MNblockhead
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Do you anticipate your spending habits related to game purchases changing in 2019?
For me, I'm at the point that I already have more D&D content than I have time to consume, especially since I don't want D&D to consume all of my recreational time, or all of my gaming time.
But I also have more non-D&D TTRPGs and more board games than I have time for. I have a backlog of games I have not played yet.
Since I am not a collector, I'm making an effort to curtail purchasing anything that I'm not certain I will use in the near future or which will only see very limited replay.
Where I see myself spending money is on products and service that save me time in prepping or running a game. I think it is more likely that I would spend money re-purchasing adventure content I already own in book form but on Roll20 or another system where someone already did the work and prepping the battlemaps. If RealmWorks actually manages to release its Content Market I would readily purchase any content for systems and adventures I already have.
I would also be interested in:
(1) Mini-sets customized for adventures I'm running. PaperMini is currently going through and creating two-sided printable miniatures for all of Lost Mine of Phandelver. It would be nice if WizKids would sell a set of prepainted miniatures that included all the minis needed to run an adventure--though I suspect it may be too expensive to appeal to most DMs.
(2) Pre-printed battlemaps for published adventures. I'm close to moving away from printed battlemaps and tilesets. Even when doing it myself, the cost is getting to the point where it is more economical to just buy a display I can lay flat on the table. But I'm still a sucker for maps and terrain and even though I have more than I can regularly use, I'm sure I'll buy more.
In short, most of my TTRPG money will likely go to things that aid or improve running the content I've already bought.
For me, I'm at the point that I already have more D&D content than I have time to consume, especially since I don't want D&D to consume all of my recreational time, or all of my gaming time.
But I also have more non-D&D TTRPGs and more board games than I have time for. I have a backlog of games I have not played yet.
Since I am not a collector, I'm making an effort to curtail purchasing anything that I'm not certain I will use in the near future or which will only see very limited replay.
Where I see myself spending money is on products and service that save me time in prepping or running a game. I think it is more likely that I would spend money re-purchasing adventure content I already own in book form but on Roll20 or another system where someone already did the work and prepping the battlemaps. If RealmWorks actually manages to release its Content Market I would readily purchase any content for systems and adventures I already have.
I would also be interested in:
(1) Mini-sets customized for adventures I'm running. PaperMini is currently going through and creating two-sided printable miniatures for all of Lost Mine of Phandelver. It would be nice if WizKids would sell a set of prepainted miniatures that included all the minis needed to run an adventure--though I suspect it may be too expensive to appeal to most DMs.
(2) Pre-printed battlemaps for published adventures. I'm close to moving away from printed battlemaps and tilesets. Even when doing it myself, the cost is getting to the point where it is more economical to just buy a display I can lay flat on the table. But I'm still a sucker for maps and terrain and even though I have more than I can regularly use, I'm sure I'll buy more.
In short, most of my TTRPG money will likely go to things that aid or improve running the content I've already bought.