D&D 5E How many 5e core books does your gaming group have?

[Tormyr]

I have had up to 7 players at my table, but I have not had an accurate count of anything beyond PHBs which everyone has.
8 PHBs
2-3 MMs
2-3 DMGs

 

[Shiroiken]

Out of nine people, I know we have at least:

1 Starter Set
9 PHB
3 MM
3 DMG
1 HotDQ
1 RoT

We probably have one more of each, less the PHB, but I can't confirm that. It might be important to know that we have 3 active games with different DMs, and at least 1 of those DMs is also running in OP.

 

[samursus]

My group of 3 couples and 1 guy has 5 PHB's, 1 DMG, 1MM, 1 Starter set, 1 HotDQ, 1 RoT. I bought all the non-PHB's, being the DM. I also have the DM Screen and pre-ordered Princes of the Apocalypse. Loving me some 5e. This is the most we have played since BEMCI.

 

[delericho]

My group is currently sitting at 67 members, although of these maybe 20 are reglaularly active. I believe there are 3 people who have 5e books - 3 sets of the core, 2 copies of HotDQ, plus 1 each of Rise and the Starter Set. I don't think anyone has any third-party material. It's probably worth noting that thus far we've played barely any 5e, and no full campaigns yet.

Those figures are broadly comparable with other games: most often, only our GMs buy any books, but those GMs tend to buy a lot of books. D&D (various editions), and to a lesser extent Pathfinder, seem to be something of an exception to that GM-only rule - because these games are played vastly more often than others, it's not entirely unknown for players to buy the PHB/Core Rulebook.

 

[Abraxas]

Group of 8
4 starter sets
6 PHB
5 DMG
5 MM
3 DM screens
1 HotDQ
1 Rot

 

[DaveDash]

6 players.

2xPHB.
2xDMG.
2xMM.
1xStarter Set.
1xHoTDQ.

 

[Pickles JG]

6 players.

6xPHB
1xDMG
2xMM
2xStarter Set
1xHoTDQ

 

[JeffB]

0.

One starter kit and the Basic PDFs.

 

[Inchoroi]

My group has...

3 PHBs
2 DMGs
2 MMs
1 starter set

As much as I want to support the brand, I couldn't bring myself to purchase Tyranny of Dragons, after reading a copy at work.

 

[Sacrosanct]

So looking at the replies that have some solid #'s to go by, here's where we're at:

79 players
63 PHB
28 DMG
28 MM