Week 18: 8 games, 1 designer. Stefan Feld week!! (Keep or Cull)

[@bethnehme8402]

I was having a bad day, but your videos just cheer me up. Thank you.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sorry to hear you’re having a bad one! Hoping the next will be better! Also, happy to hear we can be of help :) If we make you happy, that makes me happy!

[@mariasteampiano8747]

Love this. Nevermind That cull still stay

[@sunnivavarjord]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Back to normal giving stuff away soon, but happy that you are enjoying it :D

[@judiethenerdshelves]

Bwaha ha... "I don't like it, so what do I do, go get the big box..." I thought we just walk pass it!😆❤

[@jeremyfrank5253]

Feld week!!! Glad to see Rialto get some attention, it is very good. Forum Trajanum - I've played it twice and really like it, but I know not every game is for every person. Last month I went through all my games and set a bunch aside to sell, including 3 Feld games (AquaSphere, Oracle of Delphi, Jorvik). Your AquaSphere enthusiasm has convinced me to pull it out of my cull pile and try it again.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Rialto is so much fun :D And yes, you should try Aquasphere again. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! :D

[@sunnivavarjord]

I enjoyed Aquasphere more now than I’ve done before 😊 but yeah, not every game is a new favorite.

[@Nain1982]

@Jeremy Frank it is one of Feld's heaviest titles, and can be very unrewarding. If you neglect getting enough crystals no matter how great your combo scoring is you will screw yourself and for many people those type of restrictions are annoying. It's a great game indeed, hope you play it more!

[@273Gravity]

Yassss! Castles of burgundy! I've only played the card game solo but will for sure try out the board game with my husband one of these days! I like these "one designer keep or culls" it's interesting to see their "yeah!" To "meh" games created in a collection ☺️👍

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much :D Glad you enjoyed it, and that you got something out of it!

[@the_justifier4788]

Nice as always. Just checked my entire collection and... proud owner of no Feld game.

[@alejandroice]

it works…even with no real culls…its still fun to see you guys.

[@sunnivavarjord]

That makes me happy! Thank you!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you :D

[@TheDarktater]

I am ashamed to admit I have never played a Feld. I have requested my one friend to bring CoB, but that was at the start of the pandemic and that group has not gotten together since. Thanks again for this series, always fun to watch!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Nothing to be ashamed of :D Any reason why? If any of hos games seems intriguing to you, check them out! Many of them are really great :D

[@TheDarktater]

​@@BoardGamingRamblings nothing specific that I can think of. I am the buyer of all the games and the artwork and aesthetics haven't really called to me. I do want to try some of them, especially Castles of Burgundy.

[@bratsche1980]

Sunniva! Strasbourg is really hard to find haha! Can’t believe you’d want to cull it lol. Also so happy Johannes is getting shows performed! I’m working at a summer festival finally and it’s super busy! So nice for a change!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you, Jenwei! Doing the first of this weeks 7 shows today, is gonna be great :D

[@prufrock1977]

Love Feld games! Don't blame you for keeping a special collection.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hehe, thank you :D

[@warrenc6881]

Yes, we still liked it and found value in the discussion, even though you wouldn't be actually culling any of your culls.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear, thank you so much for watching 🤩

[@Indra_P]

18th week tally, played 8 games. Keep: 8 (5) Cull: 0 (3) Total: 219 Games Keep: 118 (52%) Cull: 101 (48%)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry for making these a bit more of a mess for the stats :P Thanks for watching!

[@delohclooney]

I had to scroll way too far down to find this :P upvote :D

[@dougglug1]

I'm so happy to see Strasbourg - it's one of my top 5 Feld's (but with the right number of players). Glad it got it's day in the sun for a short time!!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great game! Such a pure, straight forward auction game, but with many interesting descisions all the time!

