Wayne's Books is 24 years old today! A pic of my wife and I in the shelves. She ships all your stoutly-packed orders. Waynesbooks dot net. You can always use code IMBACK at checkout for 10% off. In the comments, a retrospective I wrote at the 20th anniversary of WB.

Traveller Robot Manual (Japanese edition). Grok says "it draws heavily from Book 8 (and the closely related DGP 101 Robots) as its foundation, but in a Japanese boxed packaging that is adapted and expanded rather than a pure original or a literal translation of Book 8 by itself."

Karameikos & Glantri (1994-5): Two great box sets after the events of Wrath of the Immortals, and Mystara being moved to AD&D. I've got a photoshoot with the maps from Karameikos at my photoblog, link in the comments.

ROLE AIDS (ca. mid 1980s) going to the shop. Supplements & adventures explicitly written for AD&D by Mayfair Games. Most 3rd party accessories used the nod-nod-wink-wink system of compatibility. Not so with Role Aids. Caused a lot of friction with T$R.

Pics are the pages from the TSR 1995 catalog with mock-up art, introducing the six new AD&D black hardcovers, including the four Player’s & Dungeon Master Option books. They introduced different ways a game could be run, sometimes wildly-different, and thus the "2.5e" moniker.