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Post Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 6:49 am 
 

For my AD&D collection, I usually do not look outside of regular TSR items, but I recently came across a lot that, on a whim (and because it allowed me to snag FEZ I-VI in one blow) , I decided to buy:

All are from Role Aids, all are <b>Shrinkwrapped<(/b> and all are, on closer inspection (NOT REMOVING THE S/W!!!) in very, very nice shape. As in many of the cases, the tight S/W has warped the shape of some of the modules a bit, but nothing serious.

The items are FEZ I (Wizard's Vale! 703), Dwarves (704), Dark Folk (707), Wizards (708), FEZ II (710), Elves (711), Fez III (720), Dragons (721), FEZ IV (725), Undead (737), Crystal Barrier (741), Beneath two Suns (742), FEZ V (743), FEZ VI (745).

Based on what I could find on the web and checking with AI, I would estimate (at the upper end!) the value to at about 50USD/module (I do not consider nobleknight to provide "fair market pricing", although I have bought a few books from them I couldn't find elsewhere). However, many of the above modules sell VERY infrequently, so my estimate and/or market prices may be off.

Is my valuation estimate a fair assumption?

I am not selling, but I have a good catalog of my collection and like to keep the value accurate, also for (the unlikely) insurable event.

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:54 pm 
 

That might be a bit optimistic, since it’s often more common to see these in SW than TSR items from this period.

Many of these products sat in a warehouse for a long time and were eventually liquidated individually or in bundles by Mayfair Games around 2007, and continued to be sold this way for quite a while. The reality is that Role Aids likely over-projected demand and over-purchased on their initial print runs. This created a massive surplus that didn't move at the time, resulting in the large inventories of New Old Stock (NOS) we see today.

It’s a bit of a shame because the actual content of these modules can be quite good. They are generally high-quality supplements that simply suffered from being produced in volumes that far outpaced their market performance. While they aren't particularly rare or valuable today, their values have finally started to trend upward in recent years as that surplus has slowly been absorbed into private collections.

That being said, use whatever values you are comfortable with. If you look at sold prices on eBay over the last three years, you will likely find sales for all of these. If you can't find them for specific items, it's likely that they would all sell for about the same price, as most of these appear to have come out of that same inventory.

  


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 3:05 am 
 

dbartman wrote in S/W Role Aids Modules (incl. FEZ I-VI):That might be a bit optimistic, since it’s often more common to see these in SW than TSR items from this period.

Many of these products sat in a warehouse for a long time and were eventually liquidated individually or in bundles by Mayfair Games around 2007, and continued to be sold this way for quite a while. The reality is that Role Aids likely over-projected demand and over-purchased on their initial print runs. This created a massive surplus that didn't move at the time, resulting in the large inventories of New Old Stock (NOS) we see today.

It’s a bit of a shame because the actual content of these modules can be quite good. They are generally high-quality supplements that simply suffered from being produced in volumes that far outpaced their market performance. While they aren't particularly rare or valuable today, their values have finally started to trend upward in recent years as that surplus has slowly been absorbed into private collections.

That being said, use whatever values you are comfortable with. If you look at sold prices on eBay over the last three years, you will likely find sales for all of these. If you can't find them for specific items, it's likely that they would all sell for about the same price, as most of these appear to have come out of that same inventory.


Thanks for your insights!

Interesting, I always assumed that Mayfair had mostly smaller runs...

Anyhow, happy to have these on my shelf and at about 13USD/issue I paid, I am certain that that was a good deal... with an upside in valuation and my insurance broker rolling his eyes when I approach him with a request for coverage increase. :-)

  
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