Culling Board Games

The premise is pretty simple, what games are in my collection that are taking up space which I don’t like or I know I’m not going to play again. The execution is harder. I like board games a lot. For me, I like to keep a collection that has a lot of games in it. I have the shelf space, but that shelf space is filling up and as I talk about at the start, I have games from crowdfunding that are coming in. So I need to find more shelf space.

So what made me decide to stream some of this. Firstly, it is more content on the channel, and I hope that seeing what I have in my collection gives you an idea of what I like in gaming. To go along with that, it keeps me motivated to go through my collection. It would be easy for me to just skim it and find a few games. Going through Kallax cubby by Kallax cubby I now am forced to look at each game. Plus there are a few other content creators who talk about it a lot.

I mention them but Max from Tablenauts has a saying of ABC, Always Be Culling. And because of that and the games I have coming, it is time for more. I need to go through my collection and cull. Plus Alex from BoardGameCo does a video showing what is leaving his collection. I wanted to be different and go through my whole collection.

The Drink

So last nights drink was finishing off a bottle of Suntory Whiskey. It’s a Japanese whiskey and an enjoyable one. I didn’t talk about it too much, but it is part of my goal to drink through/clear up room in my liquor cabinet. I’d like to get less stuff in there, since some of the alcohol has been sitting there for a while. It was something I drank more before having a kid, stuff for mixed drinks really stand out, and now, I lean towards just sipping drinks.

Upcoming Streams

So next upcoming stream is on Wednesday with a start time around 8 PM Central. I’ll try and get the video up a bit sooner than I did with this one so you know it is coming. But what will I be streaming? I am going to do a play of Spire’s End. It is a story driven game, kind of a campaign game, but one I can generally play in a single sitting.

The next few weeks on Wednesday it won’t be a campaign game. I want to get through some other games that can be played solo. I also want to create more time for just chatting as I play. Campaign games tend to be harder to chat while playing. Mainly, they tend to have a whole lot more going on in them. So expect a few roll and write games and smaller games to get played. Any you think that I really need to try?

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The Game

So, like I said, I unboxed Descent: Journeys in the Dark from Fantasy Flight Games. This game has a massive box for a massive amount of terrain and minis, though less minis than you might think. This is going to be a story game which has you on a tactical map, going through scenarios and locations, fighting monsters, learning their weaknesses and progressing the story.

What drew me to this game was that it was a new jumping off point for Descent. If you want to read my initial write-up on the game, you can see what they were talking about with the announcement here. But there were a number of things that interested me. The 3D terrain was cool, but a new app was really interesting. I liked the engine that they’d built the previous Mansions of Madness, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth, Descent 2nd Edition, and Star Wars: Imperial Assault on. But it could have been polished, so I’m hoping that this app will have more polish to it. I haven’t played with it yet.

Board Game Value

But talking about Descent: Journeys in the Dark, led into the topic of value in board games. And I talked about this in a few ways, but one of the biggest is will a board game retain value. For example, I have a lot of campaign games. Will I play those games multiple times, I doubt it for a lot of them but maybe. I think with Gloomhaven I might play it again, but who knows. Others, I know I won’t like Sword & Sorcery. The question is can I sell it for what I paid for it?

But more than that, what games offer good value in what you are getting with them? Something like Descent: Journeys in the Dark, are you getting the “stuff” value that you might get form a Kickstarter like Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread or Chronicles of Drunagor? And what makes the value of those two better than, say, a cheaper game like Earthborne Rangers?

But also how much do you think about the value of what you are getting? Is that something you factor into a game that you buy or a crowdfunding that you back?

The Drink

So I had another Old Fashioned, not that different than normal. However, this one was made with Japanese whiskey. Also something that’s not that odd, but I talked a little bit about how Suntory Whiskey and in particular their Toki whiskey is a fairly common one in Japan. From people who have visited Japan it seems like it’s the common one used for mixed drink.

Upcoming Streams:

8/12 – Aeon’s End Legacy Game 5 8 PM Central

8/18 – Aeon’s End Legacy Game 6 8 PM Central

8/23 – A Top 10 List 8:30 PM Central

I was thinking for the Top 10 list that I might do the Top 10 games that I’m likely wrong about. These are games that either I love though they have flaws or games that I don’t like but a lot of other people do like them. What is it about them that I like better or that maybe I should like better in the games. Let me know if you think that topic sounds interesting.

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