swords
Tome of Magic
Magic of Incarnum
Magic Item Compendium
Rules Compendium
Exemplars of Evil
Elder Evils
Weapons of Legacy
Expedition to Castle Ravenloft

WotC Setting books
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Races of Faerun
Player's Guide to Faerun
Magic of Faerun
Unapproachable East
Faiths & Pantheons
Underdark
Shining South
Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerun
Eberron Campaign Setting
Sharn: City of Towers
Faiths of Eberron
Magic of Eberron
Five Nations
The Forge of War
Secrets of Sarlona
Dragonlance campaign Setting

Paizo
Dragon Compendium
Monster Ecologies Collection
Pathfinder #1
Pathfinder #2
Pathfinder #3
Pathfinder #4
Pathfinder #5
Pathfinder #6
Pathfinder #7
Pathfinder #8
Pathfinder #9
Pathfinder #10
Pathfinder #11
Harrow Deck
Classic Monsters Revisited
Guide to Korvosa
Pathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer

Malhavoc Press
Complete Book of Eldritch Might
Beyond Countless Doorways
Arcana Evolved
Book of Hallowed Might (PDF)
Book of Hallowed Might II: Signs and Portents (Print and PDF)
Requiem for a God (PDF)
When the Sky Falls (PDF)
Cry Havoc (Print & PDF)
Anger of Angels
Chaositech (Print and PDF)
Book of Iron Might (Print and PDF)
Book of Roguish Luck (Print and PDF)
Skreyn's Register I: Cabal (PDF)
Skreyn's Register II: The Faithful (PDF)
If Thoughts could Kill
Hyperconscious
Year's Best d20: 2004
Ptolus: City by the Spire
Ptolus: Secrets of the Delver's Guild (PDF)
Ptolus Player's Guide (PDF)
The BaneWarrens (PDF)
Iron Heroes
Book of Experimental Might (PDF)
Book of Experimental Might II (PDF)

Green Ronin
The Black Company Campaign Setting
SpirosBlaak
Thieves' World Player's Manual
Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary
Thieves' World Gazetteer
Advanced Bestiary
Advanced Player's Manual (Print and PDF)
Advanced GM's guide (Print and PDF)
The Book of Fiends
The Assassin's Handbook
The Noble's Handbook
The Cavalier's Handbook
The Psychic's Handbook
The Witch's Handbook
The Shaman's Handbook
The Avatar's Handbook
The Unholy Warrior's Handbook (Print and PDF)
The Holy Warrior's Handbook (PDF)
Book of the Righteous
Aasimar & Tiefling
Bow & Blade
Plot & Poison
Bastards & Bloodlines
Hammer & Helm
Wrath & Rage
Secret College of Necromancy
Advanced Race Codex: Dwarves (PDF)
Advanced Race Codex: Gnomes (PDF)
Advanced Race Codex: Half-Elves (PDF)
Advanced Race Codex: Elves (PDF)
Advanced Race Codex: Half-Orcs (PDF)
Advanced Race Codes: Halflings (PDF)
Medieval Player's Handbook
Eternal Rome
Mindshadows
Temple Quarter
Thieves' Quarter
Corwyl
Dezzavold
True20 Pocket Player's Guide
True Sorcery
Testament

Privateer Press
Iron Kingdoms Character Guide
Liber Mechanika
Monsternomicon (3.5 version)
Monsternomicon II

Sword & Sorcery Studios
Mithril: City of the Golem
Hollowfaust: City of Necromancers
Advanced Player's Guide
Player's Guide to Clerics & Druids
Player's Guide to Rangers & Rogues
Relics and Rituals: Excalibur
Warcraft the RPG
Magic & Mayhem
Manual of Monsters
Lands of Conflict
Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad
Van Richten's Arsenal
Denizens of Dread
Heroes of the Light

Fantasy Flight Games
Path of Faith
Path of Magic
Path of Shadow
Path of the Sword
Darkness & Dread
Monster's Handbook
Mythic Races
Cityworks
Sorcery & Steam
Mastercraft Anthology
Midnight
Midnight: Against the Shadow
Dragonstar: Guide to the Galaxy**
Giant Lore

Goodman Games
DragonMech
DragonMech: Mech Manual
DragonMech: Steam Warriors
Shardsfall Quest

