One thing I always try to account for when I'm determining things like "cost per play" is how many players played the game. If I spent $200 on a game and only played it twice, that would be $100 per play, which is terrible. But what if both games had four players? I look at that as $25 per play, which is still expensive, but much better. I always compare to things like going to dinner, or going to the movies. What if I treated my friends to dinner, or a movie? Is the cost per person close to what it would cost me to do that? If so, I feel like we got good value as long as we had fun. I try to look at it as "I paid X amount of dollars for Y number of people to have a fun night". It's like if you had a party at your house where you catered food. You wouldn't analyze only how much you personally ate to determine if you got good value, you would analyze the total number of people you fed. I see purchasing and playing board games the same way.
Another benefit is that, when you buy a board game, you're buying a physical product. You can keep it as long as you like, or even resell it. It can provide good experiences over a span of years. When it comes to food, it's nice for a moment and then gone. Same with a movie, aside from the memories you have of it. Board games last longer, and you can always get at least some value back out of it
I also often think about the number of hours as well. $200/2/4/3 for 2 plays of four people for 3 hours each comes down to about $8.33 per hour per person per play. If movie ticket for 2.5 hours cost you $18 you're getting the same or better value, plus you have something physical you can resell/donate/do something else with.
I deeply questioned why I bought MD2 but we finally tabled it and played most of the scenarios, then decided we'd play the Heavenfall campaign. THen the 4 Horsemen Campaign. At that point I was hungry for something different, but I can say I no longer have any regret about MD2. It was a LOT of fun to play.
I love Feed the Kraken! I got it for like $40 from the pre-order on MM and have 11 plays so far. Absolutely LOVE this game! Hopefully you get to table it again soon!
I'd be interested if you could have evaluated it based on number of people as well for those plays. If I pay $200 for a game, get four plays, but each time play with 5 people, then for my 'entertainment dollar' each person's 'cost to play' was 200/4/5 or $10 per person per play. Then if you divide it by hours to play (let's say 3) it becomes 3 dollars per hour per person per play, which is cheap compared to most other forms of entertainment (Video games often are cheaper because of the sheer number of hours of play some of them get. I know I played a Free to Play game for over 2100 hours over a number of years, though I probably put a good $200 into buying currency over those years from 2013 to 2022).
Next time the rules should be updated to exclude games that you've sold or traded. That will measure games that are expensive per play but you still value it enough to keep it.
We never finished Tainted Grail. It was a bit unbalanced. We felt pretty much" max level"* and were at chapter 8/15. It felt like we had seen all the gameplay, even if we had only seen half the story. That being said? We had tons of fun. About 8 full evenings of playing. Have very fond memories. I love solo RPGs/choise your own adventure style books,and this was basically that but we played two player *it doesnt use levels, but we had very high stats, skills and resources. We almost never failed a skill/stat check and most combat was a breeze
Without doing a deep dive, I can guarantee that every single game that would be on this list for me would be a campaign game. CoD, ISS Vanguard, etc. I just love them waaaaay more than the rest of my family, so they rarely get played (strong exception for Sleeping Gods). I know I could play them solo, but I enjoy playing them with people, not alone. I just need to get a game group together because I'm a sucker for these games and I won't stop backing them.
I always count the value of my played games compared to other forms of entertainment. For instance. If I go to the movie theatre I'm spending $25 for around 2hrs of entertainment. So translated to board game time, every two hours I accrue $25 of credit toward the purchase price. Example. I spent $200 on Burncycle. I've played it about a half a dozen times. My total time playing is somewhere around 12hrs. At $25 every two hours (movie time) I accrued $150 of "credit" towards that game. I sold it for $100 so more than made up for the cost with the time spent playing.
A question for Alex and everyone: Do you set any rules for yourself prior to purchasing a game? I have a series of questions but rule #1 for myself is read the manual before buying in. It's a good barometer for gameplay and if I can't bring myself to get through it in a sitting, that game ain't getting played.
Man I love the bloodboard board game. It just hits so right for me. I have the basic pledge from kickstarter and it still feels like I have lots of content for it
I avoid thinking about this with my collection, mainly because I'm waiting for my son to be a bit older before deciding whether to send some of the white whales on...
