Bought Barrage for a very decent price!
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Two cheeky bids I did on TradeMe have worked out, and I bagged second hand versions of Taverns of Tiefenthal and GOT Second Edition + Feast for Crows for a very good price.
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Sold Modern Art, bought Modern Art.
Different editions obviously.
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Which was which and why?
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Oink (out) for CMON (in).
Oink lived with the small games which are generally games under 30 minutes so I simply forgot about it. Making the box bigger and moving it in with the big games should help.
Iām perfectly aware I could have just moved the box itself, but you know weāre here discussing luxury purchases so I can do this sort of thing as the small box would look out of place.
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The newer CMON one has a wooden mallet too. Iām wondering if which one would suite me: CMONās tarot size contemporary art or Dicetreeās MTG size Modern Art? Wow. First world problemā¦
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Indeed. Dice tree looks lovely and has money with the good doctorās face on.
But at sub-Ā£30 CMON is hard to beat.
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Having just searched for the dice tree version, I think the familiarity of many of the paintings would work against the gameās ethos of āthis is worth only what other people will pay for itā.
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Dicetree production is much nicer, but the smaller cards and the fact that the art from some of the different artists looks kind of similar is something I definitely consider a problem. Distinct art styles seems like an essential design choice to me.
(The wooden mallet for Dicetree actually has some weight to it thoughā¦)
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Mystery solved! This arrived mere moments ago! Along with an unexpected three game upgrade kit. I own two of the three, so it was a nice surprise! I guess Iāll have to buy Versailles 1919 now? 
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I posted in another thread about having an offer refused for 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express. I went on to say that the seller would go on to posting it on a BGG GeekList auction and probably get whatever he was looking for for it. And I was positive that some idiot would pay too much.
That was me! It turns out, Iām the idiot! And I couldnāt be happier about it (well, I could beā¦ if the guy took my first offer)
I donāt have many āgrailā games, but this is definitely one of them. Actuallyā¦ Iām not sure I have any remaining? Maybe Discworld: Ankh-Morporkā¦ not for the game but merely for the setting/IP.
What makes 18OE a grail game? Well, one, its box claims a playtime of ~4-12 hours. The full map game is definitely a convention type of experienceā¦ or at the very least, a set-aside-a-weekend affair. Clearly, thatās not going to happen any time soon. But, for two, the game features 7 short scenarios (suitable for 2 or 3 players), 4 medium scenarios (suitable for 2, 3 or 4 players) and a variety of other variants that can be combined with scenarios or the base game. Iāve heard from a number of people, including some new to 18xx, that 18OE as a 2- and 3- player game is brilliant. Contrast that to 1817 (another epically long game) that many claim is best at 5.
In the same auction, the same idiot picked up Northern Pacific ā a cube rails game by Tom Russell. I donāt think it was actually worth picking up and counting against my purchase limit for the year, but I just couldnāt resist.
At least one person on these forums already knows, but for the rest I would like to post evidence of just how ridiculous 18OE actually is:
(Fields of Arle used for scale, Arle being almost twice as deep as an Alea Big Box. Northern Pacific is a lovely smaller footprint boxā¦ still a ton of air in, but not as bad as something like Chicago Express (my copy of CE also has Kansas Pacific stuffed in with room to spare))
(Iāve used a tile from my copy of 1830 for scale; 18OE uses a much smaller tile size than a standard 18xx game.
As you can see, the map 18OE chooses to use is an accurate depiction of a dinosaur.
pillboxās 2021 Purchase Tracker as of 2021-02-17: 4.3
Codename: Easterly Alacrity = 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express
Codename: Boreal Pacifism = Northern Pacific
Tracker
- Codename: Fifteen (0.1)
- 1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight
- Anachrony: Infinity Box
- Bucket of Bolts / Artefact (0.1 each)
- 18OE (Codename: Easterly Alacrity)
- Northern Pacific (Codename: Boreal Pacifism)
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Youāre not in the UK, are you? Iāve seen copies pop up every now and then on a trading group Iām in.
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I am not. Firmly, squarely in the middle of the US. Itās a bit of a unicorn here.
Hot damn. I didnt preordered it. But a couple of my friends did.
Now 2nd edition of Imperial Struggle, that I preordered. Itāll be mine soonā¦
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I played a 3 player short scenario as maybe my 4th ever game of an 18xx. It was really fun. Iām looking forward to getting back to it now I know a bit more about the genre. Working out Lawsonian track is important if youāve played only games with the traditional track style.
Dealing with ports, authorities and the OE runs certainly adds plenty to the solid operations focussed game. I like building routes and running good companies so it certainly suits me. Glad you finally got your company
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Thatās the one Iām missing as well. Technically Clacks as well, but I had it and then got rid of it because I didnāt get on with it as a game, so it was never going to get played again.
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You also need Thud!
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My maths trade acquisitions have arrived 
Also arrived are all three expansions for Everdell, and for once Iām not the culprit!
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True that, but I think I have some chance at getting Guards while Thud feels like a complete impossibility. Maybe my perception is wrong.
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