Late to the party, but I just ordered the Quacks of Quedlingburg Mega Box
I know there is a new edition coming, but I hate the artwork.
Also - coin capsules for the tokens.
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Finally caved and bought Stationfall with 23 GBP shipping, partly due to fear of it becoming unavailable in the future.
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Kienda have a 4 for 3 offer at the moment. Itās kind of a trap offer really i think and motivates all sorts of choices outside of āis this a good gameā. Especially the stock is made from their unmoved bits.
Still the thing Kienda do better than any other website, is selling those crap looking old euros and I had a hankering for stuff from that era of gaming and that aesthetic so I thought Iād dip in.
I bought
Change horses -horse racing game with secret stakes
Navegador - looked like a decent one
Gloria Mundi - some mad bribery game where if you stop bribing a visigoth they come around and ruin things.
Passing through Petra. - got an interesting look and a unique action selection.
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Not me.
My friends like Robo Rally so much that after finding out from me about the 30 anniversary edition two of them ordered their own copies.
Considering that the other half of the same circle was deeply into Magic and other Garfield TCGs back thenā¦ I think we can safely blame Richard Garfield for ā¦ something 
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After succeeding plays and my change in taste towards MPS games (I still think SICS games are the best), I bought Dominion + Intrigue + Prosperity (all 2nd edition) for a decent price. Both expansions are still in shrink. I also got a trade for Hinterlands 2e
Perch - which was included in the OG games geeklist and decided to give it a go for 20 quid.
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Given that Iāve got the complete 3rd ed Iām not sure I needed this!
Age 11 was just too tempting.
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I have a lot of thoughts on expansions after absolutely spamming Androminion a few years back. Happy to weigh in later! Intrigue and Prosperity are good for the two sides of play - Intrigue is sparse and easy to crash your engine, while Prosperity is explosive and the threat is not growing big enough. Dark Ages and Empires do these same things better, respectively, but Intrigue in particular Iāve grown to appreciate over time.
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Estimated sleeving time? 
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How do you rank the expansions? I got Hinterlands 2e and Seaside 2e on a trade recently
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It felt like all day! Lots of reused sleeves from my keyforge days. Many were accidentally backwards (theyāre only matte on one side) causing lots of fixing sleeving errors. Then I ran out and had to swap some small card games into gamegenic to get the ultrapros off them to finish innovation. Almost 800 cards!
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The primary divisions are by flavor instead of quality. In general, I think Vaccarino peaked in the middle, after refining the system and before running out of steam to the cash-cow phase.
The expansions fall into four āfeels:ā Thereās the sparse/puzzle box expansions where itās easy to clog your deck, run up against terminals, or fail to hit combos. Thereās the explosive ones where life is easy and youāre trying to hit 80 points. Thereās the mixers, that lack any clear feel but serve well to mix in with other decks to spice things up, and then the system benders that take Dominion in new directions.
Puzzle Box:
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Dark Ages: You have to have a plan from the beginning and play with discipline. Big combos possible but you donāt get them for free. Dark Ages just has fascinating cards, like Death Cart + Rat or Procession + Fortress, which feel amazing when you hit them but can eat you alive if you get the balance wrong.
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Intrigue 2e: This grew on me the more seriously I took it. Itās easy enough to wander through but rewarding when you really apply yourself to it.
Explosive:
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Empires: The Empires cards are much more interesting and varied than Prosperity. Plus the layered stacks, like Castles, Catapult + Rocks, Patron + Emporium, Gladiator + Glory which can be wild if you lean into them.
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Prosperity 2e: Prosperity has the Colonies and Platinums which are really nice and may be worth the price of entry on their own. But the cards arenāt as good as Empires. Still a good time.
Benders:
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Adventures. I really, really enjoy Adventures but I always play it pure. Most cards donāt mix well. Itās a slower game with a bigger build and a lot of fun stuff that just isnāt practical. Like pairing a Wushu artist against a Boxer. Wushu is great but it doesnāt pair well with the efficient science of a Boxer.
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Nocturne: Most people donāt like this one. I played it twice and didnāt either. Not enough sessions to articulate what it does wrong.
Mixers:
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Core 2e: Itās plain, but all the tools are there and we all know by now it works.
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Renaissance: Pretty boring on its own - it is so open that every game ends up feeling the same. Too much trashing, extra actions, extra coins, etc. But itās top notch as a mixer - the Renaissance cards open up new pathways in other sets and let you use old cards in new ways. I love it for breathing new life into everything else.
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Hinterlands 2e: bland and unthematic but, again, can offer some spice to other sets.
I like all of the above apart from Nocturne. But thatās my ranking within each subset. Short of bundles and deals, I always recommend Core, then Dark Ages OR Empire, depending on flavor preference, then Renaissance, then either Adventures or whichever one you didnāt get second. But getting Prosperity instead of Empires, Intrigue instead of Dark Ages, and Hinterlands instead of Renaissance still leaves you with a balanced diet and a great card pool.
Others
Seaside is the set I sold when I had too much Dominion. Super fun on first blush but really mean attacks, a lot of dead cards, and the cards that I like were all duplicated by similar, better cards in later expansions (e.g. Forum over Warehouse). I did love Seaside but was surprised when I dug in card by card and found how few I actually needed.
Menagerie, Plunder - These came after my binge, so I donāt know them as well. Neither inspired me to reevaluate the above.
Guilds, Cornucopia, Rising Sun - Heard good things?
Allies - Heard bad things?
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Thatās what my Geekbuddies say - Iām avoiding it
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Bought Things in Rings, always room for fun little deduction games.
And the new Mu & More - because itās trick taking, innit?
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