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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6244540" data-attributes="member: 177">As my thermodynamics professor once told me, "There's no such thing as a free lunch."  You cannot get something for nothing.  Someone is paying for things somewhere, in some form.  Sometimes, that cost is hidden unless we think about it carefully, but it is in there regardless.  But, let's ask a realistic question: how many folks are there who want to get into the hobby, but don't have someone else in the group who can loan them the book until they know if they like it or not?But, really, if the $20 to $50 for a game book is "daunting", you are probably in really serious financial straights - that constitutes a larger problem than what you can do in a hobby, and we aren't in a position to help.  We aren't personal financial counselors, after all.</blockquote>