Heroes of Land Air and Sea is one of the most underrated games ever, I think it is one of the best 4x games out there it really delivers on all 4 fronts but far the best thing about this game is how fluid it is and there is literally no player down -time , in everyone's turns you get to do something due to very clever mechanic!
Hi Alex, Trudvang - I think that taking into consideration that we have only base game delivered you shouldn't put the full cost on the scale. We didn't even get SG from the base pledge so even if you didn't enjoy it probably the cost per game should be lower :)
4 CMON kickstarters? Ha ha. I'm sure it would be EVEN MORE if you added the shipping cost in the numerator! Disclaimer: I actually love CMON's stuff - just lately too expensive when you add it all together
I think the only I have that isn't below $50 a play is Frosthaven. Though the starting classes are not bad by any means, they simply were not classes I liked the design of. Add in the long setup time and resuming that campaign seems highly unlikely.
I think resale value has to be included. There’s a big difference when paying a lot of money, getting 1 play, between selling for same or profit versus taking a massive loss. That’s why your comments in Should You Back about resale value are so helpful. I’m much happier to take a punt on a game if I know I could get my money back
I'm guessing Gloomhaven is on that infinite list... i've had it for a couple of years and still haven't played it.. actually played it one time, one scene. :( would love to play it more...
Trudvang legends i really enjoyed the tale being told.. as such ran through the campaign 2.5x so far to use different characters and make different choices.
Oooof, the TMNT one hurts my soul. I own it as well, and have only 3 plays. Can't bring myself to get rid of it, because I do still enjoy it, just don't look forward to the teach with my newer group. I also have Shadow of the Bat, which is compatible, and since IDW Games went under, I don't want to get rid of it because I may never be able to get it again.
Interesting to see Street Masters: Aftershock on here. I've gotten at least 50 plays out of the Street Masters line and counting. Marvel Champions seemed interesting, but I'm not a fan of deck construction, so that's probably why Street Masters scratched just the right itch for me. The TMNT Adventures games, I played a lot solo, and certainly can't recommend it solo; the fact that attacks can just whiff based on the dice alone in solo mode is a real "feels bad" moment. At least in 1 vs Many mode, the villain is rolling defense dice too, so I'd like to table it again trying out that mode once I find someone to actually try it with.
Mine must be Darkest Dungeon, 330$ initial pledge + shipping, + extra shipping for wave 1 and 2, + extra contribution for production + shipping for wave 2 again 😮
there are quite a few I still have to table, like frosthaven or Skyrim. But my worst ones are the ones I played once and sold. Like Hands of Fate or Mansion of Darkness. Not that they are bad games, just my fault for not table it enough or having friends that like it to play with.
I'll face the same music with TG and TGRevised as well as Black Rose Wars and BRWR; even more so as I have the painted minis. Anyway I'm just a theoretical gamer for awhile now (had IRL other priorities emerge) so the math you are applying is especially worse for me in comparison. For me I just look forward to a future where I'll have or make more time for enjoying the collection I'm managing. I'll continue to acquire and maintain the collection but I won't purge or worry about such things as price per play. Perhaps someday my collection will be donated to a community center or become a basis for starting a board game cafe type business and I can play vicariously through patrons. The key IMHO to carving out that future is to learn to apply your tactical and strategic skills honed in playing board games to investing in various financial markets. Set aside enough early in life and compounding returns can help carve out a future where you can realistically say you will have time to enjoy your fine board game (or Lego) collection. Of course monetizing your board game hobby by becoming a pro-influencer doesn't hurt either but for the rest of us we have to think about this as a potential post-retirement hobby. I do hope I can retain my mental capacity to match up with a retirement timeline. Really looking forward to that "mentally active" retirement community emerging to supplant the golf course club houses in practice today. That said its an expensive hobby and reaching the financial inflection point to maintain this lifestyle could actually delay a potential retirement date. Hopefully spending will stabilize a bit after we see all the favorites (top 200 or so BGG rated games) get their deluxifications. Who are we kidding, the cult of the now will continue to flip the generals out of the top 200 and cause us to dwell on what to do with our past unplayed favorites. In your case, perhaps sooner than later since the flow of games into your home is so much greater than most of us (due to it essentially being your career).
