Board set up for Asgard board game.

Haven’t played Asgard board game in ages. Set up to talk the gremlins into playing today.

Poly?

Omino.

War of the Ring game set up.

Go big game day.

BG Stats Mar 2026 Plays: 23 H-index: 2 Games: 18 New: 3 Players: 5 Locations: 2 Hours: 18 Days: 12 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 4 Yokai Septet: 3 Orléans: 1 Railway Boom: 1 Disney Villainous: 1 Agricola (Revised Edition): 1 Clans of Caledonia: 1 Leaping Lemmings: 1 Lords of Vegas: 1 27 designers: Reiner Knizia: 11% Simone Luciani: 11% Aaron Donogh: 5% Aaron Mesburne: 5% Brian Kirk: 5%.

Not expecting more plays today, so, March games (chart below by @bgstatsapp.bsky.social )

Owned games play status:
Sold 3 and gifted 7, so the total games owned is down to 117 base games.
Played in 2026: 40 (34%)

Still only 1 purchase in 2026.

Box cover for The Estates.

@capstone-games.com
Any chance of The Estates getting reprinted (pretty please)?

BG Stats Mar 23, 2026 - Mar 29, 2026 Plays: 6 H-index: 1 Games: 6 New: 0 Players: 5 Locations: 2 Hours: 4 Days: 2 Disney Villainous: 1 Forest Shuffle: 1 Yokai Septet: 1 10 Tricks Later: 1 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 1 Startups: 1 8 designers: Aaron Donogh: 16% Brian Kirk: 16% Bryan Bornmueller: 16% Jun Sasaki: 16% Kosch: 16%.

Quiet Boardgame week. The month, too (post that in a few days). Less and less every month the last few. Le sigh.

Chart via: @bgstatsapp.bsky.social

Agree there needs to be more affordable version, but I think most do that with “upgrades” being optional with no change to gameplay. I use iron clays in all sorts of games.
But things like the AR overproduced slop can F right on off.

They’re actually wearing steel toe utility shoes, so it’s different.

Looking for an exit.

King of Tokyo: Godzilla cover

Well… shit… will be gifting my KoT collection because Godzilla is king.

The gremlins wanted to play some Lords of Vegas. Such a good one. Listening to them haggle is fun.

I know I’m just posting gaming nonsense, but it’s all I have to keep sane in this shithole country.

Playing owned games update:
After a bunch of sales, owned total 122. Played: 33.
(27% complete).

1 purchase. 23 sales. 3 trades.

4 In / 26 Out.

BG Stats Feb 2026 Plays: 27 H-index: 2 Games: 23 New: 1 Players: 8 Locations: 3 Hours: 23 Days: 15 Etherstone: 3 Yokai Septet: 2 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 2 Carnegie: 1 Barrage: 1 Grand Austria Hotel: 1 Lords of Waterdeep: 1 Lost Ruins of Arnak: 1 My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game: 1 25 designers: Simone Luciani: 13% Bruno Cathala: 8% Peter Lee: 8% Reiner Knizia: 8% Rodney Thompson: 8%.

February board game plays:
Chart by @bgstatsapp.bsky.social

Leaping Lemmings Boardgame set up.

Seems like a good day for jumping off a cliff.

Set up some Leaping Lemmings to play with the gremlins.

Family, Duty, Havarti.

Paid the crazy high shipping to buy from Amazon Japan.

Box cover for railway boom board game.

Been a good month of culling games. Sold some that would even be top 20 for me, but I just never play them for various reasons.

Treated myself and bought Railway Boom. First purchase of 2026.

A group of nice speckled dice and boring opaque dice.

Dear Thundergryph,
Etherstone is FANTASTIC. 10/10. Love it.
BUT.
Had to buy the dice on the right because I was feeling annoying needing to ask for help to tell apart the black and green all the time.
It’s not as bad in the pic. I guess I could play outside or something if I want to use yours.

Taking a new approach to culling boardgames. Started allowing myself to let go of games like but never get to the table.
And with no purchases in January and none so far in February. Hopefully a more balanced year.

Never seen that Sushi Go edition. Neat.

Now I just want it more. And it’s just not available anywhere here (US). 😭

Hoping to get Railway Boom one of these days.

It’s great.

Playing my own games status at end of January:

Played: 23
Total Games: 135
Remaining: 112
% Complete: 17%

BG Stats Jan 2026 Plays: 35 H-index: 2 Games: 30 New: 11 Players: 6 Locations: 2 Hours: 30 Days: 19 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 4 Etherstone: 2 Magical Athlete: 2 War of the Ring: Second Edition: 1 Gaia Project: 1 Concordia Venus: 1 Le Havre: 1 Disney Villainous: 1 The White Castle: 1 43 designers: Reiner Knizia: 10% (Uncredited): 3% Aaron Donogh: 3% Alain Orban: 3% Bobby Hill: 3%.

January coming to a close. Some good Boardgame plays this month.

One more week in January. On track to be the first month with no new board game purchases since… May 2024. 😬

He just did it.
Maybe a strongly worded letter or a snarky tweet to follow.

Box cover for Manhattan Project Energy Empire

My favorite new to me games of 2025:
10: Hallertau
9: Marrakesh
8: Rebirth
7: SILOS
6: Dune Imperium: Uprising
5: Zoo Vadis
4: Alhambra
3: ARCS
2: March of the Ants
1: Manhattan Project: Energy Empire