The original deep box RQ2 was advertised at $26. That box set had apple lane as well as fangs and a few other bits and pieces. It was twice the price of the softcover rulebook.
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> Okay, after hunting through my collection of ancient, musty, RQ2 materials I came upon a price list from the RuneQuest Companion, copyright 1983. It claims
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> RuneQuest...$12.00
> Hardcover RuneQuest...$15.00
> Boxed RuneQuest...$20.00
> SnakePipe Hollow..$6.00
> Cults of Prax...$12.00
> Foes...$12.00
> Plunder...$6.00
> RuneMasters...$12.00
> Cults of Terror...$10.00
> Borderlands...$16.00
> Trollpak...$18.00
> SoloQuest...$8.00
> Questworld...$15.00
> Scorpian Hall...$10.00
> The Snow Queen's Bride...$6.00
> Pavis...$18.00
> The Big Rubble...$10.00(probably a typo, since it also claims BR to be a book rather than a boxed set.)
> RuneQuest Companion....$8.00
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> Some of these may have had reduced prices, as I think RQ3 was in the pipeline by this point, but I still don't think RQ2 went for $26.00 dollars. I suspect that Jeff's copy was part of some kind on bundle.
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> Again on the broader point I think Jeff is correct; current prices are indeed at least as good as past ones.
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> Mark Mohrfield
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