Wanted : Mercenary and High Guard (Classic Traveller)

[Shemyaza]

I would dearly like to obtain these two supplements as they gave me many hours of enjoyment back in the 80's but have since become lost somewhere on my travels around the UK.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

There are a couple copies on ebay at the moment, kinda thrashed but that's ok. Here's one of each:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2547&item=5940060094&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2547&item=5940879731&rd=1


You should also try to pick up Books 6 & 7, which are great in the same way:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2547&item=5941584817&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2547&item=5941585355&rd=1

 

[Shemyaza]

Unfortunatley, E-bay is a closed route to me as I do not have (and do not want) a credit card in order to register with them.
Stupid E-bay, I say !

 

[mike wightman]

A debit card works as well, I think.

The other option is to visit a game store and buy the FFE CT Reprints Books 0-8 volume, which contains what you are after.

 

[clementk]

Originally posted by Shemyaza:
Unfortunatley, E-bay is a closed route to me as I do not have (and do not want) a credit card in order to register with them.
Stupid E-bay, I say !

? It's been a while since I registered but I'm not seeing anything where you have to have a credit card to register. Most sellers offer more options than paying by Paypal, usually money orders/cashier checks. Paypal accepts checks and doesn't have to be tied to either a checking account or credit card account.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/welcome/getting-started.html

Or did I miss something about eBay and the UK / Europe? I vaugely remember something about Paypal not taking European credit cards or something for a while I think. I ask this partially because I usually allow European bids on my auctions.

update: Also places like Crazy Egor's and Titan Games (I don't know UK equivalents) might have copies of each as well. Hopefully for cheap as both books had high print runs. High Guard 2nd edition evidently is the version to get from what I understand.

HTH.

Casey

 

[Gruffty]

E-bay.co.uk and PayPal both accept UK stylee debit cards - Switch, Solo, Maestro, etc.

Hell, they even accept my crappy Visa Electron debit card....

 

[Shemyaza]

When I tried to register on ebay it told me that my E-mail address needed a credit card to register - they can stuff it !

We don't have that many game stores selling Traveller stuff near me (North Somerset) - even Bristol appears to be "dry", as it were !

 

[clementk]

Okay I see the problem now I think. Sounds like you're well past giving up on ebay but this still may be of general help. I typed "do I need a credit card to register with ebay?" in their help section and found this:

"Notes:
If you register with an "anonymous" email address, such as Yahoo or Hotmail, you'll need to place a valid credit card number on file to verify your identity. Your card will not be charged."

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So you might want to try registering with your ISP email account if you have one or if you did and ebay still wanted a credit card you might want to try contacting them about why they have your ISP on their "anonymous" list. Dunno if they treat all webmail as "anonymous" but I can see why they'd treat yahoo and hotmail as such. So I don't have a recomendation on a different webmail you might want to sign up for if ISP email isn't an option.

update: Looks like titan games has several copies of each book for sale from $10+ . Just checked their website.

Casey

 

[Gruffty]

Casey, what's the URL for Titan Games, please?

 

[clementk]

Originally posted by Gruffty:
Casey, what's the URL for Titan Games, please?

http://www.titangames.com
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They used to have basic links set up that were IMO faster but this is more specific and likely easier to update.

Note: I'm not connected with Titan Games or Crazy Egor's aside from being a customer. There's also Dragon's Trove, http://www.dragonstrove.com/, who's good but he tends to cater to collectors more than the other two. Good if you need a mint product but you often pay a bit more for it. Not connected with him either.

HTH.

[update]Browse our shop produces a big ole list of company links. I last bought from them at least one website upgrade ago so didn't spot it at first.

 

[Shemyaza]

Thanks Casey - problem is my E-mail address is through BT Internet and is not an "anonymous"-type at all.
Ho-hum.