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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Griffonsec" data-source="post: 2764277" data-attributes="member: 37817">My information about SJGames comes from a conversation I had yesterday with someone who worked there until a couple months ago and still has friends there.  If I'm wrong I appologize, not trying to start any rumors, just using an example of something I believe to be true.  From what I was told the person they hired to help reorganize was fired and several people may be walking out with him.I am not, however, directly affiliated with SJ in any way, so if I'm wrong I appologize to affronted parties.As to cost per page being a good measurement, I'll agree with that, which is why I used books that I feel are shining examples.  If I were only counting the pages I used (a even more subjective measurement) in something like the DMG II then the value per page would be more like $5.00 per page instead of $0.17.I'm only commenting on factors that stop me from buying books that I otherwise would, not trying to guess at the value of something I have no interest in.I'll use the example of a book, I believe it was called the Foundation: A World in Black and White.  Written by Eric Metcalf, and released by Nightshift Games.  I remember all of that because it was the single worst purchase of gaming materials that I have ever made in 23 years of playing.  Because of that book I am d20 shy and no longer buy books because they "look cool."  Because of that book I always second guess any books by those people involved in its production.  That book cost me $20, and it is a 128 page count (I believe).  That does not make it worth $0.16 per page, it just means that's what I paid for it.  As far as value is concerned I could have gotten more use out of my $20 if I had wiped my ass with it.No, price per page and frequency of editions alone does not make a good judge of a book.  But it does serve as a rather effective way of narrowing the field from among books that you already would like to buy.</blockquote>

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