So, I hate pdfs. Any advice on hating them less?

[GMMichael]

Research shows we take in less information when reading from a screen. They aren't sure why, but it might be the lack of physically turning pages, and the book smell.

Does this research only apply to people who grew up with books?

Maybe it's an object permanence thing. When you're holding a book, you know that all of the information is still there, so you can grasp it. With a screen, the only permanent part is what you're immediately observing, so you're less likely to attempt to grasp what's not there? It sounds weird, but human wiring is practical, not logical.

@lowkey13, it's probably a nostalgia thing for you. Your happy memories of reading RPGs include their physical form. Without the form, there's something missing from that happy memory.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Arilyn]

Does this research only apply to people who grew up with books?

Maybe it's an object permanence thing. When you're holding a book, you know that all of the information is still there, so you can grasp it. With a screen, the only permanent part is what you're immediately observing, so you're less likely to attempt to grasp what's not there? It sounds weird, but human wiring is practical, not logical.

@lowkey13, it's probably a nostalgia thing for you. Your happy memories of reading RPGs include their physical form. Without the form, there's something missing from that happy memory.

It may be that as we adapt to tablets, etc. that the ability to retain less information from screens will vanish. Wouldn't surprise me. It's not a huge gap to begin with, but was noticeable.

Books just feel so good in the hand.

 

[Arilyn]

I find I can easily read fluff on my kindle. Getting better with more in depth novels or non-fiction, but happily turn to books when I can. Running out of space in my house, so am collecting more and more books on my kindle. Except lately, I've been buying physical copies again...

 

[darjr]

The BiG motivation for me is carrying capacity. Mine. I’m out of encumbrance for books. I run at stores and cons and at home and while at home I have easier access to the books, the more I run with my iPad the less I use em.

 

[lowkey13]

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[S'mon]

Upload to Lulu.com and get them to print it.

 

[Arilyn]

What? You still play with those rules?

boggle

Yeah, just make a reasonable list. Your GM will never notice when it starts getting out of hand

 

[darjr]

Oh my GM noticed. I got two levels of fatigue and max HP reduced by 20%!!!

 

[Jer]

My advice is different depending on why you want to have those books.

If you intend to just read them then I wouldn't bother. It will be money wasted if you are the kind of person who can't get enjoyment out of reading material off a screen. (And I get it - it took me a long time to train my brain to be able to read for pleasure off of a screen and even now I'd rather not if I have a choice. If it weren't for the fact that ebooks are soooo cheap I never would have bothered with it.)

If you plan on running them - then it's probably worth the money if you have access to a printer. You can skim the adventures in the collection to find the ones that you will actually use and then print them for a more in depth reading or for use at the table. For the amount of stuff you get in these bundles compared to the cost it usually ends up worth it, at least for me.