Thanks for reminding me why I haven't bought Heroes of Land, Air & Sea. The Last light designer loves the game but your point is similar to the investment required to enjoy Twilight Struggle. You really have to know the deck through and through to play TS well. By the time you get to the 3rd "age" you have less experience with it and can really botch your play due to lack of knowledge of the cards available.
My worst cost per play include my entire Kickstarter Shelf of Shame collection. 😂 If im going to use your rule of not counting these, I'm still high because of games I've only played a handful of times. My #1 will be Agricola. A game I unwisely bought every single expansion, and which I deluxified to the max, before ever playing it. Just to later find out how horrible of a game this is. I'll have to sell it to get some of my money back. My estimate is around $85 per play.
@@sylviawilkinson6874 - I got the minis, upgraded the components (which included gorgeous dollhouse pumpkin miniatures), plus all card expansions (around 400 total). After the first play I was like, "Oh-Ohh!"
I have every little bit of pkayable content gor Kingdom Death: Monster. I have maybe 25 plays over 5 failed campaigns. I’m easily at $100+ per play. I really need to re-learn the game and make another attempt at completing it…
Mine is Darkest Dungeon - whatever the KS cost was, and zero plays, with no plans of ever playing after looking at the rulebook. Pretty cool minis though.
Massive Darkness 2 is definitely on my list as well since we have only gotten 3 or 4 plays out of it but Bloodborne is my top one with only 2 plays (and it is unlikely to get back to the table anytime soon since most of the group does not really like it)
Bloodborne is half-good-game due to random map, no stats and no level up (only card upgrade). I played all core scenarios and first awesome, second meh, third and fourth same nightmare... i ve in my whislist MD2 😮
Tainted Grail is definitely on my list. I have started the game several times and really, really enjoyed my plays but when I heard that they were bringing out a new rulebook I decided to wait to continue my latest play until the new rules came out. Still excited about it and expect to make up the cost per play quickly once it arrives. Ironically, probably my worst cost per play is Marvel United. I went all-in for the gameplay on both seasons 1 and 2 but as much as I like it and as well as it has gone over with everyone I play with, it doesn't get to the table enough. When season 3 hit I only got the base game so that I could get the stretch goals with the new equipment cards. Other contenders are ISS Vanguard and Western Legends. The good news is that all of these games are ones I really enjoy and simply need to find the right gaming groups or find time that I can leave them set up on the table to play solo over multiple days.
@@BoardRoomGamer I have a lot of campaign games and am trying to play them all at least one time through the entire campaign (or equivalent.) Also enjoy them as I go.
I played Roll Player Adventures and completed it, instead of Trudvang. I've played 30+ hours of 7th Continent and 20 hours of sleeping gods over Tainted Grail and I've played 200 hours of Gloomhaven and Frosthaven this past year alone over Bloodborne...it's about picking and choosing :)
@@BoardGameCoOK, I stand corrected, you just really don't like these... but I also like Sleeping Gods and Gloomhaven. :) I haven't tried Roll Player Adventures, though..
Yeah, this is such a gamers thread Strict rules around such details. What’s wrong with ‘I paid 100 dollars/pounds whatever and I haven’t touched it. Love gamers, we are good bunch. I make rules up for stuff too.
@@BoardGameCo I prefer to think of it in terms of Cost/hours of play. 1 playthrough of Sleeping Gods is a radically different level of return on investment than 1 playthough of Sprawlopolis.
If I like a game even if I play it once a year I keep it, so its money well spent, if its a game I play and don't like it then I feel its a waste of money. I played tainted grail a few times, and I am waiting for the kings of ruin and the upgraded books and rules. I can never understand why people buy games purely based on the minis, unless your a painter, the minis should be way down the list of owning or backing a game.
@@BoardGameCo Well, now that I think about it, that would actually have to be Everdell: The Complete Collection at $275 for 1 play, but I didn’t count that because I intend to play it several more times which would quickly reduce the cost per play. And spending $1000+ on a game that I played several times and yet haven’t used entire expansions for seemed more egregious. Also I didn’t count games I hadn’t played yet, as 0/150 is unquantifiable.
