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¿Question #3825?
skelebone: What amount do you budget yourself for games, either monthly or annually?

ocdspectrum: Trying to only have a net gain of 20 games this year.
BOBBYCAN: One Zillion Dollars, give or take.
draight: 30
Amirabutwo: I don't budget. My spending is out of control.
Woelf: "As needed" and "within reason"
atrium: I don't budget for them - I just buy one I like if I can afford it without impacting my ability to purchase actual necessities.
axeme: $500+/yr
vandemonium: What is a budget? Not familiar with that term.
Der Ubermolch: Not enough and too much at the same time
daveroswell: Budget? Heh.
gmonk: Budget? We don't need no stinking budget! ($150/month)
Zedsdead: I don't budget. I struggle every day against the urge to buy Buy BUY another board game.
Septic: $150/mth plus gifts
jajax: yes
Polgara: i don't budget any amount.
arkibet: 500 annually
Hector Vortac: We don't need no stinking budget.
projectmatter: no budget. just buy it when you see it or it may be gone!
DHEK: Up to $500 annually by my estimate. Doesn't mean I'll use up the whole lot, though.
malloc: as much as I can get away with
powwowdancer: I don't budget for games. If I have enough money I buy one that I want, and if I don't, I wait until I do. This system works, and it keeps my wife from lifting my hair with a butter knife.
Ebon Wendigo: I don't do budgets
aleo09: no set budget. i just get the bug every so often and let an order fly.
mpw182: what's a budget?
ZeroZilla: About $200 annually, based on one big budget game every three months, or so. (Until my collection grows a bit, at which point I pray I'll have the self control to scale back some. Or I start earning more money...)
dragonewtking: whatever i can free up
everlong205: About 100 or so a month, give or take a month.
Dweeb: I'm rich, I don't need a budget.
janiera: $40/month
Cromaa: All of my income...
orodreth: $50
Shotmagnet: not enough
jasta6: I'm afraid I impulse shop....................................
mlanza: Unlimited budget. I get the games I want, but I try to be careful to not get too many games purely on speculation.
Roja: The last two years i've bought around €400 worth of boardgames per year
Platinum Dragon: What little I can afford as an unemployed student living with my parents.
SteveK2: I don't work to a budget
banjoseamonkey: Budget? That would make sense. I think that I'll start with $400/month and see if that works.
brainrob: I don't ... some years I spend more than others ... it all depends on the games.
Major Sholto: Monthly - about $35 - 40 including shipping
Belash: no ide
dietevil: What is this budget of which you speak?
Dr. No: 40 - 45 $ / month
POvidiusNaso: $200,000.
scriptorum: Sadly, I'm on a games-buying embargo until September by girlfriend order #237. After which, we'll see...
Gecko23: I try to keep it below my wife's
mrbeankc: As much as my wife lets me.
MogwaiBR: 300 annually
puffinge: budget? I buy what I want to buy.
Cavedog_pdx: Like I'd stick to a budget =P
Legend Dan: Depends on what's coming out
MisterCranky: No set amount. I am limiting myself to one game per month, however. This rule was made to be broken.
dakarp: I'm not organized enough to do that. I just try not to buy too many games--it seems to work OK.
ValJor: No more than Can$ 200
sourwyrm: don't need to budget for games
djlg: Budget? What's a budget? (I spend about $1500 per year, but that's not a budget.)
jttm: A few hundred.
Lord_Prussian: I don't
skrutsch: Well, we're not really bugeting games anymore. We just go nuts.
Reloaded: no budget... if I'm not playing games I won't buy new ones until I play the existing ones.
CortexBomb: I don't budget myself
CDRodeffer: 20 hours monthly.
chaddyboy_2000: I don't really budget myself; I just spend whatever I'm comfortable spending.
Spielfreak: Budget? I used to spend $40-50 per month, but this year it averages out to more like $20-25 per month.
skelebone: I always tell myself that I've already spent too much on games, and that I need to take a break, but that doesn't stop me from going on buying frenzies. Were I to stick to a budget, $50 a month should be the upper end of my spending range.