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

[Umbran]

I own far more gaming material than I could reasonably use unless I won the lottery and gamed full-time. Most of the purchases were for intended use - but sometimes only as one-shots, or short campaigns, and the like.

So, effectively, much of it winds up only for reading.

 

[BOZ]

basically, what umbran said applies for me too.

some books, like Lords of Madness, i bought for cool reading material (and possible inspiration). which is not to say that i won't, or don't plan on using it, but it doesn't bother me that the material might not see use in a game i run.

now, Fiendish Codex I, i plan on reading the hell out of, and i will base a campaign around it if i can ever find the time to put it together.

 

[The Shaman]

No.

I may not use a gaming supplement with the system for which it's intended, but I will find ways to incorporate material from the book into the games I am playing, or I won't buy it.

Though some gaming books are a pleasure to read, I don't buy game books for pleasure reading.

 

[The_Gneech]

Yes; fairly often in fact. But sometimes stuff I bought just to read ends up getting used, and vice versa.

-The Gneech

 

[Turjan]

I voted Yes. I even buy other books just to read them .

 

[RobotRobotI]

I collect tabletop (core) books.

 

[Voadam]

Absolutely.

 

[Jdvn1]

Reading this thread, I kept thinking, "... What? Why? I wish I had that kind of money to spend."

Then I remembered I did do that with one book. Phooey.

 

[Psion]

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.

 

[James Heard]

I buy all sorts of books just to read them. Heck, I even buy art just to look at it. I know, I'm a rebel.