After looking for them forever, I finally found both Expansions packs for Nusfjord with the 4 expansion decks that were included in the Bigbox. And I even found them in German to match my game. Yay. And cheap! So exciting.
(I kind of had to add some more stuff to the order obviously, so I also ordered the Wyrmspan expansion and the 2nd part of the Lotr Trick Taking game)
Iām at ā¦ 1? Kanban and Gallerist arenāt that hard to table. Lisboa is. Iām eyeing speakeasy and on mars but so far Iāve remained sensible on this point.
Now you just need the boardbento insert (from Washington State, US, so simple to get) and youāll have the nicest Nusfjord around.
My Nusfjord actually has one of my first (and probably best) self-built inserts. So I am quite happy. I just have to put the decks in the ādeck boxā and I can play. Well as soon as I have time for that anyway.
Finished my collection of Ashes Reborn. I know I canāt really justify it, but the more I play the game the more I enjoy it. I suspect I should sell off my Netrunner stuff and concentrate on this even though I usually prefer an SF theme.
I havenāt seen this stated explicitly: each of these packs (for which you already need the bigger box Red Rains: The Corpse of Viros) contains a Chimera and its associated cards (which can to some extent be mixed between sets); four Phoenixborn (same card powers and art, just a new quote) with new Uniques; and a variety of new general cards. (Some of the cards are errata-ed versions of old ones; I think thatās Brennan and Rimea among the Phoenixborn.).
The left box is from Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation since all the content from that fits into the original two boxes. Cards there are the various Chimera across the top (and their special dice and tokens on the left), Phoenixburn and uniques down the left side, and in the lower right box the Adventuring Party 1 precon decks Iām not currently playing.
In the original Ashes box on the right: all the other dice and tokens, and all the non-unique cards that arenāt part of an Adventuring Party 1 deck. (Auxiliary cards, which can have different names, are filed under their master card: for example, Summon Ghostly Mount can variously bring in Pale Steed Mount, Spectral Charger Mount, or Nightmare Mount, so theyāre all clumped together because they get used together.)
Finally the remaining cards are in a ātournamentā box, in this case the Jericho Reborn one, with the Adventuring Party 1 deck and summonables for Brennan, the dice, and some tokens.
I still need to get FoMC and EoA. And actually get around to playing some of them! Not to mention how long itās been since I actually played Ashes as a 2-player game ā¦
Fancy a PBF?
Oopsie. Probably somewhat for collectorās purposes.
The same shop also had more games I chose not to buy:
This is a new shop specializing in card games and especially imported ones. The imported ones are not cheap. I consider this a treat for making good and positive progress at work.
Could do. Iād have to a) relearn how to play, and b) sort out my table so I can lay out cards 
Kiendaās closing. Found some stuff. Yes, I know I shouldnāt buy because itās cheapā¦
Just checked their page and those are some serious discounts!
Bought Castle Combo, should be a cool filler. My first buy for 2026!
Iām officially enrolled in shopping therapy this year (I swear the stress is getting less)
Iāve already played Small Fjords twice. Travel sized hexagons 
PS all unshrinked or is it unshrunk or deshrinked?
Well, Iāve preordered The Old Kings Crown, supposed to be back in stock at the end of March. But another site says it will be coming in June/July.
Had my chance to buy it too, waited too long (I was watching reviews).
Bought some solos to try from the same publisher of Hercules and the 12 [Labours]. They all come from the same open box called Tiny Game series vol 1
EDIT: ah they arenāt solos, they can be played up to 2. And 16 Candies is a multiplayer 2 to 4
Another āI didnāt back it but itās still in my houseā large Kickstarter box: Nippon Zaibatsu. Apparently itās a reprint, so does anyone have opinions?
Played it first with @EnterTheWyvern . Itās an ok game.
Does that mean if you were someone who liked Euros it would be a fabulous game? 
I sold it after I think 3 games. It was more a victim of timing than a knock on the game itself. I was getting very in to 18xx at the time and I was upping my coding game so my enthusiasm for another heavy euro system was pretty thin then. I think if I had got it a few years earlier it could well have been a favourite. I remember it having good competition and interactivity that wasnāt just a race to the best flipped over tile.
Iām also sitting on (not literally) a new Emperorās Edition of Nippon Zaibatsu.
Itās on BGA - happy to play with you and anyone.
In short, yes, itās good. Itās an old, stately Euro with teeth and area control. Iād call it second tier - which is good, just not the transcendent material you get with something like Castles of Burgundy or La Granja.
If you squint itās worker placement,but where other people play and what colors you have greatly influence what actions are helpful and which might cost more than you can afford, so youāre always adapting.
And thereās a number of races for limited resources, so you need to keep heads up on what economies your opponents are building.
I may not keep it forever but I wanted to have it and really put it through its paces.
Howās the not buying any games going, you ask?
Well, Iāve just bought the Characters expansion for Obsession, and the Natural Disasters expansion for Nature.
They donāt count because expansions.
But I have also bought the snappily titled The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game.
