"I'll say it again: I do NOT have a problem." Topic

I can quit any time I want to. But I'm going through my rules collection and cataloging it, sorting it, and writing new entries for my rules directory project.

Turns out I now have 723 rule sets in the collection.

But they keep making new ones…..

Uhm you own 723 rule sets? Or you have cataloged 723 sets?

Xin

Go for an even 1000!

Now I don't feel so bad about my 100+ rulebooks!

Does that include PDFs?

What kind of problem could you possibly have?

Err … Cataloguing your rules collection? Nah … How could you possibly have a problem …

Phil

He isn't just cataloguing his collection, he is updating his existing catalog!

How many of them have you played? Even once?

That might be a problem…….

So is your problem the number of rules you have or that you are cataloging them?

Okay, let me say it one more time. I do NOT have a problem.

The 723 is how many I own. I like to print my PDFs so yes, it includes them but I have hard copy of them all (well, except for a small handful I haven't gotten around to printing yet).

How many have I played? No idea. For one, I don't have any mini for periods pre 1700 (yet – Vikings are on the way). And I am happy to play whatever game/rules the club is putting on. So I've played a bunch.

But then playing them is not why I collect them.

Asking how many I've played is like asking how big is your unpainted lead pile (mine, by the way, fits in two showboxes)?

Anyone that has 723 of anything has a problem. This is definitely a problem.

If some has 723 dollars, that's not a problem, nor would 7,230,000.00.

Add a morale system and a command phase to your cataloguing process, and you'll have 724.

This isn't a problem, all of them gave you ideas, whether you ever played them, or not. At least that's what I tell my wife :-)

You're an inspiration of what we all can achieve!

How will you handle imaginary rules, like Flames of Liberty, in which I will charge $100 USD and send you a few scribbled notes on a legal pad paper?

They go in my imaginary catalog.

Can you pay in imaginary money?

I could but I ran out of Bitcoins

If I had only $723 USD wrgmr1 I might feel that my financial situation was less than ideal.

Just remember it is important to always know someone who has more of what you collect.. that way you can rationalize your not as bad as that guy. Always have a that guy just in case :)

What is your rules per year index though?

If you've been gaming for 20 years, you're at approximately 35 rules / year
or 3 rules per month.

A wee-bit on the high side, but certainly not in "PROBLEM" territory. I agree, you don't have a problem. Also – does you total include supplements or just rule sets?

(unless of course I was incorrect in my assumptions and your RpY index is much higher!)

@B6GOBOS:

Happy to help.

@VonTed:

Started in the hobby 10 or 11 years ago…but I have bought an awful lot at flea markets/Ebay for a song.

But okay I'm guessing my final RpY will be more on the order of 75 / year. And NO, it is NOT a problem.

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3 games per month is about a week to read each, plus a bit of time to actually play a game here and there.

If one reads rules for recreation (and I do on occasion) that doesn't seem bad at all.

On the matter of supplements/variants.

If it expands the game then I count it as rules – so the Vietnam and WW1 versions of Flames of War are separate rules. The army lists/scenario books for Flames of War do not. But I admit it is a slightly hazy area in some cases.

I also have a lot of "army lists" for games that don't change the rules, just provide stats and maye a special rule or two (example: SCW stats for the WW2 game Nuts!)

You can see the current list here:

TMP link