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¿Question #242?
sumo: How much did you spend on games last year?

glax: $10,000. At least.
samalvor: All your mum's savings. Yes, we are getting married!
The Monstrous Jake: I could answer that but there's always a remote chance that some day my wife will set up a BGG account so I'd better not answer that question.
oldhoss: Appx. $150-$200 (including GQNSSS).
idea82: too much or not enough, depending on how you see it..
TommyP: I spent nothing. Got a couple games as gifts. Moderation!
Woelf: Far, far less than what the average drinker spent on booze, what the average smoker spent on cigarettes, or what the average moviegoer spent on movies & popcorn.
bcooperok: Not sure. I've been hiding it in the household budget under 'political donations'.
Spirit of 70: A lot.
xofour: I don't know. I don't track that kind of thing. It would probably be wise, because then I could be more aware of where my money was going & I would be able to budget more appropriately. But I prefer to live in a capricious manner. So what am I gonna do? But thanks for asking.
DarrinWilliams: $80
pwilz: A lot. Several hunderd dollars at least.
daveroswell: 500.
rseater: about the gross national output
JGSArt: Between Miniatures and card games.... waaaay to much! Prolly several several thousands. I didn't get into boardgames untill recently.
Junichirou: Too darn much. I look forward to surpassing that amount this year, however...
SirEvelyn: Too much.
Randy Cox: Probably around $600-700.
Mondior: Umm
Rliyen: Actually, $0! Most of my stuff was PC and RPG books. This year, time for a change. Heroscape, here I come!
MotUfan: A few hundred dollars including PC and console games
darcyj2: No idea.
dmomo: Hundreds. Probably not over 1k USD.
DHEK: I think about $125.
TheArchAngel: too much
Butterbane: Lost count of the dollars.
aleo09: about $500
Shijuro: Board games: approximately 500 dollars. Video games, probably about the same. Online computer games, a similar number. Perhaps I have a problem.
Leo-T: between $300 & $400
jjloc: enough
produceguy1765: this much
drummermark: I Better not say. My wife might stumble on to this page and then she would be upset.
Oxotnik: Not nearly as much as I spent on high-power model rockets. Boardgamming is a diversionary target for the wife. :-)
vampywife: not a lot, but this year i made up for it.
rawdawg: alot
falloutfan: $2,000 - And they're not listed on my profile.
Reloaded: millions!
moyet: 1500
Rozik: Not as much as I did this year.
Taeon: A lot.
Avatar_69: $600 or so
Shotmagnet: not enough
Sceadeau: Heh.
Cavedog_pdx: Some things are best left uncalculated.
Gwahlur: No too much.
LemonyFresh: a few hundred
brainrob: Including the Essen trip ... approx £350
beakermyers: $250.00
jasta6: about $250.00
Great Dane: I never count
hacksword: Boardgames? Nothing.
Igloo cool: #@#$% much
puffinge: $360
scriptorum: I dunno, $500?
jellospike: $350 CAN
Tushratta: $500 to $1000 (I don't really keep track)
CharlieWonka: £400
chrisesko: I'd estimate $300-$500
Lord_Prussian: 3-400 dollars
wyattnoise: Spent? Can I apply an hourly rate to the time I spent hunting and downloading?
funkhauser: Waaaay too much.
The Unbeliever: 42
Mosse: couple of hundred euros, probably - I don't dare count. Worth every cent, though...
Windopaene: About $850 IIRC, but I sold over $950, so it's all good
Nap16: Too much.
GrendelPGill: $650
Bryan Arroyo: Around $5000
ThatFalafelGirl: last year was my first WBC, so it somewhat upped my yearly spending. probably over $100
2amp: i'd never admit (the wife might check my answers!)
erli: $0
mrbeankc: None...ask me about this year though
Tim Synge: Under the Geneva Convention, I am only obliged to give you my name, rank and number.
