My wife is telling me to get rid of some big box games because the shelves are overflowing , but I have never even finished 20% of some campaign games and even more are comming because of crowdfunding campaigns. I know it is an addiction and this hobby has so much cool stuff to offer. It is because of video's like this that help me stabilize for not getting more games and looking more critical at my shelves to get some games at the table and sell them after they got the hours of play they deserve. So thank you for the video Alex ❤
It's a challenge no matter what. Either you say no to something you're interested in from the get-go, or you find yourself overwhelmed instead. No matter what, there's a degree of deprivation.
I’m more of a completionist than my husband. He’s good stopping a campaign game once he feels like he has experienced everything a game has to offer. I want to keep pushing until we are done… even if the enjoyment has decreased.
Im like your husband, I find campaign games generally good about 50-75% of the way through, but by then you experienced almost everything the game offers, and now you are just doing the last few scenarios. If the story is captivating ill just read it. Rather go play something new and be excited again.
I'm so much more like him 🙂 I play games to enjoy them, while I definitely prefer to finish a game that I started, if it starts to feel like work, I'm comfortable saying that I enjoyed myself enough and moving on
I'm on Team @srebme. The only ones I wouldn't finish are ones that I just really don't enjoy or get pulled into after the first couple of times played. Otherwise, I'm enjoying it and I want to experience it all (completionist syndrome). I also have too many campaign games to reasonably play given my game group availability and have stopped buying them no matter how much I want some of them. Didn't get Agemonia but still want it. Same with Elder Scrolls from CTG. Not getting Lands of Evershade even though it looks really good. Maybe will pick one up once I don't have any unfinished ones on the shelf...
@ Do you feel the same way about legacy games? We are definitely more likely to finish legacy games than campaign games. Maybe because legacy games have more evolution and we feel like there is still more to see
I'm on Team @srebme on this one. I'm definitely more of a completionist and want to play all of a campaign unless I just didn't enjoy it or get pulled into it in the first couple of "missions". But, I've stopped buying new ones since I already have too many to play based on the availability of my game group. Because of that, I didn't back Agemonia, Elder Scrolls, and I'm not going to back Lands of Evershade even though all of those look really interesting to me. Maybe I'll back another campaign game (or pick up one of the above second hand) once I've completed all the ones on my shelf. But I'm old... who knows how many campaign games I've got time left to play! And that goes even more for Legacy games. If I get drawn in during the first couple of scenarios, I always play them through to completion. I don't have as many unplayed Legacy games as campaign games though. The only one currently on my shelf is Pandemic Season 0. Once we start that we'll definitely finish it but will be awhile before we get around to playing it.
Great video, thanks for sharing, it's so good to know I'm not alone. I love campaign games but am dreadful at finishing them. To that end I've made a pledge to myself not to start another one until l've finished an existing one. I'm nearing the end of ISS Vanguard which will leave Middara and Isofarian Guard to go back to complete. Tanares is now painted and ready to start, I'd love to dive into the Gamblers Chest content for KD:M, and games like Core Space, Five Leagues from the Borderlands, League of Dungeoneers and Shadows of Brimstone are always a blast. With Arydia, Malhya and Agemonia coming next year I'm set for years to come for campaign game goodness.
I've tallied up my campaign games and am at 6. I thought this was a lot but I feel better watching your video. Currently im deciding which of these games I'm going to paint and play for 2025 alongside Tanares and a tabletop army project.
One nice thing about campaign games: once you learn them, you get a lot of value since you play them a bunch. I tend to play them way more than other games, and that’s one reason I prefer them. Makes it worth the purchase.
I just made the decision to get rid of Descent as well. Right now I am keeping ISS Vanguard, Tainted Grail, Valor & Villainy, and Legacy of Yu. Will probably play through Legacy of Yu one full time as I was forced to stop midway through previously and then get rid of it. Made the decision a while back to stop buying campaign games until I complete what I have already and there have been some good ones I have passed up on of late. Great video!
I will only allow myself to have 2 campaign games total. One I am playing and the one that is next. Arydia will be the next campaign when it arrives and then I already know the next one will be Lands of Evershade.
