I was just sitting here staring at my RPG book shelf, and I started to wonder how many core books and moduals Tigerlilly and I had sitting there? So, I counted.
THis number can't be right.
So I counted again: 108! Now not all of these are D&D, some are RIfts, some are LoTR, Some are D20 stuff, but damn that's alot of books!
*Standing up.* Hi, my name id Blackdragon, and I have a gaming addiction.
SOOOO, I'm curious how many books all of you guys have? Have you ever counted? And this doesn't include the 100+ D&D novels I have.
What with internet auctions and estate sales I have acquired so many books and modules and accessories that I've always harbored a fantasy of having a D&D museum one day. That would make such an obscene collection less vain.
With the exception of:
Most of the Birthright material
Dragon magazine 1-19
3 strategic reviews
Most of the Dragonlance material
A few rare early prints that had nudity and are worth a grand a piece easy...
I think I might actually own everything D&D. I know, seems like I'm prolly mistaken...
Collecting for the sake of collecting. I started to catalog but was never up to finishing the task.
I recently has a small library built to house the stuff. Actual D&D players have yet to step foot into the library, only laymen.
"Wow, you're really into this stuff, huh?"
No playing it off when your junk has its own room.
about 40+ D & D books. If we included Dragon and Dungeon magazines, the count would be over 200!
I have a lot of books. An entire six-shelf bookcase full of manuals and modules from 1E to 3.5. I have four versions of the DMG, the original Ravenloft 16, In Search of Adventure, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, Council of Wyrms, the old-school Fiend Folio, the DL Classics modules, Drow of the Underdark... It's a marvelous collection.
In fact, I just recently dug out Dymrak Dread and I hope to slip it into the game this coming session. ;-)
44 hardcovers, several hundred Dragon & Dungeon magazines, 26 soft cover rule books..., 78 AD&D modules...wow???
AD&D 1e/2e, D&D basic set, D&D 3.5, Rifts, Star Trek: RPG, Spacemaster, Rolemaster, Gurps, d20 modern/past/future/apocalypse, Car Wars, Twilight: 2000, Gangbusters, Star Frontiers, Space Opera, Top Secret, Top Secret/S.I., Cyberspace, Iron Heroes.
I'm sure there's a box or a shelf somewhere else that I'm missing here....
There's a hell of a lot worse things I could be addicted to......
There's a hell of a lot worse things I could be addicted to...
Amen to that!
Ummm...I got lots? Had to get a special bookshelf just for gaming, which is stuffed tightly and double-stacked on one shelf. Plus there's the "Bag of Doom" which contains my "must-haves" for my campaign, there's the case of Dungeon & Dragon mags, various notes, ideas, website articles, sketches and older campaign notes littered about the shelving. Oh, and there's recent copies of Dungeon & Dragon mags in the bathroom and on my side of the bed...I think Complete Arcane/Divine and GM Mastery: NPC Essentials as well...Oh, there's Lost Empires of Faerun and Masters of the Wild by my computer, along with a well-battered copy of Keep on the Borderlands. (Some of my prized gaming possessions include the complete Van Richten's guides as well as two hardcover copies of the Rifts mainbooks.)
As for non-gaming materials...Let's just say in the Paizo survey I selected every "what books do you read" category, with the exception of Romance and Westerns. There are a grand total of 11 book shelves in my house and every single one is packed full, double stacked or with books stacked on the ground. My cookbook shelf is full, with a stack of cookbooks in front of it that's half the height of the bookshelf. There's also a cedar chest that's full of comic books and graphic novels, as well as the New York Times newspaper from 9/11. There's a stack of about 5-10 books at any given time in the bedroom, with topics ranging from gaming to computer forensics to medeival religious history...and that's just my side of the bed. My other half has similar subjects, but lately they've been of the computer certification bent as well as books on aikido. The bookshelves in the office (three of them) are filled with those hefty computer books that you see - many of the shelves are bowed under the weight (so's the shelf with my art books on it).
