This has become my favorite BG channel. I love your thoughtful insights and am primarily a solo gamer myself. I think I tend to get more use out of my games because of that and I don't feel as bad about owning many. There are still games that I own now that I've played enough and couldn't foresee wanting to play again that I plan to get rid of. I tend to want to give games I've purchased a chance to show me all they can do before selling them. Yet I also made a few Kickstarter purchases as I was zealously getting interested in board games that I want to sell because before they were even fulfilled, I had already discovered through playing other games that they were definitely not my style of game--I fell to the FOMO. But I hope I learned from that experience. I've slowed down collecting and am pretty satisfied with where my collection sits. I'm thinking of unsubscribing from most BG content to avoid temptation of buying more new things. I have a lot of other more personal thoughts on the matter, but I love your sparking the conversation that's lead me to consider my own life more. Thanks!
@@gmchaffie so glad to have you on the crew. I don’t watch a lot of board game content myself also to avoid feeling stressed about keeping up. I’m hoping I can keep this a place where it’s more like hanging out and sharing info than a shopping mall. Maybe window shop and grab what speaks to you, but mainly a hangout.
It's my first time coming across one of your videos. Didn't expect a board-game-related video to be such Kingsman-like. I like the lighting and the editing. I am in the process of getting rid of my games. I'm down to 38 including 5 games I've backed that will arrive next year. My goal is to keep it at 30 games. I sell away my games often to make room for newer games. I have enough shelf space, but I just don't find it necessary to keep hundreds of games anymore. :) My partner keeps all his games though... He never gets rid of anything even if he will never play them... so my total is not actually 30... It's still like 100...
Hi there! This video showed up in my feed and I’m glad it did. I really enjoyed the topic and your approach. Regarding the number of games I own, I have a small collection (about 20 games) and that’s works great for me. I’ve been in this hobby for just a few years and have found several ways to play new games without owning them - the library, gaming meet ups, and my local game store has a lending library. I’ve played probably 30-40 new games this year and only bought two.
@@BoardgamesforOne I picked up Daybreak and Clank Catacombs. I do play solo sometimes and Dire Wolf created a nice little companion app for Catacombs that has a 6 game single player campaign.
What a great video and thoughtful discussion. For some of us, collecting and curating can be part of the hobby and the enjoyment we get from it. I enjoy curating and trying new games. I did the same when I curated my CD collection, my book collection, and currently creating my miniature painting collection. I get satisfaction from learning more about board game mechanisms, themes, and from organising and putting things in order. I started my collection with the intention of having the 'perfect' 80 game coop collection (different themes, sizes, complexity levels, mechanisms). So, I would aim to have the best (or most representative) real time coop, dexterity, deckbuilder etc. At some point: A)my daughters grew up and they asked for competitive games. B)My wife engaged more with word games, party, and detective/mystery games. C) we started travelling more and having activities, D I moved to a new place and I don't have a regular playing buddy anymore. All these resulted to me getting more into solo games (because I enjoy punishing complex games), and curating sub categories within the collection.. I now have 180 board games that fit the solo, coop, family competitive, words, mysteries, and party sub categories (160 played at least 10 times). I have sold 115 through the years and I am looking to reduce my collection to 100 (selling 80 more) because I now feel that I have played a lot of games and I don't get the same satisfaction from trying new things, and I get so much more from going deeper with certain games I think the point you make about mental space, and whether it becomes a stressor is important. A lot of the games I haven't played are either mystery games, or campaigns and they don't take mental space, some others are campaigns we played that I might play again. I make sure I play all my games a few times, as unplayed games piling up was weighing on me. The more years we are in the hobby, things change, and we add games to fit these new needs of our lives, developing tastes, and priorities. As long as your approach is no impacting you negatively financially or mentally, then it's the right approach for you. My collection (and the games that left it) is a reflection of my journey, and all the games past a present have been part of this.
Thank you 😎. That could be the opening monologue. Thanks for taking me through a tour of your collection and how you got there. Now to sell eighty games 🎉
I dont need or want any more games but i LOVE browsing gamefound and being a part of the whole crowdfunding experience. I love unlocking the special exclusive stuff that wont be available in retail later. I love going through the pledge levels and adding expansions and add ons in the pledge manager. I hate seeing a game im interested in and finding out it has gamefound exclusives from a campaign that ended 2 years ago x(
I enjoy watching your channel and engaging with some of these psychological delves into the hobby. I own around 80 games at the moment. 15 of these are "small box" and inhabit the equivalent volume of perhaps 3 average games. I feel like this is a good amount of games and I am very pleased to have them... while also being aware that the tiny old English cottage I live in is perhaps a bit too small for this amount of games. I do have to shuffle things around to make room for other activities on a semi-regular basis. The biggest issue at present is that I have a handful of games of the giant overproduced variety that come in ~4 boxes each. It hasn't reached the point of stress, but I'm at capacity, for sure. These are (almost) all carefully hand-selected, curated games that fulfil a specific role in my catalogue. Most are games I host at a local club, a few are solo, there are maybe 6 I play with my wife, and most of the small box games are for social occasions with casual/non-gamers. But I also have to admit that there are some great games that I rarely play because I'd choose 52 other games I already have if I played one game per week throughout the year. I need to think about passing some of these along soon. I'm not deeply "attached" to them, per se - I just don't usually like fussing about with the whole eBay process.
I'm going through a house purge in preparation for moving next summer, and its impressive how much stuff you end up accumulating over time. I'm finally at the point in my board game collection that I'm starting to set aside games to get rid of. The pile is still very small because I was thankfully very selective when making my purchases. But it's definitely not worth keeping things that you will not use and enjoy.
@@BoardgamesforOne I'm going room by room, but it's a bit of everything. Old paperwork I don't need to hang onto (shredded); clothes I don't wear; movies/books/video games that I don't see myself going through again; decorations I don't want... The list goes on! Some trash/recycling but a lot of things are being donated to libraries, schools, and local homeless shelters (trying to avoid goodwill with how much they're charging nowadays). I currently have 3 medium boxes of books ready to go, and one bag of clothes and I'm just getting started. I used to run a book review, so I'm still drowning in books. 😅
Hi. I got here thanks to the algorithm. Nice YT channel style! Currently I have 104 board games (excluding expansions). In the past I set 100 as my limit (guess it's time for selling some games... again). To me, the "too many games meter" is the H Index (mine currently at 34). I'd like to play each game in my collection at least 30 times, but... I have to admit that I gravitate towards the games in my top 20 or 30, so... Maybe a collection of 50 games is more realistic if someone wants to play all of them at least 5-6 times a year (the minimum amount of plays per year needed to rich the "I really know this game" level imo).
