Re: Comparative prices - original RQ and Sartar

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_mppHBkbXa5wD07yTyMXvFkucjRNtauMqQBFVvrFq20BWHCMbGsraUjE6sP6JsQ>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:18 -0000

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> Just for laugh and giggles, I checked out the original release price of Runequest in 1978 ("A $26 Value") and then computed that price in 2008 dollars (we don't yet have the data for 2009 but it is likely to look awful).
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> Runequest cost $85 in 2009 dollars.
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> Just ponder that.
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> Jeff
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Wasn't the rulebook $11.99? (Which still comes to better than $40.00, of course.) For a really absurd price, we can always look to how much we paid for the deluxe RQ3 box in '85. $40.00, wasn't it?

                                                 Mark Mohrfield