[@JonoNZBoardGamer]

I love following along with this series, even though this week had very little interest for my taste in games. I don't want to dismiss Stefan Feld games entirely but I have never been interested enough to want to purchase one. I definitely would need the chance to try before I buy. Great video as always though :) I stayed for the ramblings

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for watching, even though the games aren’t for you! There are so many games out there, so if Feld doesn’t interest you, play all the other amazing games :D We are lucky that there are so many games for everyone!

[@Vadimaster]

Not every concept will be as successful, so don’t feel bad that the Feld playthrough series didn’t stick. I think this series is fresh and interesting and I still like your reviews. Keep up the good work!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you :D I don’t really mind it not working out that well, I just am happy that we decided to stop, instead of spending loads of time on it, hehe! Thank you for watching :D

[@Nain1982]

oofff you stab me right in the heart! culling Forum Trajanum...that game is so good to me and I like the simplicity of turns, the restrictions with not being able to score for everything yet there are several options to get VPs :( I knew you didn't' like Merlin and didn't think you would like it with the expansions. I do agree that playing with Arthur expansion is a must, but it does make the game longer (and all the other expansions as well). The only way we play it is with a variant to shorten the game. Aquasphere is my wife's fav Feld perhaps. It's a great game that deserves more love.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I really liked Forum Trajanum when we got it, but I didn’t love it now! Will probably try again in the future, but we’ll see :)

[@malvinafis6907]

Nice video as always. Good luck with your time on stage, Johannes.

[@malvinafis6907]

Haven't played any of those Feld games. Excited to see the other Felds kept or culled.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Gonna be exciting to get the show a bit more under my skin before we hopefully are gonna tour with it after the summer!

[@malvinafis6907]

@@BoardGamingRamblings sounds exciting. How large is your tour going to be?

[@jonsmith9518]

I own 12 Felds and Forum Trajanum is my favourite followed by Trajan. I would give it some more plays for sure. Cheers! From Canada fortsett med de flotte greiene!

[@shawnmincer8231]

This was fun. Even though you were keeping them you justified the ones you would keep or cull. Great episode.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you Shawn! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@Alittlefruitgoesalongway]

This was a really fun video, even if you aren't getting rid of some of them. It was still a fun way to kind of see mini reviews of your thoughts on each game.

[@dinraal-mtg]

Aquasphere is my favourite Feld game. Also the only programming game that is not a random fest but based on strategy

[@sunnivavarjord]

The programming felt very tight and interesting! Liked it a lot. A Feld with little luck, for sure

[@Nain1982]

my partner's fav! glad to see others give it some love.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, it is awesome! I was surprised with how much I did enjoy it!

[@netdancer]

AquaSphere is sooo underrated, just bought it a few days ago after some plays in Tabletop Simulator. Best Feld game for me.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad you are enjoying it! It was surprising to me just how much I liked it! :D

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

I have four designers/publishers I collect: Vital Lacerda Vlaada Chvatil Splotter Mindclash I have only played Castles of Burgundy from Feld and my wife and I were... underwhelmed. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything special for us. I do want to try a couple more of his games (Trajan, Bruges) to see what I am missing with his designs...

[@nuuqbgg]

Brilliant video. And I agree on all the choices... Still... Somehow Notre Dame is my favorite Feld.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! 🥳

[@Pryde551]

Still very much enjoyed the video, even with no culls. Based on games I normally gravitate towards (i.e. Rebellion, Mage Knight, Kemet, Seasons) which are more conflict heavy games, I really like Castle's of Burgundy for some reason!!

[@sunnivavarjord]

Cool! Yeah, CoB is great for care bears, haha 😅 but we are more fond of player interaction now than we’ve been before.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much for watching! :D

[@jeremyslayton]

Really enjoyed the format!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :D

[@stevenbonham7136]

I am about to pull the trigger on the Merlin Big Box and then I hear your thoughts. Merlin has to be one of the most divisive Feld games. Rhado, Paul Grogan and Tom V like it. Yet you don’t even care for it with the expansion! Usually not a big deal to try a game, but $150 is a big gamble. Anybody else have Merlin thoughts one way or the other? Thx for the video!