I have like 42 games . I would say that 10-20 games are the ones that I love always, and the other 20 are games that range between being a unique experience that I like to play sometimes only, and games that are for playing with casual gamers, big numbers, or special occasions, or just they are short because my favourite games usually are big, complex and long (more than 1'5 hours). I feel like the way you distribute them is important, I feel like I have a lot of games because they are distributed by all the house because I don't own yet a Kallax, but I think that only I would need a 2x4 to fill my collection and that would make me feel that I don't own that much or don't have a problem.
Great video. Just watched it for a second time, this time with my wife (who is a board gamer and is inspired by minimalist). We own ~220 non-children games and ~50 in the kid's collection. We often discuss this topic and if we need expansions considering we don't even play the base game once a year. We both part with and gain games on the local buy and sells. Of our ~220 games about 40 are in the to sell pile that has its own shelves.
ooh two times. Thank you man, and a howdy to your wife and kids. Sounds like you have a rotating library. I'm not certain many of us ever reach that perfect balance . . . maybe it's the tug and pull of trying to get there that we enjoy along with playing the actual games.
Board games are like houseplants to me. Some will thrive and others not so much but looked nice while they were around. For example: I bought a game for spooky season this year and after several plays this year…I can confidently pass it on to someone else to enjoy next year. No need to keep it. I recently culled a bunch of games that we had, as a family, outgrown like Candy Land etc.
Love the off-handed humor and a great topic. :) Mom gamer here, most of my games are for me to play solo, some are for friend game nights, some are for my kid, and yep I have a few I’m done with but think my kid would like down the road. As for my solo collection I think reading/remembering/re-reading rules is truly the limitation for my collection. I am growing my collection slowly to give myself time to read rules, do a learning play, then do a couple strategy plays. I have a rotating collection so I play every game each year. They are split up by month and I play them a few times when they come up in the rotation so they stay fresh and I enjoy old favorites. If I find I didn’t have much fun with them after I played them for their month, it’s time for the to go. Oh and I think it’s best to keep bgg tags private. People post comments within the context of a specific thread for a specific audience. Fair use to share these public comments but respectful to keep the names hidden.
Thank you Melz. May I call you Melz? I envy your organization and planning skills. I throw 100 rule books in the air, hop on one foot until I slip on a rulebook and then play the game for that book. And thx for the thought on tags. I feel similar. They posted publicly, but publicly for that forum, not to end up randomly in my video. Hopefully no one minds!
😂 It’s mostly just laziness. If I totally forget the rules to a game there’s no chance I’m learning them all over again. 😅 My friends call me Mel and you’re welcome to as well :)
I have little bit more than 100 (not counting expansions) and am constantly trying to get rid of some, because I am buying constantly. So buying is the problem and I sometimes feel stressed because of the huge Pile of Shame. But also excited about most of them. Soooo... We will see if I can find a better balance in the future.
…or accept it 🤷♂️. Part of what you like is the excitement of grabbing the new box. You might not get them all played. That’s alright unless it stresses you right.
I have 44 games in my collection. Over the last couple of years I've limited my new purchases to games that typically have a solo mode as my gaming group meets once a month so they can still be played more regularly. I've also started curating my collection a bit so I've typically got one game filling a particular game type or theme. A favourite at the moment is journeys in middle earth 🤩
Most represented in my collection is star wars, also love campaign games and things with some sort of story. At the moment I'm content there's nothing I feel to be missing.
Much needed video. Thank you :) my partner has mentioned several times about my purchasing frequency. Also one thing that stops me is the amount if times I've played each one (and ones ive never played).
@@BoardgamesforOne I really don't consider myself a quote board gamer. I guess that allows me to do things freely. This same conversation could be about anything. BMX bikes, comics, action figures the list goes on.
@@markdandridge4433 honestly I don’t think of myself as a board gamer as I imagine them, but I probably am. And yet here I am. Yeah I the principles apply to anything.
Options are nice. I used to have over 100 games. It was growing towards the 200. I don't have many players to enjoy them so I began cutting away games that aren't being played much at all. I don't actually miss them. Some games that are impossible to get again I've kept. But yeah, options is great. Mood doesn't exist to stick with one thing. Some days I want to do something else. When it comes with space, it sucks that some games come in a hundred seperate boxes. Monster Hunter World, Primal: The Awakening, Arkham Horror The Card Game, Aeon's End, ISS Vanguard, Nemesis... Some games aren't designed smartly where they don't even fit into box once they've been opened up.
Did you enjoy ISS and Nemesis? They're favorites of mine but they definitely have their issues. Also wondered what kind of game Monster Hunter is: is it a boss battler?
@@BoardgamesforOne Nemesis we love, but only play co-op. I get that the traitor system exists, but the game is difficult enough without players throwing the game. For traitor game I'd much rather play Battlestar Galactica (base game since that's all I have and will ever need). Yet to win a single game of Nemesis: Lockdown, but Nemesis we beaten somewhat easily with all of the monsters from all sets at least once. The whole power system for N: Lockdown makes this a tougher puzzle to win. ISS Vanguard while interesting story-wise is a pain in the ass with it's gameplay. I actually don't like relying on dice to do actions, and the randomness of it is just painful. We play 2 player, but 2 characters each and I can't imagine playing with less characters. Dice pools are so small and always diminishing, with bad luck making every situation so much worse. We've made it as far as having decided which path to take going for looking for allies instead of going full military blitz. We've not come back to it in ages. I'll probably find a way to sub out the dice in some manner just to power through the story.
@@BoardgamesforOne Monster Hunter World the board game is definitely a boss battler that takes it's core ideas from Dark Souls made by the same company, Steamforged Games. I can definitely say is was a mess (unplayable) on release due to misprints in some many parts of the game components and rules, but once those fixed were sent out, it's a better overall system than what Dark Souls board game provides. Waiting for Monster Hunter Iceborne the board game, which will come with same changes for the MGWorldBG that will make it even better. As MWWorlBG is atm it does have some annoying aspects to it. With moved onto Primal: The Awakening and found this game is quite different, and in some ways more entertaining due to more freedom of building up your character. I can't fault for MHWorldBG being the way it is with advancement design since it is trying its hardest doing what the video games do. The are different enough from each other in how the work to make them both worthwhile to have. My fave boss battler, though would have to be my fave deckbuilder, Aeon's End. Yes we have also played both LEgacy games for Aeon's End and they were awesome. Annoying not all cards can be used outside of the campaigns, but still a wonderful experience to at least run through once each.
@@BoardgamesforOne A pity Shelfside hasn't done a thorough Monster Hunter World Boardgame review, as from the reviews I've seen, they are very indepth with good points and faws. From my point of view, if you are interested in the game, get the second printed edition to avoid the first printing error issues, and if you don't care about order of release (video game and board game), you may want to get monster Hunter Iceborne instead due to it getting several things aspects from the video games they've figured out how to implement. Yes, Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Iceborne have key differences so if you want to combine them you;d need to do some work with World to make to make work like Iceborne. At least this is what was said by the developers.
