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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 864381" data-attributes="member: 4545">I just got back from the local bookstore.  I saw Dry Land: Empire of the Sand from Thunderhead Games or more recently Mystic Eye Games.  This one was in the works while it was still Thunderhead which is why I am talking to Hal here.I am a huge fan of Bluffside.  My DM ran me through Interludes: Brief Expiditions to Bluffside and I really liked it.  Since I am a DM too, I went ahead and picked it up as well as the bigger Bluffside book.  The main Bluffside book was 144 pages for $22.95.  It's well worth it as it is one of the best city supplements to date.  Now for the tragedy.  In my local Bookstore today I find Dry Land: Empire of the Sand.  144 pages for $22.99!I am outraged!  A 4 cent increase and no increased page count?!  Blasphemy.  I know these game designers are rolling in the dough and have no sense of reality when it comes to money, but that's a .17% increase in price!!!  That comes to roughly one quarter of a page that I paid for and did not get.  I have a family to feed, I can't keep paying for a quarter of a page I never get!  I have lost all faith when even people I like and trust like Hal Greenberg sell out and reap the benefits of big time publishing like RPG books.  This is the saddest day in the history of gaming.  Ever.PS:  If you really feel this way, please speak up so I can laugh at you.  I mean comiserate with you.</blockquote>