Ruin Explorer
Legend
I avoid buying anything that I know I would never run, is about the best I can say!
Generally I only buy RPGs now under one of two conditions:
1) I am definitely interested in this RPG and would like to run/play it, regardless of whether or not that actually happens.
2) This RPG sounds extremely intriguing and I can't find out enough about it to determine that I would never run it, so I decide to risk it.
Re: supplements etc. - I usually manage to limit those to games I definitely want to run and am excited about after reading the core book, but there have been a couple of times where I've ended up buying supplements for an RPG I couldn't tell if I wanted to run until I had the supplements that covered X.
If I know I dislike a system I'm pretty good at never buying anything for it. E.g. Cypher system, terrible system on so many levels (imho), like worst of so many worlds, so despite some vaguely intriguing stuff, I've never bought anything past Numenera and a couple of books for that.
I no longer buy hardcopy RPGs as I'm still trying to work out how to get rid out huge amounts of material from the 1990s which I will definitely never use. It's a pity as there are a few RPGs I'd love to have in hardcopy, but living in the UK I just don't have the room.
Generally I only buy RPGs now under one of two conditions:
1) I am definitely interested in this RPG and would like to run/play it, regardless of whether or not that actually happens.
2) This RPG sounds extremely intriguing and I can't find out enough about it to determine that I would never run it, so I decide to risk it.
Re: supplements etc. - I usually manage to limit those to games I definitely want to run and am excited about after reading the core book, but there have been a couple of times where I've ended up buying supplements for an RPG I couldn't tell if I wanted to run until I had the supplements that covered X.
If I know I dislike a system I'm pretty good at never buying anything for it. E.g. Cypher system, terrible system on so many levels (imho), like worst of so many worlds, so despite some vaguely intriguing stuff, I've never bought anything past Numenera and a couple of books for that.
I no longer buy hardcopy RPGs as I'm still trying to work out how to get rid out huge amounts of material from the 1990s which I will definitely never use. It's a pity as there are a few RPGs I'd love to have in hardcopy, but living in the UK I just don't have the room.