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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7809594" data-attributes="member: 6716779">New Zealand, shipping costs make the books marginally cheaper than the FLGS that charges $65-$75 for 5E stuff.A phb at $65 is about the same price as 3 dozen decent beers.So the upfront cost is quite steep. A lot of students here and rent is expensive so you can buy 2-3 books or pay your rent for the week.Not expensive as such and cheap compared to some other hobbies but a few people don't have any hobbies that cost money.&nbsp; You can take a good guess at a few players backgrounds by the way they're dressed or what tablet they're carrying aka what mummy and daddy bought them.Hence an earlier comment about it's mostly a white middle class game here. FLGS might have 30 people playing, but yeah guess who's playing it.&nbsp; Each group might have 1-3 women in it which is new but it's 90-100% white mostly students and the local uni is heavily middle class and well off.Not saying it's right or wrong but a phb is more like $45 USD,&nbsp; your $27 Amazon phb will have around $14 postage on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7809594, member: 6716779"] New Zealand, shipping costs make the books marginally cheaper than the FLGS that charges $65-$75 for 5E stuff. A phb at $65 is about the same price as 3 dozen decent beers. So the upfront cost is quite steep. A lot of students here and rent is expensive so you can buy 2-3 books or pay your rent for the week. Not expensive as such and cheap compared to some other hobbies but a few people don't have any hobbies that cost money. You can take a good guess at a few players backgrounds by the way they're dressed or what tablet they're carrying aka what mummy and daddy bought them. Hence an earlier comment about it's mostly a white middle class game here. FLGS might have 30 people playing, but yeah guess who's playing it. Each group might have 1-3 women in it which is new but it's 90-100% white mostly students and the local uni is heavily middle class and well off. Not saying it's right or wrong but a phb is more like $45 USD, your $27 Amazon phb will have around $14 postage on it. [/QUOTE]

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