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.
Whether your the DM or not has a big impact as well. Combo the two and your likely to have a hell of a lot of books.
I must confess I Only have the three core 3.x books and the fiend folieo. I sold all my other stuff when I got into 3.5.
22 Hardcover 3.X Books.
11 ADND Paizo Downolds
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).)
I so know what that is like, between myself and all my friends that play warhammer we could have probably put a good downpayment on a house! or at least buy a car. Though the upside is that I find those minis are better than the D&D minis that you can find for the most part.
As for books i feel a little inadequate next to everyone else, I mean I only have maybe 10 RPG books. 8 warhammer books but that is not what we are counting now.But remember it is all in how you use them;)
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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.
I agree, I have too much prep to do for the next game to count. ;)
And my wife gets a new pair of shoes every time I get more DnD stuff. (Yes its an agreement, and it keeps us both from blowing the budget thank god.)
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I sold most of my stuff when I got into 2nd, then 3 and 3.5 edition. I also sold my "stormbringer", "hawkmoon", "pendragon" or "black eye" stuffs more than 8 years ago. (there are things I should not have sold...).
Anyway, I own about 50-60 magazines (mostly dragon & dungeon mags), about 14-15 books (3 core rules books, 4 complete books, MM2, dragon compendium, libris mortis, book of exalted deeds, miniature HB, spell compendium, atlas of GH), 3 boxed set (from the ashes, return to tomb of horror, night below), 6-8 adventure or setting soft cover books,most of them related to Greyhawk(return of the eight, slavers, the scarlet brotherhood ...). I don't mention minis, dices etc...
Anyway, since my wife and I also own about 300 "european-style" comics, more than 300 books, at least 450 CDs and at least that number (or more) in DVDs, our shelves are FULL...
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You may pray for anyone you wish to pray for...
However, I didn't have lots of the most classical adventures (except Temple of elemental evil in french, but I didn't like it very much).
I am looking forward to get stuffs from a friend (I hope he didn't threw them away) : he owns (or owned ?) "vale of the mage", isle of the ape", "tomb of horror", "queen of the demonweb pit", "scourge of the slavelords A1-A4" and maybe a few other...
I don't dare count. With a few rare exceptions, I've kept every RPG game/sourcebook/adventure since I started gaming in 1979. I know when I moved around in the miltary a full 1/3 of the weight was from my gaming books and I regularly shipped 10000 plus pounds per move.
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Hmmmm... I've got most of the non-overlapping 3.0 and 3.5 stuff (I only updated the three core books, and can't really be bothered to get most of the FG and Eberron books), as well as five seasons or so of Dungeon and Dragon. That is in itself a lot of books. However, if we start counting all my Warhammer codexes and White Dwarf magazines, as well as all the MERP and Rolemaster stuff, then the number becomes very high. I never had "The court of Ardor", though (jealous now).
On the other hand, I have about 8000 other books, so my problem isn't really game addiction, it is more akin to book addiction...
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*stands up*
Hello, my name is Temmogen..."Hello Temmogen" says crowd.
I am a gaming addict, having just counted my books. Just the sourcebooks, for all of my roleplaying games mind you...We have a grand total of 157 books. This spans Basic through 3.5 D&D, CoC, D20 Starwars, Traveller, D20 Modern, etc. Now if you will excuse me, I have to pick up my PHB II and the Item Pack 1, then I'll be trying to get this hook out of my mouth.
But wait...there's more. This is not counting the years of stored Dungeon and Dragon mags, the adventures, or the downloads. then of course, we can look across my game room, at the BattleTech shelf. 40+ books there, and the the boardgame shelf. Then lets take into consideration the reams of paper, I myself have generated, creating campaigns, NPC's general game notes, and the like. I'm saying I have more than anybody, but I will admit to being in the top ranks of the gaming insane.
*stands up*
Hello, my name is Temmogen..."Hello Temmogen" says crowd.
