Nostalgia - Rogue Trader books…

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Say what you will about GW (I always start like that when I have something nice to say about GW ) - those reprints are hella cool.

1.) they smash silly prices to bits.
2.) they're really well made. I got an original RT rulebook in good shape, but it still irks me I never got my hands on The Lost and the Damned so far.

[HerbertTarkel]

Say what you will about GW (I always start like that when I have something nice to say about GW ) - those reprints are hella cool.

1.) they smash silly prices to bits.
2.) they're really well made. I got an original RT rulebook in good shape, but it still irks me I never got my hands on The Lost and the Damned so far.

Agreed! I would love to see reprints of the entire RT era book series. I did have Lost and the Damned 

[Rick]

Many, many years ago I came across an original, first printing, Slaves to Darkness and The Lost and the Damned in an out of the way bookshop near where I lived. Me, who knew an absolute steal when he saw it but was getting out of 40k, I sold both of them as a set on ebay - somebody got an early Christmas and I made a tidy profit. I never was much of a Chaos fan.

[Daeothar]

I've got an old original hardback version I dread to leaf through, because all of the pages will come loose when the book is fully opened. I've managed to keep the damage down to a page or 5, but it's most definitely a shelf warmer more than anything, for fear of damaging it even further.

The re-issue is not an actual reprint, but a printing of digital scans of the pages. The oversaturated colours are testament to that. That's why I never got that version, but knowing that the binding is of a much higher quality, so the book can actually be read makes me wonder if I'm not missing out after all...

At any rate: these books are there to be enjoyed and read. Fun fact: the binding on all later books, like the Book Of The Astronomicon, The Lost And The Damned or Freebooterz are of a significant higher quality and can still be read like a proper tome today.

I'm only missing Waagh! The Orks myself by the way, to complete my RT book collection...

[HerbertTarkel]

You can tell it’s a scan, you’re not wrong; that said - I get to flip the pages without having to pick any off the floor 

[Battle Brush Sigur]

That's the thing - yup, it doesn't look quite right, it's too saturated, but all the words are in the right places, and I think that's the main thing. A redo will never be as nice as the original, but as a faithful reprint they're good.

[HerbertTarkel]

That's the thing - yup, it doesn't look quite right, it's too saturated, but all the words are in the right places, and I think that's the main thing. A redo will never be as nice as the original, but as a faithful reprint they're good.

The paper quality is high, in my opinion (it’s a China reprint, some of the stuff out of there can be weird); there are nice thicker cardstock - almost - pages at the back for the blue take out pages (I won’t do that!). But yes, the photos and colour are off enough that it’s noticeable. Some of the text is a bit fuzzy, but overall, I am thrilled to have even this reprint.

Now to re-hunt down all the other books … 

(I did grab a 2nd edition Eldar codex too, off the web - it smells like 1000 years of gaming smoke filled rooms, and actually had some ashes between some of the pages    - I’ll be looking for a nicer copy…)

[westwaller]

I'm only missing Waagh! The Orks myself by the way, to complete my RT book collection...

As an owner of a copy of this, I can tell you that the pages definitely come out of this one - in fact I think that they came loose inside the cover?

[McYellowbelly]

Nostalgia.........not as good as it used to be!
I'll get my coat.....

[HerbertTarkel]

Nostalgia.........not as good as it used to be!
I'll get my coat.....

 

[HerbertTarkel]

I scored a surprise deal on evil bay tonight on Waaargh Da Orks - LESS than what I paid for my RT reprint; book looks tight and clean.

THIS BOOK WAS A DRIVE-THRU RPG COUNTERFEIT! I got refunded.




Currently have the others on my list …

The toughest one to find, in my opinion, is a clean copy of the Book of the Astronomican. I had an ok one; I have my eye on one “ok” one. But I think it’s too much for the condition. 

[HerbertTarkel]

And my second score of the night …

Ere we Go - PRISTINE copy! Was it cheap? No. Is it worth it? Yep!

[HerbertTarkel]

Three retro awesome books in one night!

Freebooterz added. I think I’m broke, now 

THIS BOOK WAS ALSO A DRIVE-THRU RPG COUNTERFEIT! I got refunded.

And reported both to GW Legal.

[HerbertTarkel]

Add one more. Not perfect, but a decent copy.

[Daeothar]

Welcome to the club of people collecting useless, overpriced but oh so fun OOP rulebooks

That was a great night, no doubt!

Like I said; My collection is lacking but one book; Waaagh! The Orks, all the rest, including the also hard to find Vehicle Manual (complete with templates), are sitting nice and proud on their shelf, ready for the occasional leaf through...

Here's the lot a couple of years ago. There's been some more shuffling and additions since then...