Tapestry - I traded it away because I didn't like the randomness of the Tapestry cards. If you start with a bad hand of cards, it was tough to get going. Reluctantly played it again at a friends place and it played better with the expansion and some errata on the civs. May look into acquiring it again.
I think I have only one regret. It's Civilization: New Dawn. I thought base game was good, but it was lacking things. I was hoping for expansion, but none was coming so I sold it. And what do you know, a couple of months after I sold it, they announced expansion.
I love Oh My Goods, I definitely recommend also picking up the Longsdale expansion for it, it makes the game even better. You switch from having the number of buildings built be the timer to having an event deck be the timer, there's a bunch of new buildings, and the events are a good edition to it. Oh man, I would never get rid of Star Realms, that's such a fantastic deckbuilder, I would definitely recommend adding events (just a fun randomizer to throw in), missions (gives alternate win conditions to players) and cosmic gambit (gives player asymetric starting bonuses) and potentially looking into the command decks for asymetric player powers. I can't say I have much regret in terms of getting rid of games, there are definitely good games that have left the collection, but looking through the list of 200+ games I have let go over the years, I still find my reasoning for letting them go to remain solid. Either I wasn't prioritising them (meaning there were too many other games I'd rather play) or I swapped them out for app version or a different game that did the job better.
You should try and see if you can late pledge the Star Realm Nova Collection. It’s a great re-entry to the series IMHO, you get a bunch of foil cards from various expansions in a neat big box
Quantum is so good! And tough to find now. Its funny playing a space game where your ships are just big chunky dice but they different layouts make the game highly re-playable. I don't own it but loved it when I played it. Ethnos is also one of my favorites, scales great anywhere from 2-6 players. I hope they make a 2nd edition with a new look and some more area control elements that occur on the map. I need to cull my collection as well. I made a lot of purchases early in the hobby that I don't think fit my tastes nowadays.
As a Dutch person I definitely think you should have been way more direct during the Inis story. The guy might not even realize that what he was doing is a problem. It took me about 2 years to develop some respectable amount of OCD when it comes to my games. Before that I wasn't to aware about it either.
@@ylein6508 Id go one step further and say a food break away from the table is necessary. Keep that hidden grease faaar away from my expensive board games! Between that and bending cards, Ive nearly killed a few folk 😅
@@BeforeYouPlay If you haven't tried it I highly recommend Shards of Infinity. It plays almost identically to Star Realms but it has a level up mechanism called Mastery that unlocks new powers on cards in your deck. This gives it a new layer compared to Star Realms without over complicating the quick and satisfying gameplay. Plus it has an expansion that turns it into a co-op game for a different experience. I haven't tried the co-op mode but Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games raves about it.
House on the hill is so unique, in that, the story scenarios end up being super broken/one sided half the time... but it's ruleset is digestible enough to make the game very accessible and quick to teach, and a game usually ends up with a memorable story that usually ends up getting recanted.
Inis is such a great game! I have no problems with kingmaking in the case of Inis. With careful planning and clever tactics, you can outsmart the other players I think, putting them in a tough situation in which their kingmaking attempts simply won't succeed. It's pretty rewarding :P
My favourite play in Inis, which I found by accident, is to set someone else up to win next turn early in a turn and then after the rest of the players have knocked them down, using up their best cards to do so, activate your own win condition.
Camel Up and Oh My Goods! Are treasures in my collection. Camel Up is unique in that it is on the line of party game/strategy game and can play up to 8 people well.
I can feel the pain you had because of the person with the sticky food fingers... uuugh... so rude. At the moment I only "regret" getting rid of "The Magnificent" to quick. Maybe I should have give it more time/plays or look into the expansion for it first.
I'm with you on the roast beef guy, Naveen. We were playing Stone Age with friends when one of them spilled her ice tea all over the board. We scrambled quickly to clean it up, drying the board, cards, etc. Needless to say the game ended prematurely, but we tried again later with no food or drinks on the table. Recently saw these friends again and one of them commented how particular I am about my games. What!?! Who likes the ice tea covered version of Stone Age?! Thanks for your story and the list.
