I have recently completed 11 trades thanks to a holiday “Math Trade” over at BGG. Here was the shuffle:
Departing the collection:
- Kreta – I never played that much of it. I sort of liked it, but it seemed to have a problem with a runaway leader.
- Command & Colors, with some expansions – I determined this was redundant, and now I will solely concentrate on Memoir for this sort of game.
- Empire Builder – Not a game I really wanted.
- British Rails – Ditto, although I had played this one in years gone by.
- Lord of the Rings Risk – I’m pretty much done with Risk in all its forms.
- Caylus – Underplayed. A game I would play if requested. But I won’t miss it.
- Titan (AH edition) – I was kidding myself. A game best left in the past.
- Amun-Re – Never really got me. The club may miss this one.
- Washington’s War – Never played it. Didn’t see when that might change.
- Inotaizu (spare copy) – Still have my playing copy though!
- Die Schatze von Ali Baba – I played it once in 5 years. It was beautiful and flawed.
- Teutopolis – The only game of the bunch I might miss a bit. But I still have Wettstreit.
Coming to Me:
- Liberte – Revisiting a game I tried once and found annoying. I’ve come around on liking Wallce’s game more since then. So I will enjoy giving it another go.
- 300 The Boardgame – Still sealed. This may be donated to a prize table.
- Bean Trader (twice – oops) – We tried this years ago and it didn’t really click for us. But I never got a second play, and I wanted another try. The second copy was just foolishness on my part.
- Take It Easy – Added to my set for 36 to play.
- Formula De Circuit #33 – This will go over to Rick’s house where the rest of my Formula De stuff lives.
- Siesta – A game I once owned. We have been playing a fair bit of this as a filler on Monday nights, and I have come to appreciate it.
- Jochen der Rochen – Probably slated to go to a prize table.
- Bargain Hunter – Sealed. It might also go to a prize table.
- Hive – This is the older wood edition. I doubt I play it much, but I will add it to my small game shelf.
- Seidenstrasse – Looks intriguing. Reviews are not hopeful. But I want to try it.
- 1860 – Railways on the Isle of Wight – The first edition. I was going to get the reprint. But the long delay and then the poor component remarks scared me off. I am pleased to get the 1st edition, even if it doesn’t have the alternate map.
In addition to all that my copy of Rallyman recently arrived. So its been a busy time of shipping and receiving. While shipping is sort of expensive, it is a lot cheaper to swap games than to just buy. Further, this at least doesn’t really add to the game library size. In fact I did sort of aim on trading down, thinking that would allow my trades to go through, and relieve some of the bulge from my shelves.
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