Bad Axe Games
Heroes of High Favor: Half-Orcs
Heroes of High Favor: Elves
Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves
Heroes of High Favor: Halflings
Grim Tales

Alderac Entertainment Group
Good
Evil (PDF)
Mercenaries

Inner Circle
Denizens of Avadnu
Legends of Avadnu (PDF)

Dreamscarred Press
Untapped Potential
Halo Knight
Dreamscape
Halo Knight
Morphean
Enlightened Monk
Mind Blade Feats

Mongoose Publishing
OGL Steampunk
Quintessential Barbarian**
Quintessential Drow**
Quintessential Paladin II
Quintessential Dwarf II
Ultimate Prestige Classes, Volume II

Fiery Dragon Games
Iron Heroes Player's Companion

Open Design
Kobold Quarterly #1
Kobold Quarterly #3
Kobold Quarterly #4

Necromancer Games
Tome of Horrors Revised (PDF)
Tome of Horrors II (Print & PDF)
Tome of Horrors III (Print & PDF)
Eldritch Sorcery
Dead Man's Chest

**Opportunistic purchase; acquired for SO cheap that passing it up would have been dumb, but it's unlikely that much, if anything, from this book sees regular use.

...and more electronic-only-publishers' PDF books than I care to go through and list right now. I have 199 orders on file at Onebookshelf.com, and I've bought PDFs through Paizo, Green Ronin's website, Sinister Adventures and e23 as well.
Lyinginbedmon

02-07-07, 02:02 PM
I have the largest collection in my region, which isn't hard to do here in Britain where the American WotC book selection isn't very big. All of my books are WotC materials, mostly 3.5.

Arms and Equipment Guide
Book of Vile Darkness
Champions of Ruin
Cityscape
Complete Adventurer
Complete Arcane
Complete Champion
Complete Divine
Complete Mage
Complete Psionic
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Warrior
Deities and Demigods
Draconomicon
Drow of the Underdark
Dungeon Master's Guide II
Dungeon Master's Guide V3.5
Dungeonscape
Eberron Campaign Setting
Elder Evils
Epic Level Handbook
Exemplars of Evil
Fiend Folio
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss
Findiehs Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
Heroes of Battle
Heroes of Horror
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Magic Item Compendium
Magic of Incarnum
Monster Manual II
Monster Manual III
Monster Manual IV
Monster Manual V
Monster Manual V3.5
Player's Guide to Eberron
Player's Handbook II
Player's Handbook V3.5
Races of Destiny
Races of Stone
Races of the Wild
Rules Compendium
Savage Species
Secrets of Xen'drik
Spell Compendium
Stormwrack
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
Tome of Magic

Count: 49
spyone

02-08-07, 02:33 PM
I bow to the superior library. :)

Mine:

3.0 WotC
Player's Handbook 3.0
Dungeon Master's Guide 3.0
Monster Manual 3.0
Sword & Fist
Masters of the Wild
Defenders of the Faith
Oriental Adventures
Stronghold Builder's Guidebook
Gazetteer

3.5 WotC
Tome of Battle: book of Nine Swords
Magic of Incarnum
Draconomicon

WotC Setting books
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Player's Guide To Ebarron
Dragonmarked

Other WotC
Wheel of Time

Malhavoc Press
Arcana Evolved
Diamond Throne
Iron Heroes

Green Ronin
The Black Company Campaign Setting
Thieves' World Player's Manual

Privateer Press
Lock & Load

Sword & Sorcery Studios
Warcraft the RPG
Manual of Monsters
Everquest
Ravenloft

Fantasy Flight Games
Cityworks
Sorcery & Steam

Alderac Entertainment Group
Dragons
Wilds
War
Mercenaries
Swashbuckling Adventures
Rokugan

Mongoose Publishing
Conan
The Quintessential Samurai
Ultimate Feats
Ultimate Prestige Classes

Guardians of Order
BESMd20 Stingy Gamer Edition
Mecha d20
Advanced d20 Magic
Monsterous Manual
Uresia: Grave of Heaven
Slayers
Game of Thrones

Avalanche Press
All For One & One For All
Aztecs
Black Flags
Endless Sands
I, Mordred
Jade and Steel
Nile Empire
Noble Knights
Noble Steeds
Ragnarok
Doom of Odin
Twilight of Atlantis


...and more electronic-only-publishers' PDF books than I care to go through and list right now. :)
SolemnDusk

02-10-07, 10:18 AM
3.0 D&D
Oriental Adventures (Screw you, Complete Warrior Samurai!)

