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

[Imruphel]

Yes. I doubt that I will run any published module but I've just gotta have them all!!!

 

[francisca]

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

Never with that intent, but in practice, many books have fallen into that category. In some cases, some of the books never got read. This is why I have almost completely stopped buying new gaming material.

 

[Wombat]

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

Sure, quite often.

Since I don't box myself in with a single system, I pick up books from a variety of systems; some of the systems are not that great, so I don't want to use the system, but there are still some fascinating ideas hidden in them. And this allows me to mix and max multiple ideas from multiple sources.

Opening your mind up to possibilities is one of the fun aspects of rpgs!

 

[Aesthetic Monk]

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

No, and I barely get through much of them anymore even for play purposes. I'm more likely to use them as a reference than as something to read, at least for supplements to core books.

 

[KB9JMQ]

I used to when I was better off financially.
I know I bought the Slaver and Giant series of modules just to read at the time because there was no way my group would ever get to them. They did eventually and I had them on hand but it was not the way I intended when I bought them.
The most recent was AU. I may someday use it but I really bought it to read.

 

[Kid Socrates]

All the time -- I love reading a good gaming book. When I bought Eberron, I didn't for a second think I'd ever play in it. Got lucky there, a few campaigns (that never got going, though). I've also got Hunter: The Reckoning for the same reason -- great read.

 

[Eosin the Red]

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

WOD books intrest me as I try to put everything together. I had buckets of Vampire books (40+ though I only played the game once or twice.)

7th Sea is the same - I own almost the entire line because it is darn fine reading but I dislike the system and swashbuckling is a plague to me (in RPGs).

I have several Midnight products but could never convince my group to try the setting.

Other "Primarily for reading enjoyment" sources -- Pendragon, Harn, MERP LotR (fantastic), and Star Wars RPG.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Not as much as I used to ... I am much less likely to buy something these days I don't think I'll play with. But yeah.

Pretty much my answer.

The older I get, the less time I have so the more important the book be something I'm going to actively use.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, but it is mostly different type of games. I know I'll never run Weapons of the Gods or Blue Planet or use most of m,y GURPS books, but they are fun to read and I don't mind that. And who knows, maybe in ten years I'll be playing Weapons of the Gods.

 

[qstor]

Barely 20%, I'd say, of my books actually get used in-game. The rest are just there for ideas and inspiration.

Same with me. I have a bunch of systems I've bought and never played Like Earthdawn, Morrow Project, 7th Sea d20, Bablyon 5 d20, Castle Falkenstein just to name a few

Mike