Too many games on the floor! We are culling over 50 games from the collection! (Part 2)

We have too many games!
What is too many you ask? Well, it's not really a number, but more of a volume.
When therer are games on the floor of multiple rooms in your house, you might have too many games.
With so many new games coming in, and a new year beginning, we wanted to take a good hard look on our shelves. Take a look at games we kept after reviewing them, and games that we had decided to keep in Keep or Cull, but with a few months on the shelf, now decided we didn't HAVE to own.
It's a hard balance, but we have maxed out the space we want to use for board games, so some have to go!
Hope you'll enjoy!
#boardgamegeek #boardgames #cullinggames #collection

[@chriscarlson5057]

Spirit Island!? Spirit. Island. Speechless. < walks away shaking head >

[@amethystwolf24572]

"Walking Rumour" makes sense when you understand that Telestrations is based off of the "telephone" game. In this game (or more like childhood lesson), someone tells someone a story/rumour/gossip secretly and each person tells the next person until it gets back around. Then you compare the original to the final version and realize that people don't tell accurate stories.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Oh yes! We played it a lot as kids. We call it "the whisper game" here in Norway, and it's often used by adults to make kids quiet for a little while :P

[@twentysides]

I played Adrenaline once, several years ago, and loved it so much I immediately bought it. I have never been able to get people to play it since then. 😢

[@wiktormonfilsgustafsson56]

I have culled Spirit Island two times do far. Now its back on my shelf. 😊

[@Tristavillus]

I love watching you two because of your banter. Never change. Keep telling us you liked the game or “it’s a good game”! 🤪

[@dumdidum81]

Spirit Island? 😭😭 The good thing is, somebody else will get Spirit Island. 😀

[@Vagueperson]

BGG says "worker placement" for Istanbul! ;)

[@Coatzecouatl]

I’m surprised by Spirit Island. Generally I don’t like full co-op (semi can be ok), yet somehow Spirit Island is my #1 game of all time…would never consider parting with it, and I’m over 1,300 plays just on the app, let alone how many times I’ve played it in person.

[@melski9205]

So many games for so many tastes. I'd never get rid of it either but I understand that for some its just not their thing. I am hoping that when I meet the next gamer that demands I play Twilight Imperium that they'll understand too when I say I'd rather go to work.

[@lithracSolo]

So many heavyweights! It's great to see there are no "sacred cows", so to speak, and that people aren't afraid of culling games (regardless of the general opinion about them) if they don't think they are a good fit for themselves.

[@rubenvanhouts5785]

Indeed aaaaahhhhhhhh culling Spirit Island. It’s my goto solo game…😢 and you are getting into solo…. Do not cull it!!!!

[@th1ngo]

Oh no! Not _Istanbul_ . _Spirit Island_ Nooo. I'm still keeping _Merchants Cove_ . My _Rift in time_ is also waving farewell.

[@jeremyfrank5253]

Bold choices! The Felds (in both part 1 and 2) in particular were surprising, but I very much understand your reasoning.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, it’s kind of sad to see them go, but there are just too many games!

[@naomiooooo]

The truck with Ryktet Gar is to be very specific about what you think the drawing might be and don’t go obvious when you draw so there are more mistakes and more fun… group dependent “game” but shocked to see it on the cull pile.

[@naomiooooo]

Spirit Island… ? Slowly walks away shaking head. Lol

[@gidiyaniv82]

An extremely honest video. Thank you!

[@Ittybittyclip]

This video just randomly showed up on my suggested videos after watching spirit island play through and …. I just saw spirit island on here and sorry no can do …. Im closing the tab. ….. but leaving the audio on as I just love the way you both are so polite while culling games. Oh and the banter subbed .

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the kind words! There is just so many games, and we do not have time to play them all, and no room to own them all! Welcome to the channel! Hope you’ll have fun 🤩

[@Ittybittyclip]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Wow it’s nice of you to respond back , what a delight . And Totally understand, there’s just way too little time and too much to play and sometimes too little space for the games to just simply sit there . Happy weekend 😊

[@redchuchee]

I understand you perfectly. I just culled Firenze, Five Tribes, Bad Company and Ticket to Ride US, not because I don't like them anymore, they are good games, but I like others more; time and space are limited so I have to prioritize. Plus, my taste in gaming has changed over time too (dare I say, evolved?...)

[@wiktormonfilsgustafsson56]

Culled LotR LCG three times. Also back on my shelf. D@mn You FFG!

[@martonferenci]

a few surprises but understandable :) enjoy the space!

[@jtsiren1676]

Charterstone has a very good app implementation.

