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Message: <blockquote data-quote="erian_7" data-source="post: 1476554" data-attributes="member: 18222">I've got two reasons: (1) I buy everything WotC produces for D&D.  I've declared their material my "baseline" for campaigns.  If other players want extraneous material, they have to buy the other source material.  Helps me manage the RPG budget and also supports a company that (IMHO) has done a good job overall, contributes much to the industry/hobby, and provided me with RPG enjoyment for 20 years.(2) Same reason I buy all the WotC plastic minis--ready-made props.  I collect props of all kinds for gaming.  I've got a computer folder of fantasy art for use in games that's at about 1.4 GB.  I've got at least one of each mini from the Harbinger and Dragoneye set, with 8 of the "grunt" units (e.g. elven archer, dwarven fighter, skeletons), 4 of the "special troops" (e.g. hobgoblins, ghouls, elf spearmen), and 2 of the often-paired monsters (e.g. giant spider, umber hulk, gargoyle).  I just bought a case and a half of the Archfiends set to start that collection.I'll use some of the maps as player handouts, others as inspirational material (Yes, I've already downloaded all the maps from Map-a-Week, but it's easier to find something printed).  If one of the maps really strikes my fancy for use in play, I'll scan-print it to a large format printer (prints 42"x84" in 32-bit color).Obviously from the above I devote a fair amount of money to my hobby.  I don't generally attend cons, so that saves me a bundle, I'm well out of school (even grad school), and luckily my wife is a gamer.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />   So maybe WotC is targetting people like me, folks with a disposable income dedicated to their hobby of choice.  I generally agree that this particular item would be a "luxury purchase" rather than a core need, or even want.I really have a third reason-I love nice maps-but someone's already posted that possibility.Eric</blockquote>

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