@@Kindlesmith70 I prefer Etherfields to ISS because I prefer cards over dice. I do think they did well with the dice system but it is much more stressful and at times frustrating to lose badly bc I’m bad at dice strategies.
I am majorly overwhelmed, have stuff everywhere that I have no room to store... but none of that is board games. Boardgames is my newest hobby (started 2019), my issue is stuff from my other past hobbies I no longer use and all the clutter that just follows you through life and leaves you nostalgic that you can't let go of. But I am working on it right now and look forward to space for more games once I let go of all the stuff I don't need anymore.
I think 100 games is perfectly reasonable. I never get bored of what I have, I.e. I can always find a game I want to play. In fact, after 15 years or so in the hobby I'm not even looking to buy new games. I have less than 10 that I would even consider getting rid of even if I haven't played it in a while because I know that every single game in my collection will come to the table at some point.
Hello there! Recent subscriber here- great content 😄. I have just over 100 games in my collection, and have started to pile several off to the side to pass along. What are ways/ websites you use to sell or trade your games? That’d help me greatly 👍🏽
Howdy and welcome to the crew. Glad to have you. I use Nobleknight.com for trading several games in one go. You send the game titles and condition, they send you a quote, pay for shipping and give you store credit or cash. Otherwise, I mainly put games on my local game stores used games shelf. I name the price, they put it up for sale and keep a small percentage. Either way I never expect more than 50% back. Worst case, if the game is unsellable, I donate to library. If it's too bad for even that, I donate to a thrift store.
Appreciate that. Top 100 is daunting and I do someday want to do it, but it needs to be at the right time, for the right reason and maybe done as a community even. I'm still tossing around ideas for when the day comes. I want it to be enjoyable for me and for this whole crew, not an obligation.
I own 38 games in my collection but for personal preferences i don't buy Co-op and campaign games, also i tend to stay away from games with no player interaction and games best at 2 players, and games that are too chaotic to develop a strategy so this leaves me with a limited buy options and i am fine with that.
Answers to the 10 questions ; -No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no. I own 39 games, am waiting for some new. I have a limit : 50, because it's the time I have to play them, and I love big games. I sell the ones I don't play anymore, only a few of them stay in my house, only because there are gifts from dear ones. I have a rotation list of the games I want to play, because I love them i Enjoyed them a lot and sometimes, the news and the habits let them down. For example, I'm playing this week a V-Sabotage campaign, the last time I played it, it was last year. So It was on my list of "games to play". I'm happy VSabotage it's a very good game, and I have a lot of fun. I don't see my games as a collection there are just games I like or I love. My kids are adults now and they take (and keep) games in my "collection"(there are some they don't have the rigth to think about taking them.....), It would be very, very difficult to own more than 100 games....
@@BoardgamesforOne First, I hope you will excuse me for my english. V-Sabotage is a WWII game, not too much in fight. You have to inflitrate a location and to carry on a mission (several types of missions are available), it's better to stay "invisible" from german soldiers (you are not reaaly invisible, hein, ;-) ). There is a luck aspect to the game, but also an euro component, with only three actions per commando. The missions can be short (1h) or longer (3h), you can play in campaign. And there is a solo mode, because it's a cooperative game. An expansion provide a better campaign mode, XP, and a true solo with only ONE commando.
I don't have a game group, it's just my family and I. My thoughts are.. #1 After I watch a how to play, do I want to play it? #2 And is the cost going to increase? If so for both, I buy it and store it. Ive logged at least one play of all my games (~120) every year I've owned it. We rarely have anything I've not played.. I call that healthy and fun. I only occasionally cull, and when I do, It's deep.
I used to buy games on a whim, games that were hot at the time, even if I thought I probably won't like them, these days I just buy the games I feel are the cream, I have a collection of games that I want and want to play, but yeah I have to many games, I have a set shelving space, if there's no room then something either has to go into the loft (properly stored) or to sell, and I hate selling games. I recently cleared out all the games I didn't want, and I set a criteria for what was to stay and what was to go, and some games lost surprisingly, for instance I ended up keeping Descent legends in the dark and sold Chronicles of Druganor, but when I tested them by my criteria list I knew it was the right choice. There are far to many board games on the market these days and to much FOMO on Kickstarters and it causes problems. One of the most crucial questions I asked when choosing games to sell was Would you buy it again?.
@@HarleyFirestorm what are some of your other criteria? And I think the pain of selling games causes quite a few to hold on to them longer than they otherwise would.
@@BoardgamesforOne I try to keep it simple, but the last question is often the decider. 1. Do I have other games in the same Genre? If so is this best one?, if not is there something about this game that makes it different and worth keeping?. Games like Dungeon universalis and Leagues of Dungeoneers, really they are very similar games, do you need both of them?, which one would you prefer to keep. 2. Will I play it again?, or at all?. Some games you play a lot and some you play once a year, but the important thing is will you play it again?. Some games have either a lackluster solo mode and your group just refuse to play it again, its just going to sit on the shelf, even though you liked it. 3. But the most important is, Would I buy it again, this is the question that is often the most important to me, as its the last question I asked once its failed the above tests. If you sell this game, will you have sellers regret and buy it again, how many times have I seen people sell games only to ask or buy them again from groups, I have done this myself, if you would buy it again, just don't sell it. So for instance I will take Descent Legends of the dark and Chronicles of Druganor. on my last cull I got rid of Druganor and kept Descent, using the criteria list above. even though the mechanics are different, they are very similar games, Druganor however for me was more clunky, harder to get to the table as it is more time consuming and takes a lot of space and set up, so this is what made it a worse game then descent for me. Descent yes, because its very easy to set up and get into the game, Druganor no because the fun is often killed by having to sort through everything mid game. Then there's the crucial question, would you buy it again if you sold it?, Descent I wouldn't sell anyway, but Druganor I would not buy again, for the reasons I stated above and the fact that if I did I would end up getting an all in pledge from someone because I would have to have it all, and knowing what I know about the game that would put me off of buying it again, and I would look at it every week and say "not got the time, maybe next week". If I have a game but I am running out of space that I like that I have other better games in this genre, but I do want to play it in the future (but not at the moment), and I would buy it again, then that goes into storage (loft). I think the worst part of selling for me once I have made up my mind, is dealing with people on groups (some people are a nightmare and really cheeky), packaging and finding the time to get it out in the post, then sitting there hoping everything is okay.
Why not have a set way of videoing the content of games after a couple of plays. Then you could get rid of the game but still have everything you need for here. This could mean large storage or cloud to store the footage.
@@robphyllyps1 not a bad idea. I have external storage for this. I currently do that w photos, so it would just be a matter of planning out what footage I may end up using in any video and if it would be worth the time invested if I never feature that game. I’m leaning towards trying it out though. Thank you.
