Re: Comparative prices - original RQ and Sartar

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_lF6g8nfp48hRVXF9XQLiuLMBqW2MshJP50ww2rLNWRPLp38LMIXbNU4xhiM3-8>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:02 -0000

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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?
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> My book cover has the "A $26 value" on it. The deluxe RQ3 box also comes out to $80 in 2008 dollars.
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> Just keep this in mind when you think about the price of Sartar. Those old book you remember being so cheap, weren't really so cheap after all.
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> Jeff
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Oh, I definitely agree with your broader point. After all, the $40.00+ for the core 1978 rulebook is still more than the $30.00 for the current core rulebook, and they are about the same size. But I'm a little suspicious of the $26.00 price tag. I got the $11.99 price from John M. Ford's article "On Playing Roles: a Second Look" that was in the September 1980 issue of Asimoz's SF Magazine.

                                                  Mark Mohrfield