[@Hendrycks]

I'd love to see your shelf and have you list why you've kept certain games! Idk if you have this word but we would call Aeon Trespass Odyssey a 'lifestyle' game. Any game that needs to be THE game you play for a long time to get super into it. Like Warhammer, Magic the Gathering, etc. It's personally my favourite game of all time ATM but it is stressful to think that if we take a break and play other games for a bit, we might forget everything and need to essentially restart :S

[@kitwicksteed3726]

Same here, I still really want to see a video where we go on a little tour of all the games in your house and you show us where they are on the shelves/floor etc and talk through the whole collection a bit

[@greghoggard102]

I fully agree with your assessment of Red Rising… but… I play a lot of solo games. Fantasy Realms is one of my all time favorite games to play. Filler, beginning of a gaming day, end of a gaming day, multiple times in a row… LOVE Fantasy Realms! But it cannot be played solo, therefore Red Rising scratches that itch when no one else is around. I have since read the 3 books the game is based on so it is even more fun to play. That being said, I would never pick Red Rising over Fantasy Realms if others are around to play games.

[@draheim90]

Istanbul and Spirit Island?! Say it ain’t so!

[@mazman9355]

To add to your arsenal of things to say when you like a game but want to cull it: "It's not you, it's me." It doesn't make the breakup any easier...but Spirit Island will just have to move on...

[@brandbryson3616]

I culled Spirit Island this month too!

[@gamehaus6386]

Somewhat similarly, I need to send a game out to bring a new one in. But I like coop games just as much as I like competitive, and Spirit Island is my favorite game (Gaia Project is my #2, ha ha). No objections to the rest of the list. Everdell is heading out for me, too. Solid but . . . too many games.

[@jonjstorey]

I also culled Istanbul recently, but replaced it with Istanbul Big Box.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hehe, the best way to cull a game ;)

[@sarahm479]

We are doing our own "keep or cull" in 2024 and I'm sure there will be some good games that will go, but if there are other games taunting you from the shelves that you want to play more, why keep something that's just not going to be picked over other games. Of course we'd all love to keep all the games, but realistically, few of us have unlimited and growing space to keep them all!

[@redeyedghost1406]

I really enjoy Everdell - especially the timing of when you progress into the next season. Ground Floor is on my shelf of not yet played. I had Istanbul on my cull pile, but shifted it back before selling it.

[@youedged]

Do you cull your games by selling on Finn? I would love to buy some of the games you are culling!

[@OSB911]

No protests from me on this list!

[@RulebooksForYou]

Goa!

[@The.FrozenGamer]

Recently culled Spirit Island with Branch & Claw expansion too. Couldn’t find someone to play it with me, and it’s just too heavy for my solo gaming tastes. It was a tough one to get rid of for sure.

[@melski9205]

There's a reasonable implementation of it on Steam that's fun solo, makes the game so much more approachable.

[@denycast]

What do you do with your culled games? I am not in a mood to sell them online, and throwing them away feels super wrong😅

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We usually sell/give away locally! The best is to «trick» our friends to buy them all 😂

[@Socksrule3032]

Have you given Fantasy Realms a try yet?

[@sunnivavarjord]

Yes! I liked it 😊

[@SonnyBonds-]

What is the favorite coop game Johannes mentions when culling Spirit Island ? (at 17:32 I can't make it out clearly)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

My perfect coop game is no game 😅 Not the biggest fan of most coops, but I do like some here and there! :)

[@SonnyBonds-]

😂 A much appreciated honesty 😊

[@soylent_green]

What do you do with legacy games that have been played through? I have some taking up space and don’t know what to do with them.

[@Ivytea]

i throw them out

[@nuuqbgg]

Feld again! Travesty!

[@longtimeninerfan1309]

I don’t like “Telestrations”, either.

[@nchlsrdmr]

Merchants Cove fun? Great? This goes down as one of THE worst games I've ever played. Zero decisions to be made, so complex for such a light game, eugh. Sorry, have to get that off my chest every time somebody says anything good about it 😅

[@codym6376]

Telestrations not being fun is the most outrageous thing I’ve ever heard from a board game channel. If you said it’s an activity instead of a game I would agree. But not fun?!?! Wow I just got a second hand copy of whistle mountain for a good price. Haven’t been able to play it yet. I think I’ll play my Kingdom Rush app this afternoon.

[@cgrice1971]

I can’t stand Telestrations

[@TheSludgeMan]

It's unbelievably fun but also a game you can play with pen and paper. I don't understand why the physical game exists at all.