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I have a question regarding ordering a magazine subscription from amazon.com. Is there any way that that order would be connected to my paizo account, so that you would know when my current subscription ends? In other words, I know that if I order it here, it adds 12 issues to my current subscription. I'm worried that if I order it from amazon before my current subscription ends, they might start sending them out too soon and I'll get doubles of some issues.

I'd normally just order from paizo, but I got an amazon gift card for Christmas that I'd like to use.

Hi all,

A friend of mine lost a bunch of 1st and 2nd edition D&D books in a basement flood recently. His insurance agent (who will be arriving in a few hours) has told him that the books will be valued at roughly one percent of their purchase price unless he can establish that they are collectibles.

Normally, this is done with a price guide, such as with comic books or collectible card games. We're not sure how to establish collectibility with gaming books. Does anyone know of a price guide for this stuff? Has anyone else ever encountered this situation before? Maybe there's an online marketplace for gaming books, or perhaps a used book store somewhere that specializes in them? The insurance agent has specifically said that pricing the books on ebay is not sufficient.

Any help (especially in the next hour or two) would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Ed

We have a small gaming group in Buffalo, and we're looking to add more players. We play 3.5, but are taking a break from that for a little while, so we'll be starting up a new campaign in a different genre soon (probably superheroes). We also play all kinds of different tabletop games, miniatures games, card games, board games, etc., and we have a pretty cool gaming room. Our RPGs are more character and story driven than dice and rules driven, and players should be mature (age isn't important, but you should be able to handle intelligent, complex storylines).

Send me an email if you'd like more info. Newbie gamers are welcome, not that many newbies are on these boards, but feel free to bring a spouse along for the game!

zeppelined@yahoo.com

Thanks!

In the latest issue's Class Acts, I must say I liked the article based on Rogers' Rangers quite a bit. It's a great idea for a Class Acts piece.

Why do I think it's such a great idea? It's the *exact* same article idea I submitted about ten months ago.

Now I know this is bound to happen from time to time. But it's such an exact copy of the idea I submitted, I can't help but be bothered by it. I'm not even saying someone stole the idea - it could be coincidence after all, or perhaps someone saw my submission, forgot about it, then months later the idea bubbled up through their subconscious. "Wilderness combat and survival tips, based on Rogers' Rules of Ranging, creating an NPC ranger to take the place of Rogers himself for added flavor." It does sound kind of familiar, yes?

I apologize if this seems snarky or petty, but I just had to vent about this. It's really a pretty crummy feeling, coincidence or not.

Otherwise, I think the magazine is amazing lately. Lords of Dust was incredible - I think I might incorporate the rajahs into my non-Eberron campaign.

I went out to buy an issue of Undefeated earlier tonight, because I realized I hadn't actually bought one yet. Then I figured out why - I haven't seen it on store shelves anywhere! I hit two different stores (Borders and Media Play) and neither of them had Undefeated. Did I just hit a lull in between issues? Or did I happen to hit two retailers who don't carry it? Maybe I'll try some comic/gaming stores over the weekend. Has anyone else had trouble getting their hands on this magazine?