My issue is that once I paint the minis I feel more attached to the game 😂. Somehow this justified me to get the standee version of Tanares Central Sea, because I can reuse all my painted villain minis in a new game.
Yeah im sad to see he's letting it go. I'm surprised because I don't know of any other board games that take inspiration from FFT. I'm assuming though the mechanics other than the way time works and 3d terrain aren't enough for him. Ive never played NOVA AETUS myself but it looks like it took a lot like FFT which is one of my favorite videos games of all time. But for me not a single tactics game has ever held a candle to FFT in terms of story and gameplay. It's a masterpiece.
7th Citadel absolutely does not need 7 hour play sessions not sure what you're smoking. Setup and teardown takes a few minutes and the only downside to saving is you lose the revealed cards/tiles previously traveled through.
I understand wanting to do one long session for 7th Continent, is that maybe what happened here? I have only played Continent myself so I could be wrong about this, but my understanding was 7th Citadel is set up to make shorter sessions with saving in between feel more natural.
I am effectively the opposite, I keep all my campaign games, but games that are much shorter that my group just thought were ok I get rid of. I don't get rid of campaign games until their finished. At the same time, I won't get a new campaign game unless I am really sold on it. Like I skipped Oadlin, Evershade, and many others that came out because they didn't seem unique to what I already have in terms of campaign games. I also think a problem you have, is because you have a channel you need to keep up with all the new stuff coming out, and 1 game that takes about 6 months to finish if you play once a week, would push back against that revolving door of games that come in, that you may need to play for the channel. Like for me personally, these are the last type of games to leave, and I rather get rid of 5 normal games.
You're definitely right on that latter part, because I'm constantly keeping up with the new stuff, I only have room for a few campaign games at a time that are staying in the general rotation. It happens, but it happens slowly.
I just did my own version of this. I put up Shadows of Brimstone, Kinfire Chronicles, Tanares Adventures and ISS Vanguard in the flea market of a local con. Just not enough time!
Just wondering why your getting rid of 7th Citadel and Keeping ISS Vanguard. For me other then Story, their very similar terms of having that filling cabinet system, but personally I feel like 7th Citadel is better. You also have Unsettled, which is also similar theme wise to ISS vanguard but doesn't have that campaign requirement.
That's an excellent question, they definitely do fill similar niches. I think there are two reasons. The first is that I prefer the space theme, as much as I enjoy 7th Citadel... It's a kind of strange world and it doesn't pull me in. The second reason is that I've spent so much time in the ISS vanguard universe, that I'm kind of invested in finding out more about it.
As someone who owns everything Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition and still have a group who will play it at least once or twice a year. We tried the new Descent and the app killed it for us and it did not make it play the first chapter. I sold it for a loss but at least I tried. 7th Citadel did not work for me. After playing it once I did not want to play it a second time. This is the same for Gloomhaven and Frosthaven, it was once and done for me. Middara my group loves it. I play it with another group.
One of the things I love about the hobby, is that everyone is going to have their own set of games that they fall in love with, and it's going to be a little different for everyone. It means every game will eventually find a home 🙂
Alex, I know that seldomly you have time to answer comments, but here's hoping that you read this: I wanted to suggest if you could perhaps make a video sort of titled "top 10 campaign games you must play BEFORE buying any other ones" ... sort of like a filter list, like for example, why would anyone play stars of Akarios if they haven't even tried Gloom or Frosthaven? or why would anyone buy Kingdom Death Monster if they haven't played Oathsworn? specially for newcomers into the hubby, so that if someone is going to burn through a ton of cash, at least they spend it on actually good and legendary campaign games , rather than blinged out copy cats of said games from future crowdfunding campaigns.
Would Primal be on the block after campaign is completed or Kept for expeditions and challenges? Same for MHW. Those two provide alternatives to the campaign.
I've been getting rid of most of my campaigns I've sat on. But some Iam now trying to get played. I do enjoy them but like all, there isn't time for all of them and others.
I find long term board games to be problematic. I find that the duration is much better for RPGs as their "incomplete" nature is much kinder on the necessary design work.
I love campaign games but they are a major time investment. I'll be moving AC on after one more playthrough. All of the rest are safe for now, but I am buying FAR fewer campaign games.
