Annual Salary?

[EricNoah]

Well let me see if I can answer my own questions...

... how much free time do you have (is it enough, just right, too much)?

I definitely have enough. I work normal business hours and I don't have to take my job home with me, plus as a teacher I have part or all of the summer off. Compared to any other person I game with I have too much. No one else in any of my groups has as much free time as I do. In fact, they have less time to game in the summer, while I have more, which makes gaming less frequent when I have the most time! Still, I can't complain -- or I'll receive a severe beating from Mrs. Noah.

A related question, I suppose, would be ... would you rather have more money or more free time (than you do right now)? And right now I'd have to say it's perfectly balanced. Enough money to live comfortably, and plenty of free time. I value my free time more than money, in general.

... how much do you spend on RPGs?

I would estimate $600 a year though it might be quite a bit more than that.

... are RPG products overpriced?

The only overpriced product is one that I don't use. Unfortunately that ends up being a fair number of them. I think I've said it elsewhere -- if I want the product (I'm sure I'm going to use it), then price is (practically) no barrier; conversely, if I'm pretty sure I'm not going to use it, then even free is too much to spend on acquiring it, storing it, keeping track of it, etc.

... how valuable is your RPG time as compared to your other off time?

My 'actually playing RPGs time' is very valuable to me. I spend a lot of time on RPGs -- the majority on reading/idea gathering/online discussion; a smaller amount of time on actual prep (though my prep often involves hours of simply mulling things over with no seeming progress, then sudden bursts of writing); and an even smaller amount of time actually playing. I have other hobbies (exercise, reading) and I'm married so maintaining/participating in/enjoying that relationship is the true center of my life, but with no kids and no other hobby that compares to RPGs (in terms of time spent, money spent, effort expended, pleasure received), the payoff -- actually playing -- is one of the most precious things to me.

 

[Wyn A'rienh]

I'll proudly stand up as one in the nothin' category. I am a stay-at-home mama to three little girls, and a full time student working on a secondary education english degree.

As to Eric's questions -
I have just enough free time.
I don't spend anything on RPGs right now. One day I will.
I would not say that RPGs are overpriced.
My RPG time is very valuable.

 

[WayneLigon]

Another DINK here.

It would be really interesting if we could cross-tabulate this poll with some others like...

... how much free time do you have (is it enough, just right, too much)?
... how much do you spend on RPGs?
... are RPG products overpriced?
... how valuable is your RPG time as compared to your other off time?

Stuff like that.

I'm in the 45-55K range. No SO, No kids, no debts save a mortgage.
1. Pretty much from 4pm to 12pm is free time for me, and the entire weekend. It literally takes a signed order from the Governor to make me work over 40 hours a week. That's happened one day in 15 years. And it's still not enough, not really.
2. Around $200 a year, total. If that. I spend more on comics than I do on RPG's because I own most of what I want, now, and most supplements and adventures are useless to me . I only buy the occassional supplement or a new edition of a favored game. Or if it has Monte Cook's name on it.
3. I'm 43. I've become my parents: everything is overpriced to me. Seriously, I think they are to some degree.
4. It rates about 8 or 9 on a 10-point scale mainly because it's also my main social interection time apart from movies and lunches and such that the group does.

 

[EricNoah]

a full time student working on a secondary education english degree.

Hey, cool, that's my BS degree, too!

 

[elrobey]

A scale that goes only to 105 is like a core class that only has 10 levels.

 

[Arnwyn]

Yep, a DINK here, as well. I assumed the poll was individual, otherwise we'd be way off it.

Another DINK here.
... how much free time do you have (is it enough, just right, too much)?
... how much do you spend on RPGs?
... are RPG products overpriced?
... how valuable is your RPG time as compared to your other off time?

... not enough (but I'm satisfied, when related to how much money I make). I work (mostly) normal business hours, never have to take work home, don't have to business travel anymore, and they don't work me like an animal. I'm at a happy state of equilibrium.

... I'd say about US$400 a year, these days. It's steadily decreasing, and is spent exclusively on Forgotten Realms products, Necromancer Games modules, and Dungeon (and now Dragon, since they added Ed Greenwood) magazine. (I'll also consider any super modules from other companies that are readily available at my LGS or super-discounted on Amazon if I can't get an opportunity to review it before I buy.) That's it. New rules are 'teh suk'.

.... some are, especially if they expect me to buy them without being able to flip through them (ie. crap distribution).

.... it's becoming over-valued. Not enough support for DMs (ie. few modules, poor distribution of modules and map products, etc) makes me question the time I'm spending. I tend to go out and golf more often these days...

 

[tarchon]

Does that assume fair market value for jewels, gems, magic items, and assorted loot?

 

[kyloss]

I'm in the bulgy area of the graph (25-35k)
free time- good but could use a little more- of just less traffic to free up off time,
average $100 per month though its not spread out that evenly
I dont find rpgs over priced I just wish I could get localy the same prices as online-though thats true for just about everything I buy. though some stuff as of late the value has gone down particularly when it is half rehash of stuff from elsewhere web other books etc.
my rpg time is very valuable to me, it is also a great excuse to get me to socialize and get out from infront of the tv.

 

[der_kluge]

I assumed individual salary, not household income, although that would make an interesting poll as well.

I could do a more complex poll, and we could include individual versus household, and then we could cross-reference that will RPG expenditures per year, and any other relevant factors if we wanted to.

That might make for some interesting marketing data, though I'm not sure what anyone here would actually do with it.

 

[drothgery]

Another DINK here.

Single, live alone, income in the $65K-$75K range.

It would be really interesting if we could cross-tabulate this poll with some others like...

... how much free time do you have (is it enough, just right, too much)?
Quite a bit; my only non-free time is work.

... how much do you spend on RPGs?

Time: 4-5 hours per week on a tabletop game, 1-4 per week on various PBP games, 5+ hours pwer week at ENWorld...
Money: Maybe $50/mo or so. A hardcover or two a month, on average.

... are RPG products overpriced?

I don't think so. There certainly haven't been any RPG products that I've refused to buy based on price.

... how valuable is your RPG time as compared to your other off time?

Since it's the biggest block of time I spend with other people who I don't work with, it's pretty valuable.