[@coalitionofseekers9572]

Such a crazy take on Merlin. It's one of my favorites It took a few times for it to click. Also 2 players is just OK, 3 is great and 4 is amazing.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Super happy to hear that you are enjoying it! It was sadly not for us, but luckily not all games has to be for everyone :D

[@coalitionofseekers9572]

@BoardGamingRamblings I've only tried 2 so far. Merlin and Castles of Burgundy the dice game. So maybe that's why. Going to try Aqua Sphere next

[@MortlachNL]

I still need to play Castles of Burgundy. Everyone gushes about it and it is on the shelf. It is good to hear that it plays well/best with 2! Also, has Orleans passed by yet? I can't remember. Capstone will release a new version soonish and I am really excited for it!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yes, play Castles of Burgundy! It’s great, and absolutely best at 2! And yes, we did play Orleans! The same week that we did Altiplano! :)

[@MortlachNL]

@@BoardGamingRamblings I might have missed that one. I'll go back and look for it. Thanks!

[@MortlachNL]

@@BoardGamingRamblings I found it! Thanks!

[@aweso]

Nice video. I've played twelve Feld games. After the first two I tried (Trajan and Bora Bora) I thought he was my favorite designer, but none of the others since then have lived up to those two. I still happily own both of those. Bonfire comes closest after those to me wanting to own, but I think it's not quite there. Luna, CoB, Aquasphere, Macao, and Forum Trajanum are right in that space where they're good and I'm happy to play them but I'd also be fine never playing them again. Merlin, Amerigo, and ItYotD I thought were all on the weak side, at least something I disliked about each, and Bruges is by far my least favorite.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I am not looking forward to play Bruges 😱 I hope I like it more than I used to, but we’ll see! Also, sad you didn’t like Year of the Dragon, it’s one of my favorites!

[@sunnivavarjord]

Bora Bora is amazing!!

[@aweso]

@@BoardGamingRamblings To be fair there are very few tableau builders I like. As far as Year of the Dragon, it's been a while but I remember it feeling like it was missing something, I didn't love that it was almost entirely just reacting to the crises.

[@jorge_oliveira_BeB]

That was funny… 2 (forum and amerigo which is my favourite) of my top 5 Feld games are in the cull list and my least favourite (Rialto) is on your keep list and gets a lot of praise :)

[@sunnivavarjord]

That’s awesome 😊 Love that we can like so different things!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Games are mazing that way! I really enjoyed Amerigo this time, but it’s not a favorite!

[@Nain1982]

@@sunnivavarjord just as your least favorite Feld is Oracle, right Sunniva? ;)

[@sunnivavarjord]

@@Nain1982 haha, right below Spiel mit Lukas 😉

[@Nain1982]

@@sunnivavarjord you know, I bought that just because I needed to try all Felds, I may join you later on that rank :)

[@aonline_abridged]

I luv Merlin! it is my 2nd most fav Feld, my 1st is Trajan, wow I did not expect you to call Merlin "not a good game" *shock face*.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, many love it, but it’s just not for me! 😕

[@TylerDeLisle]

Haven't played half of these, but I agree with the ones I have. Merlin and Amerigo were duds for me. Burgundy is of course great. Trajan is really good... but I don't enjoy it that much. Curious about the next set, all of my favorites seem to be in there.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

What are your favorites? :D Looking forward to play more Feld games soon :D

[@mkitten13]

I really don't understand the point in holding onto games you don't like just because you love the designer. But each to their own, I guess. Personally, I was more of a Feld fan earlier than I am now. I do still have four of his games in my collection, though. Amerigo, Bora Bora, Bruges and Castles of Tuscany.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I agree, it makes no sense 😂 That’s the thing about collections though, it’s stuff you own, and have, even though not all of it might be your favorite of that thing! Me already culling almost 50% of games played so far is me coming so far as I’ve always been a collector! I have to have a few collector bones left in my body, haha 😂

[@seniscram7958]

You guys are bananas... I LOVE Merlin... so colorful... so fun. Oh well.. I still like you.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear! Isn’t it awesome that we can like different games? :D

[@seniscram7958]

@@BoardGamingRamblings yes...but someday... just maybe you will come to realize the greatness that is Merlin. I mean.. look at those cute and colorful flags... the grail... I mean...

