Last game you DIDN'T buy?

Boardgames
#178

Target currently has a buy 2, get 1 free offer going on for video and board games. Due to some finangling my wife did with their customer service over a couple of video games she purchased recently, she was able to get a $60 gift card, which we then rolled into this deal again. We already had two video games chosen, so needed one more $60ish game.

Locking through the board games, I was tempted by Space Cadets: Away Missions, Viticulture, and Paladins of the West Kingdom, but I resisted the temptation, despite the game basically being free! I am trying to hold to my goal of not buying any games until Ra or a new Unmatched set is released.

So, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla was picked as the third game instead.

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#179

Watergate has been in and out of my basket more times than I can remember. I love two player games, teach US politics and love this era of political history… Yet every time I get close to buying it I keep thinking my girlfriend is going to be totally turned off by the theme.

I’ve often toyed with picking up Paperback, but word games sometimes have a limited appeal… Maybe I’ll be deleting this one from this thread later.

Last one would be Onitama. I’m still not sure how I’ve not got this already. It’s two player, I loves the app and my girlfriend is a big fan of chess. Surely it’s a no brainer? Can’t explain why I’ve not pulled the trigger on this one.

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#180

My partner has said as much, straight up. I was in the same boat, waffling over buying it again and again, until I finally gave her a quick rundown and asked what she thought, point blank. Nope. Just nope. She’s a good sport and will try just about anything in her wheelhouse but the concept might as well have been partner repellent.

I’d just ask her flat out. For closure, man. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#181

I saw a really juicy copy of Iwary Deluxe KS second hand for 100 NZD and exercised a lot of self restraint there… I was close, too close…

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#182

Take it one day at a time.

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#183

Not buying Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter, despite the great sale that was mentioned on here. The write ups make it sound really interesting, but I am standing firm on my pledge to not buy a game until Ra or new Unmatched set is released!

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#184

To be honest you might find yourself with a big box of overlap with a Wildlands game anyway. There’s more than enough to differentiate them, but there’s also some real similarities in the way the card play fuels the action. You dove hard into Unmatched already, so even with that crazy sale on Dredd I’d be wary of not getting value out of it.

#185

You can play Iwari on BGA if you want to try it :slight_smile: It even works async, I‘ve tried it.

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#186

Always up for Iwari!

#187

I am terrible at the game and besides a couple of 2 player and solos, haven‘t played much. I played 1 game on BGA with a friend who didn‘t care to play again… -.- so my deluxe edition is waiting for the days of more game nights. Or rather nights of more game nights. I‘d be up for a game on BGA but definitely with more than 2 :slight_smile:

#188

How rules heavy is it? I’ve heard good things but don’t know anything about it

#189

I’ll give it a shot, it’s basically China/Han right?

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#190

Correct.

@Captbnut Below medium. You need to read and re-read the tottems. The rule of “double majority” is very specific - majority on BOTH provinces individually, not majority on both sides combined.

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#191

Not that bad at all.

It’s no Feast for Odin

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#192

“Iwari Nights” sounds like a memoir.

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#193

Managed not to pay £90 (+£10 postage) for a nearly as-new Fortune and Glory on Ebay, which is so rarely in the UK.

Anyone know if they’re going to do a 10th anniversary edition like they did for Touch of Evil?

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#194

I know there are some upcoming expansions, so I would have to guess a new print run might accompany that, at the very least.

#195

Ah, some searching on BGG suggests they’re not doing a 10th anniversary (it has 1000 components already and doesn’t need a deluxe ed) but they were planning to do a new print run last year before covid.

#196

Didn’t buy First Rat, cool theme but on reading the rules it’s just another “collect stuff, convert to points” euro with a bit of a race tacked on

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#197

I had almost convinced myself that Wrath of Lychee King Pandemic was going to end my quest for a physical token for my World of Warcraft nostalgia… but then @RogerBW reminded me that IP games have–in the past more than now–been prone to… suck. So I checked the BGG comments and found enough complaints about it being too simple and badly balanced and quests just requiring “staying put and rerolling until it works” to turn myself away from a purchase. Posting here to solidify the decision even more :wink:

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