Quote from: fearsomepirate;1007947I bought all 3 5e core books new at one go for full price. So $150.

If you're talking the biggest single purchase in one hit, Then about a year ago I bought:

All 3 core DnD 5e books (DMG, MM and PHB) ,
Plus a scenario book, Princes of the apocalypse I think,
Plus a sizeable box of unpainted miniatures (100+ minis) ,
a couple of boxes of cardboard square battle grids with scenery, terrain etc.
a box of Dwarven forge dungeon tiles (plastic 3d printed or moulded things)...

All for $250 AUD  (approx $190 USD).   A bargain I think.
The person in question spent a ton of money getting it all.
He never used any of it, as he could never get all his friends together at the same time to play and finally gave up on trying and sold the lot to me cheap.

I've bought rare books of other kinds (mainly occultism) for quite a lot of money. But I just can't imagine myself doing so for RPG books.

I don't really keep track but a month or two ago I spent around $20 on a copy of Aaron Allston's Strike Force for 3rd edition Champions because I'd never seen it for such a low price in such good condition. I have the Dark Albion hardcover but don't remember how much I paid. I don't buy many new games.

Quote from: Dumarest;1008465I don't really keep track but a month or two ago I spent around $20 on a copy of Aaron Allston's Strike Force for 3rd edition Champions because I'd never seen it for such a low price in such good condition. I have the Dark Albion hardcover but don't remember how much I paid. I don't buy many new games.

Well, in that case I'm flattered you got DA.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1008738Well, in that case I'm flattered you got DA.

Then you should be ecstatic that I intend to acquire Lion & Dragon as well.

Likely the two GURPS 4th edition corebooks, back when it came out.  Part of what got me back into tabletop was that I was broke, it was a cheap hobby, and I'd already sunk thousands of dollars into the stuff in crates in the basement.  I've replaced one of my battle mats, I bought new paints for figure touchup, I got Compendium II and those two corebooks, and that's just about it for sunk costs in the last 14 years.

Two come to mind:

1. Top tier backing of the RQ Classic KS (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition). The exclusive books were interesting, but not really worth it to me, as they were just hardcovers of scanned old documents. I thought they would have at least been cleaned up to be easily legible.

2. The WFRP 1E had one limited edition book - Realms Of Sorcery. It came in three different color leather covers (black, red, cream). I stumbled across the first two at steal prices (EUR50 for a "regular" limited edition, $50 for Graeme Davis' presentation copy), but I never saw the cream cover until many years after finding those. I paid way too much ($400+), but at least it was a little bit different beyond the leather color - it's an error printing that was mostly recalled and pulped. So three different covers and three slightly different versions.

I have a sickness...

200CDN on a 250 collector's edition of the Deathwatch 40K RPG.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1009812200CDN on a 250 collector's edition of the Deathwatch 40K RPG.

What did you get for that money?

Quote from: RPGPundit;1010186What did you get for that money?

I found the images:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1988[/ATTACH]

Well, visually impressive, at least.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1006950Just that. But it has to be that you personally paid the most money for; no good counting a $150 book that was on sale for $15 (unless $15 is the most you ever paid for an RPG).

I bought 6 levels of the original Castle Greyhawk in 2005:



They cost $1200 or so.  That's the largest figure I've spent for an original Greyhawk manuscript (or anything else gaming-related, for that matter).  The original manuscript and map for the Bottle City level:



sold for $3650 in the same 2005 auction (I didn't win this one ).  The poster displayed is a facsimile of the original (I can't find the original auction photo atm).  

Quote from: RPGPundit;1007692I'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.

IIRC it was originally $50, although I think it was later re-released at more like $90 or $120?

Allan.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1010212I found the images:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1988[/ATTACH]

That is sexy as hell.

I hadn't thought to include Bones until reading this thread. Bones II would probably be my most expensive single RPG purchase.

The other stand out is the Guide to Glorantha, which I picked up not long before The Design Mechanism had their RQ licence yanked and I lost interest in the setting.

Quote from: grodog;1010777I bought 6 levels of the original Castle Greyhawk in 2005:



They cost $1200 or so.  That's the largest figure I've spent for an original Greyhawk manuscript (or anything else gaming-related, for that matter).  The original manuscript and map for the Bottle City level:



sold for $3650 in the same 2005 auction (I didn't win this one ).  The poster displayed is a facsimile of the original (I can't find the original auction photo atm).  

Wow. That is certainly... dedication.

QuoteIIRC it was originally $50, although I think it was later re-released at more like $90 or $120?

Allan.

Yeah, probably $50 US is what I paid. But at the time that was probably like $75 canadian.