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Site Last Updated: 23:10 fruitgum^W BST (+0100) 13th May 2008
Book, Boardgame, Non- and Collectable Cardgame & RPG Shop |
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What Is I. M. T.?Interstellar Master Traders is a shop (and mail-order service) specialising in Fantasy, SF & Horror Role-Playing Games, Books, Boardgames and Card Games (both Collectable, and traditional, non-collectable, card games), which i set up in 1985, after a couple of years running a mail-order only serviceIn it i stock a wide range of these, plus a selection of other associated things, such as graphic novels and books by fantasy artists, multicoloured polyhedral dice, and oddments that just seem to "fit", such as "Roomarangs", "Holorangs" & "Magic Plastic" (which has no justification, other than its being fun :-) ) Lancaster has a micro-climate that may be described as "interesting" by some - and by everyone else, as "mild but wet." depending upon whether you are on Bailrigg or Bowerham campus, or at loose in the city, therefore, it's fortuitous (and fortunate) that there is a landmark available that not only helps you reorientate yourself/ves - but additionally serves as an infalliable weather indicator. the landmarks concerned are, on Bailrigg, Bowland Tower; on Bowerham, the Willy/ie Tom; and in & around Lancaster, the Williamson Memorial (also known locally as "the structure"), that looks as though it ought to be the dome of the cathedral (but isn't). If you can see any one of these, welcome [back] to lancaster whatever the weather, if you've been away, and have fun; and may 2007 be a general improvement upon the year before for you. - ppint. |
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I.M.T.'s stock ranges so widely, that though there are pages showing all new items in (whenever) from 5th April 2006 onwards (see below), these pages will tend to be comprised of 98% [plus] things of no interest to a player of Settlers of Catan looking to see whether there's been a new Capitalists of Catan expansion for this boardgame, or a D&D rpg dungeon master or mistress wondering whether Demiquivers and Half-Measures (another non-existent, invented title), a D&D 3/3.5e Dwarfs & Halflings Player-Character Handbook), for example, is out yet.. the Boardgames Page, the War Games Page, All recent new titles are indicated, however, together with the date on which they first came into I.M.T; this is initially given in the format: "NEW TITLE/ITEM/GAME - in ordinal day number & written month & year number A.D.(C.E.)"; after about six months, this is unboldened; after about twelve, de-capitalised to "New title/item/game"; it may later be abbreviated to written month & year number [and eventually perhaps to just year number])
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The Week's New & Re-Issue Games, Sourcebooks, Game Tie-In Novels, Magaziness, Comics, &c.
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Condition:All Stock listed is New, Unless indicated "Second-hand", "s/h",when there will also be an indication of its condition: from "fair" (the lowest I will normally list); through "good"; "vg"; "as new"; to "mint" (the highest). "small print", including regarding books in poorer condition than those listed here (please do read, before ordering) (i, too, am a book collecter - which is a major part of how i came to help set up the alternative bookshop, Single Step, and a decade later, I.M.T. (after a sort of semi-career advising a couple of publishers on building & then running their SF lists - not simultaneously!) - and therefore naturally incline to grade the condition of s/h books "hard" - as though i were considering buying each for myself.) (which i suppose i have done, come to think of it..) ..poor condition & rco books in stock are generally the result of buying a box or collection; or spotting a copy of a very good - but &/or rare - book in poor [or even dreadful] condition.) Enquiries & Orders:Games: Items & Titles listed as "available" are those i've been advised are orderable from my suppliers, but i've not yet stocked (or in some cases have chosen not to stock, whether for reasons of space, or feeling they lie outside the natural ambit of IMT, or whatever.) Books: i have something over ten thousand SF, Fantasy & Horror titles here, and have so far listed very few - having had very, very few requests to list any author's - so it's quite possible i may have books you're looking for, that i've not yet listed - please e-mail me at v$imt$v at my sub-domain, i-m-t.demon.co.uk for details Payment:by pound sterling ("ukL" here - "GBP" is a totally unnecessary, and utterly unlovely, neologism; "P"/"p" stands for pence, not pounds!) (/cut rant *g*) cheque drawn upon a u.k. branch of a bank, and by cash, are welcome; i also accept payment by credit transfer, or "wire" and via my ukL a/c with Paypal (Paypal's charges add a little to the cost) - again, please e-mail me at v$imt$v at my sub-domain, i-m-t.demon.co.uk for details of either of these methods of making payment, or possible other ways. Postage:Postage is charged at cost; i.e. it is not included in the prices quoted. Mail Order:(pretty evidently) i do mail order: postage and packaging are done at cost; this varies with the weight (mass) of the items ordered, the destination country (my furthest-afield customers - so far - are in New Zealand; would-be customers living further away will be required to provide address, etc. details of shipping agents situated at no greater distance than this), and whether surface or air mail service is desired