I'm mildly terrified that the floor of the 30+ year old apartment I live in will collapse under the weight of the books that we own. ;-) And of course, we like used book stores, though it's humorous when we get to the checkout. "Do you have credit with us?" "No - we can't bear to part with any of our books." Which is very true. Powell's Books is a very dangerous place for us - the gaming book shelves are about 7-ft tall and stuffed full!! OMG!!!!
Oh boy...ok i never actually catalogued them (I should but so many other things keep coming up)...but lets just say lots...i have been collecting since 1987 (wow has it been 20 years??)...and when we moved to the Middle East from Canada...my roleplaying collection (not counting novels) was at 44 boxes...it cost a little over $5,000 just to ship it by sea frieght...some of my stuff (off the top of my head cause i'm at work):
D&D Boxed Set, AD&D (1st & 2nd Ed.), D&D (3.0 & 3.5 ALL the hardcovers and softcovers, all worlds except Eberron, and all the adventures and accessories), Rolemaster, LoTR, GURPS, RIFTS, Twilight 2000, Mechwarriors, BattleTech, Gamma World, Start Frontiers, Alternity, Cyperpunk, Top Secter, Shadowrun (1st, 2nd, & 3rd Ed.), EarthDawn, Legend of the Five Rings, Bushido, Vampire the Masquerade (almost everything white wolf ever published for this setting, and Dark Ages), Werewolf the Apocalypse, Mage the Ascention, even Everquest the d20 roleplaying game lol...thats not to mention the myriad (almost 250 dragon magazines...about 150 Dungeon magazines) so called accessories and side products...a miniature collecion that by my last count was at just under 385 pieces (only half of them are fully painted...quarter are works in progress, and a quarter are as of yet untouched...sigh)...and who knows what else i'm forgetting...
It seems the middle east is chronically short on closet space or shelf space...so i had to have 9 book cases custom made and reinforced to support my collection...the guest bedroom/home office looks like a mini library...
so...umm....yes it seems I too have a slight addiction (or so my wife tells me)...she jokes that a crack addiction would be cheaper...sometimes i wonder...=ppp j/k!
Be safe all.
Heh, books. Don't talk to me about books. When I moved out here from Ohio in March, I had to lug everything I owned in one bigass Penske truck. Fully one THIRD of it was books. The small house I'm renting miraculously has built-in bookshelves in every room, otherwise I'd have nowhere for my stuff.
We took a rough count a couple weekends ago, and the estimate was around 1,800 novels or non-gaming books of all flavors (mostly hardback, a few hundred paperback, all genres), about 1550 RPG and other gaming books (including miniatures rules, historicals books, etc.), over 650 board and card games, 4,500 or so music CDs, just shy of 600 laserdiscs (stop giggling, I love 'em) and about 200 DVDs. To say nothing of my 20-year collection of DUNGEON, DRAGON, National Geographic, Car & Driver and numerous others. I now have 18 bookshelves in my house packed to the gills, and could probably use three or four more.
Sad, ain't it? :-)
Well, most of my books are in storage at the moment. Having just done a count of the ones that aren't, and not including the Dragon and Dungeon magazines, I have 78 books to hand.
Of these, 45 are D&D (or d20 direclty aimed at D&D use). The rest are d20 Modern, Star Wars d20, Exalted, or Vampire (all versions).
Just the ones I thought I might use in the last three weeks.