Betrayal is one of my favorite games of all time!! I haven’t played it since getting Legacy but it will sit on my shelf FOREVER! I love so many things about it!
I'm a bit late in watching this video, but I hope you guys got a chance to revisit Inis. I adore that game. Naveen mentioned that he wants to feel clever in his games, and counter to his point, I have seen some of the most clever, surprising plays in Inis. The fact that you have to "announce" your impending victory doesn't necessarily mean you can't do anything sneaky. I've seen several games, for example, where players have (through keen drafting and timing of card play) won the game as the last player in a round after all other players were out of cards. I also love how you are encouraged to cooperate with other players, but only one person can win. Kingmaking doesn't bother me at all, but I can understand how people might disagree with me.
I’m still in the hoarding phase and have been very fortunate to find some excellent games (e.g., Lisboa, Vinhos, Barrage) for very reasonable prices from folks downsizing their collections. Love your channel!
Great video and I can relate to watching someone be completely unaware of how they are handling a game that doesn't belong to them. It's quite distracting and off putting
In regards to Inis the kingmaking is EXACTLY what makes the game so great, you have to set it up so that even with you announcing it you will still win.
I also got rid of Quantum and regret occasionally but then I played again on BGA and remembered all the unbalanced cards along with how it can drag towards the end trying to stop the leader.
the game I regret get rid of is: Abyss. it was my first modern baordgame, I played it a lot. there is an super unique gameplay, superb art. but I needed the money. I miss is a lot :(
I was also scared about that with Inis. But, you actually have to be much more clever to win in Inis. You have to set yourself up for multiple win conditions. I thought it would detract from the game, but after 3 plays - I did not see that at all
@@BeforeYouPlay not yet, but I did grab it for the reasons you listed. But yes. Ultimately, the winner of my three games set themselves up with three win conditions, using the first as a double bluff for the second. And a planned third as fall back. It's a great game and I like it more than blood rage
Excellent video as usual. I would recommend looking into Hero Realms instead of going back down the Star Realms path. Get the character packs for some asymmetric starting hands and have a blast!
Agricola and Barrage, but I can't say I regret it, the problem is that I was the only one who appreciated them in the group and I hate keeping games that I know never get chosen. So, what I really regret is my choice of friends :)
Betrayal at the house on the hill is amazing - sadly I had so much difficulties playing it with people who don't have a very good grasp of english as a language; played it 3 times, loved it but everyone was "meh"... so sad to trade it away.
Which of these games do you think you will repurchase or trade for to get it back into your collection? I've done that for a couple of games: legendary encounters: alien and mansions of madness 2ed
I have so many of these games still on my shelf. No. 2 is my all time favourite game. I also have No. 8 and 9, and adore both. Finally, I have the green box edition of No. 1. I'll bring them all to the next in person SHUX and you folks should make the trip up and join us and we can play a few! Hahah! I promise, no beef sandwiches, certainly not around my favourite game!! Did you know, the artist that they licensed all the card art from is the same artist that painted the iconic Che Guevara poster!
You guys, SSSHHH!! A few of these are on my To Buy list, I don't need you driving up demand! 😂 I hate when I first hear about games like the month after they go out of print... The recent reprint of Ginkgopolis has given me hope for a Quantum reprint as well. OMG the roast beef story is priceless!
Middara :(( I loved my plays of it, but my space issues are real and I was 16 games in/not too far and it was box one of THREE! I had to just sell it while it was hot and get out.
just checking out this video but we would be happy to send you any of our games that you would like to play! Happy to hear you want Star Realms back! I have had this experience where I gave a game away and then I wanted it back, and it is the worst, you just have to get them again!
I am moving soon so I just culled a bunch of games last week. I got rid of my 1st printing of Betrayal because it sat on my shelf for 5+ years without getting played. No regrets yet, but we'll see. Actually I do regret selling it for such a low price, lol.
