Do You Sometimes Purchase RPG Books Just To Read (Not For Play Purposes)?

[pogre]

I only buy books I intend to use. If they do not get used off to ebay they go. Now, don't get me started on unpainted miniatures and good intentions....

 

[X-Marks!]

Oh Yeeeah!

Every month -- used to be pretty much every week!

 

[Wraith Form]

I am not made of money.

I am. Well, not "made" of it, but...

And I love reading RPG books.

 

[Whisper72]

Due to RL and my location in Utrecht, Netherlands with few gaming groups available, I have not been able to play a TT game in several years. I played some through PBeM, but even that is difficult to keep going on a continuous basis. So, I still buy 'all' the books, to keep up and with the wishful thinking that 'one day' I will be able to use them all...

 

[Pinotage]

Absolutely. I don't get to use half this things I buy, but I still like reading them. I might get to everything eventually!

Pinotage

 

[Jedi_Solo]

Yes. Being a player instead of a DM means I won't use as much anyway. I picked up the Draconomicon. I doubt that I will ever actuall USE the book in game. But its the Draconomicon! Or any of my Ravenloft books. I love Ravenloft.

 

[wmasters]

Well.. yes, I guess so. Most of the things I buy I intend to use at least some of it, if only as a reference tool, but it doesn't always work out that I do use it at all. Occasionally I buy things just because they're cool. The planes books seem a good example of this to me. Oh, and the Oathbound book, which I like but don't know if I'll get around to playing.

 

[jinx crossbow]

I buy a lot of RPG stuff just to read, about 50%.
Maybe some of them i will use in the furture.
Some books are just for giving ideas.
Ohers are that my table doesn't waggle anymore ;-)

Jinx

 

[Old_Man_Fish]

My campaigns are usually just vanilla. Three core books and that is it. I have all of the other books for ideas and inspiration...You can base your character off of one of the ideas in these books and I will give you a good amount of roleplaying xp if you can keep up the flavor of the PrC or Base Class without using the gobs of extra rules...

So, Yes, I buy books with no intention of "using" them....

(however, I do open up about 1 campaign in 4 where the players can use ANYTHING from a WoTC book).

 

[NiTessine]

Yeah, occasionally, though not for full price.

Actually, something like a third of my gaming collection is stuff I bought because it looked interesting, not because I had a particular desire to play it. Also, a lot of it was bought at a 90% discount. This includes things like Nobilis, Orkworld, X-Crawl and several Judge Dredd and Sláine books.