I have half of these laugh out loud😃. Only midarra I have finished but waiting on act 2 and 3. Before I cull it. I’m almost done with aoens trespass odyssey and that game will be culled once completed it takes up too much room.
Btw just looked at your video tags. (reason being this video showed up when i searched divinity) Anyways, your tags aren't really doing much for your video. Honestly surprised it showed up for divinity. Might be because in the past you made a video on it? If you put a tag in for every boardgame you mention here I'm sure more views would fly in. But also, do what ever you want haha. Just something I noticed.
I appreciate you looking out for me :) Based on youtube's most recent statements, Video tags don't affect video searchability in any way. They used to matter, they don't anymore. It's the title, content and description that matter.
Im very interested in Stars of Akarios and Chronicles of Drunagor. They both look like great games but i too have too many games but that didnt stop me from buying all-in of Primal a few days ago...
It took me a lot of time to decide but finally I came to terms to hold off on Primal. I have not completed Oathsworn and Tanares adventures, so I decided that not an option until I finish them. Hoping for another great black friday deal next year or that they put a new game that takes less space. At the end the space it takes put me on hold.
You know, if you didn't chase after superficially playing every new game only once, you'd have time to enjoy the campaign games you are "struggling" to let go.
@@BoardGameCo That doesn't invalidate my point. All the hours reading new rulebooks to play new games that come and go from your collection could be better spent enjoying the games you know you like already. Your whole schtick is whether a game will have resell value, the whole mindset is game in, game out. If you love a game as much as you say you like some of these, make time to play it instead of new stuff you aren't even sure you'll like yet. But each to their own. I guess I am just fed up of all the board game content creators who act like every game is the second coming of Christ, "back this!" "back it!" only to see those games "leaving the collection" soon after. I'm not attacking you personally, I guess I'm making a broader comment about board game content in general. Thanks for letting me vent, at least, no disrespect intended, it's okay if we disagree.
@@Dragonnox Oh I get it, the industry is very much cult of the new. Although I will point out, you're being a little contradictory in your complaints. You comment on how you're fed up with all the "back this, back that" and yet as you yourself point out...I actually concern myself with value....90% of the games I talk about on crowdfunding every week I say aren't worth getting. Before becoming a content creator, I was always interested in trying many many games, but I used to play 75% stuff I already owned and loved, and only 25% the new. As a content creator, this is now my job, that ratio has unfortunately shifted because the interest is always on the new stuff....now I probably play 60% new and 40% the old stuff. I do prefer it the other way around...but I also love that I get to do this for a living, so it's a trade off for sure.
@BoardGameCo @BoardGameCo Thanks for the discussion. So you reject 90% of new games every week, which means you recommend 10%. That is still a lot of games. But I get it, it's what gets clicks and likes. As I said, I am not attacking you, it's the way it goes, but I don't have to like it. And again, you are free to spend your time however you like. One thing I do admire about you is you clearly work very hard for your channel.
My wife is telling me to get rid of some big box games because the shelves are overflowing , but I have never even finished 20% of some campaign games and even more are comming because of crowdfunding campaigns. I know it is an addiction and this hobby has so much cool stuff to offer. It is because of video's like this that help me stabilize for not getting more games and looking more critical at my shelves to get some games at the table and sell them after they got the hours of play they deserve. So thank you for the video Alex ❤
It's a challenge no matter what. Either you say no to something you're interested in from the get-go, or you find yourself overwhelmed instead. No matter what, there's a degree of deprivation.
Where do you get rid of them? I can only imagine making pennies on the dollar if you're having to ship them.
I’m more of a completionist than my husband. He’s good stopping a campaign game once he feels like he has experienced everything a game has to offer. I want to keep pushing until we are done… even if the enjoyment has decreased.
Im like your husband, I find campaign games generally good about 50-75% of the way through, but by then you experienced almost everything the game offers, and now you are just doing the last few scenarios. If the story is captivating ill just read it. Rather go play something new and be excited again.
