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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5011888" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>On the other hand...</p><p></p><p>I was in my FLGS today and bought two books ("Hunter: the Vigil" and "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide"), setting me back almost £50.</p><p></p><p>Now, it's obviously true that I could have picked them up for less from Amazon or the like. (Actually, a lot less - the Amazon discount is about a third.) I shop at my FLGS as a matter of principle, and that does mean paying a premium.</p><p></p><p>Still, it's a lot of money for not many books.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, if I run a campaign of Hunter, then it will absolutely be worth it. But, despite a couple of very solid recommendations, there's no guarantee that I will - I may not be able to get a group together, we may not be able to sustain a campaign, or we may decide we'd rather play D&D instead.</p><p></p><p>And while I'm very confident that I will run a Star Wars campaign, or more likely several, in the future, I am by no means convinced that supplements actually help that game - in fact, I often feel games run better without them.</p><p></p><p>I find myself somewhat uneasy about this. I now have enough gaming material on hand that I will have to live to be about 300 to use it all. And the books are now edging towards a price point where I have to be more selective in my purchases - I won't be buying many books unless I <em>know</em> I'm going to use them heavily. (Indeed, a major factor in me not trying WFRP 3e is the cost - my impression of the previews is that I probably wouldn't like it, and at £80 RRP, it's too expensive for me to give it the benefit of the doubt.)</p><p></p><p>I don't envy RPG publishers their position. I'm not really interested in learning Yet Another Game System, which limits their ability to sell me core rulebooks (and besides, I doubt they can live on core rulebooks alone). And yet, the return on supplements isn't terribly good, and diminishes with time. So I don't know what they can really do.</p><p></p><p>(Perhaps the wisest thing would simply be to write me off as a customer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5011888, member: 22424"] On the other hand... I was in my FLGS today and bought two books ("Hunter: the Vigil" and "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide"), setting me back almost £50. Now, it's obviously true that I could have picked them up for less from Amazon or the like. (Actually, a lot less - the Amazon discount is about a third.) I shop at my FLGS as a matter of principle, and that does mean paying a premium. Still, it's a lot of money for not many books. The thing is, if I run a campaign of Hunter, then it will absolutely be worth it. But, despite a couple of very solid recommendations, there's no guarantee that I will - I may not be able to get a group together, we may not be able to sustain a campaign, or we may decide we'd rather play D&D instead. And while I'm very confident that I will run a Star Wars campaign, or more likely several, in the future, I am by no means convinced that supplements actually help that game - in fact, I often feel games run better without them. I find myself somewhat uneasy about this. I now have enough gaming material on hand that I will have to live to be about 300 to use it all. And the books are now edging towards a price point where I have to be more selective in my purchases - I won't be buying many books unless I [i]know[/i] I'm going to use them heavily. (Indeed, a major factor in me not trying WFRP 3e is the cost - my impression of the previews is that I probably wouldn't like it, and at £80 RRP, it's too expensive for me to give it the benefit of the doubt.) I don't envy RPG publishers their position. I'm not really interested in learning Yet Another Game System, which limits their ability to sell me core rulebooks (and besides, I doubt they can live on core rulebooks alone). And yet, the return on supplements isn't terribly good, and diminishes with time. So I don't know what they can really do. (Perhaps the wisest thing would simply be to write me off as a customer. :) ) [/QUOTE]
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