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 Turnip Jedi wrote:
Hurrah this weeks version of this thread, I was kind of getting bored of last weeks version, let us rehash all the same arguments as ever,

Well, it's slightly different. Certain people have...switched arguments. I suppose some people just love to argue.
Same strategies though. Think I'll stay out of this one.

 Peregrine wrote:
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Yes, this magical transference of knowledge called "borrowing the book for a day or two" or "everyone getting together one night and going through the rules as a group". It's not like the group's copy of the book is some kind of sacred knowledge that only the priest of the rules cult is allowed to touch.

Yes I'm well aware of this. I had some guys in my group who were all about playing an RPG but they didn't want to buy a copy of the rules or even read the rules. They wanted to show up and have me teach them the rules in the five minutes or so before we started playing. Meanwhile I had other players who actually bothered to buy their own rules and read them before hand. If you want to get into an RPG but you don't want to buy your own copy of the rules than you don't really want to get into an RPG or you're just cheap. lol


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And we still have not covered how it is cheaper to get into video games than 40K.


Anyone?

MolonLabe wrote:


Hey if you guys want to claim that you only need one book for six people to play an RPG that's cool. I've never seen a group that cheap but I guess it's possible. If I want to get started in an RPG I don't call up my buddy and say "You buy the rule book and I'll just use your stuff." lol By the way, how exactly do you know how to play if you don't have a rule book?

So you are factoring in rulebook for 6 players in RPG but somehow mystically not factoring same price for 6 people in miniatures...

Well guess that works when you are only interested in twisting facts.

But hey even if every player in RPG group buys book it's still 6x36£ vs 6x65£. That still more for 40k.

What? You were planning to play with other persons models?

And where upon RPG core ruleobook is all you need dark vengeance does NOT get you that far...

MolonLabe wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
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Yes, this magical transference of knowledge called "borrowing the book for a day or two" or "everyone getting together one night and going through the rules as a group". It's not like the group's copy of the book is some kind of sacred knowledge that only the priest of the rules cult is allowed to touch.

Yes I'm well aware of this. I had some guys in my group who were all about playing an RPG but they didn't want to buy a copy of the rules or even read the rules. They wanted to show up and have me teach them the rules in the five minutes or so before we started playing. Meanwhile I had other players who actually bothered to buy their own rules and read them before hand. If you want to get into an RPG but you don't want to buy your own copy of the rules than you don't really want to get into an RPG or you're just cheap. lol


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And we still have not covered how it is cheaper to get into video games than 40K.


Anyone?

Check my last post even if you went all and bought every book in the FFG store you would still be paying ~400 dollar less compared to normal sized 40k ork army.

MolonLabe wrote:
So just to recap, Five buddies are going to start playing a new RPG. To keep costs down, only one of them is going to buy the rules and the other four will use that rule book. When they get together to play the four that did not buy a copy of the rules will know how to play through some magical transference of knowledge I guess. LOL Never in my life have I heard of a group of RPG players that all shared one rule book. It's utter nonsense.

Umm, we've done exactly that the last three years. We have played 4 or 5 different games and most of the time only one person owns a rulebook.

MolonLabe wrote:
So just to recap, Five buddies are going to start playing a new RPG. To keep costs down, only one of them is going to buy the rules and the other four will use that rule book. When they get together to play the four that did not buy a copy of the rules will know how to play through some magical transference of knowledge I guess. LOL Never in my life have I heard of a group of RPG players that all shared one rule book. It's utter nonsense.

You don't need rulebook midgame anyway.

But even then. Every player need rulebook in RPG, every player needs rulebook, army book and models in 40k.

You don't factor price of 1 dark vengeance vs multiple rulebooks in RPG. That's silly, stupid and fact twisting. Just like you then!

OPs comparisons to games like Pathfinder and D&D can't be more wrong. I am the primary GM for my group and I use, for the most part, <20$ worth of materials. Pencils, paper, a mat to draw on (though I print most things if I can). It's really, really cheap.

You can even get pre-made adventures for free now. You can get started for free and you can be ready to play for <100$.

Also, don't you think it's weird that not a single person in this thread so far has agreed with your theory?

LOL Okay fellas. I've got better things to do just now. Feel free to keep crying about how GW is ripping you off and ruining your lives.

Oh and one RPG rulebook for an entire group of players is just cheap. Have some class, get your own copy of the rules.

MolonLabe wrote:
LOL Okay fellas. I've got better things to do just now. Feel free to keep crying about how GW is ripping you off and ruining your lives.

Oh and one RPG rulebook for an entire group of players is just cheap. Have some class, get your own copy of the rules.

Oh nice, now I'm a classless cheapskate. Thanks

And I don't think anyone here said that GW prices ruined their life.

MolonLabe wrote:


Oh and one RPG rulebook for an entire group of players is just cheap. Have some class, get your own copy of the rules.

That still doesn't make a dent in the difference. A code rulebook is 30-60 $ while a real army + all the things you need to play cost ~1000$ when bought at full price.

MolonLabe wrote:
LOL Okay fellas. I've got better things to do just now.

I Wonder whehter Germany said that when they lost ww1.

MolonLabe wrote:

Oh and one RPG rulebook for an entire group of players is just cheap

Unless, of course, the players involved are all happy with that arrangement.

It's not at all uncommon for RPG groups to pool their funds and buy communal books rather than having everyone but their own.


Regardless, though, I'm really not sure what you were expecting to achieve with this thread. Time to move on.