I find that most people in my life have at least one “thing” they are collecting. It is often an insight into their personality and it is fun to hear people talk about something they are passionate about.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I collect ttrpgs! I love reading how mechanics work together and I’ve never found value in collecting things I don’t use, so ttrpgs it is. Plus there are some really wild ones out there that are fun to look at. It started with 3.5/Pathfinder but eventually I branched out to a couple other games that I like to play. I spend the most effort on my Car Wars collection, think I’m going to try getting a complete set of ADQ on that front next.

    My single prized book so far though is a copy of HōL’s supplement buttery wholesomeness. Specifically the second printing of it with the cover that’s written like BUTTery HOLsomeness which ended up being so hard to track down over like 5 years that I started to question if it even had a physical printing or if it was just in PDF form. Finally found the thing though last year

    • MacedWindow@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      Always love the feeling of finally tracking down a grail :^)

      Any scifi ttrpg books you’d recommend from your collection? I always love reading those.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Depends what you’re in the mood for:

        • I personally love Paranoia. It is very much a comedy game but it can be played with a serious take with the right work. Plus it is just a fun read even if you don’t play it.
        • Rifts is pretty baller conceptually but I don’t have first hand experience playing it.
        • GURPS has a Car Wars crossover making it objectively one of the best games, can be played with any level of tech, and has buckets of supplements.
        • The Burning Wheel is more fantasy but the book is basically a philosophy of play which could be adapted to lots of things, and the same author wrote Burning Empires which is more scifi but I haven’t acquired that one so can’t give first hand info on it either.
        • Can’t forget Car Wars. It is scifi though it is a mix of ttrpg and strategy/board. If you want to drive a car off a cliff while dropping mines on a helicopter as you go by and have your robot gunner leaning out the window shooting lasers at a tank it is the way to go.
        • Finally I’ll pitch HōL because the game is just so unhinged. It is all hand written and scanned, it’s edgy and crass, and is a great parody of roleplaying games. It’s engaging and fun to read with great art but realistically quite difficult to functionally play because the rules are intentionally a mess. The Buttery Wholesomeness supplement added character creation rules which don’t exist in the base game because it is a mess.
  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    House and techno vinyl records - got about 800 or so and always on the lookout for more.

    Also, home shirts (and some away) for my football team, Dunfermline Athletic - got every home top going back to 1986.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Ha, it’s not, although I do have it (two versions actually, one where it’s the b-side of Your Love)

        Favourite record is a tough one. Impossible maybe. One I finally got a couple of weeks ago, that I’ve wanted for ages, is Go by Moby. Probably still not my favourite, but I was delighted to get it :-)

  • ohlaph@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I began collecting dwarf trees. They typically range in max height no larger than 12 ft. But most are under 2 feet.

      • ohlaph@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Here is what is planted. I have three others, a ginko dwarf, a Chief Joseph Lodgepole Pine, and one other, but the name eludes me.

        Obviously very early in my collection, but enjoying the mini tree garden so far.

  • starlord@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a lot of small bottles and vials waiting to be filled. It started decades ago when I found a quaint little glass tube with a stopper in an antique shop at my favorite beach town and thought it’d be nice to take home some sand from my favorite spot, thereafter becoming a tradition for subsequent visits. Now I pick one up whenever I see one to have a cache available for any future adventures.

    • MacedWindow@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      Thats a really cool idea! Like a science lab of memories. Might have to grab a vial if I see one thrifting/antiqueing

      • starlord@lemm.eeEnglish
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        9 months ago

        It’s super easy to just collect then when you see them (even at craft stores and plant shops) and then it ends up kinda encouraging you to think up adventures so you can fill them.

        I’ve got some with sand, dirt, ocean/lake water, gravel, some with just air (captured a cloud/fog while high atop a mountain), tears, paper, burnt campfire wood, etc.

        My secret sauce is that I don’t label them so I have to try to call up the origin story in memory and I get an excuse to tell a tale whenever someone asks me about one.

  • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
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    10 months ago

    I started collecting shot glasses when I was in my 20s. Somewhere in my 30s, I stopped. Now I collect shirts from 5k runs that I participated in.

  • Nonagon ∞ Orc@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Carnaval Emblems! In the province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands it is customary to decorate your carnaval coat or “boerenkiel” (farmer’s coat?) with emblems from carnaval events or clubs.

    I started because I completely fell in love with carnaval! Below is an example of such a traditional “boerenkiel”. This is what such a traditional "boerenkiel" looks like.

    • MacedWindow@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      I’ve never seen these before! Thanks for showing a pic. I always like collections that show off artwork/creative design.

  • Ted Jackson@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago

    Pocket knives, and Swiss army knives in particular. I’ve loved them since I was given my first one as a child, which was the impetus for me to stop biting my nails.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I collect vintage computers. I have a bunch of laptops from 2000 and earlier, as well as an Atari 800xl, an emachine, and a ti 99/4a. The reason I started was because when I started studying computer science, I fell in love with the history of computing

  • Cheesus@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Guitar pedals. My collection is fairly modest (20-30 pedals) but I have some neat pieces, like a couple Japanese Boss pedals from the 80’s. They are functional so I don’t feel like it’s a waste of space per se. Also they look cool, so there’s that.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    Boarding passes. I fly a lot as part of the job, and in the beginning I kept them so I could register the air miles if they didn’t tick in automatically. Then it became an archive of every air travel. Then it became a stack that I just kept adding to. It is now ~15cm high.