$80 Books

I read people defending expensive roleplaying books as luxury items.

Then, I saw some of the new price points from one of the top two publishers, one of which was $80 for a sourcebook.

...

Luxury items? That is where we are going? Soon, these books will break $100. I bet softcovers will break $50. All for books that will need a second printing in a year due to errata.

Right.

It roleplaying industry is dead. The collectors are killing games.

I remember when $20 got you a game that lasted 10 years. We have games out there with free PDFs, and books are printed "at cost" for a tenth of what they want for a book these days.

Long live the hobby.

The hobby I grew up with.

Not this.