hex11
Senior Member
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Registered: 09-09 |
Be thankful it was designed as a collector item from the very beginning, and that you can still buy the actual IWADs for dirt cheap (used floppies, CDs, etc.) If you're into other hobbies, like say tabletop RPGs, wargames, boardgames, etc. there are some things you just can't obtain at all without shelling out beaucoup moolah. A well-known example would be the original printing of the AD&D Deities & Demigods book, which contained material that was removed from later printings. Basically, any kind of book that had a low print run many decades ago has the potential to be super-expensive. Of course, now much of that has been scanned into PDF, so you can technically print the info and play (if the scan's any good and prints legibly), or even just read on the screen (only downside is it's not as handy to quickly flip around the book, as pages take time to render).
I used to collect that kind of stuff a long time ago, but pretty much gave up after losing my collection several times over, for various reasons. It was a pretty big collection too, several thousands of $$$ worth of books. Now apart from a few battered play copies, I'm strictly digital. I could buy the originals all over again, if I wanted to, but no longer have the desire...
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09-30-12 00:20 
