Topic: Collecting Rolemaster?

[Lazerrus]

Hi all. I am new here but not new to Rolemaster.  As my most beloved game system to play I have decided to start collecting some of the rarer items from past aeons.  For example I just purchased a Rolemaster special edition 1 of 200 copies signed hardback that includes all of the 2nd ed core books.  I truly have no idea as to it's value outside of what I just paid for it.  Anyway my question is do many of you also collect the material or do you just use what you have and only purchase material for use.  I have not started collecting original MERP material yet as I like to pay my bills and survive LOL.  Damn that stuff goes for a lot. I would love to see pics of peoples I.C.E. collections if you would like to share. 

[ironmaul]

As far as I'm aware Brent Knorr has an impressive collection of ICE books and a site with all the listings. I think this is the link http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/

[Cory Magel]

When I was much younger, early 20's maybe, I got rid of most my D&D stuff and boy to I regret that, but only because I could have sold it all for more these days.  I have a lot of the MERP stuff and I see it listed on ebay for ungodly amounts... but I've never actually seen one sell for as high as some are listed for.  For example, I have Laketown in perfect condition and see it listed for like $200, but I have yet to see it actually sell for that (or anything even approaching it).

Anyhow, I have some rare items like the first printing of the Dieties & Demi-Gods for D&D... but that's just cause someone who didn't know what they had was selling it cheap.  RMSS is pretty much it for me anymore.  I'll I typically only buy stuff I can use in or convert to my own games.  It doesn't even have to be a variation of RM (I have stuff from all the editions - mostly RM2 and RMSS), but it does need to have something I can actively use (I steal maps ALL THE TIME).

[RandalThor]

I am a collector as well as player, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91320784@N07/sets/72157632811859743/

[VladD]

I am a collector as well as player, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91320784@N07/sets/72157632811859743/

That is some collection! I've played maybe from 5% of those books. How did you manage to play all that?

[RandalThor]

By gaming for nearly 40 years. I have not played everything there, some of the stuff is for collection purposes, but mostly, games I pick up but don't play are used as material for other games. (Art, adventures, settings, etc..)

[RandalThor]

BTW: this is my third collection of gaming books (though the largest, by far), the first 2 beings sold as I joined and then left the United States Marine Corps. I even had a box of games sent to me while I was in Desert Storm - I will put up the pic of me running a game in a tent in Kuwait.

[Lazerrus]

Thanks for the replies guys.  Here is my Signed copy of the Rolemaster Special Edition RM2SE. Only 200 made of which mine is #62.

[ob1knorrb]

That is one of the few Rolemaster items I'm missing.  I was supposed to get one but it got lost in the mail somewhere and since there were only 200 it couldn't really get replaced 

[yammahoper]

I gave away an entire RMSS coleection as a door prize two years ago.  I certainly have no need for more books.

[Terry K. Amthor]

Wow, I never even heard of those hardbound copies of Rolemaster SE books. And signed by Bruce and Heike...

[Deepfire]

I have a huge RPG collection ... a whole room. Though I do not have any of the special editions of RM, I own all books of HARP, MERP1, MERP2, RM2, RMC, RMX, RMFRP, RMSS, BOTG, SM, SMP, SW and CS ... and the small books (nightmares of mine f.i.) (and novels) ... and six (?) of the solo MERP books ... most of them in english AND in german (if translated), some of them twice or more in case of main rule books.

But I still miss Court of Ardor and Umbar, Haven of Corsairs to complete my collection. :-(

Plus: I do have an arms law of RM1, but nothing else for this system.