Post originally by Ezekiel Black at 2004-04-11 09:01:29
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Oh my GOD!

Remember that ten minute increment when RPG book prices were jumped to $30, then went ahead and leapt to $40?

Guess what!

They could still sell them for $30, easily. hell, I'd venture that they'd lose no cash for settling on selling for $25 like back in the day. I'm talking about 250 page books that detailed full games. 100 page supplements never left the $12.95 shelf. 16.95 for 64 pages is ludicrus. That's over a quarter per page (26.48 cents per page to be precise). That much for a SUPPLEMENT? I bought a 464 page RPG full setting book recently for $35.95. That's about 8 cents per page for a full game (actually, it's about 7.74 cents per page). That's not bad. But over triple that for a supplement is so ridiculous that I can't even manage to get my thoughts straight on the matter.

I don't think that it costs anywhere near a quarter per page to make a book, unless that book holds the secret of eternal youth, divine wisdom, or, perhaps, teaches you to be a Scanner.

I think I'll just use the same smoky-bar descriptions I've always used and make CON rolls for every 2 drinks to avoid stupor/vomit. And I won't charge you the nickel that this paragraph would cost you if it were in a supplement's pages.