I'm so much more like him 🙂 I play games to enjoy them, while I definitely prefer to finish a game that I started, if it starts to feel like work, I'm comfortable saying that I enjoyed myself enough and moving on
I'm on Team @srebme. The only ones I wouldn't finish are ones that I just really don't enjoy or get pulled into after the first couple of times played. Otherwise, I'm enjoying it and I want to experience it all (completionist syndrome). I also have too many campaign games to reasonably play given my game group availability and have stopped buying them no matter how much I want some of them. Didn't get Agemonia but still want it. Same with Elder Scrolls from CTG. Not getting Lands of Evershade even though it looks really good. Maybe will pick one up once I don't have any unfinished ones on the shelf...
@ Do you feel the same way about legacy games? We are definitely more likely to finish legacy games than campaign games. Maybe because legacy games have more evolution and we feel like there is still more to see
I'm on Team @srebme on this one. I'm definitely more of a completionist and want to play all of a campaign unless I just didn't enjoy it or get pulled into it in the first couple of "missions". But, I've stopped buying new ones since I already have too many to play based on the availability of my game group. Because of that, I didn't back Agemonia, Elder Scrolls, and I'm not going to back Lands of Evershade even though all of those look really interesting to me. Maybe I'll back another campaign game (or pick up one of the above second hand) once I've completed all the ones on my shelf. But I'm old... who knows how many campaign games I've got time left to play!
And that goes even more for Legacy games. If I get drawn in during the first couple of scenarios, I always play them through to completion. I don't have as many unplayed Legacy games as campaign games though. The only one currently on my shelf is Pandemic Season 0. Once we start that we'll definitely finish it but will be awhile before we get around to playing it.
Great video, thanks for sharing, it's so good to know I'm not alone. I love campaign games but am dreadful at finishing them. To that end I've made a pledge to myself not to start another one until l've finished an existing one.
I'm nearing the end of ISS Vanguard which will leave Middara and Isofarian Guard to go back to complete. Tanares is now painted and ready to start, I'd love to dive into the Gamblers Chest content for KD:M, and games like Core Space, Five Leagues from the Borderlands, League of Dungeoneers and Shadows of Brimstone are always a blast.
With Arydia, Malhya and Agemonia coming next year I'm set for years to come for campaign game goodness.
That's the problem for sure, there's never an end and they're all very compelling.
I've tallied up my campaign games and am at 6. I thought this was a lot but I feel better watching your video.
Currently im deciding which of these games I'm going to paint and play for 2025 alongside Tanares and a tabletop army project.
One nice thing about campaign games: once you learn them, you get a lot of value since you play them a bunch. I tend to play them way more than other games, and that’s one reason I prefer them. Makes it worth the purchase.
Glad you’re keeping Oathsworn! That campaign still comes to mind from time to time and it’s been three years since finishing!
It's an excellent game :)
In the middle of our 7th Citadel session my daughter said, I realized that my favorite games are all "Card Filing, the Adventure Game."
Very much this :)
I just made the decision to get rid of Descent as well. Right now I am keeping ISS Vanguard, Tainted Grail, Valor & Villainy, and Legacy of Yu. Will probably play through Legacy of Yu one full time as I was forced to stop midway through previously and then get rid of it. Made the decision a while back to stop buying campaign games until I complete what I have already and there have been some good ones I have passed up on of late. Great video!
I will only allow myself to have 2 campaign games total. One I am playing and the one that is next. Arydia will be the next campaign when it arrives and then I already know the next one will be Lands of Evershade.
So so true - the desire far outweighs the realistic time commitment...sadly
(Roll on retirement!)
You don't have fateforge chronicle of Khan?
My issue is that once I paint the minis I feel more attached to the game 😂. Somehow this justified me to get the standee version of Tanares Central Sea, because I can reuse all my painted villain minis in a new game.
Wait, games can't sit around forever?
I'm at around 80 games owned, and have never sold a single one 😅
Lol 80 are manageable :)
Great. Been waiting for this one. A great video
Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Nova aetas is probably my favorite dungeon crawler. It feels like final fantasy tactics. The setting/art/gameplay just all work for me.
Yeah im sad to see he's letting it go. I'm surprised because I don't know of any other board games that take inspiration from FFT. I'm assuming though the mechanics other than the way time works and 3d terrain aren't enough for him. Ive never played NOVA AETUS myself but it looks like it took a lot like FFT which is one of my favorite videos games of all time. But for me not a single tactics game has ever held a candle to FFT in terms of story and gameplay. It's a masterpiece.