[@raymyers700]

Is Merlin's real crime the length? I look at it as it being in the same class as Castles of Burgundy where you are trying to mitigate the randomness by doing things. I thought I wouldn't like Merlin and I really loved it...with Arthur expansion of course.

[@calebbarton5697]

Are you guys aware of the chillax board game get together in Pittsburgh with All Aboard Gamer at the end of October?

[@michellecompton1755]

This format still worked for me! Feld is my favorite designer and I play all of the games of his I own every February (felduary). Best month of the year :)

[@Nain1982]

@Michelle Compton are you excited about Kokopelli? cant' wait to try it.

[@michellecompton1755]

@@Nain1982 I am! I have heard good things.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is awesome! :D Did you back the city collection? I’m interested to see how he has changed up his own games!

[@Nain1982]

@@BoardGamingRamblings idk if that was a question for michelle or me, I didn't' back the city because I have Macao and Bruges (and I do much prefer the art for original game). I am intrigued for the new games though.

[@michellecompton1755]

I did back them but not the deluxe because $$$. I have both originals but am always interested in a 2.0 design. Iteration usually makes a better product so here's hoping!

[@eggius]

In the intro, in the grid of 4x4 what game is in the last column on the right second from the top?

[@sunnivavarjord]

Took me a minute to figure it out 😂 it’s Stronghold.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We had to look both of us, but yeah, Sunniva has the answer!

[@eggius]

@@sunnivavarjord Thank you, that was bugging me, what a huge board I had to know what it was.

[@Mentat1231]

I've only played Notre Dame, Castles of Burgundy, Trajan, Bruges, and Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game (only solo).... Burgundy is in my top 3 games of all time and Notre Dame is in my top 5. Both 10/10. But then, Trajan and Bruges are both around 7 or 8 out of 10. I want to try many more from Feld; but it's also hard to get my group to try lots of similar-seeming games.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

One thing I noticed playing many Feld games now is that even though you see some «Feld» in all games, many of them are very different! F.ex you could easily get people to play Strasbourg without them knowing it was a Feld ;)

[@Nain1982]

ND is amazing! it just needs better art for the cards :)

[@Mentat1231]

@@Nain1982 I don't mind the cards as much as the general look of the board. But, yes, it could definitely benefit from better art and components.

[@Nain1982]

@@Mentat1231 really?!!! for me if anything the board looks stunning :) if I had the computer skills I would take the time to make better looking cards as I love the game. I do think that the boards could be a bit thicker.

[@Eyedent]

In the intro you are playing a game with a stopwatch on the back of the cards. Anyone know what game this is?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

The only clock I can find is on the back of the cards in Lost Cities! Is that the one you where thinking of? :)

[@Eyedent]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Yes, that is it. Thank you.

[@m-sousa]

Have you already tried Castle of Burgundy card game? One would think is kind of trash but I feel it is actually really good. Is almost at the same level as the original one, in my opinion. It sounds to my it is a bit underrated. I don't think you would regret giving it a shot. AquaSphere I would love to play it more often. I think it would rocket on my top if I had the opportunity to explore it more. Forum Trajano I feel like I can play it here and there, but it doesn't amaze me. And Trajan I get the feeling I have been growing farther from it the last couple of years.

