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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4606272" data-attributes="member: 307">And the Monster Manual now is a much better product than it was back then:1e D&D Monster Manual: 110 pages, black and white art.3.5e Monster Manual: 319 pages, full color art, glossy paper, better quality cover and binding.So, for relatively the same amount of money, you now get three times as much book, better paper, full-color art, and a more durable book. Game books are a much better deal now than they were in the 1980s.Now, for those talking about how many people make minimum wage, and that $20 is a lot of money to them still, that's certainly true. But then again, in 1979, minimum wage was a fair amount less than it is now, so for a minimum wage earner then, it probably required four or five hours of work to earn enough money for a $12-15 book.Further, it seems to me to be not that surprising that someone who is making minimum wage would not find buying a luxury product to be particularly feasable as an option. On the other hand, in terms of entertainment per dollar, an RPG book is probably a lot less expensive than most other luxury items.</blockquote>