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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Negative Zero" data-source="post: 507402" data-attributes="member: 3794">kenjib, the point here is that you pay for what you want. it's as simple as that. if you would prefer to wrestle on the floor with your kids, than spend more of your hard earned money on even more DnD books, then don't spend the money, wrestle. or go to a park or find some other hobby that's more or less free. you might be able to get a hell of a lot more value out of a cheap deck of cards and marathon nights of solitaire.you're right, there isn't a direct correlation between 90mins of a movie and 90mins of a DnD session. but i think that it's safe to say that over several years, the value of the entertainment gained from using those books, outweighs the money spent on them. meaning therefore, that you've already gotten back the money spent on the books. perhaps not literally, but in actuality, certainly.it's all voluntary. all of it: the gas that you use (provided you didn't want to/couldn't take the train/bus), the junk food that you eat (you could always bring tofu and rice cakes if you prefer), hell you could fix food from home and bring it with you, there's no law that says you have to buy junk food. and all of it comes down to what you're willing to spend/pay (not just in monetary terms) for something you love.bottom line, if the new books aren't worth it to YOU, don't buy them. if they are, buy them. simple. if you think you're being ripped off by money hungry capitalists, don't support them. but then, those same money hungry capitalists are the same ones, unless i'm mistaken, who practically gave away their gaming license and directly made it possible for hundreds of new small business d20 publishers to make some money of their own, AND make this new incarnation of DnD probably the most successful version yet.~NegZ<EDIT>very well said WizarDru. you expressed a lot of what i was thinking but wasn't able to say.</blockquote>

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