Fun list guys, the sandwich story was hilarious! Please no food at the table! I have a few regrets of my own during my culls. I try to keep my collection at 50 games or less. As a result some tough decisions come up from time to time. My biggest regret was getting rid of my copy of Forbidden Stars. No longer in print...I wish I kept that one. It was a wonderful game, and I remember I got rid of it because the box was too big, and it was only getting played a few times a year. I really do miss those couple games a year though.
The Inis expansion doesn't change the way the pretender tokens work or having to declare you are about to win, it just help decide ties so that you don't have multiple rounds of players tied to win. I think the reason declaring you are about to win works in the game is that there are multiple paths to victory and simultaneous victory can be very common, so it's not necessarily bashing the 'leading player' since there may be three players vying for the same title. Also, I think it's very thematically fitting since each player is a chieftain trying to become the high king/queen of the Celts ruling over the other clans, so it's realistic that a chieftain would publicly nominate himself while displaying he had what it takes to rule.
sounds like it was a good roast beef sandwich! haha More on topic, this also sounds like an evolution of understanding 'game language' (specifically to Navin's comment on Star Realms/deck builders) Once someone understands how games work, thats when the lightbulb turns on and its great seeing how things develop like taste preference, strategy exploration, etc
you guys are amazing, everything you touch is gold! Keep up the good work. I really want to get ethnos because I've only heard great things about it and it looks like a great one.
Game of Thrones 2nd Edition is so so good! It was one of our Gateway games though so it has a lot of nostalgia for us, but it is a loooooong game! We love Camel Up! Such a fun game with the right group of people, we get really into it ha Quantum is good, Jeff likes it more than I do, but it's tough to play at 2. Also, ew to the sandwich guy... Jeff would have said something for sure haha that would be hard to watch! Love the video! We are not good at culling games, we only have ever gotten rid of Spirit Island and we don't regret it at all! haha
The best way to avoid this problem is never get rid of games 😁 I like that your number 1 regret was based on liking the art of the original. There have been a couple times where we have kept the original game and just taken the new parts from the reprint/reskin because of the art. Kingsburg 1st edition for example.
Nice List, but instead of Star Realms just go for Hero Realms,yes its a different setting but its also cheap and its the better Game with more variety and on top with a Coop Box to play through!
I don't understand why you would buy a game, not even bother opening it...and then sell it before you even opened it and played it. Also...18XX games in reality are not "train games" because you could apply the theme to almost any form of transportation (spaceships, freight trucks, outrigger canoes between islands, etc). However what an 18XX game is...it's an economic development powerhouse with cutthroat mechanics to one degree or another.
FYI, I have two copies of Quantum, one opened and one unopened, BOTH "revised edition"! However.... I paid $140 CAD for the unopened one a couple months ago :)
would you consider putting your list in the hidden description (not just the timestamps). For those of us that TLDW :) edit: also I watched and the titles /box art are only briefly flashed so skipping around is also difficult..
Do you really miss Oh My Goods! ?? You can have mine free....under 1 condition: name me a game (a respectable one) with less interaction between players... Apart from getting an assistant sooner than another player, and not even that, I have never seen a game like it (followed closely by Kodama). This game is interesting maybe in its solo variant.
Your inis story is crazy. I have absolutely zero problems having people remove food and drink from the game space. I've had some puddle think I was a bit over the top, that's ok- they can think that with their food and drink away from the game.
Re: that guy eating during Inis. Nah you guys are in the right. I’d hate playing with a person like that. When I eat and game, which never happens except at restaurant meet ups, I get finger food that I can eat with a fork! And make sure to put napkins under my drink to not get condensation on the board!
I have Inis and have played it a few times and still haven’t grok’d it. I want to love it because of the art and components, but the gameplay hasn’t grabbed me. I’m keeping it though since I have the Matagot XL trilogy.
Inis, Kemet, and Cyclades for me, mostly got rid of them because my game group slowly moved on or moved away. Also Champions of Midgard and Raiders of the North Sea with all expansions. Some other mentions would be San Juan, Aeons End, and Level 7 Omega Protocol
I can completely understand how the art style of a game can completely change your view of a game. I played Century Spice Road and hated it, I did not have fun at all with it. Yet put Century Golem road in front of me and I'll eagerly play it for hours. Exact same game, only difference is art style and yet one I hate and one I love lol.
