1959

Have you tried Clockwork Wars? So, so good. And first timers always ask to play it again. I know you trust this guy: https://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2016/02/09/38031/

1960

Anyone have tips for selling board games you no longer want? Gloomhaven just isn’t for me and Scythe digital has convinced me I don’t need physical Scythe. Or does anyone want an already organized (used this method: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1726878/yss-yet-another-storage-solution) Gloomhaven for $75?

1961

I would venture to guess that you could easily find a buyer at that price on BGG. Just make that $75 plus shipping, since shipping will be a bear.

1962

I sold my copy for $100 cash on Craigslist to a local buyer

1963

BGG Marketplace is great for buyers because the price competition is transparent. If you put a decent price on it, it will sell. Make sure you price the shipping at the UPS store or post office first. I have burned myself a couple of times by underestimating shipping. One time it was to Hong Kong.

Another option is to list it on eBay with a “Buy It Now” button. eBay’s transient auctions tend to obscure price a bit more, plus it gets a ton more traffic, so the prices are generally inflated. Better for sellers, though? I guess it depends on how long it takes to sell.

1964

I would love to see some people here chime in on a general boardgame tasting menu. Like, if I wanted to play an area control game, then I should look at one of these three games. But then I’m afraid the discussion would start defining itself down into narrower and narrower categories. Area control? Sure. But do you mean solely area control? Area control with or without combat? Area control under 90 minutes? You could endlessly refine categories until you basically had one game in each one.

1965

I did end up getting to play Hexplore It: Valley of the Dead King at gaming tonight, four player with accompanying dog.

(this adorable sheltie:

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I was a Vengeful Gnome Oracle, and we also had a Gluttonous Automaton Summoner, a Leader Ork Cartographer, and a…something Angelborn Minstrel. (We used the expansion, including traits, if you couldn’t guess.) Every role was bonkers and though we didn’t have a ton of raw offensive power, our utility and defensive abilities meant we could survive to keep dishing out damage. We pretty much ticked off a couple of quests on the way up to dwarven lands and then veered off into undiscovered country, fighting a bunch of nasties in ruins along the way including a powered up (but level 1) boss for some pretty major rewards. At that point the Dead King had taken five of six cities and we decided to use the dragon staff from the black market (which we unlocked on boss #2) to zoom back to the central quadrants, rescue our fallen starting city, and then, refreshed, catch up with the Dead King himself. We killed him in three rounds of combat and didn’t even take that much damage…on Starter difficulty. Turns out characters get a lot more powerful than one might intuitively assume, so as scary as the Dead King looks to start with, he’s very doable. But, again. Difficulty matters. :)

It’s kind of amazing how little of the game you actually interact with on any given run. The timer is tight enough that you simply won’t be criscrossing the map willy nilly and checking off every boss and quest. A few of each maybe.

1966

Would you like to consider adding some Japanese flavour IKI into your menu?

The game is everything but icky despite what its name may suggest. It looks super gorgeous and boast an elegant Euro gameplay that may appeal to both beginners and experience gamers alike.

1967

Oh, does anyone own and played Obsession? It’s another Victorian period themed Euroish game that looks beautiful and game mechanics that are relevant to its theme. Would like to hear some feedback before the KS reprint launches this September.

1968

I’ve been tempted to pick this up… I nearly picked up a legacy season 1 chest last month until I read about the re-mastering… So I’d be going in to this completely blind, having never played any Dice Throne games to date.

What I think I’ll do is just go in for the Treant vs Ninja Champion Battle Box for now… and then maybe get a Season 2 box to try it out… and if I love it… Add on the Adventures in the Kickstarter!!!

Good plan?
(man I wish some of my friends already had this game for me to try out.)

1969

Dice Throne games are the definition of “Beer and Pretzels” fun times for me. If that’s what you’re going in for and you like dice (lots of dice!) I definitely recommend.

My brother was displeased when I rolled five sixes, but luck is just one of my many skills. Few skills. Only?

1970

For those of us who must absolutely spend hundreds on fully decked Kickstarters or who are driven by FOMO, this is worth pondering:

The format is Rodney introducing the topic in one video (the one linked above) and then continuing the discussion based on feedback received in the comments.

He did it recently for paid previews, and the feedback was interesting, with Scott (from my original favourite boardgame channel back in the early days of YouTube: boardgames with Scott) chiming in.

I find those more introspective topics interesting.

1971

Whelp, I backed Etherfields this morning when I woke up. I wanted to be in the 24-hour period, and I figure is my birthday in 2 weeks, and I can always cancel when SG hits if I need to. But then I see this campaign is only on for 3 weeks, so I doubt there’ll be overlap.

