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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 8261843" data-attributes="member: 7028554">This kind of calculation really bums me out, and doesn't make a ton of sense to me, either. -Comparing gaming to most other kinds of entertainment is apples and oranges stuff. Most people aren't watching Netflix with a whole group of friends, and entertainment always varies in cost. A musical is more than a movie ticket is more than a rental. Closest thing to gaming for most people is probably going out for drinks, and that's very expensive, and something tons of people do, and not something that really makes sense to break down on an hourly basis.-It's not like your PHB or other book bursts into flames after a set amount of time. And really how often do you have a gaming group where everyone is buying all or any of the books? The person GMing is usually bearing the brunt of the expenses, but hopefully the GM enjoys reading those books--requires them to be well-written and engaging, and not just another 100 pages of 5E feats and spells. But also a handful of books can provide literally years of gaming. It's only when people can't come up with their own material and have to buy tons of printed adventures that things get expensive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grendel_Khan, post: 8261843, member: 7028554"] This kind of calculation really bums me out, and doesn't make a ton of sense to me, either. -Comparing gaming to most other kinds of entertainment is apples and oranges stuff. Most people aren't watching Netflix with a whole group of friends, and entertainment always varies in cost. A musical is more than a movie ticket is more than a rental. Closest thing to gaming for most people is probably going out for drinks, and that's very expensive, and something tons of people do, and not something that really makes sense to break down on an hourly basis. -It's not like your PHB or other book bursts into flames after a set amount of time. And really how often do you have a gaming group where everyone is buying all or any of the books? The person GMing is usually bearing the brunt of the expenses, but hopefully the GM enjoys reading those books--requires them to be well-written and engaging, and not just another 100 pages of 5E feats and spells. But also a handful of books can provide literally years of gaming. It's only when people can't come up with their own material and have to buy tons of printed adventures that things get expensive. [/QUOTE]

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