The Angel Core Rulebook was released in 2003, one year after the Buffy roleplaying game hit the market. If you're looking to start a Buffy RPG collection, make these items a priority. I found two listings for the Monster Smackdown limited edition, one for $60 and another for $85. I couldn't find the limited edition of the Slayer's Handbook for sale anywhere, but the limited edition Core Rulebook was selling for $95 on Noble Knight. Each of these items were limited to 1000 copies, and they're bound in leather and marked with a special symbol on the cover. The Magic Box is tops among the supplements, selling for $60.īut the real value in Buffyverse RPG collectibles comes with the three limited edition releases ( Core Rulebook, Monster Smackdown, and Slayer's Handbook). While the first edition only sells for $15 on Noble Knight, I found a copy of the revised rulebook with a price of $34.95 on the same site.
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Here's a brief overview of the Buffyverse: Buffy Summers (played on TV by Sarah Michelle Gellar) is the latest in a long line a "slayers,"� young women with the ability to track down and kill the undead and other supernatural menaces. Among these marketing ploys were a pair of roleplaying games from Eden Studios, which serve as the centerpiece for anyone interested in collecting Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPGs. The successful blend of horror and comedy drew in millions of fans, and a wide array of tie-in merchandise was released. During that time, it also spawned a spin-off, Angel, which ran for five seasons. Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted on the WB Network in 1997, and it would run until 2003. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer feature film starring Kristy Swanson was a critical flop, but Whedon got a chance to expand on his original idea later in the decade.
In 1992, moviegoers got their first taste of Joss Whedon's blonde-haired vampire hunter named Buffy. Collecting The Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Games