How big is your RPG collection?

[megamania]

Wow...41 Colossal Collections and counting. I knew these folks were out there, but I didn't realize how many: 25% of the 167 votes so far. Yeah, I know that is a small sample size, but I was expecting a larger percentage in the Large-to-Gargantuan range. It makes me, with a Huge collection, feel rather humble ..

I figured a more balanced grouping also. But then again.... I'm not that surprised...

I probably should have clarified no magazines or novels, but I guess there is nothing wrong with counting those. Where before I was teetering between Large and Huge, my box of old Dragon magazines puts me squarely into Huge.

Even without those I suspect I'm over the thousands. The magazines sometimes have more usable stuff within them than a few of the books I've gotten over the years. As for the novels.... Darksun I reread all the 2e novels several times and entered them into my timetable. I have a general idea of when Rikus fought Hamanu in Urik and when Agis fought a charmed giant and when Pavek tried to kill himself before Hamnanu came for him. They have as much campaign ideas / material as many accessory books.

Its all about how you use them.

 

[megamania]

I have roughly 1800 RPG books, about 850 periodicals and exactly 5762 minis.

But surprisingly few dice. I still use my original set of dice dating back to about 1985.

DICE!

30 sets......

Players hate it when I pull out the red pearled dice.... my first set. They roll well when I need them to.

 

[Treebore]

Last time I counted dice I had over 1285 of them. It looked to me like I had at least 200 more to go. I have bought over 300 dice since then, so I might have over 2,000 dice. I am very close to that if not there.

Miniatures I do not have a lot of. I might break 200. I went the token route. They take up much less space. Tokens I have thousands of, mostly because I ran several mass battles, so I needed a lot, even as units rather than singles.

 

[MonsterMash]

About 70-80 books and printed magazines. There is plenty for me to game with and I don't have a blazing urge to add much more.

 

[Scurvy_Platypus]

I own 253 games. It doesn't include pdfs of various things I own. There's a few things that I haven't gotten around to adding, but it's at least confirmed at 253+

rpg.net actually has a thing where you can tap into their rpg index. My list is here:
Scurvy_Platypus Game Collection - RPGnet RPG Game Index

Having a list like this is handy... if something ever happens to your collection and you've got insurance, it's awfully nice to be able to simply hand it over.

Plus, it's sort of the rpg equivalent of dogs sniffing each other... "Hey dude..." *sniff* *sniff* "Ooooh. Nice. I see you've got Talislanta." *sniff* *sniff* "And... Battlelords of the 23rd Century? Interesting."

 

[HeavensThunderHammer]

I think this thread makes it obvious that the RPG industry really makes its money on the collectors.

 

[Treebore]

I think this thread makes it obvious that the RPG industry really makes its money on the collectors.

Why do you think WOTC made it so big in the first place? They knew how powerful "You gotta collect them all!" is.

 

[spades1013]

No idea exactly how many. I'd guess I rank either Gargantuan or Colossal.

 

[spades1013]

And, this was last year, I've since removed anything not RPG related and filled the space with new books.

 

[HeavensThunderHammer]

And, this was last year, I've since removed anything not RPG related and filled the space with new books.

Well... I believe that is probably colossal. Good chance of it anyhow, and I'm a statistician by profession.

So out of curiosity, how much do you spend per month on gaming books?