I am a gaming addict, having just counted my books. Just the sourcebooks, for all of my roleplaying games mind you...We have a grand total of 157 books. This spans Basic through 3.5 D&D, CoC, D20 Starwars, Traveller, D20 Modern, etc. Now if you will excuse me, I have to pick up my PHB II and the Item Pack 1, then I'll be trying to get this hook out of my mouth.
But wait...there's more. This is not counting the years of stored Dungeon and Dragon mags, the adventures, or the downloads. then of course, we can look across my game room, at the BattleTech shelf. 40+ books there, and the the boardgame shelf. Then lets take into consideration the reams of paper, I myself have generated, creating campaigns, NPC's general game notes, and the like. I'm saying I have more than anybody, but I will admit to being in the top ranks of the gaming insane.
Admitting your problem is the first step.
I was assigned to be your counsellor but I'm afraid I walked past a vintage lead Otyugh for sale and fell off the wagon and rolled down the hill and got hit by another wagon.
I'm wondering if I may be able to entreprenuerally exploit a pattern I'm noticing in the gamers who posted about their wealth of expensive clutter.
Clearly the hot investment of the future is better designed, stronger, and more versatile shelving for gamers. High end, thick planked wall units that seem like royal furniture of old, or perhaps a thinner and blackened shelving system designed to look like a corrupt and gnarled oak.
These designs should say, "This isn't a passing fancy. The owner of these shelves is brilliant and dangerous and you should probably back on out, there ya go... back on outta this sanctum."
I'm wondering if I may be able to entreprenuerally exploit a pattern I'm noticing in the gamers who posted about their wealth of expensive clutter.
Clearly the hot investment of the future is better designed, stronger, and more versatile shelving for gamers. High end, thick planked wall units that seem like royal furniture of old, or perhaps a thinner and blackened shelving system designed to look like a corrupt and gnarled oak.
These designs should say, "This isn't a passing fancy. The owner of these shelves is brilliant and dangerous and you should probably back on out, there ya go... back on outta this sanctum."
Make it modular, with bracing for the shelves so that they don't bow under the weight. Modular units to include:
* Standard 14-inch high shelving
* Slide-out Magazine Racks
* Mini Display Cabinet (lockable so the rugrats don't run off with them!)
* Mini Terrain Storage
* Dice Storage Area
* "Lockers" for players to store their items between games
* Color-coding for different game settings or systems
:-D (no, I haven't thought about this at all...)
Make it modular, with bracing for the shelves so that they don't bow under the weight. Modular units to include:
* Standard 14-inch high shelving
* Slide-out Magazine Racks
* Mini Display Cabinet (lockable so the rugrats don't run off with them!)
* Mini Terrain Storage
* Dice Storage Area
* "Lockers" for players to store their items between games
* Color-coding for different game settings or systems:-D (no, I haven't thought about this at all...)
You know, after reading that I actually want one. I vote Lilith's sound plan for the prototype. I transformed a bedroom into a library. The massive shelving system my contracting partner and I designed stands floor to ceiling and is quite impressive but if I had it over to do again I'd definitely incorporate many of your ideas.
Amazing what turns some people on. I often wonder if a million dollars feels as satisfying as a million gold pieces. I'll give you my take when I earn either.
Since we're speculatin' and dreamin' here...
* A fold-down whiteboard/projector setup
* A fold-out sturdy table
* Built-in mini fridge ( :-D )
* Coat rack
*sighs* If I ever get a house...there will be a room dedicated to gaming!!!! Of course, there will be a library as well, but that's a given.
I sold most of my stuff when I got into 2nd, then 3 and 3.5 edition.Blasphemy! Oh the horror! I shall pray for your poor, damned soul.
I don't know he did sell second edition after all.
GGG
I have too many to count. I stopped counting after 4000 items in printed material. I have 10 of those 5 shelf sheet metal shelving units full of RPG material. This does not count novels and such just gaming books and supplements.
