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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1376023" data-attributes="member: 892">I call it a collector fetish.  When I was a kid I wanted to get every single TSR product, including every module (this is back in the early 80's).  Guess what, I ran out of disposable income pretty quickly and gave up on that dream.One way to save money.  a) If you DM, you are going to be spending more than a player would.  Stick to one type of game, one genre, etc.  Don't buy anything that is not that genre or rules set.  If you are not running a game right now that uses it, you don't need it.  And don't buy anymore minuratures or maps.  You have enough.  Use candies for monsters if you have to.  Say this to yourself again and again "I have enough dice.  I have enough dice.  I have enough dice."  b) If you are not a DM, then don't buy anything ever again.  You must have a PHB by now, you have minuratures (you only need one), and you have dice.  If you need anything else you can look at a friend's book.  If no one else in your gaming group has the book, then the book isn't needed for your game.  Again, focus on what your DM is doing.  Do you have a player's guide for that game?  Then you are done. Splat books are not needed. If that doesn't work, set a personal budget.  How much do you want to spend, maximum, per month, on games?  Then keep all the receipts from everything you spend on games and if you are in danger of going over your limit, don't buy it that month.  This also gives you a "cooling off" period to determine if you really need it.Stop going to gaming stores every week.  Go once a  month, max.  Ideally, only go once a year, but probably once/3 months is more realistic.I am not saying I am perfect.  I bought the Unearthed Arcana, and love it, but I am not a DM, so it is at best an interesting read.  I will likely buy the extended psionics handbook, but no one I know uses or allows psionics.  But I limit myself.  Limited modern/future/non-fantasy.  I do have some 7th Sea, Call of Chthulhu, Mutants and Masterminds, etc, but only when I was a player in those games, or when it was on sale.I did buy Orkworld.  Sigh.  Nice, but I shouldn't have.  No one plays Orkworld around here.  So again, in the "interesting read" category.  I bought Epic.  No one does Epic around here.  Another waste.Oh, p.s.: Don't ever, *ever*, EVER get into any collectable card games.  If you are in one now, sell all the cards and NEVER buy one again.  I never bought a card in any such game and have never regretted that.  That stuff sucks up your money faster than any other gaming product.</blockquote>

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