Do you buy new versions of TTRPG games when you haven't had time to play the older version sitting on your shelf?

[Thomas Shey]

Occasionally, if the new version sounds interesting. Sometimes the'll address some of the reasons I didn't end up running the old one. Eclipse Phase 2e comes to mind.

 

[overgeeked]

It depends. If the new version seems to have changes I regard as improvements, yes. If not, no.

Yeah. Basically the same for me.

I’m fine collecting games if there’s a big draw for me but I’d rather actually play them. Like Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme. If I never get it to the table it’ll still be money well spent as the game is hilarious and filled with some deep, deep cuts.

This is also one of the big draws of light universal systems. Buy one game and use it to run dozens of neat ideas across any number of settings.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If I think it’s a good game? Absolutely!

 

[jdrakeh]

It depends. If the new version seems to have changes I regard as improvements, yes. If not, no.

This is a big motivator for me. If the first printing of a game has excessive errata and the new version addresses that? Yes. I'll absolutely buy that new version.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Hmm. Judging by the evidence... No. No I will not buy the new edition if haven't had my fill of the old edition.

Somehow this is surprising to me.

 

[Doc_Klueless]

Depends.

Did I buy it, but not read it? No.
Did I read it, liked it, but never got the time to play it? No.
Did I read it, saw several things that I felt were flaws and the new edition addresses those flaws? Maybe.

 

[Theory of Games]

After dumping unbelievable amounts of coin on PF1e and M&M2e/3e, I stopped last year. Now I read reviews of new games and watch streamed actual plays. Unlike many of my fellow gamers, I found my "desert island games" for every genre so continued searching is pointless.

If you find the person of your dreams, you don't continue looking - you marry them and settle down

 

[The Soloist]

No, for me, 1-hour of time spent reading or playing an RPG is worth $25 of entertainment. I do not allow myself to buy a new edition of an RPG unless I've 'repaid' myself by using the older one. Since I've started soloing, not playing a game I bought is practically impossible.

 

[Edgar Ironpelt]

Very rarely.

One noteworthy case was D&D: I bought 3.0 and 3.5 even though I wasn't finding time to play earlier editions. I was playing other games instead. 3.X brought me back to playing and GMing D&D. (And then 4e, and beyond lost me again.)

But on those rare occasions where I do buy a new edition, it will be usually be for the same reason I bought the unplayed old edition: To see how other people do things, and to get inspiration for my own house rules and homebrews.

 

[KYRON45]

I'd say the vast majority of the RPG books on my shelf have never been opened more than once.
I'm sure this will be true of the 5 Kickstarters I'm currently waiting for as well. Not to mention the 2 current Kickstarters that I'm considering.
I'm just a guy that likes shiny, shiny things.