I have been gaming/collecting since 1977, when I was 12 and have rarely gotten rid of anything. But I will try to list by line
A sample of what I own:
A.Most every Traveller/MegaTraveller/TNE/T4/Gurps Traveller/T20 Traveller book ever made from GDW, FASA, DGP, Gamelords, etc. Plus every JTAS and Challenge magazine since issue 4. I am missing about 9 items still. (Anyone have High Passage #1 for sale? Please...)
B.The entire Avalon Hill Runequest line.
C.The entire WOTC Star Wars RPG Line
D.The entire Deadlands RPG line (not HOE and Lost Colony)
E.Every issue of Dragon since 42
F.Every Robotech RPG book.
G.Every Mage the Ascension book
H.143 other original World of Darkness books.
J.Every SpaceMaster book made from all three versions.
K.14 Talislanta Books
L.World of Synnibar and expansion.
M.One shelf just for Shadowrun. I am only missing the old Aztlan supplement (Yes, I even have the DMZ game and still have the gold Doc Wagon credit card that FASA gave out for trying it out).
N.Fringeworthy (Stargate 10 years before Stargate came out! Hah!).
O.Every Buck Rogers book TSR put out(yes even the 2 War Against the Han ones)
P.Every Babylon 5 RPG book (The old pre d20 one, the last one and the new OGL version.)
Q.White Dwarf Magazines 19-94 (I gave up after that when the rpg stuff went away
S.Every TSR Gamma World book and box set (yes even Gammarauders, what was I thinking) except the original Metamorphosis Alpha.
T.Two shelves full of Hero system stuff.
U.Two shelving units just for the d20 D&D stuff. Gotta start a new one soon..
W.All the TSR Marvel Superheroes stuff (Box sets, Marvel Handbooks and modules) and all the Mayfair DC Heroes line.
X.All Amazing Engine books
Y.Every Alternity book
Z.Every LUG STar Trek RPG book
And yes sad but true I even World Wide Adventures and Witchunt RPGs (look it up)
The problem is that my collection is distributed between my home, my parents home, and storage.
Since we're speculatin' and dreamin' here...
* A fold-down whiteboard/projector setup
* A fold-out sturdy table
* Built-in mini fridge ( :-D )
* Coat rack*sighs* If I ever get a house...there will be a room dedicated to gaming!!!! Of course, there will be a library as well, but that's a given.
Makes me wonder about a perfect room to game in. I'm seeing a huge old table as the center of a domed room. Carved wooden chairs with a bit of a throne for the DM. When candles are lit and the lights are turned off the ceiling of the cupola above has fiberoptic stars which glint authentically. Have a cool breeze blow in by setting up a ventilation system to the outside. What about fake grass below...
Or... you could just game outside and save yourself the fiddy grand in construction. I guess I just like to dream of an campout without bugs.
As long as I can do a D&D-themed ceiling painting in said domed room. I've never painted a fresco before. (Of course, I've also wanted to recreate Lord Soth's Charge on a living room wall. I'm ambitious that way - must be inherited. My mom wants to do Frazetta's Sea Witch in the bathroom.)
On a funny note, my friend found at a garage sale one of those cool wrought-iron chandelier that you could fit flicker-lights into. It's awesome and on my "must-have" list.
Woe, modular storage units built to look like corrupted oak. and all this time I've been using cinder blocks and 2 x 12's
Hey, whatever works ;) We're jess dreemin.
But let's HGTV budget/beautify with your material list there. For effect you could always antique your shelving system by chipping at those cinderblocks and then tea staining the 2 x 12s. A little silly string, mimicking the rarely seen illithid poo, should finish of this dazzling project nicely.
Or, if dread necromancers are your thing and you happen to be a bleeder; whenever you have an accident just hold the wound over your shelving unit and drip until eventually the entire unit is lent extra structural reinforcement from the amorphous clot that forms. Now THAT'S making a bold statement.
"...please take me to the psych ward now... I'm ready for my pills..."
