New purchases abound...

Despite being stuck somewhere in the mid 80s, I do sometimes find myself buying other things from other decades.

Up until last week, I was something of a 'system snob' believing that only Runquest 2nd Ed would do. Peter, a mate of mine going back 3 decades or so, has recently convinced me to take a look at RQ3, the version which came after Avalon Hill got the rights in the late 80s. I swore an oath that I'd never even own a copy, but Pete's convinced me otherwise.

And so I have managed to grab a few items and got change from £50, so far...

Runequest
Advanced Runequest
Vikings
Monsters
Griffin Island
Gods Of Glorantha

True, there are still a few sets to go, but I am really enjoying tracking them down.







Next up was a 1970s Elastolin fort. One of these appeared in a large Warhammer game, put on by Joe Dever in the 80s on the convention circuit and they fetch a pretty penny generally.

Imagine my joy to get one for £18.50 including postage...



Yesterday saw me purchase a modern GW army, second hand. My defence is that it's inspired by the artwork of John Blanche of whom I am a great fan and, it was mint and £100 below RRP.


And then to round it all out, today the postman delivered my pre-order for the Frostgrave fantasy skirmish game...



All in all, a nice pile of stuff with lots of variety...

TTFN

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