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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1549519" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and suggest you're buying either the wrong RPG books, or too many RPG books. I've gotten more use than that out of supplements for systems/settings i never intend to play, and i certainly <em>intend</em> to "get my money's worth" out of all the RPG books i buy, even if i haven't done so yet. Heck, just reading most RPG books could take 2hrs of, presumed, enjoyment.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand there are online-only pseudo-credit cards you can now get, for just that reason. Basically, it's an account, sort of like paypal, but that behaves like a Visa, so you can isolate yourself from fraud and theft. Sorry i don't know more--i've been meaning to look into it myself.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's no reason they couldn't. Only one i've produced so far has an index.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Um, math? If you printed 5k copies, and it cost ~$12k, the per-copy cost is ~$2.40. Anyway, how is pointing out that RPG books, which presumably have a significantly smaller market than medical texts, are cheaper than medical texts, in any way supportive of the argument that RPGs are overpriced?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You know, after all these years, i'm <em>still</em> disappointed that at no point in the 2nd movie did anyone ask Ray if he was a god, thus giving him an opportunity to say 'yes'--and probably be told by the others 'when someone asks if you are a god, you say NO!'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1549519, member: 10201"] I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and suggest you're buying either the wrong RPG books, or too many RPG books. I've gotten more use than that out of supplements for systems/settings i never intend to play, and i certainly [i]intend[/i] to "get my money's worth" out of all the RPG books i buy, even if i haven't done so yet. Heck, just reading most RPG books could take 2hrs of, presumed, enjoyment. I understand there are online-only pseudo-credit cards you can now get, for just that reason. Basically, it's an account, sort of like paypal, but that behaves like a Visa, so you can isolate yourself from fraud and theft. Sorry i don't know more--i've been meaning to look into it myself. There's no reason they couldn't. Only one i've produced so far has an index. Um, math? If you printed 5k copies, and it cost ~$12k, the per-copy cost is ~$2.40. Anyway, how is pointing out that RPG books, which presumably have a significantly smaller market than medical texts, are cheaper than medical texts, in any way supportive of the argument that RPGs are overpriced? You know, after all these years, i'm [i]still[/i] disappointed that at no point in the 2nd movie did anyone ask Ray if he was a god, thus giving him an opportunity to say 'yes'--and probably be told by the others 'when someone asks if you are a god, you say NO!' [/QUOTE]
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