I just sent out a package containing:
- Magic Maze on Mars: I like games about or with Mars, but I didn’t enjoy OG Magic Maze and likewise this one didn’t grab me
- Rocketmen: we have better space exploration games and better deck builders. The game was not bad but wouldn’t see the table here
- In A Grove: I am learning that I like the idea of many Oink games better than the reality with the exception of Fake Artist and Scout
- Stellarion: Oniverse and I are not a good fit, this is the 2nd one I moved on, Aerion was the first
- Canvas: I wavered between getting the expansions and selling it on … for a painting theme I still prefer Kanagawa. The card gimmick just isn’t enough for me. (also I am reasonably sure this was one of the reasons bundle sold so quickly)
- Mazescape Ariadne: once again I liked the idea of this more than the execution. I found the map fiddly and never moved beyond the second puzzle.
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Oriflamme: sold unplayed I am ashamed to say. I guess this was bought as retail therapy and without much thought
But when I studied the rules I realized this would not see the table. I tried bringing it to game nights a few times but there was no interest.
I also put Inkling in another package because while I can play English word games with my friends on BGA, the reality is that they would not hit the table in that language.
I also plan to move on the following games:
- old edition of El Dorado b/c new expansions -.- also new edition pretty, I’ll probably have to sell it cheaply as I am assuming I am not the only one who is doing this
- Tindaya: much disappointed by the rules spaghetti… in my mind I had to compare this to Ankh last night and… I just do not want to try to learn this again.
- Paperback Adventures: I played the steam app as well now and… even with less fiddliness I have a hard time making it through a campaign of this. Apparently I very specifically enjoy the deck building of Hardback.
- My current copy of Wonderland’s War–I backed the expansion and ordered a fully blinged copy (this one was acquired retail and enjoyed it enough to go all in)–I need to do this now before the KS hits and the game is available again at stores. This way I will probably get almost what I payed for it…
- Bad Company: I have bought a lot of great games on Zee’s recommendations. This is not one on which I agree with him. We enjoy Space Base far more and the solo mode on this one… doesn’t cut it.
- Verdant: after Calico and Cascadia… I thought any game in this series is going to be good. But this is one I am not interested in playing again. I played a few solos and it just didn’t grab me in the same way those hex-games do. And so I also did not back whatever the next one was after Verdant.
- Vampire Vendetta I have to face the reality that 3+ player games are almost impossible to get to the table for me. Not because I never play with 3+ … but when I bring a new game to game-night I want to have played the game and while I have 3 handed games in the past… some games are easier than others to learn that way and this one I could not manage.