This latest thread was prompted by this post-
Cyberpunk classic sale for about 10 day it says 60% off Cyberpunk 2020 titles from R. Talsorian and Atlas Games.
www.enworld.org
That humblebundle is a GREAT DEAL! Really. I mean, that's some good OSR product. I'd like me some of that!
But here's the problem. I hate .pdfs. This isn't the type of pure and lovely hate I have for things that truly deserve it (Paladins, Rapiers, Bards, Gnomes, Dex-builds, People that refuse to acknowledge the John Wick trilogy as the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time). Instead, it's more of a, "Why isn't this a book?"
So, quick note. I use electronic documents all the time. Seriously, it's almost like it's my job, or something. So it's not an aversion to reading on a screen.
And I get that it can be useful- searching for a particular piece of text is oh-so-easy with an electronic document.
And I'm constantly on a phone, or tablet, or computer reading websites or reading things, so it's not an instinctive Luddite reaction.
Instead, it's something particular to books, and by extension, I think, to RPG books. I just don't seem to enjoy long periods of reading a single thing on a screen. It's not the same as curling up with a book.
Nor is it the same when you have to bring a tablet (or what have you) to the gaming table.
But man, that's a great bundle of stuff!
So I'm throwing this out there for discussion and tips- has anyone else overcome this antipathy of pdfs? Any particular tips or tricks that you used? A particular tablet? Playing Lionel Ritchie in the background?*
Inquiring minds want to know.
*This may, in fact, be the root of the aversion. Hmmm...