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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9258205" data-attributes="member: 7024481"><p>no it was freaking expensive. 20 bucks for the AD&D book 20 bucks for the GameMaster's guide. The boxed sets about the same. I think sunk costs tended to keep players in whichever group they started in. </p><p></p><p>just checked an inflation calculator. 20 bucks in 1977 was the same spending power as 104 dollars and change now. Generally whichever version someone started with they stayed with because of sunk costs. So you had to have 40 dollars or 208 equivilant todays dollars to start the game. Or do what we did and split the cost and I bought the DMG and my buddy bought the players handbook. </p><p></p><p> The game actually got cheaper they were still 20 bucks in 1984 and that was 64 modern dollars. But you had more books. in 2000 those 30ish dollar 3rd edition books were about 50 bucks in purchsing power now. The hobby got steadily cheaper with more books for those with disposable cash. The cost adjusted for inflation for full retail on books has stayed pretty level since 2000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9258205, member: 7024481"] no it was freaking expensive. 20 bucks for the AD&D book 20 bucks for the GameMaster's guide. The boxed sets about the same. I think sunk costs tended to keep players in whichever group they started in. just checked an inflation calculator. 20 bucks in 1977 was the same spending power as 104 dollars and change now. Generally whichever version someone started with they stayed with because of sunk costs. So you had to have 40 dollars or 208 equivilant todays dollars to start the game. Or do what we did and split the cost and I bought the DMG and my buddy bought the players handbook. The game actually got cheaper they were still 20 bucks in 1984 and that was 64 modern dollars. But you had more books. in 2000 those 30ish dollar 3rd edition books were about 50 bucks in purchsing power now. The hobby got steadily cheaper with more books for those with disposable cash. The cost adjusted for inflation for full retail on books has stayed pretty level since 2000. [/QUOTE]
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