I spent Easter with my academic advisor for my studies in Japan. In addition to being a very classy lady, her grown son is interested in roleplaying games.
This is fairly rare, since kids are encouraged to specialize in one thing and devote all their attention to it, usually toward clubs or sports. That, and the price.
In addition to AD&D (2e)'s PHB and DMG (not the black bordered, the print run with the full color picture covers--PHB with the man wearing a winged helmet), Sword World, a novel by Steve Jackson, and some Japanese RPGs (including Ashura Fantasy Basic and Expert Sets and a Trading Roleplaying Game, yikes!), there was a {edit} Swedish {/edit} RPG named EON in a very well-taken care of boxd set.
What is very special about this boxed set is how heavy it is. It is entirely packed with books, all of which were bought separately. It contained the {edit} religion sourcebook {/edit}, the main rulebook, a monster book, and {edit] a couple I don't know what, exactly, they were (maybe a worldbook and a wilderness survival guide?) {/edit} (I think, Swedish is about as understandable to me as Korean). The main rulebook had no price on it, but the rest of them did.
Each book had a large white pricetag. Two were 16.900, two were 17.900, both prices in yen. Using a 100 yen to a dollar conversion, that's far too many dollars. Each. Plus the main rulebook.
Makes me feel better about D&D's prices, myself...
Granted, this is a Swedish imported RPG in Japan, land of high prices, but I wouldn't've gotten into the hobby had it been that expensive. The V:tM book is 5000 yen, and I've heard the 3.0 books (no 3.5 here as far as I've seen) are slightly more expensive.
He also had the complete compliation of Famicom Rokki/NES Rocky, but that's a different subject entirely.
To keep this more related to the subject line... What's the most expensive RPG book you've seen, in the US or not?
This is fairly rare, since kids are encouraged to specialize in one thing and devote all their attention to it, usually toward clubs or sports. That, and the price.
In addition to AD&D (2e)'s PHB and DMG (not the black bordered, the print run with the full color picture covers--PHB with the man wearing a winged helmet), Sword World, a novel by Steve Jackson, and some Japanese RPGs (including Ashura Fantasy Basic and Expert Sets and a Trading Roleplaying Game, yikes!), there was a {edit} Swedish {/edit} RPG named EON in a very well-taken care of boxd set.
What is very special about this boxed set is how heavy it is. It is entirely packed with books, all of which were bought separately. It contained the {edit} religion sourcebook {/edit}, the main rulebook, a monster book, and {edit] a couple I don't know what, exactly, they were (maybe a worldbook and a wilderness survival guide?) {/edit} (I think, Swedish is about as understandable to me as Korean). The main rulebook had no price on it, but the rest of them did.
Each book had a large white pricetag. Two were 16.900, two were 17.900, both prices in yen. Using a 100 yen to a dollar conversion, that's far too many dollars. Each. Plus the main rulebook.
Makes me feel better about D&D's prices, myself...Granted, this is a Swedish imported RPG in Japan, land of high prices, but I wouldn't've gotten into the hobby had it been that expensive. The V:tM book is 5000 yen, and I've heard the 3.0 books (no 3.5 here as far as I've seen) are slightly more expensive.
He also had the complete compliation of Famicom Rokki/NES Rocky, but that's a different subject entirely.
To keep this more related to the subject line... What's the most expensive RPG book you've seen, in the US or not?
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), maybe there is harsh regulations rules for buying foreign products in Japan? 
