I accept Dungeons & Dragons and tabletop RPG donations anywhere in the Albuquerque metro with free pickup — the entire collection, every edition from the original 1974 white box through 5th edition, every module and boxed set, plus dice, character sheets, DM screens, miniatures, and Dragon and Dungeon magazines. You don't sort, price, or research anything. Bring it all, including the rare items you might not recognize; I make sure the gems are preserved and the rest funds New Mexico literacy.
Published June 2026 · By Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project
Most people who call me about a D&D collection aren't collectors — they're clearing a garage, settling an estate, helping a parent downsize, or finally dealing with the boxes their kid left behind in 1994. They don't want to learn the difference between a first printing and a reprint, photograph forty modules for an auction site, or haggle over dice. They just want it gone — and they don't want to dump something that might matter. That's exactly what I'm here for: I take the whole thing, free, and I handle the sorting.
What I take: all of it
The short answer is everything with a D&D or tabletop connection. Not "the good stuff" — everything. Here's the long answer, because people are always surprised by how much I actually want:
Every edition of the rules
Original D&D (the 1974 white box and its supplements — Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry, Gods/Demi-Gods & Heroes), the Basic sets (Holmes blue book, Moldvay/Cook red-and-blue, the Mentzer BECMI boxes, the Rules Cyclopedia), AD&D 1st edition (Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual and the rest), AD&D 2nd edition, 3rd edition and 3.5, 4th edition, and 5th edition. Mixed editions, loose covers, ex-library copies — all welcome.
Every module series
The whole alphabet of TSR adventure codes: the giants and drow (G1–G3, D1–D3, Q1), the S-series (Tomb of Horrors, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks), the B and X Basic/Expert lines, A (Slave Lords), T (Temple of Elemental Evil), I (Ravenloft and the Desert of Desolation), C (the competition modules — Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, Ghost Tower of Inverness), EX (Gygax's Dungeonland and The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror), O (The Gem and the Staff, Blade of Vengeance), U (the Saltmarsh trilogy), R (the RPGA tournament modules), IM (the Immortals series), N, L, M, CM, WG, UK, DL (Dragonlance) — and every code in between. If it has a letter-number on the cover, I want it.
Every boxed campaign setting
World of Greyhawk, the Forgotten Realms grey box and everything after it, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Planescape, Birthright, Al-Qadim, the Mystara Gazetteers — complete boxes or loose pieces, both fine.
The stuff people throw away
Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Magazine runs (even partial), Polyhedron, dice in any quantity, DM screens, character sheets, blank and filled, hand-drawn maps and campaign notes, photocopied modules, miniatures (painted or bare metal), the D&D novels (Dragonlance Chronicles, the Drizzt books, Ravenloft fiction), Judges Guild and other third-party material, board games like Dungeon!, and the random loose paper at the bottom of the box. It all adds up.
You don't have to know what's valuable
Here's the part that matters most, and the reason I'd rather you call me than make a pile for the trash: D&D collections hide genuinely valuable items, and the people clearing them almost never know which ones. A true 1974 white box, a first-printing C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan from the 1979 tournament, a Gygax-era EX1 Dungeonland, a first-printing I6 Ravenloft with its fold-out castle map intact, an orange-cover B3 Palace of the Silver Princess that escaped TSR's recall — these look like ordinary old paperbacks to most people, and they get tossed every day.
You don't have to learn any of that. Bring the whole collection and I'll recognize the rare finds, make sure they're preserved rather than pulped, and put the readable bulk back into circulation. Donating the lot means whatever value is hiding in there goes to a good cause instead of a landfill — and you skip the entire headache of figuring out which box held the treasure.
Why donate instead of selling it yourself
Selling a D&D collection piece by piece is real work: identifying printings, grading condition, photographing, listing, packing, shipping, dealing with buyers. For a single famous trophy that might be worth it. For an entire mixed collection of rulebooks, modules, magazines, and dice, the time rarely pays — which is why so many collections sit in a closet for a decade and then get dumped whole. Donating solves that in one phone call: no sorting, no pricing, no listings, no shipping, free pickup at your door, and the satisfaction that the whole shelf went to literacy work in New Mexico instead of the curb. Here's where donated books actually go.
How free pickup works
It's deliberately simple. Call or text me at 702-496-4214 (or schedule a pickup online), tell me roughly how much there is and where you are in the metro, and we set a time. I come to you, load it all — you don't have to box it perfectly or carry anything heavy — and that's it. I cover Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains, and the surrounding area. If you're clearing an estate or a whole house, I do those regularly and can take the books, the games, and the rest in one trip.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I donate old D&D books in Albuquerque?
Right here — free pickup anywhere in the metro for the entire collection: every edition, every module and boxed set, plus dice, screens, minis, and Dragon/Dungeon magazines. Call or text 702-496-4214.
Do I have to figure out what's valuable first?
No. People give away collectible items (a white box, a C1 Tamoachan, an EX1 Dungeonland, a first-printing I6 Ravenloft) without knowing. Bring it all; I recognize and preserve the rare finds, and the rest funds literacy.
Will you take incomplete or damaged sets?
Yes — water-stained books, loose pages, photocopies, half a boxed set, a shoebox of dice. Bring all of it; just don't throw any of it out first.
Cite This Guide
Eldred, J. (June 2026). Donate Your D&D Collection in Albuquerque — Free Pickup. New Mexico Literacy Project.
https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-dungeons-dragons-books-albuquerque
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.