I bought the second edition of Teenagers from Outer Space because of the Cat Girl on the cover.  Exactly as the book claimed I would.

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1042832Any RPG I bought because I liked the movie/TV show.

There's a Traveller TV show?

Speaking of Traveller, I buy tons of Trav stuff from multiple editions (CT, Mega, Gurps, Mong1, Mong2) which is pretty stupid since I don't really play the game.

Quote from: finarvyn;1042910Oh, kickstarters. They are like an "impulse buy" except that by the time you have to pay for them you aren't interested any more. Worst of both worlds.

Not in my experience. To put it in context, there have been literally dozens of KS that I supported and had fun with:).

I agree your experience with them doesn't sound positive, but that is too small a sample;).

Quote from: Gabriel2;1042994Yeah.  I've done similar.  D&D 3.0 and 3.5.

I bought 3.5 because I was overseas and did not have my 3e books. Dumb.

I didn't get to play more than a few sessions. Too busy.

My GURPS 4E collection hardly saw any use. But at least most of it came as a gift--a friend gave me a check at my wedding reception so I could buy the books. He loves the system. But then he ended up never being able to game with us, and the books languished on the shelf alongside a stupidly big collection of GURPS 3E books.

After years of it collecting dust, I  sold it all (3E and 4E) except the two core books and GURPS Lite. Those are good in case I ever get to game with my GURPS-loving friend again.

I have blown some money on PDFs I didn't really need or get to use, but those were cheap and don't take up shelf space, so no biggie.

Quote from: AsenRG;1043070Not in my experience. To put it in context, there have been literally dozens of KS that I supported and had fun with:).

I've had both experiences. On the good side, you have Fate Core, Torg Eternity, Alternity, Rememorex, Unknown Armies 3e, Tall Pines(not technically an RPG, I know...), Cortex Prime, Urban Shadows, Worlds in Peril, Magicians(more of a learning tool with an RPG skin, but still neat), OVA 2e, Blade Raiders, Mummy: the Resurrection, and a few others. All delivered in a timely manner(or currently in the works with steady progress being demonstrated through pre-release documents).

On the not so good side, . . . well, Cartoon Action Hour 3e has hit multiple snags. PDFs have been released in a pretty timely manner, but the physical books are being sent out at a snail's pace with no explanation as to why(from the author herself; I've heard possible explanations from other people, but grain of salt and all that). And I'm one of those unfortunate bastards who backed Far West, and we all know how that went.

Pretty much every RPG purchase I make is predicated upon the (erroneous) assumption I'll find a group for THIS one!

*sigh*
 
I love reading the books?

Synnibarr (however you spell it). I first bought it simply because it was such a large book

oh man, where to begin?

I used to frequent big purple before the SJW echo chamber was turned up to 11, and I'd read various threads about RPGs and think, "well that sounds interesting" so I'd track down a copy of the book.
I also collect _BAD_ RPGs the worse the game the more I want it.  I bought Synnibarr AND the Ultimate Adventurer's guide after reading the review of the main rule book.  I bought a copy of it for a friend as a christmas gift.  I've bought RPGs because I knew the idea of anyone giving money to the author would piss the people on TBP off. (looking at you Grimm)
I bought Immortal The Invisible War because it looked like something I might be able to use in a WoD game (nope), at one point I had the system figured out enough that I could actually run it (and explain it to others) now the "we used EVERY photoshop filter at once for EVERY piece of art" make me sick to my stomach.

I own a copy of the Wraeththu RPG, I didn't buy it, it showed up on my doorstep one day, but I did buy the initial trilogy because my girlfriend at the time said it was the best Sci-fi trilogy she had ever read and she could identify with the characters.  (the level of squick the book inspired in me should have been a warning to me).

I own entire product lines because I bought the core book cheap, and decided, "well the rest of the game line isn't THAT expensive..."