@a.c.s.6204 if you can get your hands on copy i recommend it
7th Citadel absolutely does not need 7 hour play sessions not sure what you're smoking. Setup and teardown takes a few minutes and the only downside to saving is you lose the revealed cards/tiles previously traveled through.
Yeah that really confused me. Normally I will play 7th citadel for 2 hours at a time max
Guess that's a content creator thing. Having so many games and starting to confuse them...
I'd have to check what I said in the video, but I've never played it in a single 7 hour session, rather a single curse can take 7 hours.
@timwanger4491 I don't know what your intent was with that comment, but it's dismissive and with no need to have chosen to interact that way.
I understand wanting to do one long session for 7th Continent, is that maybe what happened here? I have only played Continent myself so I could be wrong about this, but my understanding was 7th Citadel is set up to make shorter sessions with saving in between feel more natural.
I am effectively the opposite, I keep all my campaign games, but games that are much shorter that my group just thought were ok I get rid of. I don't get rid of campaign games until their finished. At the same time, I won't get a new campaign game unless I am really sold on it. Like I skipped Oadlin, Evershade, and many others that came out because they didn't seem unique to what I already have in terms of campaign games. I also think a problem you have, is because you have a channel you need to keep up with all the new stuff coming out, and 1 game that takes about 6 months to finish if you play once a week, would push back against that revolving door of games that come in, that you may need to play for the channel. Like for me personally, these are the last type of games to leave, and I rather get rid of 5 normal games.
You're definitely right on that latter part, because I'm constantly keeping up with the new stuff, I only have room for a few campaign games at a time that are staying in the general rotation. It happens, but it happens slowly.
I just did my own version of this. I put up Shadows of Brimstone, Kinfire Chronicles, Tanares Adventures and ISS Vanguard in the flea market of a local con. Just not enough time!
"Half of gaming is FOMO..." 7:20 Yowza. That's a crazy high percentage. Be careful out there.
Lol maybe not half but a lot
I really like Skyrim. I just like pkaying in that world.
But as soon as I saw the title for the video, I knew it was getting cut.
Every time I buy a Game that is not a campaign it kind of bores me. That’s a problem. But I literally just got rid of about 20 so am making progress
Just wondering why your getting rid of 7th Citadel and Keeping ISS Vanguard. For me other then Story, their very similar terms of having that filling cabinet system, but personally I feel like 7th Citadel is better. You also have Unsettled, which is also similar theme wise to ISS vanguard but doesn't have that campaign requirement.
That's an excellent question, they definitely do fill similar niches. I think there are two reasons. The first is that I prefer the space theme, as much as I enjoy 7th Citadel... It's a kind of strange world and it doesn't pull me in.
The second reason is that I've spent so much time in the ISS vanguard universe, that I'm kind of invested in finding out more about it.
@@BoardGameCo Makes perfect sense.
As someone who owns everything Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition and still have a group who will play it at least once or twice a year. We tried the new Descent and the app killed it for us and it did not make it play the first chapter. I sold it for a loss but at least I tried. 7th Citadel did not work for me. After playing it once I did not want to play it a second time. This is the same for Gloomhaven and Frosthaven, it was once and done for me. Middara my group loves it. I play it with another group.
One of the things I love about the hobby, is that everyone is going to have their own set of games that they fall in love with, and it's going to be a little different for everyone. It means every game will eventually find a home 🙂
Alex, I know that seldomly you have time to answer comments, but here's hoping that you read this: I wanted to suggest if you could perhaps make a video sort of titled "top 10 campaign games you must play BEFORE buying any other ones" ... sort of like a filter list, like for example, why would anyone play stars of Akarios if they haven't even tried Gloom or Frosthaven? or why would anyone buy Kingdom Death Monster if they haven't played Oathsworn? specially for newcomers into the hubby, so that if someone is going to burn through a ton of cash, at least they spend it on actually good and legendary campaign games , rather than blinged out copy cats of said games from future crowdfunding campaigns.
Would Primal be on the block after campaign is completed or Kept for expeditions and challenges? Same for MHW. Those two provide alternatives to the campaign.
