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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 1637071" data-attributes="member: 18549">Not to sound elitist or cruel, but...So when did WotC start to care whether poor kids could play their games?&nbsp; That's like saying that BMW and Mercedes should be concerned that lower income families can't afford their cars.&nbsp; D&amp;D is a luxury item.&nbsp; It's an expensive hobby, and the intent is not to get as many people as possible playing, from as many different backgrounds as possible.&nbsp; The intent is to get those of us who have some disposable income to spend that disposable income on their books and accessories.&nbsp; Whether it's nice or not, Wizards is not in it to help poor kids have fun.&nbsp; They're in it to make money, and you make money by selling expensive books to people who can afford them.I'm not sure I see how you could argue that people who can't afford to buy WotC books as they're currently priced ought to be able to buy them to play the game.&nbsp; I mean, it's a hobby.&nbsp; It's not like these are groceries or textbooks.&nbsp; We might as well be discussing the economics of yacht racing or rock climbing or hang gliding.&nbsp; Should these hobbies also be made cheaper so that lower income families can afford them?&nbsp; I don't see why.&nbsp; Some things are just expensive, and not everyone gets to do them.&nbsp; I, for example, will probably never go yacht racing.&nbsp; Big loss there, I know, but I'll live.&nbsp; In this case, D&amp;D books are expensive because that's the price people will pay for it.&nbsp; If the hobby is too expensive for some people to get into it, they'll find other hobbies.&nbsp; I find it hard to see how there's some moral imperative to get poor kids into the RPG hobby.&nbsp; RPGs aren't that important.&nbsp; It's just a game.&nbsp; Maybe they'd rather be doing something else anyway.And even if it's imperative that every boy and girl across the world be given the opportunity to hack and slash with our small community of fantasy adventure enthusiasts, there are a heck of a lot of people willing to sell their 3.0 books real cheap.It might be nice if WotC lowered their prices or started giving away books to help low income people join the hobby, and I welcome them to do so for philanthropic reasons, but so long as their intention is to make money, it's not going to happen.edited for clarity and extra comments</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 1637071, member: 18549"] [b]Not to sound elitist or cruel, but...[/b] So when did WotC start to care whether poor kids could play their games? That's like saying that BMW and Mercedes should be concerned that lower income families can't afford their cars. D&D is a luxury item. It's an expensive hobby, and the intent is not to get as many people as possible playing, from as many different backgrounds as possible. The intent is to get those of us who have some disposable income to spend that disposable income on their books and accessories. Whether it's nice or not, Wizards is not in it to help poor kids have fun. They're in it to make money, and you make money by selling expensive books to people who can afford them. I'm not sure I see how you could argue that people who can't afford to buy WotC books as they're currently priced ought to be able to buy them to play the game. I mean, it's a hobby. It's not like these are groceries or textbooks. We might as well be discussing the economics of yacht racing or rock climbing or hang gliding. Should these hobbies also be made cheaper so that lower income families can afford them? I don't see why. Some things are just expensive, and not everyone gets to do them. I, for example, will probably never go yacht racing. Big loss there, I know, but I'll live. In this case, D&D books are expensive because that's the price people will pay for it. If the hobby is too expensive for some people to get into it, they'll find other hobbies. I find it hard to see how there's some moral imperative to get poor kids into the RPG hobby. RPGs aren't that important. It's just a game. Maybe they'd rather be doing something else anyway. And even if it's imperative that every boy and girl across the world be given the opportunity to hack and slash with our small community of fantasy adventure enthusiasts, there are a heck of a lot of people willing to sell their 3.0 books real cheap. It might be nice if WotC lowered their prices or started giving away books to help low income people join the hobby, and I welcome them to do so for philanthropic reasons, but so long as their intention is to make money, it's not going to happen. [i]edited for clarity and extra comments[/i] [/QUOTE]

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