100 Games Left My Collection. Here's Why.

It must be Twilight, cos I be Edward Cullen...

These are the videos we need - too often every game is good, but I enjoy hearing about why you dislike designs too - and promoting the fact that you don't need to own them all!

How the hell can I watch a video about culling games, yet come away with a list of recommendations I want to buy?! THANKS FOR NOTHING ACTUALOL

I've spent the past 18 months "out of the hobby", actively playing board games but not consuming any media content. This has made my enjoyment of the hobby skyrocket as I have simultaneously reduced my collection from 200 games to 50 games, including selling many games I love but only keeping games that I was realistically playing often. I realized board game collecting isn't for me, instead I wanted to "curate" a collection as you mention and it's overall drastically improved my love for the hobby! Keep these type of videos up because it can help when most other BG content is about buying the new hotness

i love how the video provided alternatives.

One note on Codenames pictures. When playing with an international group, with different mother tongues, the pictures work much better and make the game more accessible.

My collection is also ever changing, always around 150 titles (though 35 of them are Oink Games). Broom Service is the only game I ever regretted selling, so when it showed up second hand I messaged the guy to buy it. Turns out it was the guy who bought it from me, so instead he gifted it to me and I gave him a game as a gift as well.

Your take on Fury of Dracula is spot on. The first time I played it, the guy playing Dracula did an amazing job. He played in character in an awful transylvania accent, didn't just run away but attacked the hunters, picked on everyone, etc. Just on all-time great night at the table. So I bought a copy and every playthrough afterwards was constantly explaining all 32 pages of the rulebook to fellow gamers. Eventually...donated to local game shop.

Wow your editing was brilliant! The pop in of the games you are keeping in your collection, like when Mysterium just dissapeared from the back to the front while you were talking! great job!

This is a mammoth of a video. Appreciate the effort and thought put behind it.

I was intriguied by the game "capital" at 9:50, and found that it's been completely rebranded to " Warsaw: City of Ruins", for anyone else trying to find it.

I've seen a couple of your videos but this is the one that made me subscribe. I didn't agree with some of your points but I love the boldness and honesty.

This makes me want to see a video on games you've considered and/or games that are popular, but decided against ever adding it to your collection in the first place.

This feels like an hour of getting rid of cooperative and dexterity games. No judgement here :)

I think Root should be on the Too Fragile list. It's also usually a bad time for first time players. And it's really common for someone to just run away with the lead because they got ignored. Its common to look a table of Root and see someone having a bad time for 3 hours.

Excellent video! I especially appreciate you taking the time to explain your reasoning and provide better alternatives. I've begun more serious culling and this is exactly the kind of decision making I find myself going through. Great motivation for folks to pare down and manage a collection!

my wife and I enjoy Cartographers but didn't like the monsters rule, so we simply draw the monster in on our own maps. Still a challenge to get the shape surrounded, but we're in control!

I’ve used the strategy of “don’t own games that your friends own” to the next level. Some of my favorite games I still don’t feel like owning!

Great video! I also culled many many boardgames in my collection, from 400 to 200 for many of the same reasons. Glad to see I was not the only one. Time is the currency of the modern boardgamer and it should always be spend wisely!

A really well put together video, doesn't drag even though it's an hour long. Hearing your reasoning for culling the games was useful and there are a few of your recommendations that I might pick up for me or for the kids.