I have a few games I bought because different women at the game stores suggested them to me.  (now I have a self imposed rule not to buy ANY book suggested to me by any woman I want to sleep with. Not just game books but novels as well (looking at you 'The Kin of Ata are Waiting for You')

Quote from: remial;1043139I have a few games I bought because different women at the game stores suggested them to me.  (now I have a self imposed rule not to buy ANY book suggested to me by any woman I want to sleep with. Not just game books but novels as well (looking at you 'The Kin of Ata are Waiting for You')

I had to think about this one, since I know I am often easily swayed by women But I don't think I ever did buy an RPG because of women. A hot girl once suggested Exalted, so I checked it out, but I thought nah, not for me. I didn't even like the art. Nor did I ever buy an RPG book because of hot women on the cover (again, something I have done with other books), but I have a strong suspicion that some old-timer friends of mine bought into RIFTS because of this one.


I flipped through it, and found that I didn't like the system, not even a little bit.

You might as well face it
you're addicted to jugs

Quote from: Ewan;1043255You might as well face it
you're addicted to jugs

Oh, well. There are worse things one could be addicted to.

"I'm sure that someday I'll get to play this game."

Quote from: AaronBrown99;1043121Pretty much every RPG purchase I make is predicated upon the (erroneous) assumption I'll find a group for THIS one!

*sigh*
 
I love reading the books?

Right! And then there's the even worse bit, where I get into a game, decide to run it, find some people interested in playing it, and then after I run a few sessions, I'm reminded how much I hate trying to teach new games, and would rather just run some old school edition of D&D that everyone knows how to play.

I bought a copy of Children of the Sun and the supplement.  I recall being first attracted to it by the art and the setting.  Flipping through the book I noticed that the address for the company or the publisher or someone in the credits was like a 5 min walk down the street from where my parents live.  That was the part that sealed the deal for me.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1043017I bought about $120 of stuff that was marked down an average of about 90% off.  It's actual value to me turned out to be less than $10--and that might be generous.  

I've done the same.  I've bought things because they were on sale, then realized I shouldn't have bothered.

I hadn't done it in a long while.  But recently I picked up Tomorrow Knights on clearance.  I flipped through it and realized that I wasn't interested in it at all.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1043019I bought the second edition of Teenagers from Outer Space because of the Cat Girl on the cover.  Exactly as the book claimed I would.

I always liked that joke.  In my edition of the game it's about the blonde in the leotard.

Quote from: AaronBrown99;1043121I love reading the books?

Me too.  I used to particularly enjoy reading GM tip sections.  I also liked rules.  I loved seeing how different games handled concepts.

As I mentioned in another thread, my enjoyment has been dimmed by my deteriorating vision, maybe after my next optometrist vision things will improve.

Quote from: remial;1043139I used to frequent big purple before the SJW echo chamber was turned up to 11, and I'd read various threads about RPGs and think, "well that sounds interesting" so I'd track down a copy of the book.

(snip)

I own entire product lines because I bought the core book cheap, and decided, "well the rest of the game line isn't THAT expensive..."

Yep.  Been there.  I bought a decent number of games because people talked about them in online forums and I decided to pick them up.  And I've bought entire game lines.  

I guess a good example would be Buffy.  I only ever watched the movie, not the TV show.  I wasn't a fan.  Yet, I CONSTANTLY saw this game being talked about on RPGnet.

One day when I saw the books on clearance sale at Hastings, I picked them up.  I got everything: core, revised core, limited Slayer's Handbook, limited Monster Smackdown, GM's screen, Angel core, Angel GM's screen.  The only thing I didn't get was Magic Box, and I tracked that down later to have a complete set.

Never played it.

Quote from: Herne's Son;1043272Right! And then there's the even worse bit, where I get into a game, decide to run it, find some people interested in playing it, and then after I run a few sessions, I'm reminded how much I hate trying to teach new games, and would rather just run some old school edition of D&D that everyone knows how to play.

Oh, I DEFINITELY sympathize.  Back with my old crew from the 80s and 90s, I was the rules guy.