The original version of Puerto Rico from Alea. After upgrading I missed the original game so much I went out and got another copy with the expansions again.
There needs to be a company that can upgrade older board games, larger maps, larger counters, revised rules where applicable. People should be able to send their old board games to this company for upgrade for certain components or the whole game This would bring more life into the board game industry
We buy a lot of games to try them out and sell if it's not our cup of tea. But one that I regret that was sold in a bigger spree is Rajas of the Ganges. We will probably re-acquire that one in the future.
I really love Ethnos. It is easy to learn and teach, and the battle for control of the board really becomes tense, especially as the dragons start coming out. My experience is that with 4+ players the rounds become faster and faster as the game goes -- at times, we forget whose turn it is because we are all struggling with which band to play, should I keep waiting or act now with what I have while trying to watch the board and the cards on the table. To me, that tension and tactical play is very enjoyable.
I don't cull many games, but one I did cull was the original Arboretum. Loved the card art but we thought the game play was a total dud. Culled it and don't regret it at all.
Is there a game you have regrets about?
Squad leader and advanced squad leader
I let Discworld: Ankh-Morpork go... And Chaos in the Old World. Darn it!
Tapestry - I traded it away because I didn't like the randomness of the Tapestry cards. If you start with a bad hand of cards, it was tough to get going. Reluctantly played it again at a friends place and it played better with the expansion and some errata on the civs. May look into acquiring it again.
mine would be warhammer quest the card game!
I think I have only one regret. It's Civilization: New Dawn. I thought base game was good, but it was lacking things. I was hoping for expansion, but none was coming so I sold it. And what do you know, a couple of months after I sold it, they announced expansion.
You need to put out a Wanted Poster on the Roast Beef Guy. He needs to be sent away for a long long time.
HAHAHAHA!!
I definitely felt the same about some of these games, but my desire to store them is waning. I'd totally hand them off were we only in the same area.
I love Oh My Goods, I definitely recommend also picking up the Longsdale expansion for it, it makes the game even better. You switch from having the number of buildings built be the timer to having an event deck be the timer, there's a bunch of new buildings, and the events are a good edition to it.
Oh man, I would never get rid of Star Realms, that's such a fantastic deckbuilder, I would definitely recommend adding events (just a fun randomizer to throw in), missions (gives alternate win conditions to players) and cosmic gambit (gives player asymetric starting bonuses) and potentially looking into the command decks for asymetric player powers.
I can't say I have much regret in terms of getting rid of games, there are definitely good games that have left the collection, but looking through the list of 200+ games I have let go over the years, I still find my reasoning for letting them go to remain solid. Either I wasn't prioritising them (meaning there were too many other games I'd rather play) or I swapped them out for app version or a different game that did the job better.
You should try and see if you can late pledge the Star Realm Nova Collection. It’s a great re-entry to the series IMHO, you get a bunch of foil cards from various expansions in a neat big box
Quantum is so good! And tough to find now. Its funny playing a space game where your ships are just big chunky dice but they different layouts make the game highly re-playable. I don't own it but loved it when I played it. Ethnos is also one of my favorites, scales great anywhere from 2-6 players. I hope they make a 2nd edition with a new look and some more area control elements that occur on the map. I need to cull my collection as well. I made a lot of purchases early in the hobby that I don't think fit my tastes nowadays.
As a Dutch person I definitely think you should have been way more direct during the Inis story. The guy might not even realize that what he was doing is a problem. It took me about 2 years to develop some respectable amount of OCD when it comes to my games. Before that I wasn't to aware about it either.
I would *love* to see a 10 games you regret purchasing video.
HAHA that's hilarious!
Yes! We’ll definitely steal this idea and make this top 10 after we’re done w/keep or cull 😁
Haha, from the upvotes, u guys sure have alot of fans in common.
I laughed so hard at that Inis story. Naveen, you are NOT wrong. I definitely would have been exchanging "wtf" glances with you.