I am a firm believer in the "from board games to castle" doctrine. I will continuesly collect games, till critical mass has achieved, and then will start to build a castle with the boxes as bricks. Unfortunately I am still far away from critical mass. By standard castle measures, I am at "servants bathroom" level and therefore still have a long way to go. In regard to storage space stress, I found taking a sledge hammer to a wall, to initiate a hostile takeover of a neighbor's quarters for additional storage space, to be a wonderful stress reliever. But honestly, the only board game related clutter I would bemoan, is actually other people's fault. If people would just buy my games for sale, I wouldn't have board game clutter. 😊😉 Edit: Thailand and it's people are wonderful, but the Thai language hurts my head. Edit 2: A late thought: Have you ever considered to upgrade from a go-bag (a very essential thing) to a go-sledge? Think about it and what games would get a slot on it. 🤔
You can most certainly play 116 games in a year... in 2023 on my youtube channel I played 136 brand new, never played before games... plus all of the regular games I had played before and ended upon in the 400 games played range.. But I am a serious youtuber and put out more content then everyone board gamer out there...
I have too many games and I think I have about 40 - I bought a lot and it turns most are not for me... (looking at you Ankh & Quacks - why did I think I should buy family games?) so it's time to cull and keep only campaign games (like ISS Vanguard😉) and a very few select Euro/Worker placement.
@@wiblick hey I’ve done it too and still do it. I thought a whole layer of games for when I play w friends only to realize it’s wiser to buy for myself and if it also plays in a group…cool.
Video was good but was wierd when you brought up you are no longer married, might have been more appropriate for another video. That being said, going on topic of this video we keep games we play at least once per season if not touched then they leave our collection. We limit ourselves to our board game shelf that we found fit the perfect and realistic amount that we can bring to the table every year. When something stops getting played we replace it with something new. In turn, if a new game comes out that we feel is a must in our collection, we find a game in our collection with the same mechanics that can be let go.
I have approximately 300 games. I understand now the need to keep buying. I have stopped buying games, and my hobby have changed to playing the ones I got. Also I did have the need to keep my games in pristine condition, not anymore. You see most game channels on TH-cam doing purges of so many games in order to keep up with new releases or with having no space. I think now retrospectively that the best way to go is to buy one game, played until the game has nothing else to offer and then replaced with another one that is available. People that plays RPGs tend to play and like few RPGs because they are kind of infinite replayability, but board games are more limited on these regards. It's also historical, back in the 90s there were not many good board games, so when the board game started to be available more and more, one had the tendency to buy everything that one can! Not anymore! Now games are incredibly expensive and tend to be complex in order not to get bad reviews for not innovating. You will know that you have too many games when you see yourself searching Amazon for new games every day and having trouble finding games that are better than the ones you already have.
@@nydaloth what you said about the 90s. I think as a group we are all adjusting to the fact that we can and must be discriminating in our preferences now due to availability.
I think collected board games should remain unopened. Like game review videos, leave them untouched and ye shall be untouched as well. By the way, culling a collection means moving the games from the collection category to the may lend out someday category. Really. :)
Only owning a collection of 10 games is for people who play board games once a month. I invite friends over for an evening of games and play 7-10 games, even more if it is a full weekend day of gaming. Not to mention several regular meetup groups I play at every week. When I'm busy and don't get to play much, I'll still have 30 plays in a month. Only 10 games would get insanely repetitive. Video gamers have hundreds of games, book nerds have hundreds of books, etc. You need a selection for whatever you might be in the mood for when you decide to play, various player counts for varying sizes of parties, varying difficulty levels to match experience of your players, and many other factors. 100 games is a perfectly reasonable collection size.
This was a great video. I enjoyed all the different viewpoints. I think I am different every day. 🙈 one day I think ah I don’t have enough, another I feel like I should play the ones I have but ultimately I try to do what makes me happy.
@@BoardgamesforOne Content creation uses my game time in terms of the time I have to actually play games which is tricky. Sometimes I don’t get to play my actual collection because I need to play games for content creation. My husband hates to play lots of new games so navigating a balance between being able to play games enough to review and playing games for fun is hard. I try much harder to research a game and look for solo modes, family friendly, themes I know he will enjoy for content so it’s not eroding time with the family. They also get fed up of me saying we need to play this game for content at the expense of them picking games. It got to the point were the family didn’t really enjoy gaming so I have worked hard to be more respectful of their time and to incorporate content creation into my working week which I am lucky to be able to do.
This has become my favorite BG channel. I love your thoughtful insights and am primarily a solo gamer myself. I think I tend to get more use out of my games because of that and I don't feel as bad about owning many. There are still games that I own now that I've played enough and couldn't foresee wanting to play again that I plan to get rid of. I tend to want to give games I've purchased a chance to show me all they can do before selling them. Yet I also made a few Kickstarter purchases as I was zealously getting interested in board games that I want to sell because before they were even fulfilled, I had already discovered through playing other games that they were definitely not my style of game--I fell to the FOMO. But I hope I learned from that experience. I've slowed down collecting and am pretty satisfied with where my collection sits. I'm thinking of unsubscribing from most BG content to avoid temptation of buying more new things. I have a lot of other more personal thoughts on the matter, but I love your sparking the conversation that's lead me to consider my own life more. Thanks!
@@gmchaffie so glad to have you on the crew. I don’t watch a lot of board game content myself also to avoid feeling stressed about keeping up. I’m hoping I can keep this a place where it’s more like hanging out and sharing info than a shopping mall. Maybe window shop and grab what speaks to you, but mainly a hangout.
It's my first time coming across one of your videos. Didn't expect a board-game-related video to be such Kingsman-like. I like the lighting and the editing.
I am in the process of getting rid of my games. I'm down to 38 including 5 games I've backed that will arrive next year. My goal is to keep it at 30 games.
I sell away my games often to make room for newer games. I have enough shelf space, but I just don't find it necessary to keep hundreds of games anymore. :)
My partner keeps all his games though... He never gets rid of anything even if he will never play them... so my total is not actually 30... It's still like 100...
@@BahBahWa thank you. I’ll take kingsman. What did you back?
Hi there! This video showed up in my feed and I’m glad it did. I really enjoyed the topic and your approach. Regarding the number of games I own, I have a small collection (about 20 games) and that’s works great for me. I’ve been in this hobby for just a few years and have found several ways to play new games without owning them - the library, gaming meet ups, and my local game store has a lending library. I’ve played probably 30-40 new games this year and only bought two.
Well howdy man, I’m glad you found me and joined in. That’s the way to do it man. Game store libraries are the best. Which two did you buy?
@@BoardgamesforOne I picked up Daybreak and Clank Catacombs. I do play solo sometimes and Dire Wolf created a nice little companion app for Catacombs that has a 6 game single player campaign.
