I don't know nearly as much about Twilight: 2000 vs. Traveller, but I can tell you that Marc Miller has released collector's reprints of the core Twilight: 2000 rules on http://www.farfuture.net .  Those rules utilize the GDW house system, rather than the harder to find first printings, which had a different rules set altogether.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to help with a bibliography for Twilight: 2000 as it was not high on my list of games that I wanted.

I don't know about the rarity of the Twilight stuff, but I can say I've seen ended auctions with what I'd think were silly prices. It seems that there's a scene for collecting the stuff in the UK. I was fortunate not to long ago and scored big at a used local bookstore, and picked up 20 or so of the 1st edition supplements for a buck each. As a youth I bought the original Twilight Box (still have it), but never got that much into it other than a few sessions. I just love the feel though of the early-eighties post-nuke vision of the world. Very, "Red Dawn mixed in with The Day After".

invincibleoverlord wrote:I don't know about the rarity of the Twilight stuff, but I can say I've seen ended auctions with what I'd think were silly prices. It seems that there's a scene for collecting the stuff in the UK. I was fortunate not to long ago and scored big at a used local bookstore, and picked up 20 or so of the 1st edition supplements for a buck each. As a youth I bought the original Twilight Box (still have it), but never got that much into it other than a few sessions. I just love the feel though of the early-eighties post-nuke vision of the world. Very, "Red Dawn mixed in with The Day After".

Was that sale the Dragon's Lair sale??  I bought many $1 and $2 OoP goodies there in Dec  8)

MrfilthyIke,

No, a used bookstore in Ft. Lauderdale. I also scored a bunch of OOP Gurps and Forgotten Realms stuff as well. Dropped about a hunderd bucks, but walked with just about as many books . It rarely happens lately, but when it does

Well I have some of the first print stuff, which seems to go for a good price.  I'm in a quandary though because it looks like I have TWO versions of the first edition, one with errata and the other "fixed".

Visually they're very similar -- one box has an ISBN number on it, the other doesn't, etc.  In addition, other smaller changes exist, such as the presence of the errata in one, and some sheets printed front and back instead of two separate one-sided sheets.

I'm not a big collector of T:2000 but if one of these is rarer/worth more and I sell it, I'd like to be able to get an idea of its worth.

beyondthebreach wrote:With Twilight, screens are always an "easy" sell, which would seem to indicate that there are still a sizable amount of people playing the game as opposed to just collecting the books to read/collect. .

Could be that a SIZEABLE number of people in the (for this examples sake) US Armed Forces play RPGs (along with boardgames, cards, etc).

What other setting fits perfectly with what a serviceman knows best?

Just always been my theory on why TW2000 still sells well.

Jesus, Mike. You're into everything.

If you're ever in CT, I'll buy the first round.

A bit late but I just found the site due to a google search.  Most of the info above is correct, but the most rare of the books is the East European Sourcebook, followed by the United Kingdom Survival guide.  Rulebook version 2.2 is also expensive to obtain.  There are two boxed version tie-ins to the game which also command above $30.  The Last Battle, and Twilight Encounters.  The former was/is a stand alone game for vehicle combat during WWIII, but also an alternative combat resolution system for larger scale conflict.  The latter was a stopgap group of rule changes to bridge, if I remember,  the Version 1.0 and 2.0 systems, and gave 10 encounter cards that were also enclosed in the deluxe boxed version of the 2.0 game set.  Of the modules, Armies of the Night is pretty expensive, as is Howling Wilderness.  RDF sourcebook usually tops $20.  There is also an independant publishing of City of Angels by 3E for Twilight 2000.  You see it every soo often, but I'd only pay what it goes for on eBay if you are a completist.  For a complete list of modules (as well as rediculous pricing) check out Wayne's Books in Amazon.com.  He's also found, I think at Krakow Books.  Hope this helps.

Here's the first of several pages that go into some detail on Twilight: 2000...
Twilight: 2000 core books - Wayne's Books RPG Reference

Supposedly, a *new* D20 T:2000 is in the making.