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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9271970" data-attributes="member: 7044459">This is kind of the big kicker isn't it. A group very well could purchase the $20 starter set and never invest another penny. When I started playing a family friend lent us a 2e AD&D book and a single set of dice and we played that way a week before the group went out and dropped probably around $200 on the core set of 3.5e books, a set of dice for every player, and some other odds and ends. We were lucky enough to all live together so sharing the books wasn't problematic. While we could have stayed in at a $0 investment, it didn't take long before we didn't want to. I'm sure some groups would be fine at that level, but I don't think they make up a substantial portion of the community.I've had a lot of weird hobbies so this is something I got over very quickly. People were scoffing at those paying three-four figures to attend a Taylor Swift concert, but I could never do so in good conscience knowing I have a yoyo collection with a retail price tag in the low four figures. People like what they like, and who are we to judge them for how they spend their disposable income and free timeI think if you're being pedantic enough, you could argue no hobby has a baseline of $0. Even reading library books has the cost of traveling to and from the library.It's generally against rules on forums to discuss these matters, but the same deal goes for here in the US. My character sheet may say Lawful Good, but my D&D PDF collection says Chaotic Neutral.</blockquote>

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