Tabletop QOTD 2020-07-20
Borrowing from the idea of the Pluspora Check-in get some tabletop conversation going. If you have any questions that you want to get on the list to be asked, let me know. Also, if you'd like to be added or taken off the list of participants, let me know.
What's the most you've spent on a Tabletop Gaming item?
I can't find my copy of the Supernatural RPG- I just purchased it on ebay for a reasonable price, so figured at worst I could replace it. The only one I see is $186(!). I started delving into the prices, and saw a game that I have (Dune- Last Unicorn Games) listed for $1200(!).
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I have only paid higher than retail for a few games that I lost during moves and they were out of print. But Shogun was $60 which isn't that much higher, and they came out with another version of Twilight Imperium so I was able to find it for $75 even after that second version was OOP. The same thing happened for Talisman after I lost my copy in the move. A few of the more obscure expansions still elude me, but the most I've paid for anything was about $10 over retail.
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I've actually never paid higher than retail for any of my games- and in many cases a lot lower. It's one of the eason
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What's the most you've spent on a Tabletop Gaming item?
I can't find my copy of the Supernatural RPG- I just purchased it on ebay for a reasonable price, so figured at worst I could replace it. The only one I see is $186(!). I started delving into the prices, and saw a game that I have (Dune- Last Unicorn Games) listed for $1200(!).
#BoardGames
I have only paid higher than retail for a few games that I lost during moves and they were out of print. But Shogun was $60 which isn't that much higher, and they came out with another version of Twilight Imperium so I was able to find it for $75 even after that second version was OOP. The same thing happened for Talisman after I lost my copy in the move. A few of the more obscure expansions still elude me, but the most I've paid for anything was about $10 over retail.
#RPGs
I've actually never paid higher than retail for any of my games- and in many cases a lot lower. It's one of the eason
#Tabletop #QOTD
@Eric Franklin
@frasersimons
@Board Games Forum
@Curt Thompson
@Douglas Bailey
@Jesse Butler
@Keith Davies
@Martin Ralya
@Martijn Vos
@Nathan V
@Marsha B
@Stuntman
@Moe Tousignant
@PresGas (OSR) Aspect
@Craig Maloney
@Patrick Marchiodi
@Nathan Norway
@silverwizard
@Stephen Gunnell
@Joseph Teller
@Charles M
@UnclePirate (Stan McCann)
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PresGas (OSR) Aspect
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Find a way to support them. ...and if the copies aren't out there and you have done some kind of due diligence in showing support, then "acquire" it via some other means. People posting ridiculously expensive copies are looking to profit from collectors. RPG books should be for USING.
Eric Franklin
in reply to Chuck Dee • •The expensive things I have game-wise tend to be because I'm paying for shipping from Europe or Asia, not because the thing itself is particularly expensive.
silverwizard
in reply to Chuck Dee • •I've definitely spent over $100 on RPGs because I wanted them and shipping from the US is basically hell on earth, I don't think I've gotten over $200 but the ~$100 range is all too common
I've spent $5000 on RPGs once - though that was buying the stock of a going-out-of-business game store
I... have a problem
Moe Tousignant
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Over time though I'm certain I've spent more than that on games where you buy additional stuff for them. Warhammer, X-Wing, Imperial Assault, etc.
For RPGs it would have been the Numenera Reqilary box, again off Kickstarter. A box totally replaced a couple of years later when they put out Discovery. I don't remember the price on that since my wife technically bought it and paid for it.
Eric Franklin
in reply to Chuck Dee • •One of these has delivered.
Martijn Vos
in reply to Chuck Dee • •If I were to pay a lot for an old RPG item, it might be the original Realms Of Chaos books for Warhammer.
Chuck Dee
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Chuck Dee
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Martijn Vos
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Chuck Dee
in reply to Martijn Vos • •UnclePirate (Stan McCann)
in reply to Chuck Dee • •I don't buy any now. If I met some players, I would.
Martijn Vos
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Moe Tousignant
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Patrick Marchiodi
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Chuck Dee
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Samuel Penn
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Keith Davies
in reply to Chuck Dee • •Joseph [Moved to Glasswings] Teller
in reply to Chuck Dee • •But my annual budget has been about $100 a year for the past 10 years for gaming books including PDFs.