@@donriddle6392 sweet. Daybreak is on my shelf to play
What a great video and thoughtful discussion. For some of us, collecting and curating can be part of the hobby and the enjoyment we get from it. I enjoy curating and trying new games. I did the same when I curated my CD collection, my book collection, and currently creating my miniature painting collection. I get satisfaction from learning more about board game mechanisms, themes, and from organising and putting things in order. I started my collection with the intention of having the 'perfect' 80 game coop collection (different themes, sizes, complexity levels, mechanisms). So, I would aim to have the best (or most representative) real time coop, dexterity, deckbuilder etc.
At some point: A)my daughters grew up and they asked for competitive games. B)My wife engaged more with word games, party, and detective/mystery games. C) we started travelling more and having activities, D I moved to a new place and I don't have a regular playing buddy anymore. All these resulted to me getting more into solo games (because I enjoy punishing complex games), and curating sub categories within the collection.. I now have 180 board games that fit the solo, coop, family competitive, words, mysteries, and party sub categories (160 played at least 10 times).
I have sold 115 through the years and I am looking to reduce my collection to 100 (selling 80 more) because I now feel that I have played a lot of games and I don't get the same satisfaction from trying new things, and I get so much more from going deeper with certain games
I think the point you make about mental space, and whether it becomes a stressor is important. A lot of the games I haven't played are either mystery games, or campaigns and they don't take mental space, some others are campaigns we played that I might play again. I make sure I play all my games a few times, as unplayed games piling up was weighing on me.
The more years we are in the hobby, things change, and we add games to fit these new needs of our lives, developing tastes, and priorities. As long as your approach is no impacting you negatively financially or mentally, then it's the right approach for you. My collection (and the games that left it) is a reflection of my journey, and all the games past a present have been part of this.
Thank you 😎. That could be the opening monologue. Thanks for taking me through a tour of your collection and how you got there. Now to sell eighty games 🎉
Great video and very well edited! I also fall for that buying habbit but nowdays trying to keep it in a level were i play any games i own.
@@nobledicegames thank you! I share the same goal. It’s a challenge.
Great topic and video as always. Always enjoy watching. It’s top notch how you combine humour with semi-serious topics also
Thank you sir Darth carp. Is that some humor I see in your name?
I hope the humor keeps this a pleasant place to hangout, while also having some meat on the topic bones.
@@BoardgamesforOne why how did you guess!! 🤣
This format is great, really enjoy that you're taking a deeper, level-headed look at some of these topics.
@@7CJ77 thank you! It’s a good time to make and being in the comments makes it quite worth it.
500+.... My wife won't let me buy anymore. I don't know why .
The nerve
I dont need or want any more games but i LOVE browsing gamefound and being a part of the whole crowdfunding experience. I love unlocking the special exclusive stuff that wont be available in retail later. I love going through the pledge levels and adding expansions and add ons in the pledge manager.
I hate seeing a game im interested in and finding out it has gamefound exclusives from a campaign that ended 2 years ago x(
You know I rarely browse crowdfunding because I know I can’t back, but viewing it like window shopping could be fun. I might try it
I enjoy watching your channel and engaging with some of these psychological delves into the hobby. I own around 80 games at the moment. 15 of these are "small box" and inhabit the equivalent volume of perhaps 3 average games. I feel like this is a good amount of games and I am very pleased to have them... while also being aware that the tiny old English cottage I live in is perhaps a bit too small for this amount of games. I do have to shuffle things around to make room for other activities on a semi-regular basis. The biggest issue at present is that I have a handful of games of the giant overproduced variety that come in ~4 boxes each. It hasn't reached the point of stress, but I'm at capacity, for sure. These are (almost) all carefully hand-selected, curated games that fulfil a specific role in my catalogue. Most are games I host at a local club, a few are solo, there are maybe 6 I play with my wife, and most of the small box games are for social occasions with casual/non-gamers. But I also have to admit that there are some great games that I rarely play because I'd choose 52 other games I already have if I played one game per week throughout the year. I need to think about passing some of these along soon. I'm not deeply "attached" to them, per se - I just don't usually like fussing about with the whole eBay process.
eBay is a pain for me. I'm glad to have you on the crew, man. Thanks for staying with me. Just curious, what are the multi-box games?
Great topic, great video. Recently, i started shrinking my collection. I thought it would be tough but its more cathartic.
@@benh4390 cathartic is goos. Thank you 😎
Anything I own can come or go: 100% my philosophy. Still, I love being surrounded by board games :)
:) Love what you have while you can have it. 100+ games and growing with no shame.
I'm going through a house purge in preparation for moving next summer, and its impressive how much stuff you end up accumulating over time. I'm finally at the point in my board game collection that I'm starting to set aside games to get rid of. The pile is still very small because I was thankfully very selective when making my purchases. But it's definitely not worth keeping things that you will not use and enjoy.
Ooh house purge! What are you getting rid of?
@@BoardgamesforOne I'm going room by room, but it's a bit of everything. Old paperwork I don't need to hang onto (shredded); clothes I don't wear; movies/books/video games that I don't see myself going through again; decorations I don't want... The list goes on! Some trash/recycling but a lot of things are being donated to libraries, schools, and local homeless shelters (trying to avoid goodwill with how much they're charging nowadays).
I currently have 3 medium boxes of books ready to go, and one bag of clothes and I'm just getting started. I used to run a book review, so I'm still drowning in books. 😅
@@morgaknightgames 💪🏼
Hi. I got here thanks to the algorithm. Nice YT channel style!
Currently I have 104 board games (excluding expansions).
In the past I set 100 as my limit (guess it's time for selling some games... again).
To me, the "too many games meter" is the
H Index (mine currently at 34). I'd like to play each game in my collection at least 30 times, but... I have to admit that I gravitate towards the games in my top 20 or 30, so...
Maybe a collection of 50 games is more realistic if someone wants to play all of them at least 5-6 times a year (the minimum amount of plays per year needed to rich the "I really know this game" level imo).
Thank you algorithm and thanks for liking my channel style. What is the H index?
I have like 42 games . I would say that 10-20 games are the ones that I love always, and the other 20 are games that range between being a unique experience that I like to play sometimes only, and games that are for playing with casual gamers, big numbers, or special occasions, or just they are short because my favourite games usually are big, complex and long (more than 1'5 hours).
I feel like the way you distribute them is important, I feel like I have a lot of games because they are distributed by all the house because I don't own yet a Kallax, but I think that only I would need a 2x4 to fill my collection and that would make me feel that I don't own that much or don't have a problem.
Great video. Just watched it for a second time, this time with my wife (who is a board gamer and is inspired by minimalist). We own ~220 non-children games and ~50 in the kid's collection. We often discuss this topic and if we need expansions considering we don't even play the base game once a year. We both part with and gain games on the local buy and sells. Of our ~220 games about 40 are in the to sell pile that has its own shelves.
ooh two times. Thank you man, and a howdy to your wife and kids. Sounds like you have a rotating library. I'm not certain many of us ever reach that perfect balance . . . maybe it's the tug and pull of trying to get there that we enjoy along with playing the actual games.
