Am I A Sick Sick Man?

 

 

I sold off my WH40k Space Marine Army the other day, or, as is probably the case, I got robbed. I sold off my army on Craig’s List for about $100, including some of the game books. The guy practically ran when he handed me the money and got the army, since it was probably worth around $500. But I haven’t played in three years, so it was time to give it up.

What did I do with said $100? Simple. I went down to the FLGS. I knew I was going to be purchasing the Rogue and Wizard power cards for Bridget, who is playing both a rogue and wizard, which would cost around $20; but I was sure when I arrived that I would be able to find something I wanted with the remaining money.

Not so. 

Now, most of you have seen my gaming shelf. It’s big. You should also derive from that that I’m not one to shirk on spending money. But there simply wasn’t anything I saw that really grabbed me. I own every 4e book out right now (Manual of the Planes is in the mail), I haven’t gotten anything new for 3e in a long while. Perhaps a board game? I like Munchkin, how about Munchkin Quest? Nope, I’m not sure how often I’d actually use it. What about the Battlestar Galactica board game? Again, not sure how often I’d play, though I’ve heard incredible things about it.

So I left the store with nothing but the power cards for my wife.

That’s right. I walked away.

In the end, I ended up getting Spore, which I’ve wanted for some time, and it’s something I’ll actually play often.

This is a very long winded story that’s getting me to the true purpose of this entry: While I was at the game store, I perused their old D&D books, and saw they were selling the DMG, PHB and MM for 2^nd edition AD&D for around 10 bucks each. I was half tempted to pick them up.

I’ve never played 2e, but the prospect of getting them all was intriguing. I mentioned it to my wife, and she too was interested.

So my question is this: Am I a sick, sick man for wanting to try out THAC0? I kind of just want to own the books to own the books, you know?