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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6562220" data-attributes="member: 2067">I think what some people are telling you is that, to find out if you will enjoy these books, it makes some sense to play the game &quot;for free&quot; and see what you like about it and what you don't like about it. Then, rather than listening to random jerks on the internet like me, you can use your own brain and experience to find out if the book is a worthwhile purchase for you.And I think you already suspect that you will enjoy these books - you're curious, you've picked them up, you are engaged - you maybe just don't know if you will fifty dollars enjoy these books. If that PHB you held was $20, you'd have bought it already, yeah?So lets put it this way: what would you spend that money on otherwise? If you're choosing between the PHB and necessary medical expenses or rent or gas money, no, don't buy it. If you're choosing between the PHB and other RPG products, I'd say spend money on what you know you're going to see actually in play - it's worth buying over Supplement X that will never see play at your table, but it's not worth buying over Core Rulebook Z that you've been meaning to get to keep up with the rest of the group for a while now. If you're choosing between the PHB and, I dunno, a nice steak dinner with your Significant Other? Well, the PHB might win in some circumstances (like: your SO would play D&amp;D5e with you!) and might not be in others (like: you've been in the doghouse for not spending enough time with your SO and your anniversary is coming up and...). For me it was worth it because I was annoyed with 3e and had a bit of love/hate with 4e and didn't want to return to the days of THAC0 and enjoyed the &quot;big, simple decisions&quot; design principles and had a group I could talk into playing. And also my wife was cool with it (she's a vegetarian anyway!). I imagine for you, if it is worth it, it'll be worth it for your own idiosyncratic reasons, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6562220, member: 2067"] I think what some people are telling you is that, to find out if you will enjoy these books, it makes some sense to play the game "for free" and see what you like about it and what you don't like about it. Then, rather than listening to random jerks on the internet like me, you can use your own brain and experience to find out if the book is a worthwhile purchase for you. And I think you already suspect that you will enjoy these books - you're curious, you've picked them up, you are engaged - you maybe just don't know if you will [I]fifty dollars[/I] enjoy these books. If that PHB you held was $20, you'd have bought it already, yeah? So lets put it this way: what would you spend that money on otherwise? If you're choosing between the PHB and necessary medical expenses or rent or gas money, no, don't buy it. If you're choosing between the PHB and other RPG products, I'd say spend money on what you know you're going to see actually in play - it's worth buying over Supplement X that will never see play at your table, but it's not worth buying over Core Rulebook Z that you've been meaning to get to keep up with the rest of the group for a while now. If you're choosing between the PHB and, I dunno, a nice steak dinner with your Significant Other? Well, the PHB might win in some circumstances (like: your SO would play D&D5e with you!) and might not be in others (like: you've been in the doghouse for not spending enough time with your SO and your anniversary is coming up and...). For me it was worth it because I was annoyed with 3e and had a bit of love/hate with 4e and didn't want to return to the days of THAC0 and enjoyed the "big, simple decisions" design principles and had a group I could talk into playing. And also my wife was cool with it (she's a vegetarian anyway!). I imagine for you, if it is worth it, it'll be worth it for your own idiosyncratic reasons, too. [/QUOTE]

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