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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man-thing" data-source="post: 1858175" data-attributes="member: 12012">That's a huge question.  I know myself that I've used maybe 25% of the print products that I've bought.  I think the average is closer to 35% for pdf products as I do most of my planning on computer.  However, the books that I haven't used directly have often inspired other ideas, so I have very few books that I have felt I've "wasted" any money on.Plus: A hardback book costs as much as a good meal out with my wife, A softback costs as much as a movie together, and a pdf may mean I miss a comic or two.  An investment, as I view it, in any one of these will provide a longer and often more enjoyable experience for my wife and I that a meal, movie or comics.But I'm a DM so I have lots of stuff.  My players are a different matter:Player 1: will buy anything with the word Dragon in it but nothing elsePlayer 2: will buy anything with the word Bard in it but nothing elsePlayer 3: regular buys the Splatbooks v.2 because she recently started playing and does not have the originals and likes coloured pages.Player 4: used to buy 1 thing a month but is finished university and living on his own now so he needs to organize his life first.Player 5: believes all information should be free and plays using others books and the SRD (I think he's cheap; but that just an opinion)However, they all use there books for 1 reason.  I said they had to.  There is no point buying these books if all your going to do is work from the Core.  This has lead to some weird games, but at least their books don't sit and maybe they will buy more of from different publishers.</blockquote>

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