3.5 D&D
Players Handbook
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Complete Psionic
DMG & MM "on loan"


Wow... my collection rocks. But seriously, what else do you need?

To OP - All I can say is :OMG!
RavenGraygem

02-13-07, 11:42 PM
Eh, I'm almost ashamed of my library now, it's pretty small in comparison to most presented here, particularly in the area of third-party stuff.

But still, here it goes:

WotC
D&D Adventure Game (3.0 Introduction Boxed Set)
3.0 Player's Handbook (first printing)
3.0 Dungeon Master's Guide (first printing)
3.0 Monster Manual (first printing)
3.0 Psionics Handbook (the one with more holes and cheese in it than a piece of swiss, heh.)
Deities & Demigods
Manual of the Planes
Epic Level Handbook
Dungeon Master's Screen

Hero Builder's Guidebook
Defenders of the Faith
Masters of the Wild
Song and Silence
Sword and Fist
Tome and Blood
Enemies and Allies

Heroes of Horror

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun
Lords of Darkness
Magic of Faerun
Dungeon Master's Screen

Greyhawk Gazetteer
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer

Oriental Adventures

Ghostwalk Campaign Option

Dragonlance Campaign Setting

Eberron Campaign Setting
Magic of Eberron

Green Ronin
Legions of Hell: Books of Fiends, Volume I

Sword & Sorcery
Psionics Toolkit

Chaosium
Dragonlords of Melnibone
khyron1144

02-19-07, 11:10 PM
In order to win I can't stick to 3.x era:

TSR/ WotC
Basic D&D red box
Expert D&D blue box
Companion D&D green box
Master D&D black box
Keep on the Borderlands
Isle of Dread
Test of the Warlords
Into the Maelstrom
Champions of Mystara
Rage of the Rakasta
D&D boardgame-like black box intro set
1e Player's Handbook
1e Dungeon Master's Guide
1e Unearthed Arcana
1e Monster Manual
1e Monster Manual II
1e Fiend Folio
1e Deities & Demigods cyclopedia
1e Oriental Adventures
1e Dragonlance Adventures
1e Wilderness Survival Guide
A Guide to The World of Greyhawk box set
Temple of Elemental Evil
When a Star Falls
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
2e Player's Handbook
2e Dungeon Master's Guide
2e Monstrous Manual
2e Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium
Player's Option: Combat & Tactics
Player's Option: Skills & Powers
Player's Option: Spells & Magic
DM's Option: High Level Campaigns
Castle Guide
Campaign Sourcebook & Catacomb Guide
Complete Fighter's Handbook
Complete Wizard's Handbook
Complete Priest's Handbook
Complete Bard's Handbook
Complete Book of Gnomes & Halflings
Complete Book of Elves
Complete Book of Humanoids
Complete Psionics Handbook
Complete Sha'ir's Handbook
Sages & Specialists
Spelljammer setting
Legend of the Spelljammer boxed set
War Captain's Companion boxed set
Greyspace book
Council of Wyrms box set
Glantri Kingdom of Magic box set
Mark of Amber adventure in a box
Red Steel boxed set
Savage Baronies
Ravenloft Realm of Terror boxed set
Forbidden Lore boxed set
Carnival book
Al Qadim Arabian Adventures book
Dark Sun campaign setting box set
Ivory Trianlge box set
Dragon Kings book
Return to the Tomb of Horrors
contents of Planes of Conflict boxed set with no box
Warriors of Heaven
Shamans Supplement
3e Player's Handbook
3e Dungeon Master's Guide
3e Monster Manual
3e Monster Manual 2
3e Deities and Demigods
Book of Vile Darkness
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss
3e Manual of the Planes
Sword and Fist
Defenders of the Faith
Song and Silence
Masters of the Wild
Expanded Psionics Handbook

Paizo
Dragon Compendium

Sword & Sorcery
Creature Collection
The Divine And The Defeated
Relics and Rituals

Flying Buffalo
Treasure Trove
City Book III: Deadly Nightside
Grimtooth's Dungeon of Doom

[not the best ever, but the best of people I know; and this doesn't count the about as large totally not-related to D&D White Wolf and Palladium collection I have]
spyone

02-20-07, 09:20 AM
Oh good golly!

