I think I go at it like Paul Beakley . Sheer curiosity? $20 dollars.

If you hook me in? And if you give me time between books? I’ll sink a couple of hundred into a product line.

If the promise and the components are really really good? I might risk it, if it hits the right points.

Right now, this Invisible Sun is looking like a mix of Everway, with Mage, some of Zelazny’s Amber series, with a concept VERY similar to Serpent’s Tongue, with some Secret World MMO stuff… I’ve put money into all of those, so I can see the appeal. It’s definitely pushing my buttons.

As premium components go? $200 is looking reasonable, compared to, say, the miniature wargaming hobby. The difference being you can ease into some of them with less than $100 (Infinity, maybe Firestorm Armada) but not into others (40K)

The $540 price range is for the Campaign, which allegedly includes shipping physical stuff and pdf’s, possibly? tailored to your PCs? (That part sounded very iffy to me). It’s meant to last a year, at a monthly rate so that’s the equivalent of a monthly $45 subscription. Too rich for my blood.

The $5916 level? Gives you all the secrets, plus Monte plays with you, etc. I know a guy payed a similar amount to play with Mike Mearls on some Pathfinder video game thing they did a couple of years ago… hey, don’t judge. He doesn’t have kids…. Way too rich for my blood.

My main complaint really, is that there is no cheap alternative… It’s a game predicated on secrets, which you can pay to acquire. Pay to Win… like some Free to Play MMOs, Magic The Gathering, Warhammer 40k… I dislike that model of sales, but… if you can get away with it, more power to you.