There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel in all of this darkness that has been plaguing the world for a year now.
Which means it’s time to remind myself that I have a list of games that I want to play once things become safe again to do so.
I have to admit it’s been frustrating not being able to play these games with my friends. Plus there has been more than a touch of envy seeing photos of people playing games with family/partners on various boardgame Facebook pages I belong to. The drawback of being single.
Below are collages of the games that make up my list of games to play once in person gaming is a thing again.
This list is just games that I have new expansions for, or are new to my collection.
Which means this list doesn’t even cover games that I’d like to get to the table again because I haven’t played them in a while like Scythe or Battlestar Galactica.
The list also doesn’t include RPGs either. Maybe I’ll do a separate list for those.
I think all these sort of lists prove is that even though not able to play games, this doesn’t stop people adding to their collection. And that when able to get together again we will all need a months holiday to get through the backlog.
What games/expansions are on your list?
I think lockdown has actually made the problem of adding to your collection worse to be honest. It has been such a long and difficult time that it is easy to spend some money in order to “try” and make one feel happier about the situation (it rarely works though). A new game, can make troubles go away for a very short time. So, saying that, here are some of the games that I’ve got hold of during lockdown and would love to play with friends:
How to Rob a Bank
MetroX
Nottingham
Nova Luna
Hallertau
Wingspan with the Oceania expansion (naturally)
Hallertau
The Search for Planet X
6 Nimmt!
and of course, Pencil Nose ;)
I see your point, but I feel it’s more of the “if I don’t get it now, when I do want to get it, it will be sold out, between printings, not being printed again, …” sort of thing. At least playing wingspan will get ticked off two peoples lists once played.
Considering your reply, I do agree with the sentiments of it. I have personally seen a great difficulty in obtaining certain games since the New Year. Whether that has been due to the games genuinely being between print runs or because of an effect of Brexit. Some of the games that I could not get hold of (without going to private sellers) have been The Search for Planet X, Under Falling Skies and MicroMacro. I have also found when searching for a game that retailers more often than not, have it listed as ‘Out of Stock’.