Well, if we throw open the door to previous editions, you'll need to add a few to mine.

1st Edition
Player's Handbook, 6th printing (old cover)
Player's Handbook, 12th printing (new cover)
Dungeon Master's Guide (old cover)
Monster Manual
Fiend Folio
Deities&Demigods
Unearthed Arcana

And the original Judges Guild "Ready Reference Sheets"

Plus a lot of stuff like Dune Trader for Dark Sun, the Gazeteers, Forgotten Realms, World of Greyhawk, Lankmar, Thieves' World.
I used to have a bunch of those Grenadier minis, too.
jamvid

03-01-07, 09:07 PM
this thread makes me feel better near my party, who make fun of me for my 16 books.:D

oh, and I second the:OMG!
thethiefofharts

03-03-07, 08:26 AM
Mine may not stack up against some but it makes for awesome sessions.


Wizards of the Coast

Book of Challenges, Dungeon Rooms, Traps
Book of Exalted Deeds
Book of Vile Darkness
Dungeon Masters Guide
Complete Warrior
Dungeon Masters Guide 2
Epic Level Handbook
Monster Manual 1
Monster Manual 2
Monster Manual 3
Players Handbook
Players Handbook 2
Deities and Demi-Gods
Draconomicon
Planar Handbook
Expanded Psionics handbook
Fiend Folio
Frostburn
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Oriental Adventures
Races of Stone
Sandstorm
Savage Species
Stormwrack
Unearthed Arcana
Weapons of Legacy
Complete Adventurer
Races of Destiny
Arms and Equipment Guide
Races of the Dragon
Tome of Magic
Complete Mage
Tome of Battle – Book of nine swords
Spell Compendium

WOTC Campaign Books

Forgotten Realms – Serpent Kingdoms
FR - Blackwater(adventure)
FR – Champions of Ruin
FR – Champions of Valor
FR – Faiths and Pantheons
FR – Lords of Darkness
FR – Lost empires of Faerun
FR – Mosters of Faerun
FR – Players guide to faerun
FR – Races of Faerun
FR – Unapproachable East
FR – Campaign setting

Ebberon – Campaign Setting

3rd party Publications

Eldest Sons – The essential Guide to elves
Heroes of High Favor – Elves
Moon Elves
Libermysterium – Witches (Netbook)
The Last Tomb
Necromancer Games – Mesopotamia
Sahashra – Land of 1000 cities
Soul Harvest
Legacies of Oathbound
Untapped Potential expanded Edition
AEG – Secrets
AEG – Magic
AEG – C athay Jewel of the East
Arcanis – Legacy of Damnation
Arcanis – Magic of Arcanis
Arcanis – Ssethregore in the coils of the Serpent Empire
Bastion Press – Spells and Magic
Dice Freaks – The gates of Hell Complete PDF (Netbook)
Dice Freaks – The Godspell Campaign setting (Netbook)
Dragonstar – Starfarers handbook
Dragonstar – Guide to the Galaxy
Encyclopedia Arcane – Demonology
Steam and Steel
Elements of Magic
Fantastic Science
Elements of Magic 2 Lyceian
The Dread codex
The Dread codex 2
Mechamancy
The Complete Libram of Garudoks necromantic arts
Dark art of Visceromancy Necromancers Legacy 2
Immortal Handbook epic Beastiary
Immortal Handbook Ascension

Fantasy Flight Games

Necromantic Lore
Sorcery and Steam
Midnight 2nd Edition
Portals and Planes
City Works
Darkness and Dread
Draconic Lore
Dungeon Craft
Elemental Lore
Giant Lore
Monsters handbook
Mythic Races
Path of Faith
Path of Magic
Path of Shadow
Seafarers Handbook
Spells and Spellcraft
Traps and Treachery
Traps and Treachery 2
Twisted Lore
Wildscape

The complete Guide to Fey
The Complete Guide to Liches
Sky captains Handbook

Green Ronin – Book of Fiends
Hamunaptra
Advanced Game masters Guide
Advanced Monster Manual
Advanced Players Guide
The Assassins Handbook

Complete Book of eldritch might
Requiem for a god
When the sky falls
Anger of Angels
Arcana Evolved
Chaositech
Beyond countless doorways
Hyperconscious

Book of Hell
Book of Immortals
Artificers Handbook
Oathbound – Arena
Oathbound
Oathbound – wildwood

Hollowfaust
Vigil watch Asaathi
Echoes of the Past
Relics and Rituals
Relics and Rituals 2

THird party Publishers Rock!!!!
Timespike

03-03-07, 05:53 PM
Mine may not stack up against some but it makes for awesome sessions.