My most cost effective has to be The Crew. I know thats cheating but i bet i have 100 hours into it. My most expensive breaks your rule but i have owned it since it arrive from kickstarter and have not played my copy or the game since. $250+......doh
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I also have so many un-played games - but wholly crap... Not THAT many (my total board game collection - played + un-played totals north of 300, just to give you an idea), though.
One thing I always try to account for when I'm determining things like "cost per play" is how many players played the game. If I spent $200 on a game and only played it twice, that would be $100 per play, which is terrible. But what if both games had four players? I look at that as $25 per play, which is still expensive, but much better. I always compare to things like going to dinner, or going to the movies. What if I treated my friends to dinner, or a movie? Is the cost per person close to what it would cost me to do that? If so, I feel like we got good value as long as we had fun. I try to look at it as "I paid X amount of dollars for Y number of people to have a fun night". It's like if you had a party at your house where you catered food. You wouldn't analyze only how much you personally ate to determine if you got good value, you would analyze the total number of people you fed. I see purchasing and playing board games the same way.
Another benefit is that, when you buy a board game, you're buying a physical product. You can keep it as long as you like, or even resell it. It can provide good experiences over a span of years. When it comes to food, it's nice for a moment and then gone. Same with a movie, aside from the memories you have of it. Board games last longer, and you can always get at least some value back out of it
I also often think about the number of hours as well. $200/2/4/3 for 2 plays of four people for 3 hours each comes down to about $8.33 per hour per person per play. If movie ticket for 2.5 hours cost you $18 you're getting the same or better value, plus you have something physical you can resell/donate/do something else with.
I go for "cost per player hour" as the metric I care most about.
I will also give a discount for "time spent painting the minis" as that's something I enjoy doing and is part of the value I get from having a game.
@@draphsorbut then technically you gota include the cost of paints, brushes ect 😜
I deeply questioned why I bought MD2 but we finally tabled it and played most of the scenarios, then decided we'd play the Heavenfall campaign. THen the 4 Horsemen Campaign. At that point I was hungry for something different, but I can say I no longer have any regret about MD2. It was a LOT of fun to play.
I love Feed the Kraken!
I got it for like $40 from the pre-order on MM and have 11 plays so far.
Absolutely LOVE this game! Hopefully you get to table it again soon!
I'd be interested if you could have evaluated it based on number of people as well for those plays. If I pay $200 for a game, get four plays, but each time play with 5 people, then for my 'entertainment dollar' each person's 'cost to play' was 200/4/5 or $10 per person per play. Then if you divide it by hours to play (let's say 3) it becomes 3 dollars per hour per person per play, which is cheap compared to most other forms of entertainment (Video games often are cheaper because of the sheer number of hours of play some of them get. I know I played a Free to Play game for over 2100 hours over a number of years, though I probably put a good $200 into buying currency over those years from 2013 to 2022).
Next time the rules should be updated to exclude games that you've sold or traded. That will measure games that are expensive per play but you still value it enough to keep it.
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We never finished Tainted Grail. It was a bit unbalanced. We felt pretty much" max level"* and were at chapter 8/15. It felt like we had seen all the gameplay, even if we had only seen half the story.
That being said? We had tons of fun. About 8 full evenings of playing. Have very fond memories.
I love solo RPGs/choise your own adventure style books,and this was basically that but we played two player
*it doesnt use levels, but we had very high stats, skills and resources. We almost never failed a skill/stat check and most combat was a breeze
Without doing a deep dive, I can guarantee that every single game that would be on this list for me would be a campaign game. CoD, ISS Vanguard, etc. I just love them waaaaay more than the rest of my family, so they rarely get played (strong exception for Sleeping Gods). I know I could play them solo, but I enjoy playing them with people, not alone. I just need to get a game group together because I'm a sucker for these games and I won't stop backing them.
fwiw ISS Vanguard is a superior solo than multiplayer experience.
