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Shelf Toad of the Year
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Duel in the Dark is really fun. I’ve played maybe 5-6 times and it’s quite engaging. The 3D stuff and altitude stacks really are kind of great, especially for the price.
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Shellhead wrote: I gave Earth Reborn a serious look, because its sounded like something I might love. What I saw was:
-those ugly cards covered with a whole alphabet of symbols.
-cool miniatures that I would probably never get around to painting
-a game that would be a pain to set up
-a game with a steep learning curve
Definitely had some toad body parts, at the least.
I own Earth Reborn (and its not been played in a few years)- we should get together and play it sometime soon!
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In defense of a shelf toad...
What's truly wrong with having shelf toads? It's a matter of perspective. Shelf toads are often diamonds in the rough. It's "ok" to keep a once beloved game with the expectation that you'll get to play it again. it's comforting to keep unplayed games on the shelf as reminders of the good times that they represent. It's "ok" to keep good games on the shelf with the hope that they'll get played one-day!
It's HOPE that keeps these games around. I'm a huge fan of HOPE since it drives the human spirit!
If things couldn't just sit idly on a shelves without becoming shelf toads, then civilization would never have invented libraries which contain thousands of books that often sit upon a shelf waiting for someone to read them. Just as good books can still have value so do good games even if they sit on a shelves waiting patiently for that day when they'll get played. Shelf Toads, FELIX CULPA!
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Such games as Starcraft, Throneworld, Sword of Rome, Paths of Glory, and Bolide. None of which, admittedly are of current release but year after year I look at them on my shelf and sigh with longing.
But as Ashi from Samurai Jack said, "Hope lives! It is everywhere! I have seen it!"
Man just got the chills watching that scene again. So damn good.
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Not Sure wrote: If it wasn't for hope, I wouldn't buy board games at all.
That’s why I now only buy games I ~KNOW~ will be played. Light, simple dice games and Tiny Epic X type games. My next big purchase will be Pandemic THE CURE. I suspect even Roll for the Galaxy will be too deep.
This is also why I took up another hobby. I don’t paint much anymore. I don’t build terrain. These things are wishful thinking at best, and I’m far more practical than sentimental.
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That’s why I now only buy games I ~KNOW~ will be played. Light, simple dice games and Tiny Epic X type games. My next big purchase will be Pandemic THE CURE. I suspect even Roll for the Galaxy will be too deep.
Same here. Stuff like Cthulhu Wars looks awesome as hell, but if it won't get played I've wasted my money. That's not to say I won't backslide on occasion.
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I just treat it as disposable income, or voting with cash. I'm lucky enough that a couple of games a year don't put any real impact on me, and I have enough shelf space in my house to hold my (modest by boardgame standards, stupidly large by normal people standards) collection. Once in a great while, I actually get to play something I like, when the stars line up right and everyone's not too busy with life.
I try to buy stuff that intersects between what I like and what my kids will play, and once in a while I hit a winner there. But mostly I buy stuff I think I'll like, and wait. Sometimes I'll buy them *just* so the sales count, and maybe the developer and publisher will continue to design and print games that I like.
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My all-time toad would be Space Hulk. I just can't get two-player games to the table. I need to find someone/some way to fix that.
Runners-up: Clash of Cultures, Cyclades, C&C:Ancients
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Not Enough People Available to Play:
BSG - My favourite game but one play in four years !
TI3 - I did play it last year but someone else's copy because they had opponents, and actually getting to play TI4 for the same reason.
A Game of Thrones - I bought the 4-player expansion because it drops player numbers and time - but haven't been able to get four players yet.
Mare Nostrum & Expansion
Spartacus - On the infrequent occasions when I do get four players there are always games (including Marvel Heroes shellhead) ahead of it.
Warrior Knights
Fortress America
Too Many Other Games in Front Of It (the proper shelf toads I suppose):
Arkham Horror - It's been sidelined by Eldritch Horror.
Merchants & Marauders
Tide of Iron - Whenever I have a two player day (quite often) something always comes in front of it, often because i just can't be bothered reading the rules the night before. I still haven't used the 'Days of the Fox' and 'Normandy' expansions yet.
X-Wing - Same as ToI.
Twilight Struggle - just seems too much effort these days for the fun.
Actually one other category ... those I keep for nostalgia or just can't make myself sell them:
Star Wars: The Queens Gambit
Space Crusade
Samurai Swords
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Ugh, now instead of divesting I'm thinking about getting the Borg before they are gone...has anyone played with the solo rules for them?
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