One of my pet peeves about #ttrpg fandom is when people say:
"This RPG product is too expensive!"
No. The RPG industry has tiny, tiny margins, and only a minuscule portion of RPG authors are able to make a living from this - and only barely so, at that. In that context, I find the notion that they are somehow "price-gouging" to be borderline offensive.
Saying:
"I cannot afford this!"
or
"I cannot justify the expense!"
is entirely fine, however - what an RPG product is really worth to a reader is very subjective, after all.
Jürgen Hubert
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2026-08-29 07:34:25 UTC
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