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How many RPG PDF's on your hard drive?

Started by P&P, March 02, 2006, 08:08:28 AM

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Knightcrawler

#75
March 14, 2006, 03:11:30 PM
Quote from: NightfangNo way I am going to figure that out.  Way too many, since I only use probably 5% of them.

Just right click on the folder that their in and choose properties.
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Nightfang

#76
March 14, 2006, 03:53:01 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerJust right click on the folder that their in and choose properties.

Oh sure, point out the obvious. :p  I am at work anyway, I don't have any here.  I will check when I get home.
 

Nightfang

#77
March 14, 2006, 10:02:58 PM
519, but I need to clean it up some.
 

Teflon Billy

#78
March 14, 2006, 11:05:41 PM
I don't have the faintest notion...what with the ENnies and Staff Reviewing it must be in the bazillions though.
 

Maddman

#79
March 15, 2006, 09:17:53 AM
Not many.  I really don't care for reading RPGs off the computer, and I find the PDF to be more of a pain than the book, even with a laptop at the table.  So I only get PDFs of books I actually own, and therefore consider them legal.  Sure, I downloaded them off P2P sites but since I own 1) the book 2) a full version of Acrobat and 3) a scanner, prove I didn't scan it myself.  Fair use, bitch.  :p

I keep them around because it's handy for a quick reference while working on a game, I can keep copies at work, and I can keep the handy charts and stuff up while the game is going on.  Still, if there's no dead tree I'm not using it.
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Knightcrawler

#80
March 15, 2006, 11:40:43 AM
Quote from: MaddmanNot many.  I really don't care for reading RPGs off the computer, and I find the PDF to be more of a pain than the book, even with a laptop at the table.  So I only get PDFs of books I actually own, and therefore consider them legal.  Sure, I downloaded them off P2P sites but since I own 1) the book 2) a full version of Acrobat and 3) a scanner, prove I didn't scan it myself.  Fair use, bitch.  :p

I keep them around because it's handy for a quick reference while working on a game, I can keep copies at work, and I can keep the handy charts and stuff up while the game is going on.  Still, if there's no dead tree I'm not using it.

I'm with you I prefer teh actual books.  But for reference purposes I'd rather just use my laptop rather than haul 30-40 books around.  Plus with money being tight often buying the pdf is often much cheaper.
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Ragnarok N Roll

#81
March 15, 2006, 12:33:58 PM
Downloading PDF's off the internet is a lot like jerking off. Everybody does it, nobody ever talks about it. The ones who loudly proclaim that they would never do such a thing are usually the ones who jerk off the most. ;) :D
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Name Lips

#82
March 15, 2006, 03:50:09 PM
Interestingly enough, the ones I value the most aren't the ones I would use for my game. The ones I use with any regularity I just buy.

The ones I really value are the old, out of print ones, the ones I'm never going to find for sale anywhere.
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Knightcrawler

#83
March 15, 2006, 05:47:33 PM
Quote from: Name LipsInterestingly enough, the ones I value the most aren't the ones I would use for my game. The ones I use with any regularity I just buy.

The ones I really value are the old, out of print ones, the ones I'm never going to find for sale anywhere.

Yes this is the same way I am.  I was very glad when WotC released some of their 2nd Edition stuff as free downloads, I just wish they would let the entire 2E catalogue out like that.  PDF's are the only way I have some 1st & 2nd edition stuff.
Knightcrawler

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Reefer Madness

#84
March 16, 2006, 01:14:47 AM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerYes this is the same way I am.  I was very glad when WotC released some of their 2nd Edition stuff as free downloads, I just wish they would let the entire 2E catalogue out like that.  PDF's are the only way I have some 1st & 2nd edition stuff.


it annoys the hell out of me when some companies charge for pdf's of games that are 10+ years out of print, or from 2-3 versions ago and so on....
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Knightcrawler

#85
March 16, 2006, 01:20:05 AM
Quote from: Reefer Madnessit annoys the hell out of me when some companies charge for pdf's of games that are 10+ years out of print, or from 2-3 versions ago and so on....

A couple of years back Bastion was being paid by WotC to turn their back catalogue into pdfs.  That were then sold for a very resonable price, like $2-$3 a piece.  Jim Butler was very enthusiastic about the project.  Unfortunately  about a year after it started it seemed to have been stopped because of budget cuts. :(
Knightcrawler

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Nightfang

#86
March 16, 2006, 08:47:01 AM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerA couple of years back Bastion was being paid by WotC to turn their back catalogue into pdfs.  That were then sold for a very resonable price, like $2-$3 a piece.  Jim Butler was very enthusiastic about the project.  Unfortunately  about a year after it started it seemed to have been stopped because of budget cuts. :(

Yeah, despite that, though, an avid fanbase has managed to turn many of those old edition items that never completed into PDFs.  I don't think the Netheril Box Set was ever PDFed by them, but the scanners out there did.  Wizards has Netheril: Empire of Magic for download, but that is just a sourcebook.  The box set had nifty maps and such in it (that were scanned by fans, also).
 

Nicephorus

#87
March 16, 2006, 01:30:05 PM
Quote from: Name LipsThe ones I really value are the old, out of print ones, the ones I'm never going to find for sale anywhere.

Maybe not legally, but morally, I consider there to be a big loophole for products that are long out of print, either totally unavailable or selling for 10 times its original price. If anything, it's archiving the game and keeping it the gaming consciousness.
 
10-15 years ago, I photocopied a few rule books that couldn't be found.  Now, I would have found them online.

kanegrundar

#88
March 21, 2006, 02:03:06 PM
I'm nearing 2K pdf's on my HD.  All sorts of stuff like freebies of Exalted and the new WoD, to all sorts of D20 material.  The full set of the MSH line is my favorite part of the collection, though.
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Knightcrawler

#89
March 21, 2006, 02:23:00 PM
Quote from: NightfangI don't think the Netheril Box Set was ever PDFed by them, but the scanners out there did.  Wizards has Netheril: Empire of Magic for download, but that is just a sourcebook.  The box set had nifty maps and such in it (that were scanned by fans, also).

I have the Nethril: Empire Magic Supplement but I never remember a boxed set.  And I have pretty much everything for FR that they ever put out in 2E.  I don't ever remember seeing anything about a boxed set for Nethril.
Knightcrawler

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