On a funny note, my friend found at a garage sale one of those cool wrought-iron chandelier that you could fit flicker-lights into. It's awesome and on my "must-have" list.
I've always liked Lord Soth's charge. I bought a box of minis that recreates the scene.
That sea witch picture is stunning. That would be perfect for a truly mythic bathroom fresco. My friend Dave has white walls in his living room and he was talking of finding the perfect painting, making it into a slide, then projecting it against the wall and painting over the projection as a guideline. Seemed like a massive undertaking which he never undertook but what a worthy strategy, eh?
That chandelier sounds lavish. I bought (keeping it in storage for future use) a Mexican octagonal wooden table. It has a large hammered metal bowl with handles that sits in the center. The idea is to burn coal in the bowl and the handles are so that you can carry it to any other table (with a hole in the center) in the house, thereby bringing the heat with you from room to room. It's only about sixty or seventy years old but it has quite the dark ages look to it. I'd love to have a room with that feel. Toasty hearth nearby? Priceless.
I have a few clients who own sprawling or towering victorians. The homes are huge and lovely but they sort of force the owners to decorate in a traditional style. And considering how people always had too many bedrooms back in 1850 (what with putting up guests from far away due to the lack of Ramadas) their homes are chock full of well decorated, unused space. If I got my hands on that many bedrooms, they would not remain bedrooms because it is 2006 and there are a profundity of Ramadas. I'd be all about usable space and theme. Screw resale! One room would be a gaming room/gaming library. Another a full library. I might even install wood flooring down in the basement and buy a set of roller skates just to fall down like I did when I was ten. Oh, bruisy nostalgia.
I've noticed that many high end homes these days seem to include media rooms/movie theaters. I just built a theater one for a guy done up to look authetic art deco. Now that might not work for some people but I would LOVE a movie theater. That might even make a Sci-Fi D&D movie watchable. I'm not too lazy to go to the theater five minutes from my house but you know what? People at the movies have lost their minds. They talk to the screen like it's Rocky Horror. One more person barks into a brightly lit cell phone and I'll convert it to a plastic suppository and administer it free of charge.
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Since we're speculatin' and dreamin' here...
* A fold-down whiteboard/projector setup
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In our Iron Heroes Campaign, the DM has a projector and whiteboard set up. He creates maps of the dungeons/strongholds/etc that we traverse and projects them from overhead. And it's to scale for miniatures. He even has the map blacked out and can clear the sections as we go through them. Needless to say, I am now spoiled.
In games past, he suspended the projector from the ceiling with some netting. Eventually he said he was thinking of putting a "gaming room" in the basement of the house he just bought and building a projector into the ceiling.
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Lilith, you are not only one of my heroes, you are a genius, the gaming shelf system would totaly rock.
on the subject of game rooms; one of the best I've ever seen was built in the basement of a Sargeants house the wasGMing our weekly game when I was in the AF, there was a fridge for goodies, a huge table that more than fit the twelve players, and an extensive library in the back...
Well my wife and I just rented a rather nice house with plenty of rooms, a decided early on that the room in the front of the house was to become our gaming room, when were all moved in and everything is set-up I'll let ya'll know what it looks like.
by the way it used to be a porch so there are alot of windows around it, but no worries all of them have blinds.
My collection will stop at 24 books and 36 magazines. PDFs don't count.
I've seen the setup that's displayed over on d20srd.org and I wants it...but I'm not a big minis fan and I don't use minis. I would use it for map display, as that's something that frequently comes up in my campaign. It would be sweeeeet...
The sad part is, there's a digital projector sitting on my "parts" shelf at work, just screaming to be used. My inner technogeek is screaming to do something with it, whether it be display game maps, play Doom 3 or watch Star Wars, theater style! Boo-yah!!! (I'm thinkin' 'bout snagging it for a weekend and breakin' out the popcorn - who wants to join me? ;-P )
Of course, a holographic map display would be the ultimate, but I think we're a few years away from that. :-D
At the moment I have a whole whopping 3.