Board games are like houseplants to me. Some will thrive and others not so much but looked nice while they were around. For example: I bought a game for spooky season this year and after several plays this year…I can confidently pass it on to someone else to enjoy next year. No need to keep it. I recently culled a bunch of games that we had, as a family, outgrown like Candy Land etc.
@@christagregg9363 family of gamers. That’s awesome.
Love the off-handed humor and a great topic. :) Mom gamer here, most of my games are for me to play solo, some are for friend game nights, some are for my kid, and yep I have a few I’m done with but think my kid would like down the road. As for my solo collection I think reading/remembering/re-reading rules is truly the limitation for my collection. I am growing my collection slowly to give myself time to read rules, do a learning play, then do a couple strategy plays. I have a rotating collection so I play every game each year. They are split up by month and I play them a few times when they come up in the rotation so they stay fresh and I enjoy old favorites. If I find I didn’t have much fun with them after I played them for their month, it’s time for the to go.
Oh and I think it’s best to keep bgg tags private. People post comments within the context of a specific thread for a specific audience. Fair use to share these public comments but respectful to keep the names hidden.
Thank you Melz. May I call you Melz? I envy your organization and planning skills. I throw 100 rule books in the air, hop on one foot until I slip on a rulebook and then play the game for that book. And thx for the thought on tags. I feel similar. They posted publicly, but publicly for that forum, not to end up randomly in my video. Hopefully no one minds!
😂 It’s mostly just laziness. If I totally forget the rules to a game there’s no chance I’m learning them all over again. 😅
My friends call me Mel and you’re welcome to as well :)
I have little bit more than 100 (not counting expansions) and am constantly trying to get rid of some, because I am buying constantly. So buying is the problem and I sometimes feel stressed because of the huge Pile of Shame. But also excited about most of them. Soooo... We will see if I can find a better balance in the future.
…or accept it 🤷♂️. Part of what you like is the excitement of grabbing the new box. You might not get them all played. That’s alright unless it stresses you right.
I have 44 games in my collection. Over the last couple of years I've limited my new purchases to games that typically have a solo mode as my gaming group meets once a month so they can still be played more regularly. I've also started curating my collection a bit so I've typically got one game filling a particular game type or theme. A favourite at the moment is journeys in middle earth 🤩
Love Journeys in Middle Earth. Any themes you gravitate toward? Or any clear gaps?
Most represented in my collection is star wars, also love campaign games and things with some sort of story. At the moment I'm content there's nothing I feel to be missing.
YMMV = your milage may vary
Oh good gravy. Thank you 😎
Much needed video. Thank you :) my partner has mentioned several times about my purchasing frequency. Also one thing that stops me is the amount if times I've played each one (and ones ive never played).
Thanks Jon. So do you have too many?
@@BoardgamesforOne I'd say I do :P
I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you.😍😍😍
@@markdandridge4433 thank you Mark! I enjoyed this discussion too.
@@BoardgamesforOne I really don't consider myself a quote board gamer. I guess that allows me to do things freely. This same conversation could be about anything. BMX bikes, comics, action figures the list goes on.
@@markdandridge4433 honestly I don’t think of myself as a board gamer as I imagine them, but I probably am. And yet here I am. Yeah I the principles apply to anything.
Options are nice. I used to have over 100 games. It was growing towards the 200. I don't have many players to enjoy them so I began cutting away games that aren't being played much at all. I don't actually miss them. Some games that are impossible to get again I've kept.
But yeah, options is great. Mood doesn't exist to stick with one thing. Some days I want to do something else.
When it comes with space, it sucks that some games come in a hundred seperate boxes. Monster Hunter World, Primal: The Awakening, Arkham Horror The Card Game, Aeon's End, ISS Vanguard, Nemesis... Some games aren't designed smartly where they don't even fit into box once they've been opened up.
Did you enjoy ISS and Nemesis? They're favorites of mine but they definitely have their issues. Also wondered what kind of game Monster Hunter is: is it a boss battler?
@@BoardgamesforOne Nemesis we love, but only play co-op. I get that the traitor system exists, but the game is difficult enough without players throwing the game. For traitor game I'd much rather play Battlestar Galactica (base game since that's all I have and will ever need). Yet to win a single game of Nemesis: Lockdown, but Nemesis we beaten somewhat easily with all of the monsters from all sets at least once. The whole power system for N: Lockdown makes this a tougher puzzle to win.
ISS Vanguard while interesting story-wise is a pain in the ass with it's gameplay. I actually don't like relying on dice to do actions, and the randomness of it is just painful. We play 2 player, but 2 characters each and I can't imagine playing with less characters. Dice pools are so small and always diminishing, with bad luck making every situation so much worse. We've made it as far as having decided which path to take going for looking for allies instead of going full military blitz. We've not come back to it in ages. I'll probably find a way to sub out the dice in some manner just to power through the story.
@@BoardgamesforOne Monster Hunter World the board game is definitely a boss battler that takes it's core ideas from Dark Souls made by the same company, Steamforged Games. I can definitely say is was a mess (unplayable) on release due to misprints in some many parts of the game components and rules, but once those fixed were sent out, it's a better overall system than what Dark Souls board game provides. Waiting for Monster Hunter Iceborne the board game, which will come with same changes for the MGWorldBG that will make it even better. As MWWorlBG is atm it does have some annoying aspects to it. With moved onto Primal: The Awakening and found this game is quite different, and in some ways more entertaining due to more freedom of building up your character. I can't fault for MHWorldBG being the way it is with advancement design since it is trying its hardest doing what the video games do.
The are different enough from each other in how the work to make them both worthwhile to have. My fave boss battler, though would have to be my fave deckbuilder, Aeon's End. Yes we have also played both LEgacy games for Aeon's End and they were awesome. Annoying not all cards can be used outside of the campaigns, but still a wonderful experience to at least run through once each.
@@BoardgamesforOne A pity Shelfside hasn't done a thorough Monster Hunter World Boardgame review, as from the reviews I've seen, they are very indepth with good points and faws.
From my point of view, if you are interested in the game, get the second printed edition to avoid the first printing error issues, and if you don't care about order of release (video game and board game), you may want to get monster Hunter Iceborne instead due to it getting several things aspects from the video games they've figured out how to implement. Yes, Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Iceborne have key differences so if you want to combine them you;d need to do some work with World to make to make work like Iceborne. At least this is what was said by the developers.
@@Kindlesmith70 I prefer Etherfields to ISS because I prefer cards over dice. I do think they did well with the dice system but it is much more stressful and at times frustrating to lose badly bc I’m bad at dice strategies.
I am majorly overwhelmed, have stuff everywhere that I have no room to store... but none of that is board games. Boardgames is my newest hobby (started 2019), my issue is stuff from my other past hobbies I no longer use and all the clutter that just follows you through life and leaves you nostalgic that you can't let go of. But I am working on it right now and look forward to space for more games once I let go of all the stuff I don't need anymore.