I can't believe you guys got me to start counting:
42 Forgotten Realms Adventures
48 softcover Forgotten Realms supplements
12 Forgotten Realms Hardcovers
13 Forgotten realms Box supplements
76 Greyhawk Adventures
6 Greyhawk softcover supplements
3 greyhawk box supplements
birthright boxed starter set
1 birthright adventure
2 spelljammer adventures
25 generic D&D adventures
2 generic D&D box adventures (rod of 7 parts, return to tomb)
30 basic/expert/companion/master D&D adventures
4 boxed basic D&D rule sets
8 Basic D&D regional gazetteers
11 hackmaster adventures
2 hackmaster hardcovers
14 ICE Middle earth adventures
11 ICE Middle Earth Geography gazeteers (including the rare Umbar one)
1 star wars Hardcover players handbook
20 D&D hardcover rulebooks
1 shackled city hardcover adventure path
40+ issues of dragon
70+ issues of dungeon
1 shackled city hardover
It warms my heart to see that I'm not alone in having huge RPG book collections.
I'm sure my collection is nowhere near the size of some reported here, but I'm afraid to count mine.
Well, between splitting my gaming trove between my brother and I (sometimes being a twin isn't all fun and games), and having a father that abhored roleplaying (resulting in many years worth of gaming stuff tossed out), I don't have much left.
What I do have is 313 books, adventures, and magazines, ranging from White Wolf (if it's Changeling, I own it) to GURPS to Shadowrun to D&D.
Whenever I complain about the apartment being a mess, my girlfriend reminds me that 60% of the junk is game-related. Ouch. =)
What? Am I the only one who bought the Aberrant book?
I think collectivly my group and I share about 37 books, including shackled city, and then some of the adventures like Return to the temple of elemental evil, and other soft covers. That and I have about 40 or so dragon and dungeon mags. Not a bad collection in a year and a half of playing.
I refuse to count my gaming books.
'Cause if I count them, thats one step closer to my wife realizing exactly how many I own. Same reason why I leave them all over the house instead of concentrating them in one place. '-)
not taking the time to catagorize: 3
24 books in active use in the 3 campaigns I'm in - all DnD
3 D20 Modern books
14 books I use for reference due to the fact they are 3.0
2 dozen or so books from other games in my past: Cyberpunk, GURPS, Amber, Deadlands, Vampire, et al.
The Collection: 1ed and 2ed DnD stuff... about doz. various books.
Yes... Powell's is very dangerous.
Last count was 303, that was about 10 years ago. Granted not all of it is "quality" but its no secret that I currently have more then I could ever possibly use.
On a quick count my hoard contains 701 source books, core rules books and modules from a multitude of different systems (including the rare Umbar Haven of the Corsairs one and even better; The Court of Ardor in Sothern Middle-Earth). I am a somewhat finicky buyer though so most of what I have I've used or thought was good. That doesn't include magazines, or digital books, or those 4 or 5 11x4.25 mini modules I have or anything on loan.
The Great Green God
Only counting 3.x and d20 material I'm right at 80. That doesn't include hundreds of issues of Dragon and Dungeon or the older edition stuff, most of which is packed away. I guess compared to others I'm doing ok.
I have 9 total books. I have PHB2 on order but it's not here yet so I won't count it.
Dungeon Masters Guide 3.5
Monster Manual 3.5
Players Handbook 3.5
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Spell Compendium
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Serpent Kingdoms (won at Gencon last year)
Shackled City Adventure Path
DM Mastery I: NPC Essentials by Johnn Four
Wow, I'm a real light-weight here. I own a flat 30 D&D books and a half dozen Dungeon mags. I would have more but I sold all my 2nd edition stuff once I got into 3rd; I like to live simple and not keep things that I don't use regularly.
Hey Crust, have you ever played Council of Wyrms? I owned it back when I played 2nd ed. but never got to play it really. I still have daydreams of converting it to 3rd edition myself and finding a group that would play it though.
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I own 56 Harcover books (all 3.x edition),
as well as 20 softcover books (some source books from 2nd edition),
3 box sets (World of Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, & Dawn of Emperors,
47 modules (some that date back to 1st edition)
aproximately 200 Dragon/Dungeon Mag's, not to mention 7 three ring binders bursting at the seams with info from the internet and my own warped mind.
ok, I'm not counting all that.
