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Dumping the shelves

Started by Balbinus, September 13, 2006, 05:36:19 PM

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Settembrini

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October 06, 2006, 04:57:32 AM
I`m a pretentious pick when it comes to buying. But once I decided upon buying something, I'll keep it till they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Especially as a specialize on "mining material".
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

mattormeg

#46
October 07, 2006, 09:00:30 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditI've long since stopped trying to "get rid" of my gaming books. When I was younger and foolish I periodically purged books this way; but I stopped when inevitably I ended up regretting not having access to some gamebook I'd been "absolutely sure" I'd never have any use for.

So now, even if its a game I'm 99% sure I'll never play, or a book I'm 99% sure I'll never use, I keep it.

RPGPundit

I got rid of my entire RPG collection when I got into my late teens in this sorely misguided attempt to become more "grown up". After I actually grew up, I srongly regretted it. About half of my acquisitions are made in an attempt to replace those long-gone books.

I absolutely love books of all sorts, RPG and otherwise, and normally I keep them unless it is something I utterly despise. I don't see what is wrong with collecting games, honestly. Couldn't it be said that even those folks who collect them but never play them are supporting the hobby in their own way? I'm fortunate enough to have a local group, but some people aren't that lucky.

Mr. Analytical

#47
October 07, 2006, 09:13:05 AM
Quote from: mattormegCouldn't it be said that even those folks who collect them but never play them are supporting the hobby in their own way?

  Well no... they're supporting the industry, which is not the same thing.

  Running a game using a rule system that's been dead for 20 years is supporting the hobby as you're helping others to play, buying books you're never going to use simply feeds the industry.  The industry could burn up and blow away and the hobby would still be healthy.
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