The 2017 VCCU Game

Phase One

Just like in the real world, you need to take care of your books. So the first thing you need to buy is a short box to put them in. And when you buy a book, you will also need to buy a set of bags and boards for it. Everything here is double bagged because we're serious collectors who don't mess around.

The Phase One collection will consist of Amazing Spider-Man #1-30. These are 'reader' books.

Everyone is different, but my idea of a 'reader' book is one that is in good enough shape not to worry about - so no brittle pages, pieces about ready to fall off, giant split spines that you have to be careful with, etc. In addition, the book has to be entirely complete with no missing pieces. The book must also be solidly and tightly bound - no loose covers or center pages. I also don't like tape, even small pieces, so I avoid those if possible. So this translates into an Overstreet 2.0 with the additional criteria mentioned.



I can usually find 'readers' like these in 2.0, but sometimes because of demand I have to go a little higher to a 3.0 or sometimes even a 4.0. The books in the TCBF Store are all 'real world' books, with careful attention to condition and price. Wherever possible, I've used an image of the actual book. If the condition of the book looks higher than 2.0, it is noted.

In later phases of this game, we will be using various techniques like pressing and dry cleaning to improve the grade of books. We will also be using the grading companies to improve the value (since graded books command a premium price). Obviously, most of the time we will be using books in the higher grades for this procedure. But grading companies are notoriously loose in the lower grades, so many times they will come in a grade or two higher. So, depending on what you like to do, and whether it would have much financial impact, you may choose to submit some of these 'reader' books for grading/encapsulation later in the game.

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You can collect the Phase One books in any order that you want, but I will make icons available to keep our profiles and mini-profiles clean and tidy.

There will be icons for:

1-30 (The full collection)
1-10
11-20
21-30

This will be accomplished through a trade. You trade the books for an icon.