That’s a big task Kim, but I say do it. It’s hard for a moment and boy it feels good to have an organized mind from an organized home.
I think 100 games is perfectly reasonable. I never get bored of what I have, I.e. I can always find a game I want to play. In fact, after 15 years or so in the hobby I'm not even looking to buy new games. I have less than 10 that I would even consider getting rid of even if I haven't played it in a while because I know that every single game in my collection will come to the table at some point.
@@beckystratton8248 that’s awesome
Hello there! Recent subscriber here- great content 😄. I have just over 100 games in my collection, and have started to pile several off to the side to pass along. What are ways/ websites you use to sell or trade your games? That’d help me greatly 👍🏽
Howdy and welcome to the crew. Glad to have you. I use Nobleknight.com for trading several games in one go. You send the game titles and condition, they send you a quote, pay for shipping and give you store credit or cash. Otherwise, I mainly put games on my local game stores used games shelf. I name the price, they put it up for sale and keep a small percentage. Either way I never expect more than 50% back. Worst case, if the game is unsellable, I donate to library. If it's too bad for even that, I donate to a thrift store.
Don't copy The Dice Tower top 100. I hate top 100's. I like your insightful words such as "these games should be played". That's far more valuable.
Appreciate that. Top 100 is daunting and I do someday want to do it, but it needs to be at the right time, for the right reason and maybe done as a community even. I'm still tossing around ideas for when the day comes. I want it to be enjoyable for me and for this whole crew, not an obligation.
I own 38 games in my collection but for personal preferences i don't buy Co-op and campaign games, also i tend to stay away from games with no player interaction and games best at 2 players, and games that are too chaotic to develop a strategy so this leaves me with a limited buy options and i am fine with that.
@@enr1lyou know what you like. what about theme? Does that factor in or does it not matter if the gameplay is good?
@@BoardgamesforOne the theme helps a little if the game already meets my likings otherwise it doesn't... so in the end it's gameplay over theme
Answers to the 10 questions ;
-No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no.
I own 39 games, am waiting for some new. I have a limit : 50, because it's the time I have to play them, and I love big games.
I sell the ones I don't play anymore, only a few of them stay in my house, only because there are gifts from dear ones.
I have a rotation list of the games I want to play, because I love them i Enjoyed them a lot and sometimes, the news and the habits let them down. For example, I'm playing this week a V-Sabotage campaign, the last time I played it, it was last year. So It was on my list of "games to play".
I'm happy VSabotage it's a very good game, and I have a lot of fun.
I don't see my games as a collection there are just games I like or I love.
My kids are adults now and they take (and keep) games in my "collection"(there are some they don't have the rigth to think about taking them.....), It would be very, very difficult to own more than 100 games....
Decisive I see. V-Sabotage is a new title to me. Can you tell me what you like about it? Solo mode by chance?
@@BoardgamesforOne
First, I hope you will excuse me for my english.
V-Sabotage is a WWII game, not too much in fight. You have to inflitrate a location and to carry on a mission (several types of missions are available), it's better to stay "invisible" from german soldiers (you are not reaaly invisible, hein, ;-) ).
There is a luck aspect to the game, but also an euro component, with only three actions per commando.
The missions can be short (1h) or longer (3h), you can play in campaign. And there is a solo mode, because it's a cooperative game.
An expansion provide a better campaign mode, XP, and a true solo with only ONE commando.
@@LutinesqueLutin English is great. Thanks for the overview.
@@BoardgamesforOne thank you.
I'm french.
@@LutinesqueLutin pleasure to meet you
I don't have a game group, it's just my family and I. My thoughts are.. #1 After I watch a how to play, do I want to play it? #2 And is the cost going to increase? If so for both, I buy it and store it. Ive logged at least one play of all my games (~120) every year I've owned it. We rarely have anything I've not played.. I call that healthy and fun. I only occasionally cull, and when I do, It's deep.
Sounds healthy to me. I love replaying games. I wish I did it more.
I used to buy games on a whim, games that were hot at the time, even if I thought I probably won't like them, these days I just buy the games I feel are the cream, I have a collection of games that I want and want to play, but yeah I have to many games, I have a set shelving space, if there's no room then something either has to go into the loft (properly stored) or to sell, and I hate selling games. I recently cleared out all the games I didn't want, and I set a criteria for what was to stay and what was to go, and some games lost surprisingly, for instance I ended up keeping Descent legends in the dark and sold Chronicles of Druganor, but when I tested them by my criteria list I knew it was the right choice.
There are far to many board games on the market these days and to much FOMO on Kickstarters and it causes problems.
One of the most crucial questions I asked when choosing games to sell was
Would you buy it again?.
@@HarleyFirestorm what are some of your other criteria? And I think the pain of selling games causes quite a few to hold on to them longer than they otherwise would.
@@BoardgamesforOne I try to keep it simple, but the last question is often the decider.
1. Do I have other games in the same Genre? If so is this best one?, if not is there something about this game that makes it different and worth keeping?.
Games like Dungeon universalis and Leagues of Dungeoneers, really they are very similar games, do you need both of them?, which one would you prefer to keep.
2. Will I play it again?, or at all?.
Some games you play a lot and some you play once a year, but the important thing is will you play it again?. Some games have either a lackluster solo mode and your group just refuse to play it again, its just going to sit on the shelf, even though you liked it.
3. But the most important is, Would I buy it again, this is the question that is often the most important to me, as its the last question I asked once its failed the above tests.
If you sell this game, will you have sellers regret and buy it again, how many times have I seen people sell games only to ask or buy them again from groups, I have done this myself, if you would buy it again, just don't sell it.
So for instance I will take Descent Legends of the dark and Chronicles of Druganor.
on my last cull I got rid of Druganor and kept Descent, using the criteria list above. even though the mechanics are different, they are very similar games, Druganor however for me was more clunky, harder to get to the table as it is more time consuming and takes a lot of space and set up, so this is what made it a worse game then descent for me.
Descent yes, because its very easy to set up and get into the game, Druganor no because the fun is often killed by having to sort through everything mid game.
Then there's the crucial question, would you buy it again if you sold it?, Descent I wouldn't sell anyway, but Druganor I would not buy again, for the reasons I stated above and the fact that if I did I would end up getting an all in pledge from someone because I would have to have it all, and knowing what I know about the game that would put me off of buying it again, and I would look at it every week and say "not got the time, maybe next week".
If I have a game but I am running out of space that I like that I have other better games in this genre, but I do want to play it in the future (but not at the moment), and I would buy it again, then that goes into storage (loft).
I think the worst part of selling for me once I have made up my mind, is dealing with people on groups (some people are a nightmare and really cheeky), packaging and finding the time to get it out in the post, then sitting there hoping everything is okay.
