Including shipping costs, the kickstarter for The Strange. I've since stopped backing McKickstarters. If I'm going to spend that kind of money, it will be on electronics.

Dwarven Forge, by far...I think I plunked down a bit over $700 on their Dungeon of Doom Kickstarter, spending a bit less on each of the Dungeon/Cavern kickstarters. Great investment, though, I've gotten plenty of play value out of them.

Though if we're talking things other than books, I have probably spent close to $500 on stuff for Fantasy Grounds.

Quote from: Tetsubo;1007170That seems like it would be really unwieldy. I'd also be concerned about binding failure with a book that thick.

Yes it's not exactly something you hold open like a normal smaller RPG book. But it looks very nice.  When I read it, I read it on a table or sitting down and cross my legs and lean in on them, which works fine.

Regarding binding, you'd be right. When it arrived, the first thing that happened is some pages FELL out...  That and a lot of the pages were printed too HIGH so paghe numbers were a bit off the top page.
Also, there were white lines across some full page pictures, which was probably a scratched printer Drum.

I have since contacted DrivethruRPG and they agreed it was a very bad print run, so are printing a new one for me, I haven't received it yet though, but I can keep the old one, which is great, as it's still really readable. so not complaining really.

Quote from: Teodrik;1007190In print? Where did you buy this?

Only available to those who kickstarted the SWN revision, which is closed now.

Quote from: danskmacabre;1007293Yes it's not exactly something you hold open like a normal smaller RPG book. But it looks very nice.  When I read it, I read it on a table or sitting down and cross my legs and lean in on them, which works fine.

Regarding binding, you'd be right. When it arrived, the first thing that happened is some pages FELL out...  That and a lot of the pages were printed too HIGH so paghe numbers were a bit off the top page.
Also, there were white lines across some full page pictures, which was probably a scratched printer Drum.

I have since contacted DrivethruRPG and they agreed it was a very bad print run, so are printing a new one for me, I haven't received it yet though, but I can keep the old one, which is great, as it's still really readable. so not complaining really.

I think there is something to be said for the classic D&D hardcover tradition of a player's book, GM's book and monster book. Three smaller books are just sturdier than one large book. I still have all of my original 1E books and my 2E books were fine until I sold them off. In sci-fi I suppose it would be player's, GM, and tech. Glad to hear they are making good on a bad print run.

Probably Guide to Glorantha, I can't remember what it cost, but it was a fair chunk, I did get 3 PDFs though, so it was good value. People who bought the hardbacks paid a lot more for a superb set of books.

I have backed Kickstarters for more, but they gacve me a lot of supplements, so probably don't count. I also paid nearly £100 for a never-released Gloranthan document, but we were part of a group of 5, so it wasn't a lot each.

Quote from: Tetsubo;1007320I think there is something to be said for the classic D&D hardcover tradition of a player's book, GM's book and monster book. Three smaller books are just sturdier than one large book. I still have all of my original 1E books and my 2E books were fine until I sold them off. In sci-fi I suppose it would be player's, GM, and tech. Glad to hear they are making good on a bad print run.

Oh I agree really. It's nice to have separate books, but really, the SWN Omnibus is more of a collector thing than one I'll be lugging around with me a lot. It feels more like a coffee table book that I pick up and read to relax.

After saying that, my first print run PHB, and MM for DnD 5e have LOADS of pages that have fallen out..   They were REALLY badly bound..  
I've heard Wizards DOES have a return policy, but I didn't know for quite some time after I've been using them, so they're pretty worn now.

Quote from: danskmacabre;1007399Oh I agree really. It's nice to have separate books, but really, the SWN Omnibus is more of a collector thing than one I'll be lugging around with me a lot. It feels more like a coffee table book that I pick up and read to relax.

After saying that, my first print run PHB, and MM for DnD 5e have LOADS of pages that have fallen out..   They were REALLY badly bound..  
I've heard Wizards DOES have a return policy, but I didn't know for quite some time after I've been using them, so they're pretty worn now.

I haven't bought anything from Wizards since 3.5 ended. All of those are still in good shape. They might be using a different printer at this point.

Quote from: Tetsubo;1007423I haven't bought anything from Wizards since 3.5 ended. All of those are still in good shape. They might be using a different printer at this point.

I have since heard there were issues with the first print run, which Wizards has acknowledged.  
Subsequent print runs were fine.
One other thing I noticed was in my DMG (first print run, 5E) on pages where there were VERY dark  full page images, the ink smudged somewhat and in extreme cases, smudged onto the other page when then book was closed...  ick!!

I've done a few Kickstarters in the $75-100 range, but you're usually getting a lot more than one book.
I did the Rogue Trader Collector's Edition - $120
I think by far the most I've ever paid for one single RPG product (even including Ebay rare stuff) was the Deathwatch Collector's Edition - $200

I'm pretty sure the priciest RPG book I ever bought was the Great Pendragon Campaign, which I paid cover-price for. I don't remember how much that was, though.

For new releases probably the 5e PHB, MM and DMG I bought from the FLGS although I got them on sale.

For older stuff probably $40 for an old Creature Crucible supplement? I can't bring myself to blow a lot on old OOP material that I use to own.

I bought all 3 5e core books new at one go for full price. So $150.

Probably somewhere in the mix of the Birthright boxed set (with unpunched cards!), some material for Talislanta to fill some holes in my collection, or a copy of the D&D Rules Compendium from eBay.  All purchases were totally worth it!