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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InzeladunMaster" data-source="post: 1543577" data-attributes="member: 9774">I disagree.  Using multiple resources is time consuming in and of itself.  I find their use to be one of efficiency; why should I invent a wheel if someone else has already done it for me?  I also find their use to be one of inspiration; sometimes I figure out ways to reverse engineer an idea I sort of like and turn it into something I adore.  I have found that when I am short on time, I either stick to the core books, or use no books at all.  The books are time consuming.  But they are nice because someone thinks the rules are balanced well enough for play - I get nervous about some player created material, as I have doubts about my ability to make a solid adjudication about it (I have much more faith in Bob and Chris to make a good judgement than in myself).As for players, I find the purchase of books to a sign of excitement about the game, indicitive of a desire to add to the world, add to their characters, add to their knowledge about the game, their chosen hobby.  If you are going to take up a hobby, why do it half-assed?  Hobbyists buy things they never use in almost all hobbies.  Photographers buy lenses they use but rarely, but purchased on the off-chance the opportunity might arise; coin collectors buy coin storage books, some of which they use, others they do not... it is a sign of excitement, not an overabundance of wealth.  Imagine if you will the photography enthusiast who does not own a camera, but walks around borrowing people's cameras, then giving the owners of said cameras his address in hopes they will send him the pictures he took.  Many chess enthusiasts have multiple chess boards.  Many board game enthusiasts have multiple versions of their favourite games, or purchase add-ons or expansions.  None of those are necessary for the game, as the basic game is fine, but add variety and excitement.  The core rules definitely see the most use in my games as well, but I do like expanding my options - and the options of my players.I guess I see the additional books as 'expansion sets' for the game, similar to the expansion sets found for Axis and Allies, Settlers of Kataan, and a thousand other games.  The basic games are fine and completely suit the need, but still we buy the expansions.  I can draw with a #2 pencil just fine, but I like to expand and have multiple pencils of differing hardnesses and so forth.  Certainly this is also not a case of lack of time (I can draw faster with just a #2), but one of preference.  Just another way to expand my hobby and my skill sets.  Expansion sets, be it new books, add-ons to games, add-ons to cars, owning more swords/foils/epees than one has hands to use them in at one time, upgrading the computer or more dice or pencils, are about hobby enthusiasm, not about a lack of time or an over-abundance of money.</blockquote>

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