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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5830087" data-attributes="member: 92305">He has no gaming books, and no, he's never on gaming sites at home. I'm the GM, and I keep the dice he owns, and I bring it to the games. We've played at his house twice, but that was because his wife and kids were out of town seeing relatives. When we play, he tells her that we're playing poker--which we do a lot of. We definitely play more poker than we game. Sometimes, it's 3-5 times a week, when we're keen to play.    We do talk about the game on the phone, but he's usually not around his wife when we speak of such things. I'll send him a text and refer to "the game", but if she ever saw it, she'd probably assume "the game" meant poker. One strange consequence with this guy (and the other who hides it from his wife). They know little about other RPGs. All they know is what I buy, play, and GM for them. In the distant past, when we were in our 20's (I've known most of these guys for going on 30 years or more), I'd take up a collection to buy gaming materials. Every once in a while, I'd get $20 bucks or so from everyone, and that would give me $100+ bucks to buy supplements and what not. I was allowed to keep the stuff because they figured, with all the time I put into the game as GM, I deserved it.  So, traditionally, I'm the one with all the books. None of my players, really, ever buy anything.  Now that we're all in our 40's and have more disposable income, I usually just buy what we need without having to ask for help as I did back when I was in college working for just over minimum wage.  Even for my current Conan game, I've got three Core Rulebooks that we pass around at the game. But, I keep them at my place, though. In fact, this gamer we're talking about gave me as a gift for this Christmas a document tote. It's a plastic crate connected to a handle and wheels like you'd see on a piece of luggage. When our game comes up (we usually don't game at my place), I'll take what we need, now that I have it, and carry or wheel the crate to the game.</blockquote>

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