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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7988730" data-attributes="member: 37579">I'm a librarian. It's my literal job to keep books intact. And I can tell you that the ONLY books that remain intact are ones not being read.The only way you can ensure you always have that library of physical books is to never, ever read them. Otherwise the glue cracks and pages fall out, pages get torn, drinks get spilt, pets and children get at them, etc.I have lost multiple gaming books to Act of Dog.Exactly! I got into D&D in the early '90s and didn't get interested in the history of the game until the '00s. I still have no problems tracking down a copy of the 1e core rulebooks for a song.And I needn't have bothered as I can have a perfect mint condition copy printed for me in my choice of hard or softcover: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dmsguild.com/product/17003/Players-Handbook-1e[/URL]If someone wants to get the physical books after they lose access to DnDBeyond sometime in the next twenty years I guarantee there will be zero problems.Losing digital access doesn't mean the game will suddenly, magically vanish.Yes. I also have zero copies of the non-core 4e books despite having paid hundreds of dollars to DDI. Not that I noticed after November 2010 because I stopped playing 4e then and likely won't play it ever again. And even if I did decide to have a retrospective game of 4e, again, there's Print on Demand copies and cheap used copies in many gaming and used book stores.That doesn't mean I wasted that money. Not any more than it's wasting $20 to go see a film in the theaters and only get use of it once rather than purchase it on VHS. Because you still have a VHS player, right? Do you also have a problem with Netflix and paying for that service??</blockquote>

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