The most expensive RPG book

[Spriggan]

Monte Cooks' Ptolus clocks in at 672 pages for a total price of $120.  This is the setting that the original 3e D&D designers used while creating the new system.

http://www.ptolus.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?ptolus

[Fellfrosch]

Sure, if you believe RPG designers.

[Mr_Pleasington]

Monte Cooks' Ptolus clocks in at 672 pages for a total price of $120.  This is the setting that the original 3e D&D designers used while creating the new system.

http://www.ptolus.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?ptolus

I've followed this and the old "Celebrity Gaming Table" WOTC articles for a while.  They might have used some concepts in testing the rules, but it wasn't the one big test setting he's claiming now.  At least from the old reports.   What makes me doubt it even more is the huge number of variants he has in that game.

Just sayin'.

[Spriggan]

I assumed that if they had such a flushed out test setting that Wizards would have owned it.

[Eagle Prince]

One thing I noticed is it seems like the designers use more house rules and stuff a lot more than any D&D game I have played.  One even said they are using a 20-level spell system, that is a pretty big house rule change.  So I would believe them to have a lot of varients and such while playing and playtesting.  Not only does it make sense from a playtesting standpoint, but they have a track record IMO of using more house rules than the average D&D gamer.  I would also guess the average group to have around 3-5 house rules, and I would also guess the exact house rules to change from campaign to campaign.