Might have something to do with the fact my other half moved out before me about a month ago (transit/apartment issues, I'm joining him in July) and couldn't part even temporarily with anything. I insisted on keeping my copies of the core.
For the record, Thanis doesn't have internet at the new house yet, he comes up here a few times a week and uses my computer. Just to let people know what's up.
My guess is without magizines we have at least 40 books. I know we keep up on every Eberron book.
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Hey...are we the same posters who 'complain' about the number of books churned out each year in Renton...?
"Yeobo," I say; my wife is Korean. We are browsing at B&N, it's a cool, clear May Saturday in Alaska. "Look at this!" I thumb through _Dragons of Faerun_. "I have never seen so many typos!"
"Do you want to buy it?"
"Oh, I ordered it this morning."
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It would take far too much effort to catalogue all of my gaming books. Pretty much everything I have is D&D 3.x or White Wolf stuff, but there's easily 100+ books in my little cubby (maybe 200...). I have a few books outside of those demographics, though, including Shadowrun 3rd Ed, some assorted old Battletech stuff, and the Wheel of Time RPG. I think I might even have a 2nd Ed. AD&D Player's Handbook back there somewhere...
There is no way I can even begin to count our books. My hubby and I were both avid gamers when we met. We have two book shelves full of just core books, bookshelves in our office full of dragonlance etc.
and the good lord only knows how many boxes we have up in the attic, including all our original collections from when we first started over a hundred years ago. (so it seems) Every member of our family including the children, own their own PH (they make great gifts!)
We have an entire book shelf full of nothing but DnD stuff and the centerpiece of my main bookshelf is our pretty new colosal dragons :)
Now I just need a gunny sack for my dice.
I've got about 115 RPG books in dead tree form. Add to that over 60 RPG PDF's (all paid for) and a whole stack of Dungeon and Dragon magazines. Add to that the Dungeon Magazine Archive, Campaign Cartographer 2 plus add-ons and over 500 minis.
No, I don't have a problem. :-)
Okay, maybe just a small one.
Olaf the Stout
Are we supposed to cound the board-games like Car Wars and Battletech?
This could take a while...
I'll underwhelm everyone with my book-count total:
An estimated 16 Hardcovers, and about 15 softcovers, not including softcover adventures for various game systems and home-brewed bound games.
Space is at a premium on my shelf, and money a premium in my wallet.
Just 1E/2E/3-3.5E AD&D:
108 books.
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Somewhere north of 750 books. How far north depends on how you count.
Is Tegel Manor a book? How many books is the City State of the World Emperor? What about Swords & Sorcery? What about John Carter, Warlord of Mars?
Space 1889 is a role-playing book, but what about Sky Galleons of Mars? Do you count the three books in the original Traveller boxed set separately?
It's a non-trivial problem -- in a trivial sort of way. 8-)
I was counting boxed sets as a single "book" and only counting books with actual game-rules in them. Does that adjust the northern border? :D
*stands up*
Hello, my name is Temmogen..."Hello Temmogen" says crowd.
I am a gaming addict, having just counted my books. Just the sourcebooks, for all of my roleplaying games mind you...We have a grand total of 157 books. This spans Basic through 3.5 D&D, CoC, D20 Starwars, Traveller, D20 Modern, etc. Now if you will excuse me, I have to pick up my PHB II and the Item Pack 1, then I'll be trying to get this hook out of my mouth.
But wait...there's more. This is not counting the years of stored Dungeon and Dragon mags, the adventures, or the downloads. then of course, we can look across my game room, at the BattleTech shelf. 40+ books there, and the the boardgame shelf. Then lets take into consideration the reams of paper, I myself have generated, creating campaigns, NPC's general game notes, and the like. I'm saying I have more than anybody, but I will admit to being in the top ranks of the gaming insane.
Is that it??? Really...??? try 8800 lbs of RPG stuff I collected and bought over the past 35 years or so...;D This is not to mention the miniatures, board games, and card games... here are some pics for you stud...;D
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