I always count the value of my played games compared to other forms of entertainment. For instance. If I go to the movie theatre I'm spending $25 for around 2hrs of entertainment. So translated to board game time, every two hours I accrue $25 of credit toward the purchase price. Example. I spent $200 on Burncycle. I've played it about a half a dozen times. My total time playing is somewhere around 12hrs. At $25 every two hours (movie time) I accrued $150 of "credit" towards that game. I sold it for $100 so more than made up for the cost with the time spent playing.
A question for Alex and everyone: Do you set any rules for yourself prior to purchasing a game? I have a series of questions but rule #1 for myself is read the manual before buying in. It's a good barometer for gameplay and if I can't bring myself to get through it in a sitting, that game ain't getting played.
Man I love the bloodboard board game. It just hits so right for me. I have the basic pledge from kickstarter and it still feels like I have lots of content for it
I avoid thinking about this with my collection, mainly because I'm waiting for my son to be a bit older before deciding whether to send some of the white whales on...
cant wait to go all in on heroes of land air and sea even tho i have nobody to play it with.
Another thing affecting Trudvang Legends for me is that Cmon still havent delivered on any of the stretch goals or expansions yet.
Heroes of Land Air and Sea is one of the most underrated games ever, I think it is one of the best 4x games out there it really delivers on all 4 fronts but far the best thing about this game is how fluid it is and there is literally no player down -time , in everyone's turns you get to do something due to very clever mechanic!
It beats Ti4 with a dirty slipper 🥿
Hi Alex, Trudvang - I think that taking into consideration that we have only base game delivered you shouldn't put the full cost on the scale. We didn't even get SG from the base pledge so even if you didn't enjoy it probably the cost per game should be lower :)
4 CMON kickstarters? Ha ha. I'm sure it would be EVEN MORE if you added the shipping cost in the numerator! Disclaimer: I actually love CMON's stuff - just lately too expensive when you add it all together
I think the only I have that isn't below $50 a play is Frosthaven. Though the starting classes are not bad by any means, they simply were not classes I liked the design of. Add in the long setup time and resuming that campaign seems highly unlikely.
You can do another list with top 10 no costs per play, and rank it off how long they have been in you collection without playing them.
I think resale value has to be included. There’s a big difference when paying a lot of money, getting 1 play, between selling for same or profit versus taking a massive loss.
That’s why your comments in Should You Back about resale value are so helpful. I’m much happier to take a punt on a game if I know I could get my money back
I'm guessing Gloomhaven is on that infinite list... i've had it for a couple of years and still haven't played it.. actually played it one time, one scene. :( would love to play it more...
Trudvang legends i really enjoyed the tale being told.. as such ran through the campaign 2.5x so far to use different characters and make different choices.
It's a great game but I'm waiting for expansions before playing the campaign again.
Skyrim the board game with expansions gotta be my top. Set it up, read rulebook, packed it right down again😢
Massive Darkness is my dungeon crawler of choice. I have just finished full paint of everything,. Never leaving my collection.
My buddy got Tmnt and we were all excited , but we’ve never played it. He got the all in and it’s collecting dust. Maybe one day we’ll play it.
Oooof, the TMNT one hurts my soul. I own it as well, and have only 3 plays. Can't bring myself to get rid of it, because I do still enjoy it, just don't look forward to the teach with my newer group.
I also have Shadow of the Bat, which is compatible, and since IDW Games went under, I don't want to get rid of it because I may never be able to get it again.
Oh man, Bloodborne is soooo good, so sorry it wasn't for you, but I got so much value out of that, crazy how that differs per person. :)
Interesting to see Street Masters: Aftershock on here. I've gotten at least 50 plays out of the Street Masters line and counting. Marvel Champions seemed interesting, but I'm not a fan of deck construction, so that's probably why Street Masters scratched just the right itch for me.
The TMNT Adventures games, I played a lot solo, and certainly can't recommend it solo; the fact that attacks can just whiff based on the dice alone in solo mode is a real "feels bad" moment. At least in 1 vs Many mode, the villain is rolling defense dice too, so I'd like to table it again trying out that mode once I find someone to actually try it with.
Lol I have two of these Bloodborne and Trudvang. I will play Trudvang more though with house rules when wave 2 appears (eventually).
Next list: "10 games I bought and I have yet to play".
