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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ES2" data-source="post: 1144707" data-attributes="member: 13789">Wow, there's a lot of complaining about prices these days...seems that the roleplaying hobbyists are a really picky bunch of people.  If you like it, buy it, and if you don't like it, don't buy it.  It's that simple.  Why complicate things???If you are well off financially, then don't worry about it.  Buy the dang book and enjoy it for what it is.  So what about the price.  So, you would rather buy two books at 25.00 each than one at 50.00...despite the fact that those two books might be less than half the total pages of the single 50.00, so which is the better way to spend the money???Or you buy a total of $70 or $80 in LOTR over the course of 3 months, but if you had that money up front you won't get it...and then, if your gonna play the game, its a better investment to just buy a whole booster box instead of buying 3 here, 5 there...you'll spend less by buying a single box then spending gradually over the course of 3 months for the equivalent amount of cards...so which is the wiser choice???I'm the opposite...if I'm going to get into a card game, I go all out...I buy a starter and a booster, and if I like it, I buy a booster box.  Now I have enough cards for probably 3 people, maybe 4 (and of course I buy an equal number of starter sets just in case), and I'm good to go for a few months.  Or, I'll buy the 50.00 book over the two 25.00 books because I know that I'll get more of a complete game AND way more pages total than the two smaller books combined, so the more expensive purchase is the wiser choice.  Some people worry way to much.  Worry leads to stress, stress leads to anxiety attacks, and anxiety attacks leads to eventual death (if unchecked and reckless, that is.)  If your a gamer, and I mean a real gamer, then price is irrelevant.  If your a gamer, then buy the game, read it, and play it once.  You may not play it in a month, or even a year, but eventually you may get the chance.</blockquote>

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