I won a prize. Yay me.
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Nice! SHCD is something I keep meaning to finish. A long time ago I soloād the first case, but never checked my solution, as I wanted to run through it again with somebody else, as I thought that would be more fun. Thus it sat for a few years.
Finally played it again at the second SHUX with the friends we were rooming with when we were all back in the hotel room when it wasnāt time to turn in yet. We played about half the case that night, and the rest of it the next day on the drive home. One wanted to start up the second case, but the rest of us wanted a break, and we would not have come close to finishing it before the trip was over.
Planned to play the second case with them remotely during the Covid lockdown, but it just didnāt happen as we played other games. Wondering if I should go ahead and solo the Jack the Ripper box and just pass that on to my friends to do on their own, while working to finish the original with them at some point.
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Because my family knows I enjoy the Sherlock Holmes character, books and setting, I have three SHCD boxes on my shelf that were all gifts. Iāve been reserving them to work through together with my partner, but it seems over the last 2 or 3 years (mainly due to childrens), we never have brainpower to spare at the same moment.
Honestly, I should make an effort to wake up early on a weekend and we can sit and play through a case while we drink our morning coffeeā¦
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I have the first 3 on my shelf awaiting play too. It would have been perfect for my non gamer friends, but we so rarely just hang out in each others houses anymore. The opportunity to play just hadnāt come up. Tempted to solo it, but definitely think this is something Iād like to do with others. Hopefully this winter when it stops being kinda cold and starts being proper cold.
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Noice!
I cant justify buying this when I havent finished Vol 01 yet
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Itās gone into the same category as the others did for me: if it pops up in a sale for <Ā£30, Iāll grab it. Iāve got 30 cases to solve before I need this one and it definitely seems like theyāre planning to keep the series in print now.
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I bought Unmatched: Robin Hood vs Bigfoot. Havenāt had a chance to play it yet, but those minis are so beautiful. The art is so good. Iām ready for it.
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Someone flagged up 75% off EDGE games at Philibertnet, so I updated my copy of Ra to the new one.
I can sell my old copy to make the money back.
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I love a good underdog story, so it was with great excitement that I welcomed two new BGG Auction refugees into my collection today:
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Lord of the Rings Living Card Game - It came with 4 unopened Adventure Decks. Honestly donāt know the significance of that yet. Hopefully I enjoy this game; but also hopefully I donāt enjoy it so much that I feel compelled to track down all of the expansions. I thought for sure when I learned about Journeys in Middle Earth, that would be what caught me up on this whole Fantasy-Flight-meets-Tolkien thing; but after reading a bit more about JIME, it was LotR:LCG that earned my money. Sadly, I just wonāt have time to play this until after the move, so I hope things donāt go out of stock too quickly (some of the expansions already look hard to come by; Iām not currently worried about that)
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Firefly The Game - I blame this one on BGGās SGoYT. I love Firefly. My partner loves Firefly; but this never seemed like a game we would ever really be able to sit down and grapple with. If Iām honest, it really seems (to my untrained eye) like Talisman-in-Space. I wrote it off a long time ago as āehh, something Iāll play if someone else brings it to the tableā. Unfortunately, I started tracking what people on BGG are getting played soloā¦ and, well, this one crash-landed back on my wishlist. This particular box came bundled with Breakinā Atmo. Much like the one above, Iām not sure how much more content I actually need in order to enjoy this one, so Iām not currently worried about picking up expansions. (Iāll also mention that my partner and I have Brigands & Browncoats awaiting us at some point, but thatās specifically something weāll explore together)
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So I bought Fairy Trails based on the single picture I saw on this very forum, and a read around.
Bought it at a keen price from Amazon, and sent it to an Amazon locker that Iām going nowhere near in the next weekā¦ Maybe a part of my brain told me I didnāt want it that much.
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My Geekstore order came in, which I noted earlier when I placed it, but Iām reasonably impressed with what I got. If I lived in the US Iād probably use them more often.
My Decrypto interception/miscommunication tokens are great! Not excessively large, but satisfyingly thick and of a good diameter and heft. They arenāt even close to ābakelite-likeā as they pitch them, but they feel good and the transfers are nice. I also got a promo set of cards for the game by Rob Daviau. There seem to be some special rules, havenāt really looked yet.
My bag set for Teotihuacan does exactly what Iād hoped, and so I can still just toss everything back in the box when Iām done, but have nifty bags to keep the random setup down and tile piles outright eliminated. With all the expansion content, however, the bag for the tech tiles is a bit too small, the pyramid tile bag is too big, and Iām left wishing it was a little more comprehensive, as I still needed to ziplock the resources and a few other knickknacks. All in all though, a very worthy upgrade.
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I have this too. I love it! The box does become a bit of a mess with all the expansions. I ended up putting all the solo game stuff in the small box expansion to get it out the way and make set up a bit less confusing.
I donāt find it to be too bad all in one box, actually. I keep all the boards on the bottom, bagged stuff on top, but aside from that, repacking is pretty mindless. Itās the setup that can be a bear. Iāve played enough now that Iām pretty quick with it, but laying out all the tiles, shuffling, restacking, etc. is a tedious chore, so being able to just blind draw from the bags is gonna be a revelation!
Side bonus: when they came in I got an āooh! Thatād be a fun pick for our weekend game!ā out of my partner. 
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Iām interested in trying that out on slothninja. Also, jealous of your access to a decent second hand market.
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My favourite Splotter. Itās soooooo good
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Used spare cash from my sales to preorder (again) Village Green. A build your own scoring tableau builder.
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This is the one I really want to try!
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Itās by Peer Sylvester so Im curious about that!
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Iāll let you know after it arrives and after Iāve played it.
Super Simple looking at the rules but you can back yourself into an unplayable corner which I like too.
Iām also a sucker for themes that havenāt been done before
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