I'd love to see a video of you guys showing off your collection :)
That roastbeef story is hilarious lmao
That Inis story had me laughing out loud! I would also have trouble focusing in that situation. Great video!
I would have given up the hobby entirely.
Hate meet up neckbeard hygiene slobs. I don't go to them anymore.
The roast beef story...so hilarious but painful to hear. Great video!
Haha we laugh about it pretty regularly! ;-)
Star Realms has an app on both IOS and Android that is quite good. Even has a pass n play mode available for purchase.
Everyone has a Roast Beef guy and it drives me up the wall. I'd love to see a video on recommended snacks when gaming.
Dice Tower has a backtalk episode about snacks. Just lookup dice tower backtalk snacks. It’s a true problem sometimes hahah
No eating allowed unless utensils are used
@@ylein6508 Id go one step further and say a food break away from the table is necessary. Keep that hidden grease faaar away from my expensive board games! Between that and bending cards, Ive nearly killed a few folk 😅
So Naveen culled Star Realms because he wasn't good at culling, but now that he culls more he is considering unculling Star Realms.
Mind games I tell you!!
@@BeforeYouPlay If you haven't tried it I highly recommend Shards of Infinity. It plays almost identically to Star Realms but it has a level up mechanism called Mastery that unlocks new powers on cards in your deck. This gives it a new layer compared to Star Realms without over complicating the quick and satisfying gameplay. Plus it has an expansion that turns it into a co-op game for a different experience. I haven't tried the co-op mode but Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games raves about it.
If you do pick up Star Realms, that would be a fun one to do a livestream playthrough of your first playthrough of it again :)
Highly recommend the Frontiers version!
INIS! My favorite of all time! Oo
It's my favorite game too, I just bought the expansion :D
"I'm basically telling you to wash your hands" LOL. It would be great to hear your suggested gaming snacks.
House on the hill is so unique, in that, the story scenarios end up being super broken/one sided half the time... but it's ruleset is digestible enough to make the game very accessible and quick to teach, and a game usually ends up with a memorable story that usually ends up getting recanted.
Guy: touches my copy of Inis with greasy roast beef hands
Me : 😲...😠👉 get out !
Suggestion for a next episode. What games do you and your parents play?
This is a very good suggestion!
Third this! My parents can do party games like Just One, Timeline, Dixit, Say Anything, Telestrations, but Abandon All Artichokes was too much.
Inis is such a great game! I have no problems with kingmaking in the case of Inis. With careful planning and clever tactics, you can outsmart the other players I think, putting them in a tough situation in which their kingmaking attempts simply won't succeed. It's pretty rewarding :P
My favourite play in Inis, which I found by accident, is to set someone else up to win next turn early in a turn and then after the rest of the players have knocked them down, using up their best cards to do so, activate your own win condition.
Camel Up and Oh My Goods! Are treasures in my collection. Camel Up is unique in that it is on the line of party game/strategy game and can play up to 8 people well.
I played camel up with my family yesterday and it was the first time my mom ever won a boardgame thats not yatzee
Haha congrats to Mama Lee!!! :-)
I can feel the pain you had because of the person with the sticky food fingers... uuugh... so rude.
At the moment I only "regret" getting rid of "The Magnificent" to quick. Maybe I should have give it more time/plays or look into the expansion for it first.
I'm with you on the roast beef guy, Naveen. We were playing Stone Age with friends when one of them spilled her ice tea all over the board. We scrambled quickly to clean it up, drying the board, cards, etc. Needless to say the game ended prematurely, but we tried again later with no food or drinks on the table. Recently saw these friends again and one of them commented how particular I am about my games. What!?! Who likes the ice tea covered version of Stone Age?! Thanks for your story and the list.
Omg that would piss me off so bad. You don’t get to say someone is particular about their games after you spill something on one of them.
You got rid of the original Camel Up?!? Unsubscribing…
There is a variant of 1846 for 2 players and it's quite good!
Betrayal is one of my favorite games of all time!! I haven’t played it since getting Legacy but it will sit on my shelf FOREVER! I love so many things about it!
