Teacher helps his coworker after he has $1000s in stolen D&D collectables, using the Internet to recover cherished books, dice, and figurines: ‘He co-runs a D&D club at the school’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 3, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

None of us ever realized that our Dungeons and Dragons obsession would hit us harder in the bank account than in our social lives. Inundated since grade school to believe that the nerds in D&D club would all become rich programmers with no social skills was a total lie. In reality, most D&D enthusiasts, like myself, are working-class professionals who spend whatever's left of their meager paychecks to buy expensive figurines, dice, and fantasy role-play books. So instead of being rich and antisocial, we're poor and have the best role-play friends imaginable.

Indeed, Dungeon adventures are not so affordable after all, yet for many clerics, rogues, and wizards, the price is totally worth the long hours of fun and unbreakable friendships. 

However, when this teacher got all of his D&D stuff stolen out of the back of his car, not only was he devastated for his own personal collection (likely worth $1000s), but he was sad for the kids. After years of hosting the school's after-school D&D club, something had to be done. So the teacher's coworker stepped in to see what generosity and advice could come of the Internet.

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  • Hi. I know nothing about Dungeons & Dragons, however I want to reach out to attempt to help a coworker who had everything stolen out of
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  • their car while at dinner last night. This guy is incredible, he co-runs a D&D club at the school we work at, is a dedicated ECE professional and
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  • overall just an amazing dude. Outside of his personal records and drawings, he lost a stack of D&D books, 100's of figures, and all of his dice.
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  • Any help or direction on how to begin to help him piece his collection back together would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance
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  • Eilavamp He should reach out to local game shops to make them aware, they might do him a solid and let him know if anyone comes in trying to sell second hand books and minis, he could potentially get some stuff back.
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  • Sasqu4tch3d. Wizards of The Coast is the company that publishes everything. Maybe you and the students can reach out on his behalf via their site, writing letters and social posts?
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  • DireBanshee ⚫ You should also put out word at your local game shops in case the thief tries to sell the stuff
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  • Individual-Rush-3... I am SO sorry. This unfortunately happened to me last year and it's so devastating. I know the figures and books are most expensive, but there's
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  • something different and much worse about having your notes and artwork stolen. Maybe try to reach out to some local stores and see if they'd be willing to
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  • discount anything, since it is for a school club! I hope that your coworker is able to recover some of his lost items
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  • Ghazrin ⚫ I mean, you can either ask him for a list of the titles that were stolen and then buy some of them, or you can just set up a gofundme for him so he can buy them back himself.
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  • Bre... 1: recommend that he value the collection properly. The cost of the books will only be a few hundred dollars. The dice can be replaced for cheap. The notes and drawings can't be quantified.
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  • But the mini's- average cost for unpainted miniatures is about $4 each. But cost and effort of painting dont translate well. Commisioned pieces can easily run quite a
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  • bit more. Maybe an estimate of $8 per mini is appropriate, as that's about what repainted wizkids minis are. The reason I stress this, is
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  • that the police are unlikely to do anything if the theft is a misdemeanor. So, he needs to make sure that it is documented properly and the value is sufficiently
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  • represented. Years, decades of collecting, many items may not be available. But the cash value has to be high enough for the cops to take action.
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  • Fantastic_Citron_ The dungeon masters guide, players handbook Tasha's cauldron of everything, and a monster manual and a dice bag with 10 sets of dice look for bag of holding or devouring dice bags. As for
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  • minis, thats rough, many can be hand painted and hard to replace, a local card shop may have some Warhammer minis
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  • MR1120 Tell him to reach out to local game shops, and ask them to look out for anyone trying to flip stuff. FB Marketplace and Craig's List, too. If he gives a shop the list of what was stolen, and someone comes in with those exact things,
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  • maybe the shop could notify him, or call the police, or something. May not go anywhere, but it's worth a shot.
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  • United Fan_6476 See? This is why everyone hates rogues.
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  • WinterDice That's terrible! The loss of the artwork and notes has to be absolutely devastating. You could put some "no questions asked" notes up on Facebook, etc. in your area to see if maybe some of that can get returned.
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  • Please suggest he ask his insurance company about a claim. He should also talk to local shops and used book stores.
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