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<blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 3333299" data-attributes="member: 775">I've been gaming for almost 18 years. I had ton of books...all of the Editions of D&amp;D--except for the 1974 version. I had a bunch of modules, supplements, Dragon and Dungeon Magazine. I had a goodish collection of White Wolf stuff. I still have MERP/ROLEMASTER and WFHP. I have dice, miniatures, and terrain gallore. And then one day, just a few months ago, I looked at my huge collection and thought&quot;Dear God, I've probably spent at least $8,000 on this &quot;hobby&quot;...and where has it gotten me?&quot; The answers and thoughts to that question terrified me. Now, $8,000 over a period of 18 years equals about $444 a year. Which actually sounds about right!What's worse is that I might be moving soon and move all of that &quot;stuff.&quot; That saying is right on: &quot;The more stuff you own the more stuff ends up owning you.&quot; So I've starting selling the stuff that I don't find cool or haven't used in years. The first stuff to go was a bunch of 3.0/3.5 third party books, followed by 3.0 &quot;splat&quot; books and even the 3.0 core rules. I kept asking myself &quot;When will I use this?&quot; If the answer was &quot;probably not ever&quot; then the item came up for sale. This was soon followed by 2nd Edition books that I hadn't even glanced at in years: most of the &quot;Complete&quot; Series, some modules and the like. And then went some of the non-D&amp;D stuff: Vampire, Mage The Ascension, the old version of WHFP, and so on. I made some &quot;okay&quot; money...better than what I've seen on ebay where huge lots of D&amp;D books go for really cheap.And you know what? I've discovered that I do not even miss this stuff. In fact, I've extended this philosophy to my book collection and other aspects of my life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulrick, post: 3333299, member: 775"] I've been gaming for almost 18 years. I had ton of books...all of the Editions of D&D--except for the 1974 version. I had a bunch of modules, supplements, Dragon and Dungeon Magazine. I had a goodish collection of White Wolf stuff. I still have MERP/ROLEMASTER and WFHP. I have dice, miniatures, and terrain gallore. And then one day, just a few months ago, I looked at my huge collection and thought "Dear God, I've probably spent at least $8,000 on this "hobby"...and where has it gotten me?" The answers and thoughts to that question terrified me. Now, $8,000 over a period of 18 years equals about $444 a year. Which actually sounds about right! What's worse is that I might be moving soon and move all of that "stuff." That saying is right on: "The more stuff you own the more stuff ends up owning you." So I've starting selling the stuff that I don't find cool or haven't used in years. The first stuff to go was a bunch of 3.0/3.5 third party books, followed by 3.0 "splat" books and even the 3.0 core rules. I kept asking myself "When will I use this?" If the answer was "probably not ever" then the item came up for sale. This was soon followed by 2nd Edition books that I hadn't even glanced at in years: most of the "Complete" Series, some modules and the like. And then went some of the non-D&D stuff: Vampire, Mage The Ascension, the old version of WHFP, and so on. I made some "okay" money...better than what I've seen on ebay where huge lots of D&D books go for really cheap. And you know what? I've discovered that I do not even miss this stuff. In fact, I've extended this philosophy to my book collection and other aspects of my life. [/QUOTE]

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