Why is a hard copy of The Little RED Book so much?
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GamerDude
Cosmic Mongoose
It's called "predatory pricing"... I.E. where sellers realize a book is very out of print, had at least moderate popularity, and so they jack the price of the book up. As soon as one seller does it the rest seem to quickly follow suit like a bunch of lemmings.Tack said:
It didn't take long, once the GURPS Traveller book "First In" (scout services) went out of print,
for the price on a new copy to get jacked up quickly breaking $150.00 for a book that sold at $22.00
Clangador
Mongoose
Well I've been looking for a Copy of Troubleshooters for a couple years now. Everyone has the price jacked (jerked) up.
I'm hoping the PDFs will go one sale sometime soon here. I missed The Bundle of Holding last year.
I do have a copy of XP, which I use to run my game(s) with.
I'm hoping the PDFs will go one sale sometime soon here. I missed The Bundle of Holding last year.
I do have a copy of XP, which I use to run my game(s) with.
I'm in the same boat (have XP, want Troubleshooters). I know that they want to promote their upcoming Paranoia card game, and I've pre-ordered, but I think I'll always be more of a dice chucker than a card flopper at heart and so I'd love to throw Mongoose some money for a pdf or two.
(I'll certainly give the new game a shot. I have a friend who insists that playing an adventure path from Paizo is much more fun with the card game than with the Pathfinder RPG rules, so Mongoose's strategy isn't untested. I'm just greedy and want both.
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(I'll certainly give the new game a shot. I have a friend who insists that playing an adventure path from Paizo is much more fun with the card game than with the Pathfinder RPG rules, so Mongoose's strategy isn't untested. I'm just greedy and want both.
)TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
If you are going to get one book for the Paranoia line, the get hold of the XP book. The others, including Troubleshooters, are basically the same but edited down.
Hopefully, Mongoose will start releasing their pdf line again in full after the new Paranoia box set game is released.
Hopefully, Mongoose will start releasing their pdf line again in full after the new Paranoia box set game is released.
Converting from XP to Troubleshooters:
Throw out everything about Treason Codes.
Assign Treason Points (secretly) when players do things you don't find interesting. Or perhaps when they do treasonous things. Whatever.
20 Treason Points = Traitor.
As far as pricing of used books goes, remember that many sellers on Amazon and eBay use software to price things and that software picks unrealistic prices when there's few to no other examples of prices. If you want to see what people are actually willing to spend, look through Completed Listings.
Sadly, the one book I'm missing is Blue Line, the special edition of Internal Security, and I doubt I'll ever see one. At least the Troubleshooters book can be found out there.
Throw out everything about Treason Codes.
Assign Treason Points (secretly) when players do things you don't find interesting. Or perhaps when they do treasonous things. Whatever.
20 Treason Points = Traitor.
As far as pricing of used books goes, remember that many sellers on Amazon and eBay use software to price things and that software picks unrealistic prices when there's few to no other examples of prices. If you want to see what people are actually willing to spend, look through Completed Listings.
Sadly, the one book I'm missing is Blue Line, the special edition of Internal Security, and I doubt I'll ever see one. At least the Troubleshooters book can be found out there.
Weet-R-BIX
Mongoose
In al honesty, the Little Red Book was not worth the paper it was printed on. It did not contain everything a troubleshooter needed to play. If you're a completist and have to have it, don't pay a red cent more than the cover price for it. Its only real worth is in its curiousity value.
From poking around, a couple sold last month on eBay for 20 bucks or less. Noble Knight Games also just sold one this month (doesn't show how much). If you watch eBay long enough, I suspect you'll find one for cheap. I got mine there a couple years ago for $3.99 .. that's pretty much a fair price for what it is.
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
Point of note about Amazon prices - they tend to set them themselves based on availability.
I actually have the Little Red Book, and could therefore put it on Amazon. However, it wouldn't be worth it as I couldn't set the price myself any lower than lowest price, while it's unlikely to ever sell at that price.
I actually have the Little Red Book, and could therefore put it on Amazon. However, it wouldn't be worth it as I couldn't set the price myself any lower than lowest price, while it's unlikely to ever sell at that price.
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