I feel like the lady (man? sorry!) in this photo... I look around at the hundreds (literally) of games that I have and think "why in the hell do I have this?"... ok, let's be fair. Some games (Britannia comes to mind) are excellent games, they have great game play, unique mechanics, excellent opportunity for strategy... but will I ever play it again? Now that I have moved, some games just don't make sense to keep. The nearest gaming groups are over 90 miles away, according to Board Game Geek I have only 1 person within 100 miles of my house. So aside from a monthly trip to the game shop 90 miles away, I am going to only be getting in game time with family members.
Now that isn't necessarily a bad thing... playing games with my wife and folks is great, but we seem to play more family type of games such as Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, etc., and that doesn't scratch my itch.
Now the main thing I got going on my side is my boys. I have four of them, and the two oldest art already getting into gaming. Brandon is almost driving now and I can get a hard core game of Axis and Allies, RuneBound, Warhammer or more in with him and it is at a point where I really need to think before moving, it isn't a guaranteed win like it might have been 5 years ago. Parker on the other hand is almost 6, and he is picking up games like HeroScape pretty quickly, so I know I'm in for some good gaming with him in the near future.
As I sort through games, I'm finding games going into two categories "Gotta have it!" and "Doubt I'll play it!"... the second category of games are getting traded out to other geeks on BGG and if I can't find any trades I'm going to ebay... I have actually managed to secure a few good trades online and currently think I have a lead for Helden in der Unterwelt (Heroes in the Underworld) and Die Rückkehr der Helden: Die Gralssuche (Return of the Heroes: Quest for the Grail), two non US release games that are expansions to Return of the Heroes which is an amazing game. So I'm not only getting rid of a lot of 'crap' (crap also could mean a good game that I just don't see myself playing again), but I am also adding new games that for the most part are expansions to games I already have and know my kids already enjoy.
This deal isn't done yet, but it looks promising and could really get me going with some games I've been wanting for awhile.
I seem to have broken my collection down into three types of games... first are the Role Playing Games (D&D), then come the Miniature Games (such as Warhammer, WarMachine, WoW Minis, etc.) and finally the board games (everything from Risk to RuneBound)... it really is nice to be able to go in and just streamline. I thought I'd be sad or depressed, but for some reason it just seems like the right thing to do.
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