Episode 22 – Collections
After discussing the games we played, we talk about our collections, their size, the games we got rid of, the games we’ll definitely keep and much more.
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Intro Music: Black Moons by The 126er on YouTube
Interstitial Music: Local Forecast Slower by Kevin MacLeod
Games List
In order of appearance:
- Jaws
- Pandemic
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/rkKrFMeaFJI - Back to the Future: Dice Through Time
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/04/back-to-the-future-dice-through-time-saturday-review/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/FUdEq4QZbtY - Village
- Brass: Birmingham
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/ - Brass: Lancashire
- Sakura
- Carcassonne
- The Mind
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/05/the-mind/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/UyLfbYqeMEY - Silver
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/08/31/silver-saturday-review/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/wytBaaNR43c - Love Letter
- Ticket to Ride
- Altiplano
- Orléans
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/2BQZnekgqWg - Clans of Caledonia
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/02/clans-of-caledonia/
Oliver’s playthrough: https://youtu.be/75vxkblnCmM - Terra Mystica
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/01/terra-mystica/
Oliver’s playthrough: https://youtu.be/kk_RTf7O3UM - Nyctophobia
- Xia: Legends of a Drift System
- Wits & Wagers
- Apples to Apples
- Colt Express
- Bruges
- The Cost
- Gentes
- Trajan
- Mariposas
- Nemesis
- The Castles of Tuscany
Antoinette’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/r3tVGkrtmTA - Wingspan
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/iTk92EiaCic
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/16/wingspan/
Oliver’s playthrough: https://youtu.be/YRY6uztJ1eA - Lignum
- Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
- Gùgōng
- Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
- Shipyard
- Warhammer: Invasion
- Photosynthesis
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/10/05/photosynthesis-saturday-review/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/9S6Ka6WRnTU - Rise of Tribes
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/12/15/rise-of-tribes/
Oliver’s boxing: https://youtu.be/UiZ7ZowCHrI - Bremerhaven
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/26/bremerhaven/ - My Little Scythe
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/NM-z69lCsjw - Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/ETxbdS9AuyM
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/18/euphoria-build-a-better-dystopia-digital-eyes/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/mSy29iJJmG4
Oliver’s playthrough: https://youtu.be/Hi78i0BR_hw - Everdell
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/-pINitBZ8zk - Gloomhaven
Antoinette’s review: https://youtu.be/yaCrl_aASkM - Splendor
Oliver’s review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/25/splendor-saturday-review/
Oliver’s unboxing: https://youtu.be/eqatqPK62-E - Star Realms
Yeah, I miss Spiel. As I’m in the UK, I was expecting this to be the last year I could afford anyway, and now even that’s gone.
I grew up with computer games, when “recognisable name” meant “we spent the budget on the name rather than on the programming”, so it took me a bit of learning to realise that boardgames could be different. Firefly went a long way towards fixing that, and the other Kovaleski/Sweigart/Dill IP games I’ve played (Homeland and Star Trek Ascendancy) have helped too.
Per BGG, I own 365 games (hmm!) plus 211 expansions (which tend to be in the original game’s box). There are definitely some that could go if I had to crush down the space, but they’re games I’m in the mood for very occasionally… and I really want to play them when I am. I try to do roughly one in one out, but then Kickstarters arrive…
Since I got out of my main game-acquisition phase I try to play anything before I buy it, or at least read the rules. (I never back a Kickstarter that doesn’t have a rulebook.) Then of course Essen happens…
“OK with the weird” should be your new motto.