Tinker Gnome
Adventurer
Do you just HAVE to have everything related to your favorite game? Or do you just like to get the core book(s) and that is it?
How much of a Collector are you?
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Tinker Gnome
Adventurer
Right you are.
I myself probably fit more under the "Collector" label. I Collect different types of RPGs(Although my collection of stuff is very small compared to most collectors) but I do not have the urge to have every single supplement from every RPG.
El Mahdi
Muad'Dib of the Anauroch
Hi, I'm El Mahdi, and I'm an RPG addict collector.
When I was single and new to the game, I had to have every single thing published for D&D. At the same time, when a friend of mine got me to play Rifts and Palladium, I had to have everything that concerned my Rifts and Palladium characters and the campaign world. Completist? Oh, Yeah!
And miniatures ... whoo, don't get me started on miniatures. I easily have over 500 miniatures. I couldn't resist a cool new miniature, or a monster I didn't have a version of, or a new pose, or a race/class/weapon combo I didn't have, or a ....
... you get the picture. Related to miniatures was that damn Pirates of the Spanish Main card game. Once I started playing that, I had to have every single ship (didn't end up with a complete collection, but I did have a complete collection of all American ships through like the fifth set - those things are plastic crack
).
Now that I'm married, I'm a lot more selective and self limiting on what I spend on games. If I had the money, Yeah, I'd buy every damn game out there. But alas, I'm just not that wealthy. It's a hard pill to swallow, but I've learned to live with it.
When I was single and new to the game, I had to have every single thing published for D&D. At the same time, when a friend of mine got me to play Rifts and Palladium, I had to have everything that concerned my Rifts and Palladium characters and the campaign world. Completist? Oh, Yeah!
And miniatures ... whoo, don't get me started on miniatures. I easily have over 500 miniatures. I couldn't resist a cool new miniature, or a monster I didn't have a version of, or a new pose, or a race/class/weapon combo I didn't have, or a ....
... you get the picture. Related to miniatures was that damn Pirates of the Spanish Main card game. Once I started playing that, I had to have every single ship (didn't end up with a complete collection, but I did have a complete collection of all American ships through like the fifth set - those things are plastic crack).Now that I'm married, I'm a lot more selective and self limiting on what I spend on games. If I had the money, Yeah, I'd buy every damn game out there. But alas, I'm just not that wealthy. It's a hard pill to swallow, but I've learned to live with it.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
I'm sadly both a collector and a completionist... shelf space has become a serious issue... 
Treebore
First Post
I'm a collector to be sure, and a completionist when I can afford to be, which is all to rarely. However I do not obsess over condition. As long as its complete, intact (no cover separation, loose pages, etc...), and usable I don't care. The only reason I have new still in shrink wrap stuff is because it was back when I had a lot more spare cash to waste and I have 3 kids who all game with me. So I used to buy 3 copies of everything so that they could each inherit their own copy. Now I can't do that, and haven't been able to do that for about 3 years.
So I am a collector, but "fair" to "good" is acceptable to me. I want it to use, not to sit on a shelf to gather dust that I have to dust off.
So I am a collector, but "fair" to "good" is acceptable to me. I want it to use, not to sit on a shelf to gather dust that I have to dust off.
Oryan77
Adventurer
That's exactly how I am. Even when I collected comic books, I had to have all of them from the series I liked, but I wanted to read them, not just own them. So I don't care about the condition as long as it doesn't have highlighting or writing in it. And the cover must be intact.
I am not a collector or completionist. While, I don't buy only the core books, I don't buy everybook for a game that I play nor do I pick up games just to check them out.
Unless I am buying a pdf for a dollar or two, I always check out a product and buy what I think I will use whether for mechanical/options, genre, or setting adaptation (the latter includes Earthdawn, Shadowrun, L5r, 7th Sea, where I like the setting, but not the mechanics). If I happen to buy a game or supplement and decide that I don't like it, I will return it or sell it rather than keep it (even if it means holding on to it until the next con).
Unless I am buying a pdf for a dollar or two, I always check out a product and buy what I think I will use whether for mechanical/options, genre, or setting adaptation (the latter includes Earthdawn, Shadowrun, L5r, 7th Sea, where I like the setting, but not the mechanics). If I happen to buy a game or supplement and decide that I don't like it, I will return it or sell it rather than keep it (even if it means holding on to it until the next con).