I'm a bit late in watching this video, but I hope you guys got a chance to revisit Inis. I adore that game. Naveen mentioned that he wants to feel clever in his games, and counter to his point, I have seen some of the most clever, surprising plays in Inis. The fact that you have to "announce" your impending victory doesn't necessarily mean you can't do anything sneaky. I've seen several games, for example, where players have (through keen drafting and timing of card play) won the game as the last player in a round after all other players were out of cards. I also love how you are encouraged to cooperate with other players, but only one person can win. Kingmaking doesn't bother me at all, but I can understand how people might disagree with me.
What's this "getting rid of games" you speak of? 😀
I’m still in the hoarding phase and have been very fortunate to find some excellent games (e.g., Lisboa, Vinhos, Barrage) for very reasonable prices from folks downsizing their collections. Love your channel!
Great video and I can relate to watching someone be completely unaware of how they are handling a game that doesn't belong to them. It's quite distracting and off putting
Naveen, that's a bangin' sweater.
Cartographers will now stay..😄1846 is a staple in my collection
Wish we could play it more often, we fear the next time we play 1846 we will be killed by our friend!
I usually don't write comments but your roast beef story deserves one, it is like a "horror what if story" becoming real.
Okay. I gotta ask because you’ve said it a couple of times and I’m just so clueless … What is a math sale?
In regards to Inis the kingmaking is EXACTLY what makes the game so great, you have to set it up so that even with you announcing it you will still win.
One day Bora Bora is going to be on this list
I also got rid of Quantum and regret occasionally but then I played again on BGA and remembered all the unbalanced cards along with how it can drag towards the end trying to stop the leader.
the game I regret get rid of is: Abyss.
it was my first modern baordgame, I played it a lot. there is an super unique gameplay, superb art. but I needed the money. I miss is a lot :(
23:20 OMG I'd tear my frickin eyelids off!!! Why did you endure such horror???
This really sounds like a script from a cringy sitcom hahaha cudos for remaining civil
😂🤦🤷
Wise Wizard released a new theme for Star Realms, called Hero Realms. Maybe try that!
I was also scared about that with Inis. But, you actually have to be much more clever to win in Inis. You have to set yourself up for multiple win conditions.
I thought it would detract from the game, but after 3 plays - I did not see that at all
That's really good to hear! Have you tried it with the expansion?
@@BeforeYouPlay not yet, but I did grab it for the reasons you listed. But yes. Ultimately, the winner of my three games set themselves up with three win conditions, using the first as a double bluff for the second. And a planned third as fall back. It's a great game and I like it more than blood rage
Excellent video as usual. I would recommend looking into Hero Realms instead of going back down the Star Realms path. Get the character packs for some asymmetric starting hands and have a blast!
the digital version of star realms is really good btw and theres plenty of extra content
Agricola and Barrage, but I can't say I regret it, the problem is that I was the only one who appreciated them in the group and I hate keeping games that I know never get chosen. So, what I really regret is my choice of friends :)
Betrayal at the house on the hill is amazing - sadly I had so much difficulties playing it with people who don't have a very good grasp of english as a language; played it 3 times, loved it but everyone was "meh"... so sad to trade it away.
Betrayal is one of my favorites! I don’t play it as much since Legacy came out but I can’t bring myself to get rid of it.
Which of these games do you think you will repurchase or trade for to get it back into your collection? I've done that for a couple of games: legendary encounters: alien and mansions of madness 2ed
I sold betrayal at house on the hill and I couldn't be happier that it's gone.
LOL!!!!!
I have so many of these games still on my shelf. No. 2 is my all time favourite game. I also have No. 8 and 9, and adore both. Finally, I have the green box edition of No. 1. I'll bring them all to the next in person SHUX and you folks should make the trip up and join us and we can play a few! Hahah! I promise, no beef sandwiches, certainly not around my favourite game!! Did you know, the artist that they licensed all the card art from is the same artist that painted the iconic Che Guevara poster!
Ethnos, Camel Up and Star Realms? Not that I cull (yet) but those are definitely not moving from our shelves!
Such regrets!!