<snip>

THird party Publishers Rock!!!!

Yes, they do. :D
Xeraph

03-08-07, 01:26 PM
Damn you have poured some serious money into the chests of WotC!

Grats.:tiphat:
Lyinginbedmon

03-08-07, 02:01 PM
I can honestly say that if I had collections comparable to some people here, I wouldn't have a bed. I'd just pull out a blanket and a mattress and play Lego...
Timespike

03-09-07, 12:39 AM
Damn you have poured some serious money into the chests of WotC!

Grats.:tiphat:

Not quite as much as you likely think. I work for a bookstore. Almost every book in that library was purchased at a 30% employee discount. ;)
spyone

03-10-07, 01:50 PM
Not quite as much as you likely think. I work for a bookstore. Almost every book in that library was purchased at a 30% employee discount. ;)
Actually, I believe that just means less money left your pocket, but the same amount wound up at WotC. :)

See, when the store gives you 30% off the cover, they're really giving you 50% off their markup, since they pay 40% of cover for the book in the first place.
The distributor, similarly, paid about 40% of what he is selling it for. So, of the 40% of cover the store pays, 60% goes to the distributor and 40% goes to WotC.
So, whenever you buy a book published by WotC, 16% of the cover price still winds up back at WotC.

I had a good working relationship with a local mom&pop bookstore until the couple who owned it retired, and they would often give me a truly generaous discount on books I ordered from them. I didn't feel bad about "taking advantage" because I knew they still made a profit on every book they sold me, and that the 60% markup they get on books is supposed to cover the fact that they often sit on the shelves for months before selling, whereas books I ordered were sold for cash the same day UPS delivered them.
loki_de_carabas

03-19-07, 11:27 AM
Rather than compile it into a list here is a link to my Librarything account. All the gaming books went in first so just click RPG under tags at the top and you can see my four pages of game gear. (I really miss the 5 boxes of books that were lost to prior moves and Hurricane Katrina

http://www.librarything.com/profile/humidcity
TheHarrow

03-22-07, 09:40 AM
Library Bragging rights
Dungeons and Dragons
Heroes of Horror (29.95)* Monster Manual (19.95)* Song and Silence (19.95)* Manual of the Planes (29.95)* Dungeon Master’s Guide (19.95)* Player’s Handbook (19.95)* Enemies and Allies (14.95)* Dieties and Demigods (29.95)* Dungeon Magazine (114, 142, 143, 145)* Dragon (353, 351, 350)*
Sword and Sorcery
Secrets and Societies (13.95)* Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad (24.95)* Ravenloft Denziens of Darkness (29.95)*
Forgotten Realms
City of the Spider Queen (29.95)* Lords of Darkness (29.95)*
Old School DnD
Player’s Handbook (29.95)* Monstrous Manual (29.95)* The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga (9.95)* Diablo II: The Awakening (22.95)* The Complete Ninja’s Handbook (20.00)*
Old School Ravenloft
Islands of Terror (10.95)* The Shadow Rift (22.95)* Champions of the Mist (13.95)* Van Richten’s Guide to Fiends (12.95)*
Old School Vampire: the Dark Ages
Book of Storyteller Secrets (15.00)* Clanbook: Cappadocian (12.00)* Clanbook: Baali (12.00)*
Old School Vampire the Masquerade
Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat (15.00)* War of Ages (16.00)* Clanbook: Nosferatu (10.00)* Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand (18.00)* A World of Darkness (15.00)* D.C. by Night (18.00)* Montreal by Night (15.00)* Clanbook: Giovanni (10.00)* Clanbook: Lasombra (10.00)* Clanbook: Assamite (10.00)*
Clanbook: Setites (10.00)*
Old WoD Vampire Revised
Vampire: The Masquerade (29.95)* Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy (19.95)* Clanbook Nosferatu (14.95)* Nights of Prophecy (19.95)* Time of Thin Blood (15.95)* Children of the Night (14.95)*
Old World of Darkness
Blood Dimmed Tides (17.95)* World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X (15.00)* Midnight Circus (15.00)* World of Darkness: Combat (15.00)* The Bygone Bestiary (16.00)*
Exalted
The Abyssals (29.99)*
Kindred of the East
Kindred of the East (25.00)* Kindred of the East Companion (19.95)* The 1000 Hells (17.95)
Mage: The Ascension
Mage: The Ascension (29.95)* The Book of Madness (15.00)*
Wraith: The Oblivion
Wraith: the Oblivion (28.00)* Wraith Players Guide (18.00)* The Sea of Shadows (12.00)*
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Werewolf: The Apocalypse (29.95)* Book of the Wyrm (18.00)* Dark Alliance:Vancouver (15.00)* Ratkin (19.95)* Ananasi (17.95)*

