There's a great quote in Harlan Ellison's "Paladin of the Last Hour." One character is visiting another's apartment for the first time. The latter's living room is filled with shelves of used paperbacks, wall-to-wall. The former says, "Wow, have you read all these books?" The latter replies, "Of course not."
I'm always looknig forward to new releases, even though it just adds to a huge pile of game books that I have yet to read. I like buying new, spiffy games. I find it *fun*. I like having my gaming shelf groan under the weight of all the product. I like going to my game shelf and discovering some cool game that I totally forgot about.
Granted, it's gotten to a point where even I (yes, *I*, not my wife) feel the need to cut back on the shopping, because I know I already have a lot of stuff I haven't even used, and because I'm slowly getting better at focusing on a few key product lines that I know will likely see actual play. (Core D&D, Eberron, and HERO, mostly.)
Still, I'm kind of a collector. I enjoy games as reading material, and some products are just too dang cool to pass up. I mean, I'll probably never get to play
Burning Wheel, but I'll be damnded if I'm not going to buy every product Luke Crane puts out. BW is just too darn cool!
IMHO, we're in a real golden age of quality RPG product right now. Being weak-willed, like I am, is harder than ever.
