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The time a guy at a con in Atlanta made me rethink my whole collection
I was at a board game convention last fall, showing off my prized copy of a rare, out-of-print game. This older guy, maybe in his 60s, looked at my shelf and just said, 'You own all those, but how many have you actually played more than twice?' I had to admit, over half of my 150 games were basically untouched after the first play. He told me his group of four has played the same 20 games for the last ten years, really digging into each one. It hit me that I was collecting boxes, not experiences. Now I'm trying to sell or trade the ones I don't love. Does anyone else feel pressure to own the new hotness instead of just enjoying what you have?
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wilson.lee6mo ago
My local library has a board game section with over 300 titles. I check out anything new that interests me before I even think about buying it. It saved me from buying a fancy dungeon crawler last month because the rulebook was a total slog. Trying before you buy kills that collector's itch.
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kelly.patricia6mo ago
How many times can you renew a game at your library? Mine lets me keep them for three weeks, which was perfect for learning that deck builder with the huge setup. By the third play, I knew the fun had worn off.
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sean_thompson6mo ago
Absolutely! My library does the same thing, @wilson.lee, and it saved me from a fancy worker-placement game that looked cool but played like a spreadsheet. That test drive really shows you what's actually fun to play.
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