by the customer. Prices:"small print" regarding prices listed on this web site (please read before ordering); n.b. also postage is charged at cost on top of books' & games' (etc.) total.There is a page of copies of Discworld hardcovers (mostly) signed by Terry Pratchett- a fair few signed in Harrogate after the traditional, but now almost pro-forma, insults (plus an enquiry as to the state of I.M.T. which was a little bit better than chaotic, in November 2001, when his last signing here took place, three days after the landlord's plasterer'd finally deigned to turn up, and All was Not Ready - and Terry's main publishers, who'd insisted on taking control of the event advertising (that I'd always previously organised - and done good, josh-kirby-art-based camera-ready artwork for) had managed to advertise the signing only the night - instead of the week - before the event...) - plus in Manchester, in October 2005, where the traditional, but now almost pro-forma, insult-plus-enquiry were as genial as ever. How Is I. M. T.?occasional diary bits(all are skippable)sometimes of direct relevance to I.M.T, sometimes only indirect- and sometimes of none at all; but i hope people'll find some of them interesting; perhaps "ppint.-explanatory" (at least to a degree); and maybe even entertaining... Where Is I. M. T.?Getting to I. M. T. - and finding the shopLancaster is in the north-west ("north-wet!") of England, to the south of the fells and the Lake District, and north of Manchester, Liverpool & Preston. To the west is the resort town of Morecambe, and the port of Heysham, whence ply ferries to the Isle of Man (and sometimes Ireland), whilst to the east lie the Benthams, High and Low, and Kirby Lonsdale, Ingleton, and Skipton - i.e. Yorkshire & the Pennines. I. M. T. is on the A6, at the northern end of Lancaster City Centre's shops, near the northern end - well, near the start, really - of the A6 one-way system on the southbound side. more detailed directions(including two local Street Maps and directions for users of the term-time Wednesdays free bus service from Lancaster University & S. Martin's College) When Is I. M. T.?Opening Hours:I.M.T. is usually open 10(ish)-7pm (19:00) (or later), Monday-Saturdaysave for sundays, bank holiday mondays, and part of the christmas day through the new year general holiday. so; welcome to my permanently under-construction-and-modification and currently more-or-less daily-revised (though i don't always remember to re-date above+below) web pages. i don't yet have [or even know of] aught to create .gifs &/or .pngs as is free- or share-ware and runs on dos, and so many .imgs are missing, awaiting developments and/or creation by friends (thank-you, adrian, patricia-et-jennifer-et-reinier, and most recently "shevek", in their copious free time (tm). Hoping you find what's here of interest and useful, ppint. (v$imt$v at the domain, i-m-t.demon.co.uk) If You Would Like to Join In a Role-Playing Game- or simply to "try it and see"should you wish to play in a role-playing game run by myself, or run an rpg locally, or in some other way to be associated with IMT, or simply be after advice about setting up a game, or over a problem that's come up in running a particular adventure/campaign, with reasonable notice, i'll happily arrange for a sample/taster/introductory game for anyone as might like to participate, and lets me know this in the shop. n.b. i'm not personally interested in the "traditional merkin tsr/rpga/gencon style" of competitive role-playing gaming, which to my mind rather means people miss many of the main ways the hobby is so much fun; but should anyone wish to organise some form of tournament in this style, i'll certainly do what i'm able to help. UK Free Role-Playing Day 2007on the night of tuesday, 17th July 2007, i read on the newsgroup, uk.games.roleplaying [and in the web-page linked therefrom] that Saturday, 21st July was uk free roleplaying game day Thursday, 19th July: a carton 2/3rds-3/4s full of a fairly random-looking selection of rpg "stuff" arrived; it's still worth calling in to look through, at least; for though Saturday 21st July, Free RPG Day itself, may be gone, should this event be repeated next year - and i hope it is - i trust rather greater information & lead-time will be given, and publisher-donated prizes/freebies be distributed in time for them, and the event itself, to be advertised, possibly in co-sponsored ads in the local paid-for & free-sheet press; UK Free Role-Playing Day 200821st June 2008not much information yet on this year's event, but there is to be a uk free roleplaying game day again this summer; Worldwide D&D Game Day 20087th June 2008with adventure plus character & monster, npc material & info for the just-the-day-before-released 4th Edition D&D, and doubtless a selection of freebie mementoes for DMs' players to keep; no other specific information yet; |
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Webcomposer-[alleged sapient]-being: p. pinto by whom all material here not otherwise credited and not quoted from publishers' blurbs etc. is written and copyright. Site Last Updated: 23:10 fruitgum^W BST (+0100) 13th May 2008This web-site, with all of its - my - beginner's faults, was written using the superb DOS word-processor, Protext v.5.53.
Is there anyone out there as might be interested in producing a version of the demon/grempc version of phil karn's KA9Q as'd incorporate an IRC client?- cos i'd dearly love to be able to irc, whilst up/downloading by ftp, collecting news & mail (and rejecting ub/ce) and all the other fun things that make up life & wirc |
