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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9618403" data-attributes="member: 467">I have been considering buying the 5E Exodus game that is being published in parallel with the video game. The $27 price tag isn't bad, but I am not keen on the $13 shipping costs (even in the US, I can't imagine what they are internationally). When that made me balk, I realized that buying the book for $25ish would have been "worth it" just to see what they did with it, but at $40+ it was no longer "worth it." This in turn got me thinking about how I determine when a purchase is "worth it" -- especially in regards to a thing I don't really know a lot about and don't know whether I will use it.Broadly speaking for video games and similar entertainment purchases, i personally use a "movie in the cinema" rule. I will go see a movie at the local theater at matinee princes ($10 or so where I live) and if I enjoy the movie I consider the expense having been "worth it." So, that sort of translates into a $5/hour entertainment ratio. That is, if I buy a $60 video game, I expect to get 12 hours of enjoyment out of it. Everything else is gravy.This is a little harder to measure with TTRPG books. For example, I have spent a total of about $250 on 2024 D&D 5E, between the physical hardcovers and the Fantasy grounds modules. Does this mean that as long as I get a total of 50 hours of enjoyment out of them, it was "worth it"? If so, how and when do I measure than enjoyment? is it just actually play time, or does reading the books, designing monsters, and prepping adventures count? Is that just my 50 hours, or is it 50 man-hours because my players also get enjoyment out of the books I bought?</blockquote>

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