Mine must be Darkest Dungeon, 330$ initial pledge + shipping, + extra shipping for wave 1 and 2, + extra contribution for production + shipping for wave 2 again 😮
Request for Tainted Grail on Camp Co-op once the new rules are available
there are quite a few I still have to table, like frosthaven or Skyrim. But my worst ones are the ones I played once and sold. Like Hands of Fate or Mansion of Darkness. Not that they are bad games, just my fault for not table it enough or having friends that like it to play with.
I'll face the same music with TG and TGRevised as well as Black Rose Wars and BRWR; even more so as I have the painted minis. Anyway I'm just a theoretical gamer for awhile now (had IRL other priorities emerge) so the math you are applying is especially worse for me in comparison. For me I just look forward to a future where I'll have or make more time for enjoying the collection I'm managing. I'll continue to acquire and maintain the collection but I won't purge or worry about such things as price per play. Perhaps someday my collection will be donated to a community center or become a basis for starting a board game cafe type business and I can play vicariously through patrons. The key IMHO to carving out that future is to learn to apply your tactical and strategic skills honed in playing board games to investing in various financial markets. Set aside enough early in life and compounding returns can help carve out a future where you can realistically say you will have time to enjoy your fine board game (or Lego) collection. Of course monetizing your board game hobby by becoming a pro-influencer doesn't hurt either but for the rest of us we have to think about this as a potential post-retirement hobby. I do hope I can retain my mental capacity to match up with a retirement timeline. Really looking forward to that "mentally active" retirement community emerging to supplant the golf course club houses in practice today. That said its an expensive hobby and reaching the financial inflection point to maintain this lifestyle could actually delay a potential retirement date. Hopefully spending will stabilize a bit after we see all the favorites (top 200 or so BGG rated games) get their deluxifications. Who are we kidding, the cult of the now will continue to flip the generals out of the top 200 and cause us to dwell on what to do with our past unplayed favorites. In your case, perhaps sooner than later since the flow of games into your home is so much greater than most of us (due to it essentially being your career).
Thanks for reminding me why I haven't bought Heroes of Land, Air & Sea. The Last light designer loves the game but your point is similar to the investment required to enjoy Twilight Struggle. You really have to know the deck through and through to play TS well. By the time you get to the 3rd "age" you have less experience with it and can really botch your play due to lack of knowledge of the cards available.
My worst cost per play include my entire Kickstarter Shelf of Shame collection. 😂
If im going to use your rule of not counting these, I'm still high because of games I've only played a handful of times.
My #1 will be Agricola. A game I unwisely bought every single expansion, and which I deluxified to the max, before ever playing it. Just to later find out how horrible of a game this is. I'll have to sell it to get some of my money back. My estimate is around $85 per play.
@@sylviawilkinson6874 - I got the minis, upgraded the components (which included gorgeous dollhouse pumpkin miniatures), plus all card expansions (around 400 total). After the first play I was like, "Oh-Ohh!"
@@sylviawilkinson6874 - Damn! Well, at least with Amazon, you can return the product and get your money back.
I have every little bit of pkayable content gor Kingdom Death: Monster. I have maybe 25 plays over 5 failed campaigns. I’m easily at $100+ per play.
I really need to re-learn the game and make another attempt at completing it…
Mine is Darkest Dungeon - whatever the KS cost was, and zero plays, with no plans of ever playing after looking at the rulebook. Pretty cool minis though.
Dang, surprised you only have one playthrough of FTK! My group loves this game, I think I got lucky.
Only one since it arrives, I played it a few times during the prototype phase but I wasn't counting those.
Massive Darkness 2 is definitely on my list as well since we have only gotten 3 or 4 plays out of it but Bloodborne is my top one with only 2 plays (and it is unlikely to get back to the table anytime soon since most of the group does not really like it)
Bloodborne is half-good-game due to random map, no stats and no level up (only card upgrade). I played all core scenarios and first awesome, second meh, third and fourth same nightmare...
i ve in my whislist MD2 😮
I almost backed BloodBorne myself I would probably be in the same boat, glad I didn't
Tainted Grail is definitely on my list. I have started the game several times and really, really enjoyed my plays but when I heard that they were bringing out a new rulebook I decided to wait to continue my latest play until the new rules came out. Still excited about it and expect to make up the cost per play quickly once it arrives. Ironically, probably my worst cost per play is Marvel United. I went all-in for the gameplay on both seasons 1 and 2 but as much as I like it and as well as it has gone over with everyone I play with, it doesn't get to the table enough. When season 3 hit I only got the base game so that I could get the stretch goals with the new equipment cards. Other contenders are ISS Vanguard and Western Legends. The good news is that all of these games are ones I really enjoy and simply need to find the right gaming groups or find time that I can leave them set up on the table to play solo over multiple days.