[@axj763]

Just discovered your channel from the Carcassonne review - love it. Now I'm re-watching all the keep/cull. Sorry if it's already been asked - will you give the games away all at once? Like if there was a game from week 1 I like the sound of is that possible? Thanks! Amazing work!

[@sunnivavarjord]

Thank you! That’s so awesome that you enjoy the videos 😊 games from videos more than 2 weeks old are given away already, but feel welcome to submit future forms (we have a lot of games left, haha).

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Welcome to the channel! So happy to hear that you are enjoying the videos :D

[@axj763]

@@sunnivavarjord I've now binge watched all your cull or keep videos! Thank you for the info. I have a good chunk of unplayed games myself but may enter if there's a gem and I can put it to good use. Wanted to try La Granja! 😊 I look forward to more of your guys videos

[@nchlsrdmr]

I enjoyed even though no games were 'actually' culled. I did not enjoy, however, the 18(!) Second advert at the start with no option to skip!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sorry about that Nik! We do add ads, and we hope it’s worth it to get to thr video! Most of the time they are skippable, but it happens some times that they are unskippable! I hope it wont be a big problem :/

[@nchlsrdmr]

@@BoardGamingRamblings oh ok, I thought you had been slowly increasing the adverts... Skippable ones are ok I think but the long ones are a bit annoying.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Absolutely understandable! We have not done anything different the last four-six months, so sorry if it’s more annoying now! Let me know of it gets worse! YT adds ads different for all viewers, so it’s hard to know!

[@veronicasalm]

Keep or Cull Stats: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yA-ku45NhQqIhmpX7NSmJ2QkqVGyEsTolSPzxZrujo0/edit?usp=sharing

[@sunnivavarjord]

You are awesome! Thank you for the helpful stats 😄 love them!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Again, you are awesome, and I really appreciate you doing this! 🤩

[@coreynoemif3j29]

I find it strange how everybody says castles of burgundy should only be played with two players. I just played it with my family at four players we got it done in about an hour and 10 minutes and everyone had a blast.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is awesome to hear :) I find it good with more, but my personal preference is two!

[@rachelcollins2209]

Thanks for the ammunition. My partner has a strange fascination with Merlin, and I'm gonna use this to convince him we don't need it! Aha

[@saintsalieri]

Maybe he is like me, and will inevitably own any Dennis Lohausen-illustrated game that is easily available :D. Merlin is probably my favorite not-very-great game. I see its problems but I still want to play it, because the action selection mechanism is fun. Lohausen couldn't save Aquasphere for me, however. But fortunately Bonfire exists, which is one of Feld's best designs ever and a beautiful Lohausen production all in one.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So many people like it, so maybe you’ll love it 😜

[@Nain1982]

@rachel collins are you taking one for the team then? Merlin is not among my top Feld's but I still enjoy it. I only play it with a variant to shorten the gameplay. My partner dislikes the programming of the dice (knowing what order to go first-prioritizing moves), and more than anything she hates having to worry about scoring cards, as she always sees me scoring ;) nevertheless she always finds a way to win (and yet complain haha)

[@rachelcollins2209]

@@Nain1982 oh no! Don't tell me there's programming too! My LEAST FAVOURITE mechanic!! 😂😂

[@rachelcollins2209]

@@saintsalieri ha! If he buys it, I will for sure play with a positive attitude! But I'm skeptical!

[@shannonpepitone4920]

Oh man I just got the Merlin big box in. I hope I like it. :(

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I hope so too! Many, many people love Merlin, it just isn’t for me! That doesn’t mean you won’t love it! :D

[@kumanight]

This episode has taught me I've never played a Feld game 😅

[@sunnivavarjord]

The world of board games is big! You’ll get your shopping list when we rank them all 😂

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

You have something to do then! So many good ones to choose from 🤩

[@KissellMissile]

Merlin and Aquasphere (which are very similar) are the only Feld games that I really like. Both of them present you with a set of paths that you have to utilize to score points (in Merlin you get between 8 to more than 20 a round; I think in Aquasphere you get 8). For that, I absolutely disagree that Merlin is random. You have to play the game with a mindset that you are choosing the best path, not hoping to roll a certain number. Either way, I find these two far more interesting then any of his other games (Rialto is also good as far as shorter area majority games go).