They sent out an update shortly after that details advancement and whatnot, and that definitely makes it seem more interesting, gameplay-wise.

1972

I’ve enjoyed his videos in the past, especially for any games I am confused about. I probably have around 60 games, and most acquired within… the last 6 years. I slowed down quite a bit when i started examining what i am most likely able to play… which means most 2-4 player games are just … out, which eliminates a lot. I avoid must hugely heavy miniature games or at least on i study them a bit before I try, and really long combative games. I also won’t let myself have more than 2-3 KS at a time anymore.

The gamer and collector combo is definitely a habit several people do not understand. I do not enjoy Kickstarter exclusives as an idea, but I won’t fully avoid a game due to that afterward.

1973

Apropos of nothing, if you missed the 7th Continent Kickstarter, the left over games from the second Kickstarter are now available for purchase.

https://shop.seriouspoulp.com/us/

1974

Looks like they only ship to the US :(

Edit: nevermind, the eu-site isn’t updated yet.

1975

That’s the US version of the shop being linked. I think they’re a French company so I have to assume they have some stock available for Europe at least.

1976

I’ve been in the hobby for about 10 years. I think my collection hovers at around 80 owned games.

https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Wendelius

If I had to guess, I would say the bulk of my purchases must have been between 2011 and 2015, or thereabout.

The first couple of years, I was exclusively buying a few games here and there to play with my sons. I think they were aged between 8 and 12 back then and I enjoyed the time we spent together.

A couple of years in, they were older and into a wider variety of games. I had disposable income. So I switched to actually wanting to try out new games pretty much every time we got to play. I started buying bigger, heavier, more expensive games and backing stuff on KS.

Add to that I started playing with Qt3ers a few times a year, and I “had to” get more games.

Fast forward a few more years and my disposable income isn’t what it used to be. Add to that the fact that I realised that those heavy and expansive games didn’t see more play than the simpler ones in our collection.

Quite the contrary, in fact. I likely have 20+ games which have only been played once or twice.

Over time, I learned what my wife my kids really love (deck and engine building, worker placement, economic games, hidden role games and many lighter games, Legacy games, …). Those other big games sit unplayed.

We met another couple who make sure all of their games get played at least 5 times and are played semi regularly after that. They are traded if they aren’t interested enough to do so. That kind of outlook helped me refocus on why I wanted to buy games early on.

I have 2 boardgaming KS projects backed, but didn’t back anything last year (and not the year before either I think).

I’ve started donating some of the games I won’t play anymore to our gaming group.

All that to say that I’ve tried to get better at shifting back the balance from collector (which is satisfying, but not why I started buying games), to a boardgamer with a games library.

Yeah, unfortunately for me, FOMO still kicks out in those cases. The 2 Kickstarter projects I backed are KS blinged out editions. I feel a bit dirty, but I couldn’t resolve not to get the fancier version.

Wendelius

1977

I have these too, some because my group doesn’t like them, other the group is not the right size, and a few that just aren’t opened yet.

For Prime Day i asked myself, was this a game I was interested in before, if the answer is no… I avoided it which meant no purchase of games those days.

I got sucked into one of these because the game existed, and I was curious, so I bought a combo of the original game, expansion and some goodies.

The second one I got a deluxe for the better pieces but it irked me that an unproven game was being released with an expansion… like it’s not even earned it’s spot yet and they are doing a big combo with an expansion… i didn’t get the expansion. We’ll see if I regret it later. The big edition sure looked nice though!

The other issue with KS exclusives… I don’t see all the campaigns. Never had a chance. KS recommends me random projects but it’s pretty rare it shows me what I actually care about.

1978

I managed the same… Just barely. Fallout was about 40% off and Conan was more than half off here in UK. I nearly bought both, then realised I hadn’t been planning to before and likely wouldn’t play them much.

One of my 2 backed projects is: Vindication + Leaders & Alliances Expansion.

I haven’t played the base game. But I still went in for the second print + expansion. They didn’t even make it a big box. FOMO writ large.

I’m happier with the other purchase: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

The deluxe version is actually quite reasonably priced compared to other KS projects ($67 / £51) and I’m really looking forward to the mix of resource engine building, polyomino based tunnel digging and the gameplay seems to be something nicely different from anything else in my collection.

You’re probably not going to thank me for this, but the r/boardgames subreddit publishes a helpful weekly summary of boardgame projects:

I discovered it this year and that’s why I have 2 projects backed. Still, it’s a great resource to get a consolidated list of projects and discussions about them. One of the few subreddits I read.