7 Tips for Building a Board Game Collection... What I Wish I'd Known 

This is one of the best tips you mentioned: Most great games end up coming back to crowdfunding with expansions or reprints, so wait and if a game is good, it will come back (usually). CMON may be the except to this rule, but can often find backers selling them later, and if you do back a CMON game, it will sell 100% of the time, often with a bit of a profit.

That Meeple photoshopping killed me 😅😂

04:12 best advertisment i have ever Seen!

Great topic. Great presentation. I, sadly, resonate with TOO many of your observations. Buying addiction, ☑️. Free shipping at $100, ☑️. Unplayed shelves of shame, ☑️. And so much more. Keep it up. Very enjoyable.

Just letting you know this is the second video of yours I've watched and you're a really great presenter of information. Keep it up! I had to stop buying when my shelf of shame got bigger than my already opened collection. Went on a bit of a binge there, and I definitely feel the "free shipping minimums" problems.

This is quickly becoming my favorite tabletop channel. Keep up the great work for the sake of helping me get through my workdays… please.

Bonus advice 1: find people who also like board games and, if you play together regularly - there's no need for all of you to buy every game. Bonus advice 2: find gameroom near you. It's like library, but with games :)

woww.. tip 5 hit a little too close to home there.. glad it was prologued with a few farts to lighten the mood... that helped ease the sting. I suffer from "my collection needs all the highly rated, sought after, grail games that are held in such high esteem by fellow board gamers even though deep down I don't actually find that must satisfaction from them and dread setting them up and would rather gouge my eyeballs out with a spoon than teach it to someone" syndrome. I recognize my faults though. This week I made a step in the right direction! I finally let go of A Feast For Odin. It was tough. But I accepted how I truly feel about the game and decided I no longer needed it. Please don't tell me I made a huge mistake though! I'm a little fragile at the moment.

As someone just getting into the hobby, and as someone who also loves the researching/purchasing/anticipation of any purchase... This was the video I needed to be more mindful of this new but amazing hobby. Thank you for the video! You got yourself another subscriber.

Great video! I’m happy to have discovered your channel! Please keep it up!

Great video, a really entertaining way to bring across your points. i can say i share some of your experiences and was able to spare me of some just by watching other people´s collections. Always better to learn from the mistakes of other people

Solid advice

TTS is wonderful with regards to trying new Kickstarters before pulling the trigger, and retail releases of course. It's saved me a lot of money. 😄 I was also super lucky to have a friend with a significant collection before I started buying my own. It meant that I already knew I didn't enjoy party games, or trick taking, etc, so I didn't waste space or money on styles of games I wouldn't play. Great video! Subscribed!

Man, you are so funny. I love your content. Keep up the good work and thank you for the tips

Good advice. BoardGameCo is doing his top 100, and in the last chapter of his 30-31 video he also gave good advice. IDK if anything was left out here, but that bit is worth watching as well.

Good stuff! Really informative video and quality production :D. I expect your channel to grow quite a bit if you keep this up.

Your video presence is stellar, the dynamic angles and cuts in between segments are fantastic and set you apart from a lot of other board game creators. Subscribing for this epic breath of fresh air!!!

Great Video. Thanks to youtube algorithm gods for recommending it to me!

Photosynthesis under the bed? 😂 One of my favourite games.

RU-vid suggested i watch this video, you now have a new subscriber 👍

u deserve more subs! You’re so damn hilarous 😂 New sub here!

the first few minutes I swear you narrated my life, though no munchkin lol

Maybe I missed it, and maybe it's obvious, but *Keep a "want" list.* These could be want-to-play or want-to-buy. Either way, you can look at the list for a week, or a month, and delete those you cool on (or move games from "buy" to "play"). If you have any doubt, don't buy it. If you are 99% sure you will enjoy it, and get other people to play it, then pull the trigger.

Great advice but I also feel like having to experience these phases is part of the process of becoming a gamer.

Too many collectors, not enough players. I know people who buy 2-5 games a month year after year. They only play each game once or twice on average. Not the best way to learn all the nuances and subtle strategies games have to offer.

Find a good gaming group and try the games physically as well as digitally before you buy them. There’s nearly always someone with he new hotness who wants to people to play it with.

What about Board Game Arena?

Go Bills!

Ahh yes, not many people speak the sophisticated language of handfart. My school only taught ubbi dubbi and Spanish unfortunately.

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