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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ddaley" data-source="post: 7809437" data-attributes="member: 82630">Um, I believe Dire Bare is arguing that games should be priced much higher... not free or low cost.  Dire Bare is saying it is fine if only a handful of people play it because only a handful of people are willing to spend the money on it.  Games stores are not going to want to carry a $250 book that is likely to sit on the shelf for 2 years.  They would prefer the $50 books that move more quickly.  And, as you get older, it is harder to find groups to play with.  If few people play a particular game, then it'll be even more challenging to find a group willing to play.Probably a lot of us began gaming when we were young.  I was around 12.  How many teenagers would be able to drop hundreds of dollars on a core rule book?  Having expensive books would stifle the younger groups.</blockquote>