Ebonwoulfe: I think between 300-500... so not enough
WasQ: I prefer not to Know
AlorielLelyn: Not as much as previous years.
Oborro: $600
Critical Mass: $0
deltabob: Too much
Karlsen: A couple of hundred probably
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: cough.....500 pounds sterling
alfredhw: I'll take the fifth
shippert: One doesn't spend on games; that money was always Funagain's to begin with.
Jackwraith: Several hundred, at least.
wtrollkin2000: $250ish
chad56s: Aieee! Why do you need to know? Go away!
nnf1: Ah some market research A$300
isolated: No enough...and too much.
m_r_tyler: Counting postage for trading games, I would say close to $500.
Belash: $500
geberus: bout $300
djlg: ~$2000
raolsson: Money? Approximately $175. Time? Probably a good twenty days.
darthcliff: I refuse to answer anything that could be used as evidence in a divorce case.
phantomvortex: More than I should have.
chaddyboy_2000: Probably well over $1000.
Aldie: couple thousand?
BobDodgerBlue: Uncountable. Probably several thousand $.
yossarians: did my wife put you up to this?
jttm: About $500 maybe (could be more)
Shakar: ~1500$CDN.
snoozefest: don't know
djflippy: Never ask this question. It's...inhuman.
ontangent: £50
cad614: Not as much as this year.
Denise: Too much!
hooded_paladin: Like $150.
Rubric: Not enough.
Blackwind: Who's counting?
UhhhClem: $2,331.33, according to Quicken.
mschlat: Nothing! I wasn't playing games last year!
seppo21: More than I should have. Way more.
LudesFactor: time (lots) or money (very little)?
Gelatinous Goo: $200
pernishus: 95
kimbo: I'd really rather not know. (Too much by one accounting...)
EYE of NiGHT: Dunno. 600 quid maybe. Double if you count the trips to Essen and Paris.
TamiWhitsett: $200
melissa: Less than this year. And it's only April (arrgh!)
MisterCranky: Last year was a good year. It was well under $10000.
hibikir: $400?
berserkley: $500=
Lardarse: £100, maybe more. Close to half of that was buying all of the Carcassonne expansions.
Friendless: $A250. Surpassed that in January this year.
Jim_P: Too much
janiera: Too much
kostas: $2,000
viogression: Lots. My bank account hates me.
IngredientX: ::Pleads the Fifth::
AnakinOU: Counting video games, building the new PC, and travel to gaming gatherings? Probably in the $3K range.
Zambo: Hmmm...including trades? About $500
ratpfink: Too much!
Donkey Thong: Maybe $30 (my board game addiction started in 05 )
manowarplayer: Too much. Oh, and not enough.
HBGlover: Too much.
CDRodeffer: About 1000 hours.
MikeMKH: $400 (I think)
disclamer: all of it.
TD2008YDS: average of $175 a month, so $2100
Mike A: Not as much as this year.
louiseh: £200 ish
dietevil: About $10,000 if you count the bizniz, otherwise about $500 + or -
NickB: I decline to answer on the grounds that my wife might see it.
Jon_1066: About £200
PopeBrain: too much
bard: I plead the Fifth.
Gargoyle: Less than 1000 euros. And more than 1000 hours.
Zambogirl: not as much as I would have thought, trading saved us a lot of money
skelebone: Way too f'n much.. I think my spreadsheet indicated I spend ~$2200 last year alone, but I'm hoping to curb some of that this year.
Vince Londini: less than $200
ynnen: $1200-1500
Spielfreak: Ouch! Roughly $300
CortexBomb: A few hundred?
Flyspeck23: Too much and not enough at the same time.
ValJor: Around Can$ 300 I would say.
shumyum: Guess: $250
Dante_Cubit: Time or money? Either way, too much.
Debate: >$1500 USD
gnomehome: Hint 1 : do NOT tally it up - you'll sleep better.
dakarp: Too much