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hmmm, I cannot agree on them being very similiar, but I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. And I will stand by me feeling Merlin is a tad too random for me. The biggest problem is that I just don’t feel like the choices are that exciting. Makes me sad, as I want to like it, but there are so many games to choose from, so I dont’ have to play the ones I don’t like (except when we are gonna review them😂) Thanks for sharing! Love comments like this, that makes me think! :)

[@sunnivavarjord]

Well put! In CoB i find myself waiting for the right number sometimes, and that doesn’t bother me. So I disagree with Johannes in that Merlin is too random. Next time I just hopes it flows better, which was my problem with it (but first time playing is longer for sure).

[@KissellMissile]

I lot of people who don't like Merlin are expecting it to play like CoB because it has dice, but it is a very different design. When you roll the dice, you now have a set number of paths to choose from. The least number is 7 (doubles in a 2 player game) up to quite a few if playing 4 players with Arthur (24 I did the math correctly). In Aquasphere, all players have the same 8 paths to choose from, but the concept is the same. There are a number of similar elements as well, such a menace to remove (octopods/traitors) and a related area majority scoring.

[@jankogo]

I hear it is a punishable offense even to discuss culling CoB.

[@sunnivavarjord]

Haha, no doubt.

[@CanisLupis747]

This video is making me think I should check out any of the games made by Stefan Feld...

[@sunnivavarjord]

That’s awesome! I’m excited to rank them all, maybe that’ll be helpful 😊

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

You should :D He has some cool designs!

[@CanisLupis747]

@@sunnivavarjord That would certainly make it easier to decide where to start!

[@xandrosfavorites]

Can you put the feld games that you would have kept in an order of preference?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We will do a ranking of all Feld games when we have played through them all :)

[@altaripa8130]

I have a problem with Trajan. I like the way to choose the action 👍 But the cards with ressources are an issue for me, if you have the luck to get always the same type of ressource you will win because you get a lot of points selling same goods, but if you pick different ressources you will loose spending to much time to get cards that do not get enough points when they are of different types.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, I can see the luck of the draw there, but it’s a lot less luck in other Feld games, hehe. Also, I don’t think you are «supposed» to do only that action, so going heavy for it will then be a «luck of the draw victory/defeat» I feel like. We have never had that problem in our games, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there, hehe :)

[@altaripa8130]

@@BoardGamingRamblings It is very interresting to read about Trajan (what he has done in his life), because the game actions become a lot more logic. 😉

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hah, that is cool to know! I’ll check it out! :)

[@Oaklestat]

Woot!!!!

[@Straddllw]

wow. Amerigo, Burgundy, Merlin, Bruges and Bora Bora are my top 5 Felds Loved Amerigo and Merlin, even though we're both Feld fans, its interesting how tastes vary. Meanwhiles I have culled Aquasphere. I also have Jorvik but will cull that one too. Jorvik is probably the most boring and frustrating Feld I've played. Not mentioned but also enjoyed: Carpe Diem, Oracle of Delphi, Trajan, Macao, Year of the Dragon

[@BrandonGraham]

Hear me out: You don't need to keep bad games. Also: You have my address. :]

[@sunnivavarjord]

Hahaha :D

[@hansharleman590]

Thanks again; but I do totally disagree when it comes to Castles of Burgunday that the best player count is 2. With 2 players the interaction is not at the same level as with 3 or 4. For example the startplayersposition is so more important than with 2, because than it is: you are the startplayer or the other one is.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, that part of the design is better with more players! One of the mechanisms I always like better with more is these player order ones! But still, I feel like CoB is perfect with two, as the flow is so good, and it takes a perfect amount of time for me, personally :D

[@alejandroice]

stefan feld !! weeeeeeeeee me like

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hope you enjoyed the video :D Thank you for watching!

