What's your budget?

[Psychosplodge]

$500? that's about £30 right?

[JMichael]

I have a $200USD per month hobby budget. This includes all wargaming and PC games. Some months it's tough to fit it all in that budget, but most months I don't spend that much as I have a large 40k collection and don't really need much else and don't want any titans.

[Zederith]

My Budget...is for food & gas plus enough for bills and other required spending to exist.The rest is for my wonderful,vampiric,40k/30k hobby.

[Path Walker]

My budget is around £100 a month, thats what I set aside for hobbying anyway, I often go over that though, as I do get stuff from a lot of different systems.

I buy most of my GW stuff from my local GW, its a bit pricier than online but I get it in my hands there and then, don't have to either take time off to wait for delivery or schlep over to the Post Office depot (which is only open till 12 on a Saturday).

Non-GW (Right now, mainly Frostgrave, Guildball, DZC and X-Wing) I buy direct from the manufacturer or from small hobby specialists, like Bad Squiddo, unless I'm playing in the local gaming space, when I'll try and buy something from them, but their stock is pretty poor these days, but they usually have some X Wing ships in.

I like staff at my local GW and think a shop where people can learn to play and paint is important for the hobby so I'm happy to do my part to help keep them hitting their targets. I don't play there much, what with working full time, but I sometimes take an afternoon off to sit and paint there and chat with some of the more social capable regulars. The manager is due to change, she's actually coming to work with my department, so this may change if the new one is a bit too much of a "company man", we'll see how that works out.

[Mr Mystery]

If that's Lizzie, I was on the same management course as her

Which I failed.

[Erik Setzer]

My hobby budget kind of shifts... Mainly because unexpected expenses come up (and right now I have to cut back in order to pay off some of them).

But it also depends on how hobby budget is defined. I have a kind of "entertainment money pool" that goes to comics, video games, and physical games. I'd guestimate $200 a month altogether, though more in some months. A splashy release might get me to drop more (i.e. grabbing a pair of Betrayal at Calth boxes, or getting some new Skaven releases, or an Ogre Kingdoms army because I thought I might be able to mix them with Orcs in WFB... or even just an XBox One). But then usually that has to be made up for elsewhere.

Right now, the GW portion of the budget is at the back, because my wide range of interests makes it obvious how much further my money could go with almost anything else, and that makes it hard to justify the cost. I.e. if I have $80, I'd rather get Dungeon Saga than the two new Space Wolf characters and $20 of whatever, because one is a whole new game that can also double as useful props for RPGs, giving me lots of use, and the other is just a pair of small toy soldiers for one specific army that I haven't had a chance to play in months. Similarly, if it's a choice of $60 for those two model, or dropping that on some Humble Bundles and a Steam sale, the latter is getting the money, because it's a lot more entertainment for the money.

There's a lot of factors in there, so I'm not sure I can give a "hard" answer.

[grimmas]

Don't have one. It comes down to what I can sneak past the wife to be honest. It's probably very low might average out at £30 a month. Although I could probably not buy anything ever again and still have stuff to paint for the next 15 years (at my current completion rate). I've got models from 1989 that still need painting. I'm beginning to think that Tom Kirby is right and my real hobby may be buying GW models 😮

[Path Walker]

If that's Lizzie, I was on the same management course as her

Which I failed.

Lizzie is Southport, it's her sister Naomi!

- - - Updated - - -

I'm beginning to think that Tom Kirby is right and my real hobby may be buying GW models 😮

Thats our secret shame, Tom was right all along.

[Captain Bubonicus]

I've got so much old stuff (been playing and collecting since the late 80's) that nowadays I'm just picking up a model here and there or a vehicle to add to old armies. I'd estimate I maybe spend about $100USD a month.

[Mr Mystery]

So far this month? £45 on Curse of the Wulfen.

I may pick up Assassination Force as well later on. Need to catch up on my other models first though.