D&D RULES CYCLOPEDIA (1991), I have a couple of these original classics going to the shelves. This hardcover dragnetted (almost) all the BECMI D&D rules into one book. And it's still a popular edition to this day. A deep-dive at my photoblog.

@OriginalGrogna1 #1 most consistently "very used" condition D&D module 40 years later. Blizzard Pass modules are virtually always half-inked, beat-up when they show up in lots.

@Nobleshield Very cool. So the "Overlight" surface is the "ooooh, high-level dangerous" place for expeditions before they retreat back underground to relative safety.

@Nobleshield That, and a bit backwards, that I find my creativity goes into full bloom when the boundaries narrow. I think I need the constraints or something.

@yum_dm That's nuts. Never seen that before. Usually moisture is the issue. Zine bags can be picked up in bulk, cost coins individually. But that may not make sense time-wise for your business.

@DaddyWarpig Germans still love David Hasselhoff

@Geekdaddy75 Current gen is obsessed with youth. The appearance of aging is despised. I'm getting Logan's Run vibes.

@EricDiaz_RPG Loved the D&D movie. Really catches the D&D vibe. Great humor, story, and in-jokes. Too bad it wasn't more successful at the box office.

@Nobleshield Good observation. I reckon the only way a small hamlet could support multiple shops is if it were situated on an important by-way.

HOLLOW WORLD box set in the shop. TSR wanted a "Lost World" setting (Dinosaurs, lost civilizations, etc) for D&D's Mystara setting. They placed this Lost World INSIDE the planet: Hollow World. A deep-dive at my photoblog:

Likewise, my group is coming off 10 years of 5e. There's a lot to love about 5e, mechanically-speaking. The consistent subsystems and conditions reduce page-flipping to a minimum during play. But the PCs seem like 100-blade Swiss Army Knives. Too many abilities. I'm going to run AD&D1e for a while - I love the Gygaxian vibe, used to play AD&D a lifetime ago - but holy cow, the rules all exist in isolation from each other. No predictability whatsoever; everything has to be memorized or referenced during gameplay.

@YoDanno Thankfully only temporary level drain. Everyone will be fleeing that encounter like it was the Killer Rabbit of Monty Python.

@Nobleshield One person's garbage is another person's treasure. The collectibles business is built on relative value. Subjectivity. A lady was going to throw away a box of Traveller LBBs. To her, they were garbage. She gave them to me. I sold 'em for a few hundred bucks.

@KevinLamb74 Yeah, bring back the MMPB! I'm not impressed with the Trade Paperback takeover. They take up way too much space on the shelf, too heavy to read comfortably in bed, and the art is usually meh.

The visual collector's guide to these building sets:

My love-letter to Gamma World 2e:

@Kornstalx Thank you. Looks like I have to Join to message her. Will ponder that.