Meme: Only Ten

I just saw that at Untimately's blog: "If you could only keep ten of your printed RPG books, which would you pick?"

That is at once difficult and easy... let's see: I am going to follow the rules that Untimately followed: I have to own it and I value the content of the book. I am going to treat boxed sets as one single item.

• AD&D 1st Edition Players Handbook Premium Reprint (nostalgia & useable rules)
• AD&D 1st Edition Dungeon Masters Guide Premium Reprint (nostalgia & useable rules)
• AD&D 1st Edition Monster Handbook Premium Reprint (nostalgia & useable rules)
• Dark Sun Original Boxed Set (sentimental value, art work and innovation)
• World of Darkness Rulebook
• Vampire: The Requiem (most popular game in my gaming group)
• Dark Ages Vampire Limited Edition (if I keep it, I keep the best I have; I like Vampire: The Dark Ages better, but the mechanics are more solid)
• V20 Anniversary Edition
• Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World (original, not reprint)
• Out of the Pit - Fighting Fantasy Monsters (original, not reprint)

So as you can see, my love for RPGs is split between AD&D, Vampire and Fighting Fantasy.

I am glad that Dungeon World isn't out yet, because it will displace one of those books.