Comments on: What D&D Taught Me About Finance http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/ How to spend – and save! – in the real world. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Craig http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-2398 Craig Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:25:34 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-2398 "There were no live chickens or human sacrifice." Wait, was I playing it wrong?!? J/K! I recently found an old box full of my old AD&D books as well as other games like MechWarrior. Ahh good times... No dates, but good times. “There were no live chickens or human sacrifice.” Wait, was I playing it wrong?!?

J/K! I recently found an old box full of my old AD&D books as well as other games like MechWarrior. Ahh good times… No dates, but good times.

]]> By: Slinky http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Slinky Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:28 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-299 “I’m a level 73 kinder warrior-mage-thief” What kind of DM lets you live that long? :) “I’m a level 73 kinder warrior-mage-thief”

What kind of DM lets you live that long? :)

]]> By: Crystal http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Crystal Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:37:44 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-170 Poor guy...chasing off the competition is never a good idea. :) Poor guy…chasing off the competition is never a good idea. :)

]]> By: Jason http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Jason Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:48:19 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-168 I know we've got good decks, right now. The guy we bought them from was a bit obsessive, until all of his friends realized they had no chance and lost interest. :) I know we’ve got good decks, right now. The guy we bought them from was a bit obsessive, until all of his friends realized they had no chance and lost interest. :)

]]> By: Crystal http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Crystal Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:43:39 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-167 Oh, and it's not how much you spend, it's the combo of cards you have. My husband spends less than every other guy he plays with, but he wins about 50% of the time since he makes incredible combo decks with commons and uncommons - he doesn't use that many expensive rares. He loves working on deck ideas as a way to relax. I don't get it, but to each his own... Oh, and it’s not how much you spend, it’s the combo of cards you have. My husband spends less than every other guy he plays with, but he wins about 50% of the time since he makes incredible combo decks with commons and uncommons – he doesn’t use that many expensive rares. He loves working on deck ideas as a way to relax. I don’t get it, but to each his own…

]]> By: Crystal http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Crystal Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:40:23 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-166 We have 60,000-70,000 Magic cards in our house right now...about 45,000 are my husband's collection. I sell the rest as repacks on Ebay as my husband sorts through everything. If we run low, we buy huge lots on Ebay and then start all over again. If your kids continue to show no interest, there is a huge market on Ebay to unload your packs. Just make sure you don't sell off your rares too cheaply! :-) We have 60,000-70,000 Magic cards in our house right now…about 45,000 are my husband’s collection. I sell the rest as repacks on Ebay as my husband sorts through everything. If we run low, we buy huge lots on Ebay and then start all over again.

If your kids continue to show no interest, there is a huge market on Ebay to unload your packs. Just make sure you don’t sell off your rares too cheaply! :-)

]]> By: Jason http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Jason Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:27:35 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-161 It's been years since I've played. We all grew up, moved away and had kids. It's hard to run a regular game around babies. From the beginning, I DM'd more than I played. It always seemed to work out better that way. Most of my friends got into Magic, but I always looked at it as "whoever spends the most, wins". I bought my first deck(actually, my first 20 or so) last summer at a garage sale. All sorted by theme and in mint condition. Now, my son doesn't want to play. :( It’s been years since I’ve played. We all grew up, moved away and had kids. It’s hard to run a regular game around babies.

From the beginning, I DM’d more than I played. It always seemed to work out better that way.

Most of my friends got into Magic, but I always looked at it as “whoever spends the most, wins”. I bought my first deck(actually, my first 20 or so) last summer at a garage sale. All sorted by theme and in mint condition. Now, my son doesn’t want to play. :(

]]> By: Crystal http://liverealnow.net/what-dd-taught-me-about-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Crystal Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:44:51 +0000 http://liverealnow.net/?p=404#comment-158 We play/played D&D! My favorite character ever was a half-Orc named Balkthrasha (named after the Orc god of bashing heads together). We would be in a group right now, but it's hard to get a non-flaky D&D group together so we are in several board gaming groups instead. It's almost as fun...plus I can talk more about real life without ticking everyone off. :-) I think your financial lessons are hilarious...I never "invested" in potions of extra healing either (lol). I did invest quite a but in magical weapons and armor though. D&D also taught me about time management...I had to fit in all of my college stuff when I could so I could show up for the impromptu gaming sessions that popped up. D&D and board gaming are inexpensive hobbies as well - a $50 board game every couple of months or the new versions of D&D books printed offline. Magic cards are where the big expenses pop up. I don't play MtG well, so it's mainly my husband's thing. He spends most of his "fun" money on boxes and they are always a great present idea if I'm stumped. I get a kick out of watching him open new packs...like a kid in a candy store. :-) We play/played D&D! My favorite character ever was a half-Orc named Balkthrasha (named after the Orc god of bashing heads together). We would be in a group right now, but it’s hard to get a non-flaky D&D group together so we are in several board gaming groups instead. It’s almost as fun…plus I can talk more about real life without ticking everyone off. :-)

I think your financial lessons are hilarious…I never “invested” in potions of extra healing either (lol). I did invest quite a but in magical weapons and armor though.

D&D also taught me about time management…I had to fit in all of my college stuff when I could so I could show up for the impromptu gaming sessions that popped up.

D&D and board gaming are inexpensive hobbies as well – a $50 board game every couple of months or the new versions of D&D books printed offline. Magic cards are where the big expenses pop up. I don’t play MtG well, so it’s mainly my husband’s thing. He spends most of his “fun” money on boxes and they are always a great present idea if I’m stumped. I get a kick out of watching him open new packs…like a kid in a candy store. :-)

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