(with gratitude to Roger for compiling the list)
Things I didn’t know exist, now know exist (by way of this list and Tom’s video), and still don’t care enough to look into until I see more information about it
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Hörreos, Antinomy, Moving Pictures, Unsurmountable, banned books, Kintsugi
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For Science
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Maskmen
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Hundreds of Horses
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Geistes Blitz
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Night of the Ninja
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That Time You Killed Me
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Dealt
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Rustling Leaves
I won it in an auction but the seller never completed the transaction and I haven’t managed to find another copy for a reasonable price since
- Death Angel
Things I probably would buy if it were convenient and cheap
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ROVE – just saw coverage of this as part of an expansion campaign, I think. I downloaded a Print-n-Play file for the base game that I’ll get around to printing just as soon as I can be bothered to.
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In Vino Morte, Food Chain Island, Avignon: A Clash of Popes – I’ve had my eye on these, probably get thrown in the next time I make a Button Shy order
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Don’t Get Got SUSD – not really my thing. And compatible parties are unlikely to happen for the next 10 years.
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Undaunted Normandy + North Africa + Reinforcements – Very tempted by this. I adore some of David Thompson’s other work and I really want to see how well this one holds up. It’s just been hard to find for a good price.
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Beyond the Sun – it was hard to ignore the buzz this was getting, and then it was out of stock, and then secondhand prices went crazy, and now there’s almost no buzz… but… it’s probably still buzzworthy.
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Cosmic Encounter – been looking for a copy of this for a long time. It doesn’t really seem like my sort of game. And it is probably too flimsy of a design for me to enjoy. But I feel as though a well-rounded collection needs to classic nonsense.
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Now Boarding – was really interested in this one after NPI’s coverage of it, but its limited availability makes it a hard one to track down
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Ell Deck / Wibbell++ – would probably grab a copy if it cropped up somewhere convenient
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Herbaceous – hard to track down secondhand due to its popularity with the solo crowd, I think
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Startups – probably the next of the Oink games I would consider getting.
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Schummel Hummel, Cockroach Poker, Assel Schlomossel (Woodlouse Chaos), Kakerlaken Suppe (Cockroach Soup) – have considered all of them. Cockroach poker is the only one I’ve seen readily available in retail around here. I don’t particularly like bugs and the art for all of them is offputting.
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No Thanks – never seems to come up on the secondhand market.
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The Crew Mission Deep Sea – have Crew1, would probably like Crew2. My partner doesn’t have love for trick taking like I do… so Crew1 is still untested.
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Hey That’s My Fish – probably should look closer at this, as it’s probably worth having
I have <thing X> instead
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Burgle Bros 2 – I have the first one, unplayed.
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Just One – Wavelength and Decrypto (and probably others) are occupying this spot in the collection.
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Schotten Totten – have Battleline
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Terra Mystica – Gaia Project (have a friend who owns Terra Mystica and coule borrow)
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Renature – I like K&K games but this looks pretty derivative. Recently tracked down the beautiful Supermeeple edition of Mexica
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A Distant Plain – I have Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar and Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62. FS has been nigh inscrutable for having to run 3 bots or play 4-handed, so I picked up CT:tF-AW because it’s single-bot or 2-handed to solo, as an onramp to COIN. If both end up being interesting enough to keep and keep exploring COIN, I would probably pick up Pendragon (next best theme in my opinion, but the crunchiest of the COINs) or All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland (because Finland never ceases to amaze and impress me). I prefer older conflicts over recent conflicts. I have also P500’d the future, scifi COIN: Red Dust Rebellion
Probably doesn’t actually count
- North Berkeley – I’ve had the PnP files for this one for a while
Played and didn’t care for
- Cubitos – I wanted to roll lots of cool dice and do some cool racing. But instead I rolled a few dice and most of my time was spent trying to figure out what dice to buy next; the map/racing aspect of the game was not interesting and the dice themselves were a bit of a letdown. “Oooh, I’ve got my awesome die! Well, crap, it rolled one of it’s 3 uninteresting sides. Oh well, maybe next time.”
Researched to some degree and decided against
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Oath – probably fine. But I thought the Kickstarter coverage of it looks pretty dull. The promise of the everchanging deck seems as though it would be underwhelming in play.
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Twilight Imperium 4 + Prophecy – I decided that Eclipse is more of my epic 4x space jam than TI
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A Feast For Odin – maybe I’d like it. Polyominoes are not really my thing. I have so many big-box Rosenbergs
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A Game of Thrones The Board Game – never got into the books. Never watched the show. Maybe it’s a good game, but even fans of both the show and strategy games have suggested it’s not great. Pass.
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Pax Pamir 2e – I’ve went out on a limb for many, many other weird political strategy games, but this one, despite being beautifully produced, just rubs me the wrong way. Probably a better game than dozens in my collection, but I’m okay with not having it.
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Babylonia – I’ve waffled on this one before. It’s been in and out of my watchlist for a couple of years.
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Skull – can be played with a regular deck of cards
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Curious Cargo – 2-player games are so hard to get to the table. This one because it’s so cutthroat and I don’t enjoy cutthroat games and, especially, cutthroat 2-player games.
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MonsDRAWsity (2 boxes) – would want to play it first. Probably fun. I have (12-player) Telestrations as a fun drawing game.
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Monikers (2 boxes) – not really my thing, nor the thing of most of my friends. We could always just play Celebrity instead if we were so inclined.
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Sleeping Gods – Never found a Ryan Laukat game that I actually like, I doubt it would start here
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Radlands – looks fun, just not something I need
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Super-Skill Pinball (2 boxes) – Kinda meh on it. Not really interested in it for solo, and it looks like a pretty boring multiplayer experience.
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Fantasy Realms – looking to pick up a less-problematic-art-direction edition once its available
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Arboretum – a bit too mean and have lots of other mean card games that don’t get played, ones with easier scoring
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Corrosion – thought it looked somewhat interesting when I did the BGG contest for it, but immediately forgot about it. If it sticks around, gets an expansion and otherwise continues to get buzz, I might put it on my watchlist.
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Bitoku – have only heard about it tangentially and still don’t know a lot about it other than some people “like it”
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Imperial Steam – I had this on my watchlist for a while, but when I found a good deal on a copy, I couldn’t remember anything at all about it. Maybe it’s good? I dunno.
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Cascadia – I remember seeing coverage of this and I still don’t remember it. Wasn’t interesting enough to keep my attention, I guess.
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Dune – Political strategy isn’t really my thing. See also: Pax Pamir 2e. I would dread teaching Dune, I think.
When I get to my computer.