6 foot tall by 2 foot wide bookshelf. 4 &1/2 of the 5 shelves are full of (mostly AD&D) gaming books. there's two short magazine boxes below with the dungeon & dragon collections in them.
and there's about 15 gaming books on my computer desk too.
41 books that are d20.
All I gotta say is, if you own more than 176 game books, not including, Dragon/Dungeon/White Dwarf/etc..., well, you got problems!
Why I could quit any time I wanted to.
::after a stoic moment of silence... an uncontrollable fit of sobbing::
Aw, who am I foolin'?! I need help!
I own 6. I see no reason to add any more than that.
*sigh* I think my wife must have started this thread in an attempt to get me to face my addiction.
I've been collecting Dragon magazine since I started playing: #62. I was a latecomer to Dungeon (former homebrew snob, now a devoted subscriber), so I only have from #51 onward.
D&D hardcovers (all editions): 106 (including first edition Deities & Demigods and Fiend Folio)
D&D boxed sets, supplements and modules: 216
and finally,
36 boxes of mixed hardcover and paperback fiction and non-fiction. A lot of fantasy, but also literary fiction, history & mythology.
Hardcover books are running about $35-45 in Canada. D&D rulebooks are closer to $55. A crack habit might actually be cheaper.
More than I care to count.
I've got over 30 just at the computer, and about four book shelfs full (although 1 is taken up by non-d20 games). Plus a filing cabinet full of Dungeons and Dragons (about 50 of each).
One garage-full...
Ultradan
(laughing himself silly)
On a quick count my hoard contains 701 source books, core rules books and modules from a multitude of different systems (including the rare Umbar Haven of the Corsairs one and even better; The Court of Ardor in Sothern Middle-Earth). I am a somewhat finicky buyer though so most of what I have I've used or thought was good...
Of course, Court of Ardor must have snuck past the 'good' filter :)
Jack
Big MERP fan!
I own 6. I see no reason to add any more than that.
I've probably had more than twice that many game systems.
Currently I have five D&D books -- three core books, Savage Species and Complete Arcane. I'm quite proud of my restraint -- WotC's shameless manipulations aimed at taking our money (minis in particular) don't sit well with me, and I've become quite reluctant to purchase more. I will never purchase a mini I can't see first!
I'll likely get Fiendish Codex, though :/
Jack
my collection sits at about 150 books the majority being dnd stuff with somme shadowrun and rifts books thrown in.
Total for all systems -- I can't begin to guess (some are packed up).
D&D 3.5 (5 books), 3.0 (3 books), AD&D 2/e, 1/e (most of it), everything Greyhawk for these & other mods, Star Wars RPG (WotC, several books), Star Wars (WEG), Call of Cthulhu (almost all, not d20), White Wolf Storyteller system (about half of Vampire, some Mage, little Werewolf, all Mummy), Amber, Traveller & MegaTraveller (more than you can imagine), MERP (most of it, both versions), Iron Crown system (core), Traveller 2300/2300AD (all), Twilight: 2000 (lost long ago), Ringworld (all), lots of magazines (Dragon & Dungeon, Challenge, Traveller line mags). There's more.
I've been roleplaying for a long time :/
Wow. I think this question is loaded by time playing.
I've been playing going on 18 years, so my collection goes way back. With modules and magazines, I'm pushing 800 titles. In just books, I'm well over 500. I've got at least a few books form every campaign setting, including goodies like Hellbound and alot of birthright stuff.
Like someone else said, though, it pales in comparison to my non-RPG books. And this is after I have sold off my significant White Wolf collection, and Rifts collection.
Got back into the game last fall after 15 years away and in that time I've accumulated 7 hardcover rulebooks, about an equal number of adventures (most of which are 90+ page mega-adventures), and a subscription to Dungeon. When my next paycheck comes I plan on buying the SCAP hardcover and pre-ordering the $120 Ptolus campaign setting. I was starting to think I had a serious problem until I found this thread...
