White Wizard, no? Wouldn’t normally nitpick, but White Goblin do nice little productions in my experience. 
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Our current small “deck builder dueler” is Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne. I liked, but didn’t love the base game, but decided to risk picking up the expansion as a few people mentioned it ups the “MtG feel” which is the high I’m always changing with games like this.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get it to the table before the world fell apart, so it sit…waiting…like so many games.
I do wonder if they will go the same route as the Realms games and just keep adding MOAR!!! Lol.
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Ahem. 1862. I blame @pillbox. He was enthusing after we finished 1889. Fortunately I still have only 1 copy of Roads & Boats and only 1 copy of &cetra
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\o/ Hooray, I’ve spread my illness!
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HUH!? It turns out my Pax Porfiriana got Pax Pamir 1st ed inside it. I have no idea whether it really is included in the whole package but I consider that as a free game!
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Some editions of Pax Porfiriana include a Pax Pamir board as an upgrade to the original cards-that-kind-of-make-up-a-board. Just a board though. If someone stored the whole game in there, that would be a nice bonus.
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“Choo Choo!” shouts the gorgeous beige box as it slides into station after its long trip from China (truly an epic feat for a train to travel from China to Kansas).
18Chesapeake was part of the recent “18xx games on Kickstarter are doing surprisingly well” surge of 2019. I’ll admit, I think I was more excited about the idea of more 18xx games getting more visibility and larger print runs than I was for this particular game. I don’t really know the Northeastern US that well so the setting doesn’t necessarily do anything for me more than, say, one of Lonny Orgler’s games full of European places and names. From what I’ve learned about the New England region of the US is that their names are just as foreign in pronunciation to me as anything I’d find on a gameboard set in England or Austria.
18Chesapeake is very much a 1830-alike where, allegedly, some of the corners have been rounded off in an effort to reduce overall play-time while maintaining interest. That said, it’s still very “track limited” like 1830 and 1889 and only after I backed the Kickstarter did I have the realization that I probably won’t ever love a track-limited 18xx game because they feel unnecessarily punishing for no good reason.
“What do you mean you can’t build another straight track from this gentle curve!? I don’t care if they did the same thing over near Philadelphia! Arg, fine, let’s add another curvy bit over near Philadelpha… if we do that can we build this straight bit here? What do you mean ‘as long as nobody else does first’!?”
I also backed this project before 1861/1867 had hit Kickstarter; that one seems much more my style. But, let’s be honest, I’ve only ever played one 18xx game and it was all bits-and-bytes rather than cardboard and wood. So, for now, 18Chesapeake will join my banal, cardboardy 18xx games; it’ll certainly be the prettiest of the games already in that collection but I don’t know if it will be the permanentiest.
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Here’s my latest purchase:
which is very difficult to find in the UK.
So I’ve spent too much on an alternate-scenario pack of cards for a game that… I haven’t played yet.
But my completionist nature means that I couldn’t quite resist hunting down the best way to pick up a copy.
And seeing as new packages arriving is currently one of the few highlights of lockdown, I’m pretty happy with the purchase. Kept me in a good mood for at least half the day
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So not only did I cave and back Pax Renaissance MS, but I’ve decided what the hey! and added Pax Viking in the PM. 
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I bought a game called time barons based on the spelunky podcast folks mentioning it on their discord. Here are the reasons:
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it’s partly designed by the guy who made spelunky
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it’s partly designed by the guy who made air land and sea
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it looks a bit like innovation in terms of madness and theme.
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it was < 30 quid.
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It’s an odd game, but it’s a good laugh!
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Just grabbed cheap copies of The Estates and Cutthroat Caverns. I look forward to not playing them 
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This is certainly not one I would have predicted landing on my front step: Nemo’s War (2nd Edition).
First let me mention that if Ian O’Toole illustrated a pamphlet that would be handed out at my funeral, I would seriously look into skydiving as a hobby.
I originally panned this one because it looked rather formulaic. But it would occasionally pop up on my radar as a good solo experience (without doing too much research, I’m going to just safely assume its rubbish as a co-op).
Well, cue my usual BGG Auction strategy of throwing lowball bids on everything that interests me and eventually, I end up with a GeekMail saying, “You’ve won!” Shipping was reasonable, even coming from Canada.
I guess the biggest source of potential regret that I have is I just don’t know when I’ll have a chance to sit down and do a cold-read of the rules; I’ll probably go my usual route and try to find a good instructional video.
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I’ve been doing a lot of auction buying myself, as well as using the BGG Market, which I never seriously checked until a month or so. Who knew people wanted to sell their games?
So my market buy was:
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Quacks of Quedlinburg - Looked super fun from the SUSD review and loved the theme.
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Galaxy Trucker - Also SUSD but played it a long time ago and also enjoyed it then.
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Arboretum - SUSD plus beautiful art.
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Cartographers - From the SUSD stream, looked like a solid enough Roland Wright game.
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Fox in the Forest + Duet - Looked like a nice little card game, and parents love trick-taking games.
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Just One - A SDJ winner, and looks like a solid party game.
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Onitama - One of those games I’ll probably never have someone to consistently play with, but I’m a sucker for irregular shaped boxes and simple yet elegant games.
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Lanterns - Something from Tabletop that always looked interesting, plus nice art and simple concept.
I think I’ll save my auction buys for another post, longer than I expected 
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I have been vaguely interested in Nemo’s War as well for some time, and am thankful I just found it on Tabletopia, so I can try it for free. 
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Is it possible to search the BGG Auctions? Generally for UK sellers, but also for specific games? I’ve had a look at a couple of threads and they seemed fairly impenetrable.
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After my self-imposed new years resolution to not buy games until my birthday - which was mid-April - I might have overindulged a bit. Thereby making the whole resolution part a bit pointless. But that is not what this thread is about, so: weeee new games!
- Galaxy Trucker: Always wanted to give this Vlaada classic a go.
- Alubari: Never played Snowdonia, but I played a couple of demo rounds of this at Essen and really enjoyed it.
- Troyes (+ Ladies): Another classic that has been sitting on my wishlist for ages. I am really intrigued by the variability and the not-overly-mean interaction.
- Startups: Solely due to the SUSD Oink-reviewathon.
- Polis: I have been interested in wargames for a while, but that’s not a genre that my wife and main gaming partner is particularly into. Polis seems to be a great entry point for a Weuro. I am not terribly optimistic that my partner will enjoy this, but the design looks really interesting and tight, and I hope that I can win her over with the theme.
- SpaceCorp: A game I solely purchased because of the theme, which is a relatively realistic look on the next 300 years of space exploration. There are three boards for the three phases of the game: exploration of the inner planets, the solar system, and the colonization of nearby systems. The scope of this game puts me in awe, although I have heard that randomness plays a significant part in this game.
- Brass: Lancashire: Birmingham is an all-time favorite of mine (get in line, right?), so it felt justified to give the predecessor a try.
Preorders and Kickstarters don’t belong in this thread right? Phew good, this should do for now.
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There’s an off-site tool that can send you GeekMails when new auctions have items matching your BGG wishlist.
But I prefer to just be subscribed to the BGG Auction Metalist. I’m on mobile right now but when I get to a computer, I’ll send you the GeekList. There may be better ways of keeping tabs on UK auctions that I’m not aware of… But BGG auctions are definitely more of a thing in the US than anywhere else.
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It’s a great game! Don’t be put off by the random elements. I’ve always had fun even when losing and I’ve won in several different ways.
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Great. Thanks.
This may be a slippery slope
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