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[Mr Fox]

Heh, I know the feeling.  When they went out of business, I bought up every Star Wars d6 suppliment they still had in stock, because I figured I would run a game someday, and because it's freakin Star Wars and their going out of business sale was so fantastically cheap.   Still haven't ever run a game and now the there is the new stuff out so I probably never will run d6, but damn it, I've still got them!  

[Ouroboros]

A bunch of Rifts books (why did I buy those?), the Orpheus game line from WW, and some 1e Exalted (about 3 months before 2e came out ... DAMN!!!).

Buying stuff you don't use is part for the course for gamers I think.

[Damon]

*sigh* SW d6...I miss it so...nothing as satisfying as rolling a brick of small d6 and hearing the clatter across a coffee table.

Force Die FTW!

[Chosen]

I finally decided to cancel the book order and just got the PDF.  I like having a book, but since I don't know when I'll use it I decided to go the PDF route to save a few dollars.

[Ryan Jackson]

I get frustrated with books at the actual game table.  Unless you break their spines they don't lie flat.  As a result I don't buy books anymore.  I buy the PDF and either use a laptop or, if I think I want a dead-tree version, I create my own "book" at work and bind it in a standard 3 ring binder or, if I have access, a comb binder.  Much like the spiral bound Æon/Trinity book they lie flat, and with a 3-ring version I can remove pages to hand to people and when errata come out I can replace pages as need be.  

I'm not sure this is economic or feasible for everybody but if I'm gonna work unpaid overtime I'll take advantage of unofficial side benefits like this.

[Damon]

Originally Posted By: Ryan Jackson

I get frustrated with books at the actual game table.  Unless you break their spines they don't lie flat.  As a result I don't buy books anymore.  I buy the PDF and either use a laptop or, if I think I want a dead-tree version, I create my own "book" at work and bind it in a standard 3 ring binder or, if I have access, a comb binder.  Much like the spiral bound Æon/Trinity book they lie flat, and with a 3-ring version I can remove pages to hand to people and when errata come out I can replace pages as need be.  

I'm not sure this is economic or feasible for everybody but if I'm gonna work unpaid overtime I'll take advantage of unofficial side benefits like this.

I had spiral bound books made of the Abby fanbooks, because I've always liked books better than ebooks.  Purely on the basis that I can navigate them much faster than a pdf.

[Ryan Jackson]

Originally Posted By: Damon OOC

I had spiral bound books made of the Abby fanbooks, because I've always liked books better than ebooks.  Purely on the basis that I can navigate them much faster than a pdf.

Having a full version of Adobe Acrobat at work lends me the capability of creating my own bookmarks on my PDFs.  If it weren't for that I would agree with you whole-heartedly

Edit: and yes I realize it sounds like I'm bragging but really just stating truthisms

[Stargaizer]

.pdf copies that you can actually search, as opposed to just scans, I would have to disagree with you on that.  Especially when you either know generally what part of the book you're going to (and can use the slider bar on the side to get to that general area) or it has good bookmarks.

Otherwise, agreed, completely and totally.

But for me, personally, it's about 6 of one or a 1/2 dozen of another, especially when you have lots of sourcebooks (such as for my ED game).  You might be able to flip through quicker with a book, but first you have to find that book, which may or may not include going to your stash.  The .pdf's are centrally located on my netbook, so I can peruse any of them at a moments notice, and I can have them all open with only a modicum of difficulty in trying to find the specific one I want again.

So, while I lean towards the electronic version (especially the good ones), hard copies are good too.  They'll never loose their place, in my opinion.

[jameson (ST)]

Green Ronin released a Free Threat Report last week:   Talona

The Threat Reports are a weekly release (every Wednesday) costing $0.99 and featuring a villainous NPC for use with the third edition of the game.  Some of the 18 Threat Reports thus far have also featured small sidebars of additional rules suggestions and expansions.

[Joani]

If I could buy them in a bundle I'd get them all, but unfortunately the way they are available makes the charges more expensive than the product itself.

I heard you mentioned something about them thinking to put them all into one item that can be bought in a bundle? That would make it more attractive for me, since it is just one amount they can charge. Alternatively it would make things much easier if they accepted  Euro as currency

[jameson (ST)]

You could self bundle via a secondary retailer like DrivethruRPG.com.  They have all of the current Threat Reports usually lagging behind Green Ronin by about a week.  You could wait until you have a bunch that you want to buy and then instead of 20 transactions at $0.99 you could make 1 transaction for $19.80 instead.  I don't know if that is helpful or not though.

[Joani]

It is! Thank you for the tip!