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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 4814156" data-attributes="member: 1106">I think that this is the feeling that keeps people buying the bright shinies.  That keeps us "keeping up."  The promise of new toys....even when few have played out the old ones.  For example, hands up who's played all their Dungeon magazine back issues?  Thought so.Also, the joy of spending cannot be underestimated in our capitalist little culture, where we alleviate boredom and try to fill the emotional holes inside ourselves (better filled by social contact) by buying ticky-tacky.  If that compulsion seizes you, there's 30 years of OOP material to buy and adapt, which, due to the wonders of ebay and amazon, are still readily available.  Maybe try an RC compatible [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Catalog-Dungeons-Dragons-Accessory/dp/1560765933/"]monster manual[/ame] or microcosmic [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Rift-Accessory-Dungeons-Dragons/dp/1560763817"]campaign setting[/ame].Alternatively, you could just buy a copy of the RC (or four) and spend what you've saved by getting off the release treadmill on <a href="http://www.eaieducation.com/531346.html" target="_blank">masses of really cheap dice</a> or <a href="http://www.crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CC&Category_Code=DS" target="_blank">just a handful of dice that betray conspicuous consumption</a>.  Or collect minis, but in the liberating knowledge that the RC doesn't really need them.  But the real saving is arguably time.  It takes time to keep up with and adapt to all this new stuff.I read a quote today about the downfall of the global financial market due to innovations in derivatives.  The nobel laureate economist pointed out that "like the effects of change, the effects of innovation are neither necessarily good or bad; they are neutral."  So you're not necessarily missing out on anything by stepping off the release treadmill.  Something else I read recently - a book called Affluenza - pointed out that the typical goals in capitalist society are, from a certain frame of reference, somewhat mad (e.g. spending our lives paying off large houses that we spend little time in and just serve to isolate the family members in different rooms, or putting off our happiness till retirement).  I'd suggest recognising that madness in your own buying habits and don't be afraid to step off the beaten path, because it's not necessarily taking those people anywhere happier.</blockquote>

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