PM me if you want any...
Timespike

03-29-07, 11:05 AM
Actually, I believe that just means less money left your pocket, but the same amount wound up at WotC. :)

See, when the store gives you 30% off the cover, they're really giving you 50% off their markup, since they pay 40% of cover for the book in the first place.
The distributor, similarly, paid about 40% of what he is selling it for. So, of the 40% of cover the store pays, 60% goes to the distributor and 40% goes to WotC.
So, whenever you buy a book published by WotC, 16% of the cover price still winds up back at WotC.

I had a good working relationship with a local mom&pop bookstore until the couple who owned it retired, and they would often give me a truly generaous discount on books I ordered from them. I didn't feel bad about "taking advantage" because I knew they still made a profit on every book they sold me, and that the 60% markup they get on books is supposed to cover the fact that they often sit on the shelves for months before selling, whereas books I ordered were sold for cash the same day UPS delivered them.

True enough.
die

04-14-07, 01:41 AM
Arms and Equipment Guide
Book of Exalted Deeds
Cityscape
Complete Adventurer
Complete Arcane
Complete Champion
Complete Divine
Complete Mage
Complete Psionic
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Warrior
D&D Gazetteer
Deities and Demigods
Draconomicon
Dragon Compendium Vol. 1
Dragon Magic
Drow of the Underdark
Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
Dungeon Master's Guide II
Dungeon Master's Guide V3.5
Dungeonscape
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Fiendish Codex I
Fiendish Codex II
Fiend Folio
Frostburn
Heroes of Horror
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Magic of Incarnum
Magic Item Compendium
Manual of the Planes
Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn
Monster Manual V3.5
Monster Manual II
Monster Manual III
Monster Manual IV
Monster Manual V
Oriental Adventures
Planar Handbook
Player's Handbook V3.5
Player's Handbook II
Races of Destiny
Races of Stone
Races of the Wild
Sandstorm
Savage Species
Secrets of Xen'Drik
Spell Compendium
Stormwrack
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
Tome of Magic
Unearthed Arcana
Weapons of Legacy

Other Campaign Settings
CastleMourn
Blackmoor
Dragon Lords of Melniboné
Citystate of the Invincible Overlord
Wilderlands of High Fantasy
Players Guide to Wilderlands
Call of Cthulhu d20
The Black Company Campaign Setting
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Mindshadows
Gazetteer of the Known World (Dungeon Crawl Classics #35)
SnarfQuest D20
Thieves World Players Manual
Tir Nan Og
The Drow War book one
Dragonlance Campaign Setting
Dragonlance Age of Mortals
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Conan the Role-playing Game
Iron Kingdoms: Players Guide
Iron Kingdoms: World Guide
Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad
Scarred Lands Gazetteer Termana
Dungeon World
Eberron Campaign Setting

Adventures
Barrow of the Forgotten King
Expedition to Undermountain
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
Expedition to Castle Ravenloft
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
Red Hand of Doom
Serpent in the Fold
The Sunless Garden (Dungeon Crawl Classics #10)
Worlds Largest Dungeon
Shackled City
I, Mordred
City of the Spider Queen

Other
Arcana Unearthed
Celtic Age
Gary Gygaxs World Builder
Dungeoncraft
Underdark Adventure Guide
Savage Tide Players Guide
Skraag
The Mother of all Encounter Tables