You guys, SSSHHH!! A few of these are on my To Buy list, I don't need you driving up demand! 😂
I hate when I first hear about games like the month after they go out of print... The recent reprint of Ginkgopolis has given me hope for a Quantum reprint as well.
OMG the roast beef story is priceless!
Middara :(( I loved my plays of it, but my space issues are real and I was 16 games in/not too far and it was box one of THREE! I had to just sell it while it was hot and get out.
just checking out this video but we would be happy to send you any of our games that you would like to play! Happy to hear you want Star Realms back! I have had this experience where I gave a game away and then I wanted it back, and it is the worst, you just have to get them again!
What a great idea for a video, and -- as always -- entertaining to boot!
- The Cardboard Dad
I regret hearing that roast beef story.
Haha, we love that story!
I am moving soon so I just culled a bunch of games last week. I got rid of my 1st printing of Betrayal because it sat on my shelf for 5+ years without getting played. No regrets yet, but we'll see. Actually I do regret selling it for such a low price, lol.
Cartographers is my favorite in your bunch. I regretted culling Five Tribes. Bought it again a few years later.
Fun list guys, the sandwich story was hilarious! Please no food at the table!
I have a few regrets of my own during my culls. I try to keep my collection at 50 games or less. As a result some tough decisions come up from time to time.
My biggest regret was getting rid of my copy of Forbidden Stars. No longer in print...I wish I kept that one. It was a wonderful game, and I remember I got rid of it because the box was too big, and it was only getting played a few times a year. I really do miss those couple games a year though.
The Inis expansion doesn't change the way the pretender tokens work or having to declare you are about to win, it just help decide ties so that you don't have multiple rounds of players tied to win. I think the reason declaring you are about to win works in the game is that there are multiple paths to victory and simultaneous victory can be very common, so it's not necessarily bashing the 'leading player' since there may be three players vying for the same title. Also, I think it's very thematically fitting since each player is a chieftain trying to become the high king/queen of the Celts ruling over the other clans, so it's realistic that a chieftain would publicly nominate himself while displaying he had what it takes to rule.
i want to see the pursuit oof happiness... WHEE IS THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS??
Train opera. I like that.
Quantum is one of my favorite games!! I got it when it came out when I first starting getting into modern gaming.
sounds like it was a good roast beef sandwich! haha
More on topic, this also sounds like an evolution of understanding 'game language' (specifically to Navin's comment on Star Realms/deck builders) Once someone understands how games work, thats when the lightbulb turns on and its great seeing how things develop like taste preference, strategy exploration, etc
you guys are amazing, everything you touch is gold! Keep up the good work. I really want to get ethnos because I've only heard great things about it and it looks like a great one.
Game of Thrones 2nd Edition is so so good! It was one of our Gateway games though so it has a lot of nostalgia for us, but it is a loooooong game!
We love Camel Up! Such a fun game with the right group of people, we get really into it ha Quantum is good, Jeff likes it more than I do, but it's tough to play at 2.
Also, ew to the sandwich guy... Jeff would have said something for sure haha that would be hard to watch!
Love the video! We are not good at culling games, we only have ever gotten rid of Spirit Island and we don't regret it at all! haha
The best way to avoid this problem is never get rid of games 😁 I like that your number 1 regret was based on liking the art of the original. There have been a couple times where we have kept the original game and just taken the new parts from the reprint/reskin because of the art. Kingsburg 1st edition for example.
Arboretum is the bomb. Hard as hell to teach the scoring aspect of it but when the players understand it - woo that game gets nasty. Love it
Nice List, but instead of Star Realms just go for Hero Realms,yes its a different setting but its also cheap and its the better Game with more variety and on top with a Coop Box to play through!
How horribale Story about the beatiful Inis Cards and the Roast Beef! Its very hard to write the both things in one sentense.
I don't understand why you would buy a game, not even bother opening it...and then sell it before you even opened it and played it.
Also...18XX games in reality are not "train games" because you could apply the theme to almost any form of transportation (spaceships, freight trucks, outrigger canoes between islands, etc). However what an 18XX game is...it's an economic development powerhouse with cutthroat mechanics to one degree or another.
