I once won a competition in the local paper
Well, second place anyway.

Remember the role playing books in the 1980s? Written by Ian Livingstone I think.

The competition involved answering three questions about these books and sending off the coupon. My entry was selected and I was invited to attend the prize ceremony at a local bookshop.

Before I was given my prize I was asked how many of the role playing books I had. "All of them" I replied.

What I failed to mention is that I'd nicked every single one from local bookshops, including quite a few from the one I was standing in, during school lunch breaks. Shoplifting was a bit of a pastime at our school.

And my prize?

A £5 book token.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 15:25, 5 replies)

The saddest, geekiest thing
I have ever done was to queue at Forbidden Planet to get Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson to sign a copy of 'The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain'.

It was this summer just gone.

I'm 34.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 15:40, closed)

I reckon I would have done this too
If I had known...I would have been clutching my copy of Deathtrap Dungeon for all its worth...
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 17:56, closed)

Fight Fantasty
set in the land of Titan
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 15:41, closed)

get your nerd on
for free:

www.ffproject.com

www.ageoffable.net

(the second one is by me).
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 6:17, closed)

I've got a bunch of those, too!
Though they are going on eBay soon.
( Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 17 Dec 2008, 7:13, closed)