Tome of Treasures :: View topic - Gateway to Adventure catalog (1980?)

Tome of Treasures - Ye destination for discussions of Collectible Adventuring


 

 HomeHome FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister  ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 
Documento sin título
 
Gateway to Adventure catalog (1980?)

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Tome of Treasures Forum Index -> TSR Potluck -> TSR Catalogs
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message

Mars
Tome Crew
Tome Crew


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 14 May 2024
Posts: 891
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Title: Gateway to Adventure catalog
Item Code: n/a
Type: Product catalog
Copyright: no date listed
Artwork: n/a
Place of Publication: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Format: 8 pages. Slick printed cover. Stapled
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: n/a
Dimensions: length 27.9cm, width 21.7cm, thickness .1cm


Last edited by Mars on Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:34 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

scribe
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: 11 Sep 2004
Last Visit: 28 Jun 2013
Posts: 2977
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Mark! While you are hanging out in here. Is there a chance that grey gateway, 3rd from the top of the thread, is from earlier than 1981? You might compare contents for some more clues. Someone might be more familiar what sets they mostly were included in.
_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message

Mars
Tome Crew
Tome Crew


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 14 May 2024
Posts: 891
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scribe wrote:
Hey Mark! While you are hanging out in here. Is there a chance that grey gateway, 3rd from the top of the thread, is from earlier than 1981?


Yes, I'm sure it is earlier but there is no actual date listed. The Basic set for sale is the Holmes set, G and D series are the monos, Monster & Treasure are the individual sets, Knights of Camelot is a mock up with black box (similar to Divine Right) instead of the blue it got printed with.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

scribe
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: 11 Sep 2004
Last Visit: 28 Jun 2013
Posts: 2977
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you could pick a best guess date, I think we should split it off and give it its own thread. We can put a question mark next to the best guess date.
_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message

Mars
Tome Crew
Tome Crew


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 14 May 2024
Posts: 891
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My guess would be it is 1979 since the Monster and Treasure compilation came out in 1980. If it was 1980, the compilation would probably be listed.

There is one more Gateway to Adventure catalog that I am aware of (but do not own). It has a black cover and seems to have shown up in some version of the Basic set. I have only ever seen 2 or 3 auctions with this.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

Plaag
Librarian
Librarian


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 20 Dec 2014
Posts: 331
Location: Mad City, Wi

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm putting a guess around early 1980 as it shows Dragons #32-35 (March 80 release) and another I'm not sure of.

ShaneG.
_________________
I reject your reality and substitute one of my own!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

scribe
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: 11 Sep 2004
Last Visit: 28 Jun 2013
Posts: 2977
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I placed a best guess to 1980. This is certainly open for further clues.
_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message

Mars
Tome Crew
Tome Crew


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 14 May 2024
Posts: 891
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plaag wrote:
I'm putting a guess around early 1980 as it shows Dragons #32-35 (March 80 release) and another I'm not sure of.


I think the Dragons are #32-35 and #27. I wonder how far in advance the issues are created? A March magazine would be available/shipped out at the end of February so it would be in the works in January (possibly earlier). So it is possible it could be a mock up if the cover art was ready.

For the 1979 side, there is also no mention of the Fiend Folio which was scheduled for release in 1979 but then got pushed back. There is also no mention of B2 (Dec 1979) or Geomorphs 1-3 compilation (1980).

S3 (1980) is listed but not pictured.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

scribe
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: 11 Sep 2004
Last Visit: 28 Jun 2013
Posts: 2977
Location: NYC

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmmm. I don't think they would do mockups of Dragon magazine during that period in time. Most of those issues were by the seat of their pants, from what I have gathered over time. Nothing definitive though.
_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message

Plaag
Librarian
Librarian


Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Last Visit: 20 Dec 2014
Posts: 331
Location: Mad City, Wi

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure if Dragon starts becoming 72 pages around issue 36 (April 80) or not, but another bit of info to ponder.

ShaneG.
_________________
I reject your reality and substitute one of my own!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Tome of Treasures Forum Index -> TSR Catalogs All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
 
Documento sin título
 


Powered by phpBB 2.0.22 © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

Subza theme