@@HarleyFirestorm would you buy it again if you sold it. I like that. I’ve made that mistake a couple times myself. I’ll remember that one.
Top games by mental space
Top games I’ve spent time on
Those are the videos we need but nobody makes.
@@kosterix123 I’ll toss those onto my topics list.
Solution 9.. had me ‘jumping ‘ at that one.
@@Richard-bz9rc haha now is this for 14 or 9. I’m up to Dawntrail but haven’t started.
Why not have a set way of videoing the content of games after a couple of plays. Then you could get rid of the game but still have everything you need for here.
This could mean large storage or cloud to store the footage.
@@robphyllyps1 not a bad idea. I have external storage for this. I currently do that w photos, so it would just be a matter of planning out what footage I may end up using in any video and if it would be worth the time invested if I never feature that game. I’m leaning towards trying it out though. Thank you.
I am a firm believer in the "from board games to castle" doctrine. I will continuesly collect games, till critical mass has achieved, and then will start to build a castle with the boxes as bricks.
Unfortunately I am still far away from critical mass. By standard castle measures, I am at "servants bathroom" level and therefore still have a long way to go.
In regard to storage space stress, I found taking a sledge hammer to a wall, to initiate a hostile takeover of a neighbor's quarters for additional storage space, to be a wonderful stress reliever.
But honestly, the only board game related clutter I would bemoan, is actually other people's fault. If people would just buy my games for sale, I wouldn't have board game clutter.
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Edit: Thailand and it's people are wonderful, but the Thai language hurts my head.
Edit 2: A late thought: Have you ever considered to upgrade from a go-bag (a very essential thing) to a go-sledge? Think about it and what games would get a slot on it. 🤔
@@Biodelic tempted to pin this 😂
@@BiodelicWhat took you to Thailand?
@@BoardgamesforOne Work.
You can most certainly play 116 games in a year... in 2023 on my youtube channel I played 136 brand new, never played before games... plus all of the regular games I had played before and ended upon in the 400 games played range.. But I am a serious youtuber and put out more content then everyone board gamer out there...
Sounds like it. I wouldn’t reach those numbers.
interesting video. thanks!
Thank YOU Justin.
I have too many games and I think I have about 40 - I bought a lot and it turns most are not for me... (looking at you Ankh & Quacks - why did I think I should buy family games?) so it's time to cull and keep only campaign games (like ISS Vanguard😉) and a very few select Euro/Worker placement.
@@wiblick hey I’ve done it too and still do it. I thought a whole layer of games for when I play w friends only to realize it’s wiser to buy for myself and if it also plays in a group…cool.
@@wiblick and good style. Euro worker placement and sci fi campaign. Any recommendations?
Video was good but was wierd when you brought up you are no longer married, might have been more appropriate for another video. That being said, going on topic of this video we keep games we play at least once per season if not touched then they leave our collection. We limit ourselves to our board game shelf that we found fit the perfect and realistic amount that we can bring to the table every year. When something stops getting played we replace it with something new. In turn, if a new game comes out that we feel is a must in our collection, we find a game in our collection with the same mechanics that can be let go.
@@Naru-Maki appreciate the feedback.
116...that's just not a large collection, lol!
@@legolasegb 💯
I have approximately 300 games. I understand now the need to keep buying. I have stopped buying games, and my hobby have changed to playing the ones I got. Also I did have the need to keep my games in pristine condition, not anymore. You see most game channels on TH-cam doing purges of so many games in order to keep up with new releases or with having no space. I think now retrospectively that the best way to go is to buy one game, played until the game has nothing else to offer and then replaced with another one that is available. People that plays RPGs tend to play and like few RPGs because they are kind of infinite replayability, but board games are more limited on these regards.
It's also historical, back in the 90s there were not many good board games, so when the board game started to be available more and more, one had the tendency to buy everything that one can! Not anymore! Now games are incredibly expensive and tend to be complex in order not to get bad reviews for not innovating. You will know that you have too many games when you see yourself searching Amazon for new games every day and having trouble finding games that are better than the ones you already have.
@@nydaloth what you said about the 90s. I think as a group we are all adjusting to the fact that we can and must be discriminating in our preferences now due to availability.
I think collected board games should remain unopened. Like game review videos, leave them untouched and ye shall be untouched as well. By the way, culling a collection means moving the games from the collection category to the may lend out someday category. Really. :)
I can accept that definition 💯
I do the same thing. I have 30 games. If I buy one, I sell one. I may bump it to 40 as I have more time to play.
@@taykey17 what are some of your games that have made the cut to stay?
@@BoardgamesforOne Unmatched, war of the ring, western ldgends, Paladins of the west kingdom, Dwellings in eldervale, and Pandemic clone wars.
@@taykey17 😎
How many viewers caught the Quinn’s Ideas riff?
The most sincere form of flattery, I suppose.
@@richardfuqua4438 I’m not familiar with Quinn’s Ideas. What is it?
Wait, what?
th-cam.com/video/JzuW5at5QLw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-6pwCtlU3shnHyFq
I have a fairly large collection of games, if you need B-roll footage of one I have I'd be happy to help, just shoot me a message.
That's awesome, thank you. I may actually do that as a last resort (so as not to take advantage).
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How are you single
@@cjackdc I keep it that way 😎
Only owning a collection of 10 games is for people who play board games once a month. I invite friends over for an evening of games and play 7-10 games, even more if it is a full weekend day of gaming. Not to mention several regular meetup groups I play at every week. When I'm busy and don't get to play much, I'll still have 30 plays in a month. Only 10 games would get insanely repetitive. Video gamers have hundreds of games, book nerds have hundreds of books, etc. You need a selection for whatever you might be in the mood for when you decide to play, various player counts for varying sizes of parties, varying difficulty levels to match experience of your players, and many other factors. 100 games is a perfectly reasonable collection size.
@@tabletalkreviews oh man, to have a long game day like that. It might break me, but it sounds super fun.
This was a great video. I enjoyed all the different viewpoints. I think I am different every day. 🙈 one day I think ah I don’t have enough, another I feel like I should play the ones I have but ultimately I try to do what makes me happy.
You seem to pull it off. Does content creation take away much of your game time?
@@BoardgamesforOne Content creation uses my game time in terms of the time I have to actually play games which is tricky. Sometimes I don’t get to play my actual collection because I need to play games for content creation. My husband hates to play lots of new games so navigating a balance between being able to play games enough to review and playing games for fun is hard. I try much harder to research a game and look for solo modes, family friendly, themes I know he will enjoy for content so it’s not eroding time with the family. They also get fed up of me saying we need to play this game for content at the expense of them picking games. It got to the point were the family didn’t really enjoy gaming so I have worked hard to be more respectful of their time and to incorporate content creation into my working week which I am lucky to be able to do.
@@Board_game_goode that’s relatable. I find myself doing more first impressions than full reviews because of trying to catch up when I fall behind.