Out with the old!

I currently have a small wishlist of games I want to purchase. As I'm endeavouring to make my hobby as 'cost neutral' to my family as possible I try to fund it from the sale of games I've bought over the years and no longer want (these are usually items I purchased pre-kids and in some cases, pre-wife).

It's also my 10 year wedding anniversary next month and I'd like to make a little extra cash to take my wife away for a weekend while we leave our kids with their Nanny & Pop.

So I'm auctioning off some stuff on eBay (all links lead to the actual auctions). Indulge me as I reminisce about some games...

HEROQUEST - This is a spare set I have. I've got several more and one day I'll play this with my daughters when they're older.

RISK The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition - My wife picked this up at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago for only $7. Although I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings I can't see this game getting any play time around here.

TALISMAN 2nd Ed with TALISMAN TIMESCAPE Expansion - I was lucky to pick this up at a garage sale when we were holidaying on the Sunshine Coast about five years ago. The 2nd edition box was complete with the accompanying components of the Timescape expansion. I couldn't believe it! Only $5! I still have a spare 2nd edition Talisman which I'll keep to play with the girls when they're older. As for the Timescape expansion, I've never played it, but for me the science-fiction setting/characters don't sit well with the fantasy experience of normal Talisman.

TALISMAN DUNGEON Expansion - I bought this new when it was first released. My younger brother and some friends and I had played the original 1st edition Talisman by itself many, many times. By the time I'd introduced this expansion we'd moved on to AD&D and it didn't get much play. I seem to remember you could take a shortcut through the dungeon to the Crown of Command area but it was deadly going.

TALISMAN CITY Expansion - This was another expansion I bought when it came out. While it offered more variety, I always felt the City was a bit of a waste of time. More expansions just slow down an already lengthy game.

TALISMAN THE ADVENTURE Expansion - Probably the best expansion for the 1st and 2nd editions of Talisman in my opinion. It adds alternate ending cards including the deadly Void card as well as the character sheet so you could place your character card and all your collected treasures and items neatly in one spot. I have a spare copy of this (minus the box) so that's going into my spare 2nd edition box.

TALISMAN EXPANSION SET Expansion - More character, adventure and spell cards and I reckon the second best expansion for Talisman. I also have a spare (boxless) copy of this which I'm keeping in my spare 2nd edition box.

Now we get on to a bunch of AD&D expansion sets that I purchased during my roleplaying days (my period of roleplaying was roughly 1983 to 1995). The majority of these boxed sets were bought on special from a mail order game company during the late 80's and early 90's. Although I'd discovered girls at this point I was still buying roleplaying material but, due to spending more time with my girlfriends and less with my gaming buddies, these items ended up sitting on the shelf unplayed and unread.

WORLD OF GREYHAWK Campaign World

THE HORDE Forgotten Realms AD&D Campaign Setting

MAZTICA Forgotten Realms AD&D Campaign Setting

MENZOBERRANZAN Drow City Forgotten Realms

ELMINSTER'S ECOLOGIES Forgotten Realms

ELMINSTER'S ECOLOGIES Appendix 1 Forgotten Realms

ELMINSTER'S ECOLOGIES Appendix 2 Forgotten Realms

THE RUINS OF UNDERMOUNTAIN Forgotten Realms

THE RUINS OF UNDERMOUNTAIN 2 Forgotten Realms

THE RUINS OF ZHENTIL KEEP Forgotten Realms

THE RUINS OF MYTH DRANNOR Forgotten Realms

All of these names bring back memories of another time in my life. A time of excitement and adventure that I look back on now with fondness. I had plans to journey through these imaginary realms with my friends but that time is now in the past. We've all got married, started families and drifted apart. It's taken many years, but I now realise my roleplaying days are behind me.

So out with the old I say! Onto eBay they go to fund new games and new adventures!