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Post Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:19 am 
 

Can any of you fine folks give me the scoop on this item that I just won on Ebay?  The listing is here:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290581787858#ht_500wt_1156




I've never heard of this before seeing the auction.  I thought it looked interesting and decided to bid.  Does anyone know anything about it?  Is it a decent adventure or utter garbage or somewhere in between?  Did I overpay, underpay or was I close to the mark?




I believe the seller might even be a member here but as I am a longtime lurker and very infrequent poster I don't know for sure.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:51 am 
 

It is a correct price. It was not common on ebay until hamilcar sold several copies.
Actually, it is only a dungeon, nothing more. It was written as a tournament module and so there is a scoring system with a table displaying suggested points awarded by players during the game.


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Post Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:07 am 
 

A very uncommon old school tourney adventure, and a first stab at publishing by a small press who went on to publish in conjunction with EGG himself (although to what extent he was actually involved in the later works, vs. just mentoring, I have not been able to determine). As to price, I'd say it's well worth what you paid for it.

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Post Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:01 pm 
 

Yeah, I wrote that for 1st Ed. as a tournament module... and its fun but rather atrociously written. I am a bit better at writing adventures these days. I actually have three copies left of the original.... in the event someone wants one?  I will part with two - but not the last one. This was our second release as a company... and before I knew much about copyright, trademark, fair use, etc.  Interested parties should IM me on FB or drop me a line at FUZHero@aol.com. ~ XXOOCC

PS: I was privileged to work with Gary for 7 years in  a partnership we called Hekaforge Productions... and for a year before that as a "guy paying Gary to help me write stuff"... he was unique, gifted, wise AND intelligent, and a close personal friend. I miss him... a lot.

  

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Post Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:57 am 
 

Great background. Thanks. I'm sure you'll now be inundated from prospective buyers for those two copies. If money is of interest, auction them.
Also, what was your first publication? I can't promise to update Afterglow2.com any time soon, but I do collect the information for when that time comes.


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:23 am 
 

I am still looking... and have yet to find the darned things. I remember there were three because they were all still "shrink-wrapped" (although I use that term loosely - back in those days we used to seal them in Saranwrap for storage) and that struck me as funny that Saranwrap would last the test of time better than standard store shrinkwrap. Any of the 'actually shrink-wrapped' products I have from that era ... the shrink is brittel and cracks easily. These were still supple. :D If anybody runs across one (as I do not remember us having any of these) there is also a Pitfall II, although I can't remember the sub-title we appended to it. Both were created with the help of an old college friend (well, we were in college at that time) who has since passed, and they were type written... so no electronic/digital files were ever created for either product. The only other 'survivor' I know that I still have some stock on from that era is a board game that came packaged in a 9X12" ziplock called "Just Another Monster"... Life was simpler in those days.

I will continue the search, and will let you all know if I should find anything.

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PS: I am writing one last adventure, without Gary's help, unfortunately, that fits snugly between The Ritual of the Golden Eyes and Castle Wolfmoon (which is actually being broken up into three separate modules) entitled, "Cataract". I should finish it this week...

  


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:00 pm 
 

I bought one of your Pitfall copies ages ago, Chris. Don’t recall if I have #2 also, but I think I may. Will need to look now….

Pitfall and Inner City are the two 1982 titles listed at rpggeek:  Inner City Games Designs | RPG Publisher | RPGGeek

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:08 pm 
 

I have some 'better' news....

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:21 pm 
 

Cool!

  


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:21 am 
 

Interestingly enough - I found a fifth... which is an earlier printing and came without pregenerated characters (they aren't missing as the pagination of the interior is different.  I have my marketing guys taking pics so that yopu can actually see imperfections, etc.

I am now also hunting through my piles here for copies of Pitfall II which is rarer.....  and I did find something that tells me its not just a figment of my imagination

My wife informs me that it was entitled, "Pitfall II, The Wizard's Keep".

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