Nothing specific for a campaign world, I have around 20 for 3.5, around 10 for 3.0, and nearly all that's not campaign specific from 1st and 2nd edition, only the hardcover books(I haven't the Wilderness survival guide!!!).
Adventures/modules:I did not count but around 30.
Dragon magazine: Argh!!!! around 100?
Dungeon magazine: Nearly all of them since the start...
Ravenloft box and undermountain box.
Space opera box(Never played).
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I also own about 20 or 25 3.5 and 3.0 D&D books. I also have 3 Iron Heroes books, and about 3 or 4 of the new Dragonlance books.
I don't own any Eberron books, most of the "Races of" books, two of the "Complete" books, two or three FR books, or the Miniatures Handbook.
The only soon-to-be-out book I plan on picking up is the Fiendish Codex, which looks to be really cool.
Needless to say, I think that between all us gamersand the books we own, we have been more of a blight on forests, than an army of Drow armed with Wands of Fireball (or flamethrowers if you prefer).
I've probably had more than twice that many game systems.
Currently I have five D&D books -- three core books, Savage Species and Complete Arcane. I'm quite proud of my restraint -- WotC's shameless manipulations aimed at taking our money (minis in particular) don't sit well with me, and I've become quite reluctant to purchase more. I will never purchase a mini I can't see first!
I'll likely get Fiendish Codex, though :/
Jack
I agree that I don't like WoTC's sales tactics due to the Incompatibility of 2ED with 3&3.5 (Which I would have exploded if I had bought 3ED and then 6 months later they canged it to 3.5). But you are right about the minis. THat's why I buy almost all of my minis from Reaper or Magnificent Egos, and even then cut them up and piece them back together to get what I want. I've bought a few of the D&D mini packs and haven't been that Impressed. They're cheaply made and poorly painted. Not to mention that 3.5 has wrapped so much of the game around them. Don't get me wrong, there are things that I really like about 3.5 (Epic level stuff, Adults only material(Book of VIle Darkness), and the fact that they remember that most of their players are in their 20's or older(And have jobs to buy their stuff) makes me feel better about having to convert everything I buy to 2ED. But they are all about making money off of us no matter the quality of the product.
...I would have exploded if I had bought 3ED and then 6 months later they canged it to 3.5...
Sort of happened to me :/
I got out of RPing during 2/e. I bought 3.0 but didn't get back into playing until 3.5 came out (which, of course, I also bought).
No real regrets -- I didn't buy anything that I didn't think was worth the money.
Jack
I've bought a few of the D&D mini packs and haven't been that Impressed. They're cheaply made and poorly painted. Not to mention that 3.5 has wrapped so much of the game around them.
I'm not a huge fan of the minis - they seem to be a nice base to make a better model with. ;-) I *really* don't like how mini-centric some of the supplements feel. I don't use minis because quite frankly, if I wanted to play a tabletop tactics game, I'd play Warhammer. (Which I won't, because I could blow A LOT of money on cool little figures which I could paint. I would become my father, surrounded by modelling flock and fake trees (dad was big into model railroading).)
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Hi, my name's Spyder... and I'm a gameaholic.
I'll have to post again after I move into the new house as most of my books are in storage, but I have all my 3.5 dnd stuff out plus a few other choice books(various system), to give you an idea of how bad my addiction is, I own the ElfQuest RPG boxset from Chaosium(and my wife has a second set of it as well)...
But hey this is my one vice, so not to bad
game on all you gameaholics
51 3rd ed. and 3.5 ed. hardbound D&D books from WotC
10 3rd and 3.5 ed. hardbound books from other companies
18 1st and 2nd ed. hardbound D&D books from TSR
6 box sets from 2nd ed.
silver anniversary box thing from TSR.
over 30 modules from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ed.
over 40 other softbound accessories for 2nd and 3rd. ed D&D
over 2,000 minis. (mostly new)