zarionofarabel
Hero
Not a single dime. In fact, WotC hasn't got a penny from me since I purchased the 3e PHB, DMG, and MM in 2000.
D&D General How much of your annual gaming money does D&D get?
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Marc_C
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Did you buy in Pathfinder or stayed with 3e?
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing (He/They)
Out of my entire entertainment budget, I'd say it usually goes something like this:
D&D - 35%
Video Games - 20%
Other RPGs - 15%
M:tG - 10%
Television/Streaming - 20%
But here in the age of Covid-19, it looks like this at the moment:
D&D - 40%
Video Games - 35%
Other RPGs - 10%
M:tG - 0%
Television/Streaming - 15%
D&D - 35%
Video Games - 20%
Other RPGs - 15%
M:tG - 10%
Television/Streaming - 20%
But here in the age of Covid-19, it looks like this at the moment:
D&D - 40%
Video Games - 35%
Other RPGs - 10%
M:tG - 0%
Television/Streaming - 15%
billd91
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My buying has definitely evolved over the years. I think the 1990s were when I spent the most on diverse RPG materials including MegaTraveller, D&D, and Cyberpunk 2020. For much of 3e, it was just D&D and Mutants and Masterminds. Then for the 4e era it was mostly Pathfinder. These days, I'm no longer buying anything for Pathfinder (I'm not too keen on PF2), but Kickstarter has been drawing some of my money on miscellaneous non-D&D games, though I think most of my money still goes in support of D&D.
I don't spend much on D&D, just getting the odd PDF here and there when the mood takes me. In theory I buy the hardback books, but the last one that interested me was Tomb of Annihilation.
I did back the Empire of the Ghouls kickstarter, but that was because it was Empire of the Ghouls, not because it was 5th edition.
Most of my gaming budget used to go on Pathfinder, but I now have most of it (we didn't switch to 2nd edition) and the stuff I don't have is usually too expensive for me to get on the secondary market.
I did back the Empire of the Ghouls kickstarter, but that was because it was Empire of the Ghouls, not because it was 5th edition.
Most of my gaming budget used to go on Pathfinder, but I now have most of it (we didn't switch to 2nd edition) and the stuff I don't have is usually too expensive for me to get on the secondary market.
Argyle King
Legend
I'm not sure what my percentage breakdown would be.
I haven't bought anything from WoTC since (I think) sometime in 2016. So, I think that would translate into an annual D&D percentage which is low, but not quite zero. Volo's is probably the last thing I actually bought, and I think that was with a Barnes & Noble gift card. I still play D&D, but I haven't spent money on it in a long time.
In comparison, I've never bought anything related to Pathfinder 2, so that percentage actually would be zero.
I've been buying a lot of FFG Star Wars and GURPS, so -for me personally- those percentages would be high. Those are the two games I currently play most frequently. For FFG, I'm looking into picking up Genisys and a few other things, but I'm not entirely sure what the status of that game/company is at this point. For GURPS, I pick up a lot of the newer pdfs, and I'm also familiar enough with the system to pick up old books (from previous editions) and still use them.
My D&D 4E buying habits were similar to where I now find myself with 5th Edition: it's a game I play, but the game has evolved in a way which diverges from my interests, so I stop spending money on it. Surprisingly, I seem to have hit that point with 5th edition faster than I did with 4th.
During the time of D&D 3rd Edition, I bought a ridiculous amount of stuff. Though, some of the factors involved in that were being young(er) with disposable income and being new to tabletop rpgs in general -being aware of little outside of the D&D brand.
Occasionally, when I'm on the road for work, I will explore the gaming stores local to where I am. One of my primary games is a modular system, so sometimes if I see a cool monster book or something else I can convert on sale, I'll pick something up.
I bought some stuff for the 2d20 Conan game, but it seems unlikely that I will be able to play it any time soon.
I haven't bought anything from WoTC since (I think) sometime in 2016. So, I think that would translate into an annual D&D percentage which is low, but not quite zero. Volo's is probably the last thing I actually bought, and I think that was with a Barnes & Noble gift card. I still play D&D, but I haven't spent money on it in a long time.
In comparison, I've never bought anything related to Pathfinder 2, so that percentage actually would be zero.
I've been buying a lot of FFG Star Wars and GURPS, so -for me personally- those percentages would be high. Those are the two games I currently play most frequently. For FFG, I'm looking into picking up Genisys and a few other things, but I'm not entirely sure what the status of that game/company is at this point. For GURPS, I pick up a lot of the newer pdfs, and I'm also familiar enough with the system to pick up old books (from previous editions) and still use them.
My D&D 4E buying habits were similar to where I now find myself with 5th Edition: it's a game I play, but the game has evolved in a way which diverges from my interests, so I stop spending money on it. Surprisingly, I seem to have hit that point with 5th edition faster than I did with 4th.
During the time of D&D 3rd Edition, I bought a ridiculous amount of stuff. Though, some of the factors involved in that were being young(er) with disposable income and being new to tabletop rpgs in general -being aware of little outside of the D&D brand.
Occasionally, when I'm on the road for work, I will explore the gaming stores local to where I am. One of my primary games is a modular system, so sometimes if I see a cool monster book or something else I can convert on sale, I'll pick something up.
I bought some stuff for the 2d20 Conan game, but it seems unlikely that I will be able to play it any time soon.
Voadam
Legend
I only run D&D (or Pathfinder) games, but I buy stuff for a bunch of systems. I have also played plenty of games I did not own any products for.
In the 80s I would mostly get non-D&D Palladium stuff that I can remember.
In the 90s this would expand primarily to getting a lot of GURPS, Earthdawn, Pendragon, Rolemaster, and White Wolf.
In the 2000s with the takeoff of first Amazon for used books and then the big growth of PDFs it has exploded for me for systems I get stuff for. More so now with great deals from things like Bundle of Holding where I can regularly get a ton of stuff at once.
Thanks to the OGL, a lot of D&D stuff that I have gotten has not been from WotC (though I still have gotten tons from them).
As an example, earlier today I got individual PDFs of Oathbound Complete (d20), and Dark Ages Mage and Werewolf the Apocalypse 1e (World of Darkness).
In the 80s I would mostly get non-D&D Palladium stuff that I can remember.
In the 90s this would expand primarily to getting a lot of GURPS, Earthdawn, Pendragon, Rolemaster, and White Wolf.
In the 2000s with the takeoff of first Amazon for used books and then the big growth of PDFs it has exploded for me for systems I get stuff for. More so now with great deals from things like Bundle of Holding where I can regularly get a ton of stuff at once.
Thanks to the OGL, a lot of D&D stuff that I have gotten has not been from WotC (though I still have gotten tons from them).
As an example, earlier today I got individual PDFs of Oathbound Complete (d20), and Dark Ages Mage and Werewolf the Apocalypse 1e (World of Darkness).
el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
Between 2010 and mid 2019 the only money I spent on any RPG was for a Pathfinder book when a friend ran a short-lived campaign in 2018. I think I paid $30 for it? I don't remember (The experience also convinced it was not different enough from 3E for my changing tastes - I loved 3E until I didn't anymore). In mid 2019 I ordered the 5E core books and have probably spent more to run my 5E games in the last year and three months than I did at any time since the early 00s.
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