Monster Books
Monsternomican
The Tome of Horrors II
d20 Munchkin Monster Manual
Warcraft Manual of Monsters
Demons and Devils II
Creature Collection revised
Creature Collection II
Advanced Beastiary
Vigil Watch: Warrens of the Ratmen
Ultimate Monsters vol I
Out for Blood
Hammer and Helm
Green Races

I really like third party monster books, just for the novelty of new critters
Lyinginbedmon

04-14-07, 06:12 AM
Okay, I officially need to win the lottery...
saethar

04-15-07, 04:51 PM
My collection was parred down during the last move to the following:
3.5 PHB, DMG, MM
MMII, MMIII, Fiend Folio
Complete Warrior, Divine, Arcane, Adventure, Mage
Tome of Battle
Races of Destiny, Stone, Wild, Dragon
Heroes of Battle
PHB II, DMG II
Spell Compendium
Epic Level Handbook, Savage species, Unearthed Arcane
Magic of Incarnum
The Sunless Citadel, The Forge of Fury
D20 Modern, Menance Manual, Urban Arcana, Future, Future Tech, Cyberscape
FRCS, Player's Guide to Faerun, Silver Marches, Shining South, Underdark, City of Splendors: Waterdeep, Unapproachable East, Mysteries of the Moonsea, Lost Empires of Faerun, Races of Faerun, Power of Faerun, Magic of Faerun, Champions of Valor, Champions of Ruin, City of the Spider Queen, Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave, The Twilight Tomb, Sons of Gruumsh, Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerun

Non-D20: Warriors of Heaven, Planescape Monstrous Compendium: Appendix II, Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures, Menzoberranzan Boxed Set, FRCS: Grey box set, Heroes Lorebook, Faiths & Avatars, Demihuman Deities, Cormanthyr: Empre of the Elves, Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark, Cult of the Dragon, The Drow of the Underdark

Non-WOTC:
BESM d20 Revised
Total ~ 65

Now some idea of what I sold:
All of Dragon/Dungeon magazines, about 80 total.
Eberron: Campaign Setting, Races of, Five Nations, Sharn, Explorer's Handbook
My Rifts collection, which included 1 or 2 copies of every world book, plus at least 1 of every other book.
My Palladium collection, which included TMNT, Ninja's and Super Spies, Heroes Unlimited (1st and 2nd edition), and about a dozen books from Palladium Fantasy, After the Bomb, and others.
My GURPS collection, about 25 books ranging from the Core upto Biotech, Ultra Weapons, etc...
My Shadowrun collection. This hurt. A lot. Basicly every book from 2nd and 3rd edition (except the last few from 3rd), and quite a few from 1st edition as well.
My Whitewolf collection. Not that manu left, just the old Vampire, Werewolf, and Mummy books, plus 4 or 5 source books for Werewolf and Vampire.
D6 & D20 Starwars: About 8 D6 books and every d20 book...
Decipher Star Trek: All that they actually came out with...
Marvel (the new version): The only came to print with 2 books that I know of, the core and the x-men source book.
D&D 2nd edition: about 40-60 books in total. All of the core books, plus the "Complete Handbook" series, monster manual appendix, boxed sets, Dark Sun and Planescape settings...
Misc RPG Books: 7th Sea, World of Warcraft, Everquest... MANY MANY more - I was junkie

Don't ask what happened to my comics & mange... A collection of 1500+ dropped down to a total of 19 trade paperbacks/graphic novels...

Saethar
:b:
Lyinginbedmon

04-15-07, 06:50 PM
Yikes, you got swindled kiddo...

You probably should have got a storage unit and kept them there, then gradually shifted them back home afterwards. Afterall, a lot of those would sell quite nicely on eBay as trade relics...
saethar

04-16-07, 10:18 AM
Yikes, you got swindled kiddo...

You probably should have got a storage unit and kept them there, then gradually shifted them back home afterwards. Afterall, a lot of those would sell quite nicely on eBay as trade relics...Yeah, I didn't get anywhere near what they were worth... but the money was enough to fund the move, and have a little left over. It was really nice to be rid of most of it. The only things that really sting are the Rifts, Shadowrun, and about 1/3 of the comics... The rest I really don't miss. It's amazing, I went from about 3 bookcases, plus over a dozen comic boxes, to 2 book shelves.

