Belgium? Belgium!

When I made the video below, I had every single one of Uwe Rosenberg’s big box games, and I went on to own most of the smaller box ones (excluding Bohnaza)

How many do I own now? Around seven, and only five of the big box games. Why is this? Uwe Rosenberg is still my favourite designer, and I’m frothing at the mouth (jumping out of my pants in Secret Cabal terminology?) for Hallertau, his latest big-box farming game.

The reason is, I don’t collect games. I mean I did, hence why I had all of Uwe’s games I could get my hands on, but one of two things happened.

1. They didn’t get played. This is what happened to Merkator. The game isn’t bad, it just didn’t hit the table for the two of us. Over the years of ownership, it got played a handful of times.
2. They get ‘played out’ - This is why I no longer own Patchwork. Loved that game but played so much there’s no point in keeping it around. It’s done.
3. My wife doesn’t like the game. No point keeping a game that works well with two but your main gaming partner doesn’t want to play it.

So, now my 5x5 and 4x2 Ikea Kallax shelves are much more empty (well there’s more space for Lego, every cloud has a silver lining) and I’m more cautious about what I buy. I’ll still jettison any game that has no place in my collection (see points 1…3 above)

So there you go, that’s how a game I imported from Belgium and made a video about all those years ago, is no longer in my collection. Someone else is enjoying it now.

So sit back and enjoy my video about Merkator.