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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Centisteed" data-source="post: 6277150" data-attributes="member: 6668296">I've bought many as well without ever really playing them.  I got a few GURPS Basic set last year plus Banestorm, also the Shadowrun 20th anniversary edition, & 3 Premium 1st AD&D hardbacks.  But then I went on a break.  Before I went on my break, what I decided to do was use the Mythic system to setup a solo game using each system.  Sadly it was taking so long to get through these books that I eventually had to put them away to do other things & now only recently getting back into the hardback collecting aspect of the hobby.My recent purchase as of today is the Numenera Core book.  Written by a master with incredible art and detail, the whole book is like looking at a work of art.  I'm hoping I'll be able to read through it while working on a way to use Mystic to play it as well.In fact, the goal is to sort of run in parallel multiple games, so I can switch between them.  I'm doing character design for each setting I plan to use & will then move into starting each adventure & just sort of type it as I go.  Last week I was setting up some Omega World characters for the Polyhedron/Dungeon PDF I purchased a few years ago.  It'll take a long time to get through anything, but I'm not in a rush.And it's hard to turn away from the other amazing campaign settings I've seen as well.  Savage Worlds looks like fun (I was looking at Sundered Skies), Mongoose Traveller (I've found the main Mongoose Spinward Marches I'd love to buy is the most expensive one for some reason), also some of the old, beat-up GDW books could be nice to have.  GURPS Infinite Worlds is another (it was default campaign for GURPS Basic).  Eclipse Phase looks like a must-have as well.  I recently got Stars Without Number the free PDF too.  The DCC RPG and hopefully the Fallen Empires campaign setting will be available for it.  I think that's all I need...lol.One way I try to curb the collecting is by looking for books that are more expensive but desired (like Mongoose Spinward Marches or Infinite Worlds), so that their value will hold or increase.  Next is how collectible it is (limited edition, anniversary, special, original...like Carcosa), and whether it was written by a master RPG designer and drawn with a master artist.  And after that focusing on the non-D&D stuff.  However, I'm interested in what the D&D Next official campaign setting will be & may pick it up.  The last part of the collection is if it's just something that heavily peaks my interest such as GURPS Cthulhupunk, Planescape, or The Book of Vile Darkness, DCC RPG, etc.  Overall though, I don't have that many books.  I've got about 1 shelf of RPG hard/soft-backs from D&D from the 90s/early 2000s & a ton of GURPS 3E stuff, & a second shelf of old D&D modules.  Though one of these days I should probably archive those D&D modules to increase shelf space for the newer set of hardbacks.Aside from attempts at solo play, reading these types of books is basically an imagination stimulant.  It really makes me think.</blockquote>

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