Saethar
:b:
LoneStranger

05-15-07, 02:40 AM
Instead of taking a couple of hours to type it all up I'll just give numbers of books.

WotC: 75 books
AEG: 18 books
Avalanche Press: 14 books
FASA: 75 books (some are from FanPro but cover FASA properties)
Fantasy Flight Games: 9 books
Green Ronin: 19 books
Mongoose Publishing: 70 books
Sword and Sorcery: 23 books
Steve Jackson Games: 44 books
West End Games: 93 books
and finally...
TSR: 32 books

and that's just what I'm admitting to on here, and no I don't want to think about how much I paid for all this.
Lyinginbedmon

05-15-07, 03:26 AM
Well, on average a D&D hardback book is about £16.99 around here, so I've spent something in the region of £630
LoneStranger

05-15-07, 06:27 PM
And you wonder why I don't want to think about how much I've spent. The worst part is that list doesn't even cover everything I have.
spyone

05-24-07, 10:51 AM
Instead of taking a couple of hours to type it all up I'll just give numbers of books.
Do what I did: cut and paste from previous posts. ;)
LoneStranger

05-24-07, 07:38 PM
That's all well and good until you realize that a good chunk of what I have isn't listed in this post. So I just went for plan B and said "ok, I have this ginormous number of books and I'm lazy, we're doin it this way".
die

06-08-08, 07:45 AM
Dungeon Masters Guide (4th edition)
Monster Manual (4th edition)
Players Handbook (4th edition)

Hooray for starting over again :D

Arms and Equipment Guide
Book of Exalted Deeds
Cityscape
Complete Adventurer
Complete Arcane
Complete Champion
Complete Divine
Complete Mage
Complete Psionic
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Warrior
D&D Gazetteer
Deities and Demigods
Draconomicon
Dragon Compendium Vol. 1
Dragon Magic
Drow of the Underdark
Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
Dungeon Master's Guide II
Dungeon Master's Guide V3.5
Dungeonscape
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Fiendish Codex I
Fiendish Codex II
Fiend Folio
Frostburn
Heroes of Horror
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Magic of Incarnum
Magic Item Compendium
Manual of the Planes
Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn
Monster Manual V3.5
Monster Manual II
Monster Manual III
Monster Manual IV
Monster Manual V
Oriental Adventures
Planar Handbook
Player's Handbook V3.5
Player's Handbook II
Races of Destiny
Races of Stone
Races of the Wild
Sandstorm
Savage Species
Secrets of Xen'Drik
Spell Compendium
Stormwrack
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
Tome of Magic
Unearthed Arcana
Weapons of Legacy

Other Campaign Settings
CastleMourn
Blackmoor
Dragon Lords of Melniboné
Citystate of the Invincible Overlord
Wilderlands of High Fantasy
Players Guide to Wilderlands
Call of Cthulhu d20
The Black Company Campaign Setting
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Mindshadows
Gazetteer of the Known World (Dungeon Crawl Classics #35)
SnarfQuest D20
Thieves World Players Manual
Tir Nan Og
The Drow War book one
Dragonlance Campaign Setting
Dragonlance Age of Mortals
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Conan the Role-playing Game
Iron Kingdoms: Players Guide
Iron Kingdoms: World Guide
Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad
Scarred Lands Gazetteer Termana
Dungeon World
Eberron Campaign Setting

Adventures
Barrow of the Forgotten King
Expedition to Undermountain
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
Expedition to Castle Ravenloft
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
Red Hand of Doom
Serpent in the Fold
The Sunless Garden (Dungeon Crawl Classics #10)
Worlds Largest Dungeon
Shackled City
I, Mordred
City of the Spider Queen

Other
Arcana Unearthed
Celtic Age
Gary Gygaxs World Builder
Dungeoncraft
Underdark Adventure Guide
Savage Tide Players Guide
Skraag
The Mother of all Encounter Tables

Monster Books
Monsternomican
The Tome of Horrors II
d20 Munchkin Monster Manual
Warcraft Manual of Monsters
Demons and Devils II
Creature Collection revised
Creature Collection II
Advanced Beastiary
Vigil Watch: Warrens of the Ratmen
Ultimate Monsters vol I
Out for Blood
Hammer and Helm
Green Races
ORC_Nashira

06-22-08, 04:11 PM
Moved at VCL Request.