How Do You Prefer To Buy Your RPG Products?

[foreverdarkwoods]

I make myself all that I can make myself (servicable dungeon tile maps for instance are easy to make).

What I can't make myself (such as rulebooks), I buy online as there is no store selling anything of the sort anywhere close.

 

[daichiasuka]

Most B&M near me are really comic book stores that have a few random books for different systems. I end up buying almost everything online.

Although I do prefer the physically book, I tend to buy PDF versions mostly due to the cost and then I print whatever I need. This is becoming less and less however due to some pretty nice digital tools and my iPad to quickly reference digital documents.

 

[Dirk Stanley]

I like Book & Mortar, probably more from nostalgia than anything else. Just going into a store makes me want to buy something - even if it is some old ragged adventure module. However, online is easier and usually cheaper. But, at the same, I don't buy a lot of new stuff either...

 

[Lord Mhoram]

If it is a physical book Brick and Mortar but 90% of my gaming purchases are PDF - those are much better purchased online.

 

[Mrdrasco]

I prefer the store for local support, I also play minuture war games and would hate to see the old gathering hole vanish.

 

[nathanexplosion]

B&M, I use online as a last resort for RPG related stuff.

 

[Arlough]

I picked other because I prefer my books in electronic format, which my FLGS isn't equipped to supply.
But many books are not available in digital, and in those cases I will give my FLGS the business [or would until they upped their prices, kicked out non-Magic: the Gathering players, and added an "aquisition fee" on all books that weren't 3.5 edition D&D.] or at the very least the locally owned bookstores.

 

[chrisdojo]

Sometimes online for price, but having a local B&M is great for event nights.

 

[Nytmare]

I try to buy all of my gaming stuff from brick and mortars. Primarily, I want to help keep the stores there. The owners are all friends of mine and I try to make sure that I spread my money around between them as much as possible. In addition to that, since I work in the entertainment industry, it's all a tax write off. (hooray!)

If I come across particular deals, or stuff with limited availability online, I might grab it however.

 

[Super Pony]

I chose "other" because I do both regularly. I thuroughly enjoy digital media, and for that I'll buy books online. I also enjoy ordering physical goods through the devil that is Amazon for friends in disparate locales. But I also feel a sense of duty and community to my local game store because they are fantastic, courteous, helpful, well stocked, and sufficiently beardy.

Gaming is also my primary hobby, so I don't find myself balancing my discretionary funds between rpg books/supplies and like...macrame.