FYI, I have two copies of Quantum, one opened and one unopened, BOTH "revised edition"! However.... I paid $140 CAD for the unopened one a couple months ago :)
FWIW you named the artists for Quantum. The designer is actually Eric Zimmerman (who's got a pretty interesting background...)
would you consider putting your list in the hidden description (not just the timestamps). For those of us that TLDW :)
edit: also I watched and the titles /box art are only briefly flashed so skipping around is also difficult..
Do you really miss Oh My Goods! ?? You can have mine free....under 1 condition: name me a game (a respectable one) with less interaction between players... Apart from getting an assistant sooner than another player, and not even that, I have never seen a game like it (followed closely by Kodama). This game is interesting maybe in its solo variant.
Star realmw was my gateway game into the hobby, noe i have the big box plud app the expansion and the ks foil cards lol
Your inis story is crazy. I have absolutely zero problems having people remove food and drink from the game space. I've had some puddle think I was a bit over the top, that's ok- they can think that with their food and drink away from the game.
Re: that guy eating during Inis. Nah you guys are in the right. I’d hate playing with a person like that. When I eat and game, which never happens except at restaurant meet ups, I get finger food that I can eat with a fork! And make sure to put napkins under my drink to not get condensation on the board!
I have Inis and have played it a few times and still haven’t grok’d it. I want to love it because of the art and components, but the gameplay hasn’t grabbed me. I’m keeping it though since I have the Matagot XL trilogy.
Inis, Kemet, and Cyclades for me, mostly got rid of them because my game group slowly moved on or moved away. Also Champions of Midgard and Raiders of the North Sea with all expansions. Some other mentions would be San Juan, Aeons End, and Level 7 Omega Protocol
Yes, Ethnos, big mistake ;-) One of my favourites ;-)
But I understand that sometimes it can be frustrating....p
Love Betrayal at House on the Hill. I have yet to cull ~hoards everything~ :D
I can completely understand how the art style of a game can completely change your view of a game. I played Century Spice Road and hated it, I did not have fun at all with it. Yet put Century Golem road in front of me and I'll eagerly play it for hours. Exact same game, only difference is art style and yet one I hate and one I love lol.
The original version of Puerto Rico from Alea. After upgrading I missed the original game so much I went out and got another copy with the expansions again.
Been loving your playthrough videos and previews! Thanks for amazing content. Becoming my favorite gaming channel 😊
There needs to be a company that can upgrade older board games, larger maps, larger counters, revised rules where applicable. People should be able to send their old board games to this company for upgrade for certain components or the whole game
This would bring more life into the board game industry
I prefer Camel Up with slightly lower player counts, just because you get more individual decisions per game.
Yeah, you just don't get rid of a game just because you're not good at it. I've learned that lesson early the hard way, too... 😁
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We buy a lot of games to try them out and sell if it's not our cup of tea.
But one that I regret that was sold in a bigger spree is Rajas of the Ganges.
We will probably re-acquire that one in the future.
Did you back Birds of a Feather: Western North America? It was on Kickstarter recently.
Betrayal is a surprise for regret. The game's balance is abhorrent. Betrayal Legacy is much better.
If I had the ability to, I’d buy you a copy of Inis and include complimentary roast beef sandwich gift cards….
Ok I'm hooked to your content! Love the quality and variety!
I really love Ethnos. It is easy to learn and teach, and the battle for control of the board really becomes tense, especially as the dragons start coming out. My experience is that with 4+ players the rounds become faster and faster as the game goes -- at times, we forget whose turn it is because we are all struggling with which band to play, should I keep waiting or act now with what I have while trying to watch the board and the cards on the table. To me, that tension and tactical play is very enjoyable.
Love this game, but my son nicked it and took it away to Uni!
I don't cull many games, but one I did cull was the original Arboretum. Loved the card art but we thought the game play was a total dud. Culled it and don't regret it at all.
Just an FYI - I believe you can still get that Arboretun edition in Germany, it just has German language trees on it.