How much have you spent so far in D&D?

[Desdichado]

I got a bunch of stuff for free or cheap at various venues -- gamesday got me a few books, a going out of business sale got me at least half a dozen.

Anyway, what I've actually paid doesn't represent what my collection is worth I don't think. I picked the $500-$1000 option, but that's really just a wild guesstimate, and the more I think about it, the more I wonder if I'm not being way too conservative.

I guess I don't want to admit to myself that I've spent over $1000 on d20 books...

 

[diaglo]

more than $3000 on minis
more than $2000 on dice
more than $1500 on 3 modules alone
more than $150 on Original D&D (1974)
more than $1200 on 1edADnD
more than $500 on Basic, Expert, Companion, Masters, Immortals D&D
more than $2000 on 2edADnD
more than $1000 on d20 junk

 

[Zappo]

I've spent less than 200$. We generally divide costs for new manuals among ourselves, and even though I am the one that spends the most, I doubt I've broken 200$ on D&D 3.0/3.5 only.
If you were to count d20 stuff, such as warcraft, ravenloft, star wars... then I think I would easily go over 200$.
If you counted 2e and OD&D stuff as well, it would be more than 500$, probably close to 1000$.

Nevertheless, I am still convinced that the hobby is cheap. I didn't need anything beyond the core manuals. All I've bought, I did because I could afford it - but if I couldn't, I would have gamed all the same.

 

[DaveMage]

I have spent far more than $1,000 on 3/3.5 and d20 products.

Some people buy drugs, I buy gaming books.

 

[Henry]

In all honesty, somewhere around 400 to 500 dollars. I probably OWN more than that, but birthdays are a godsend.

Over all time, I've spent probably close to 10,000 dollars on D&D/AD&D/3E, and maybe another 3000 dollars on other RPG's (I'll still never probably play Lost Souls, Tales from the Floating Vagabond, or Twilight 2000 original.

But overall, FAR more than is healthy.

Yes, you CAN get by cheaply in this hobby, as some of my players have never owned a PHB! But then, this survey I think will be badly skewed because the fact that we participate in this community means we LOVE D&D, a lot of us are DM's, and we likely own six times as much as any player who is NOT a DM.

(Yes, Diaglo, I know I play with a bunch of slackers.) But of my group, two of the other gamers is just as bad as I am; One is a fellow DM, and the other one just loves collecting game books, and has never bit the bullet to be a GM of any sort.

 

[Psion]

I am curious because I always used the argument that "RPG are cheap since you just need a pen and a paper, plus a few dice" to convince new players enter the game... But in this board I have learned that the majority of people rarely miss a book!

I think a lot of people on this board can be considered enthusiasts. I also think DMs generally spend more than players. A few of my players have just the core books and between 5 and 10 supplements related to their character (builder books, magic of Faerun, etc.) and interests (Bastion's Faeries, etc.)

 

[howandwhy99]

more than $3000 on minis
more than $2000 on dice
more than $1500 on 3 modules alone
more than $150 on Original D&D (1974)
more than $1200 on 1edADnD
more than $500 on Basic, Expert, Companion, Masters, Immortals D&D
more than $2000 on 2edADnD
more than $1000 on d20 junk

OMG, why aren't we playing at your house??

 

[drothgery]

I am curious because I always used the argument that "RPG are cheap since you just need a pen and a paper, plus a few dice" to convince new players enter the game... But in this board I have learned that the majority of people rarely miss a book!

Well, I buy a lot of gaming books now, and a rough estimate (by counting the number of gaming books I've got and multiplying by $20) suggests that I'm in the $500-$1000 range (closer to the low end, because some of my books were gifts, and thanks to Amazon many of them were less than $20).

But when I started gaming seriously, I was a straving college student in the last days of 2e, and I owned all of a Player's Handbook and two splatbooks. I didn't start buying lots of gaming books until I had a good job, so I could afford them, and had a regular game again.

 

[Greatwyrm]

Playing rpgs is cheap. Collecting them is not.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

I saw the poll and voted in the $1000+ catergory but in reality the amount of money I've spent on just 3e+ (not counting 1e or 2e)... well, let's just say I can't count that high. Thank God I work in a bookstore and get an employee discount.