Bloodborne All-in was $340/350 (depending on early bird or not)
My top 3 are Shadows of Brimstone, Chronicles of Drunagor, and Darkest Dungeon.
Same shadows of brimstone.. i do enjoy it, just never hits my table anymore
@@BoardRoomGamer I have a lot of campaign games and am trying to play them all at least one time through the entire campaign (or equivalent.) Also enjoy them as I go.
I love Trudvang, Bloodborne and Tainted Grail! You just don't have time to play campaign games, Alex.. ;)
I played Roll Player Adventures and completed it, instead of Trudvang. I've played 30+ hours of 7th Continent and 20 hours of sleeping gods over Tainted Grail and I've played 200 hours of Gloomhaven and Frosthaven this past year alone over Bloodborne...it's about picking and choosing :)
@@BoardGameCoOK, I stand corrected, you just really don't like these... but I also like Sleeping Gods and Gloomhaven. :) I haven't tried Roll Player Adventures, though..
Trudvang isn't even released yet...?
It’s been released, just no bonus content yet.
Stupid comment number 42: Cost per play = cost/play Dividing by zero is not infinite it is undefined.
Lol fine, but still the point is the same
And if you do the limit as number of plays approaches 0 of cost/play, you get closer and closer to $Infinity (per play) 😉
Yeah, this is such a gamers thread Strict rules around such details. What’s wrong with ‘I paid 100 dollars/pounds whatever and I haven’t touched it. Love gamers, we are good bunch. I make rules up for stuff too.
@@BoardGameCo I prefer to think of it in terms of Cost/hours of play. 1 playthrough of Sleeping Gods is a radically different level of return on investment than 1 playthough of Sprawlopolis.
Dont count plays/cost but hours/cost. I played Tainted Grail once... for 80h. This would be 40 plays on average for any other game.
If I like a game even if I play it once a year I keep it, so its money well spent, if its a game I play and don't like it then I feel its a waste of money.
I played tainted grail a few times, and I am waiting for the kings of ruin and the upgraded books and rules.
I can never understand why people buy games purely based on the minis, unless your a painter, the minis should be way down the list of owning or backing a game.
Next video: top 10 most expensive unplayed games 🤣
My worst is Imperial Assault ~$1000 for ~35 plays or $28 per play
That's your absolute worst? That's not a bad worst.
@@BoardGameCo Well, now that I think about it, that would actually have to be Everdell: The Complete Collection at $275 for 1 play, but I didn’t count that because I intend to play it several more times which would quickly reduce the cost per play. And spending $1000+ on a game that I played several times and yet haven’t used entire expansions for seemed more egregious. Also I didn’t count games I hadn’t played yet, as 0/150 is unquantifiable.
Street Masters is so amazing. Not enough people love that game.
If you intend to continue playing the game, then the cost per play is not relevant until you enjoyed the full experience.
Anything awaken realms
This!
Better late then never 😜
I have more unplayed games than played and also paying for storage, but i dont have a problem😇
My most cost effective has to be The Crew. I know thats cheating but i bet i have 100 hours into it.
My most expensive breaks your rule but i have owned it since it arrive from kickstarter and have not played my copy or the game since. $250+......doh
Bloodborne IS a masterpiece. So sad what you did
I love me some bloodborne.
Hmm. about 70% of my collection of 1100+ is unplayed; I couldn't care what it costed, i wanted it.
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I also have so many un-played games - but wholly crap... Not THAT many (my total board game collection - played + un-played totals north of 300, just to give you an idea), though.
Not everyone has such discretionary income as you.