Yep it's a never ending fight. Appreciate the conversation. I'm around 215 games at the moment and that's about 15 too many for me. I do have a cull pile but it's a pain in the butt to actually sell. Half the time it ends up being easier to just donate or trash (depending on what it is).
Good advice here, Lance. Let go. Move on. You can’t take anything with you! To butcher the proverb, if you’re not going to use it, lose it! My RPG collection is pretty ridiculous (although not as ridiculous as yours, I must admit!). I’ve been pruning mine gradually over the last year, with the aim of reducing everything to one small bookcase. And the whole process of culling this stuff is very satisfying - possibly even an addiction in itself! One crucial point that you skirted around but didn’t quite make is just how good it feels to make space. The physical space that you make by decluttering your rooms and removing all those hideous, disorganised piles of untouched stuff actually reflects directly in your mind and being. You feel refreshed, spacious, light, and free. It’s a wonderful, liberating feeling. Getting rid of all this junk is one of the best things I’ve ever done, and I’m still going! Like you say, a small number of books will stay for sentimental reasons, or because I still use them. But with the rest of it I’m absolutely brutal! So I’d go further than you, actually. Having been there and done that, I now see collecting as a sort of disease of holding on, of grasping, of endless dissatisfaction, of cyclic behaviours, of control, of stasis, of obsessive thinking, and of indulging irrational desires. There’s a Gollum in all of us, I think, and he manifests in different ways for different people, but to me it’s clear: it’s best to chuck him into the Crack of Mount Doom before he fills your home, and your mind, with worthless distraction and preoccupation. And junk. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve had a lot of pleasure out of a lot of this stuff. But holding on to it all is insane, and, like you say, eventually a burden on others. I’ve great admiration for your willingness to admit to your flaws and mistakes. Thanks for the video… I’m off to do a spot of tidying!!
I guess, between role-playing games and board games, I own around 100 games. I purged a dozen or so once and could do it again. I think my problem and saving trait is that I'm looking for "perfect" games that have unlimited replay value. Oddly enough, in retrospect, they were bought early. First, role-playing games are a great value, especially if you're the kind of person who creates their own worlds and adventures. I got fifteen years of play out of the core 3e D&D set. The board games that were great values are Cosmic Encounter, Wiz-War and Last Night on Earth. I've had the most play from these three. For the last few years, circumstances limit my time to sit down and play with friends so I'm watching tons of solo RPG game reviews. I've bought a few, but many are digital. Again, I'm looking for super replay value for a time that may never come. If there's a point to any of that rambling, I think that the impetus behind collecting these games stems from the idea of having future fun. At least that's what it is for me. Thanks for the video. It's a good topic.
I feel judged!!! ;-)
Yep it's a never ending fight. Appreciate the conversation. I'm around 215 games at the moment and that's about 15 too many for me. I do have a cull pile but it's a pain in the butt to actually sell. Half the time it ends up being easier to just donate or trash (depending on what it is).
@@fingolfinfinwe it's the process of selling them that bothers me, just takes so much time
Good advice here, Lance. Let go. Move on. You can’t take anything with you! To butcher the proverb, if you’re not going to use it, lose it!
My RPG collection is pretty ridiculous (although not as ridiculous as yours, I must admit!). I’ve been pruning mine gradually over the last year, with the aim of reducing everything to one small bookcase. And the whole process of culling this stuff is very satisfying - possibly even an addiction in itself!
One crucial point that you skirted around but didn’t quite make is just how good it feels to make space. The physical space that you make by decluttering your rooms and removing all those hideous, disorganised piles of untouched stuff actually reflects directly in your mind and being. You feel refreshed, spacious, light, and free. It’s a wonderful, liberating feeling.
Getting rid of all this junk is one of the best things I’ve ever done, and I’m still going! Like you say, a small number of books will stay for sentimental reasons, or because I still use them. But with the rest of it I’m absolutely brutal!
So I’d go further than you, actually. Having been there and done that, I now see collecting as a sort of disease of holding on, of grasping, of endless dissatisfaction, of cyclic behaviours, of control, of stasis, of obsessive thinking, and of indulging irrational desires.
There’s a Gollum in all of us, I think, and he manifests in different ways for different people, but to me it’s clear: it’s best to chuck him into the Crack of Mount Doom before he fills your home, and your mind, with worthless distraction and preoccupation. And junk.
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve had a lot of pleasure out of a lot of this stuff. But holding on to it all is insane, and, like you say, eventually a burden on others.
I’ve great admiration for your willingness to admit to your flaws and mistakes. Thanks for the video… I’m off to do a spot of tidying!!
@@bareawareness thank you for the kind words!
I live in a house of hoarders. The piles are a constant dark cloud in my life.
I guess, between role-playing games and board games, I own around 100 games. I purged a dozen or so once and could do it again.
I think my problem and saving trait is that I'm looking for "perfect" games that have unlimited replay value. Oddly enough, in retrospect, they were bought early.
First, role-playing games are a great value, especially if you're the kind of person who creates their own worlds and adventures. I got fifteen years of play out of the core 3e D&D set.
The board games that were great values are Cosmic Encounter, Wiz-War and Last Night on Earth. I've had the most play from these three.
For the last few years, circumstances limit my time to sit down and play with friends so I'm watching tons of solo RPG game reviews. I've bought a few, but many are digital. Again, I'm looking for super replay value for a time that may never come.
If there's a point to any of that rambling, I think that the impetus behind collecting these games stems from the idea of having future fun. At least that's what it is for me.
Thanks for the video. It's a good topic.
@@chrisdonovan8795 WIZ-WAR!!!