[@par7me]

For a second there I thought I won something only to realize I'm not a patron. Maybe I should change that?

[@sunnivavarjord]

YES 🤩🤩

[@eliumeldritch]

Is it an unspoken rule in our hobby that if you like Feld you must collect Feld?😁

[@RadishTheFool]

Not a collector, but if I was it would be Feld games. I guess it's because his games always have an interesting and solid core mechanism. So even if I'm not a fan of that particular game, I can still appreciate the quality of the game, and how it fits in among the others. There is such an interesting progression. Like novels of a favourite author. In comparison, for example, I like Uwe Rosenberg's games, but they're very samey. So there, I just pick one or two favourites and then I'm good.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yes, I have actually spoken it as well, so everyone have to follow it 😅

[@sunnivavarjord]

I would collect Knizia games 😂 with that many games, I wouldn’t need any more.

[@eliumeldritch]

@@sunnivavarjord true! But that's ALOT of abstracts😁. I started collecting all of feld's games and pfisters games... And I'm not 100% sure why😁.

[@KeithCVI]

If you knew before hand that you will keep the game regardless, is there a point to play it for Keep or Cull? Why not use the time to play other games that you may actually cull? I know it is hard to cull. If it is easy, you wouldn't have had accumulated over 600 games. So, if you are serious about culling, it is better to lean toward culling games that you are not sure about. I have the same problem so may be I am just talking to myself.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hey Keith :D This week was very special, and different from most weeks. When that is said, the point of this challenge is two fold for me! One is to get rid of loads of games, but the other is to get to play games we haven’t played in years and years. The challenge so far would be very different if we would not play games we knew we would keep, hehe! We have so many favorite games we haven’t played for years, because we play so many games for review ++ This challenge has so far gotten me to re-experience to many great games, and we’re gonna play them all 🤩 Thank you for watching! Hope you’ll continue to like the show for a long time to come (as we’re gonna be here for a while :P)

[@SocratesRR90]

Yay I won!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Woop woop 🥳

[@shortydancer]

I actually like Merlin. But I prefer it just with Arthur expansion and that’s it. Adding a lot of other things bloats it up.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear! Not for me sadly, but happy that others are enjoying it of course 😁

[@ClockworkWyrm]

What?!?! No Stefan Feld marathon series?! I'm so mad, unsubbed!!!! ;) As much as I'd love to watch a Feld-a-thon if the cost involved doesn't at least equal the return it makes sense to cull the series.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sorry about that, but glad you are still here 🤩

[@Oncus2]

If going forward with culling but without actually culling, that perhaps it's better to change the name as it's a bit misleading. Otherwise, dividing games into winners and losers still works, even if you don't get rid of the losers.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

No no, absolutely not! As stated, this is only for Stefan Feld (and maybe one other designer...) not for everything! We still have loads and loads of games to give away 🥳

[@MrKijito]

I'm still italian. It's Amerìgo. I can't believe you don't pronounce right a name in a language you don't know. Shame on you Joana and Sunnydale

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, so sorry! I have never heard it said any other way! We could be better, but we do our best 🤩 Hope you can still watch the videos? Maybe better to watch them without sound and no subtitles, just to be sure 😄 On a serious note, thank you for noting these things, we can always be better at pronouncing things! :)

[@RadishTheFool]

@@BoardGamingRamblings If you notice the way they wrote your names, I think you'll agree they were only joking. 😊

[@MrKijito]

@@RadishTheFool i think they got it. Thanks anyway

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That was my intention with my answer as well 🤩

[@RadishTheFool]

@@MrKijito Oops, yes they just replied that they did. Sorry. I just thought your joke was so funny and sweet, I didn't want them to miss it.