I don't anticipate Primal leaving for years.
What ya do with them i might be intrestred in some
I've been getting rid of most of my campaigns I've sat on. But some Iam now trying to get played. I do enjoy them but like all, there isn't time for all of them and others.
Exactly this, every single one of these games I enjoy, there's just limited bandwidth
Play Dice Throne Adventures!!
I find long term board games to be problematic. I find that the duration is much better for RPGs as their "incomplete" nature is much kinder on the necessary design work.
How do we get your leftovers?
Feel free to email me :) I'm trading and selling the ones I'm not doing giveaways on
I’ve been interested in Divinity since watching you and Meg play. Let me know how much you’re asking if you need a buyer 😊
Shoot me an email, happy to give it at a reasonable price 🙂
Email is in the bottom of every video description
I love campaign games but they are a major time investment. I'll be moving AC on after one more playthrough. All of the rest are safe for now, but I am buying FAR fewer campaign games.
I have half of these laugh out loud😃.
Only midarra I have finished but waiting on act 2 and 3. Before I cull it.
I’m almost done with aoens trespass odyssey and that game will be culled once completed it takes up too much room.
Is Too Many Bones not considered campaign? Is it one shot? I didn't see it on the list
I was also wondering about that one...
It's more of a one shot to me
@@BoardGameCo Yes, I think so...
Its one shot scenario's, but the one expansion box can make it campaign if you want.
Whats the name above the nova aetas
Divinity
Are the games available to purchase?
8:20
Thanks
Feel free to email me, some are being sold, some giving away, and others traded.
Btw just looked at your video tags. (reason being this video showed up when i searched divinity) Anyways, your tags aren't really doing much for your video. Honestly surprised it showed up for divinity. Might be because in the past you made a video on it? If you put a tag in for every boardgame you mention here I'm sure more views would fly in. But also, do what ever you want haha. Just something I noticed.
I appreciate you looking out for me :) Based on youtube's most recent statements, Video tags don't affect video searchability in any way. They used to matter, they don't anymore. It's the title, content and description that matter.
@@BoardGameCo ooooo can i see that statment if you got it
As someone with zero campaign games, 22 sounds like a lot. No judgement. I just don’t know how you do it.
Lol clearly I don't...which is the problem :)
I presume you got rid of League of Dungeoneers at some point?
The shade in the comments... Geez
lol it happens
Im very interested in Stars of Akarios and Chronicles of Drunagor. They both look like great games but i too have too many games but that didnt stop me from buying all-in of Primal a few days ago...
It took me a lot of time to decide but finally I came to terms to hold off on Primal. I have not completed Oathsworn and Tanares adventures, so I decided that not an option until I finish them. Hoping for another great black friday deal next year or that they put a new game that takes less space. At the end the space it takes put me on hold.
You know, if you didn't chase after superficially playing every new game only once, you'd have time to enjoy the campaign games you are "struggling" to let go.
There are many of campaign games I've put easily upwards of 50 hours into, in some cases over hundreds of hours. I just can't do that for every game.
@@BoardGameCo That doesn't invalidate my point. All the hours reading new rulebooks to play new games that come and go from your collection could be better spent enjoying the games you know you like already. Your whole schtick is whether a game will have resell value, the whole mindset is game in, game out. If you love a game as much as you say you like some of these, make time to play it instead of new stuff you aren't even sure you'll like yet. But each to their own. I guess I am just fed up of all the board game content creators who act like every game is the second coming of Christ, "back this!" "back it!" only to see those games "leaving the collection" soon after. I'm not attacking you personally, I guess I'm making a broader comment about board game content in general. Thanks for letting me vent, at least, no disrespect intended, it's okay if we disagree.
@@Dragonnox Oh I get it, the industry is very much cult of the new. Although I will point out, you're being a little contradictory in your complaints. You comment on how you're fed up with all the "back this, back that" and yet as you yourself point out...I actually concern myself with value....90% of the games I talk about on crowdfunding every week I say aren't worth getting.
Before becoming a content creator, I was always interested in trying many many games, but I used to play 75% stuff I already owned and loved, and only 25% the new. As a content creator, this is now my job, that ratio has unfortunately shifted because the interest is always on the new stuff....now I probably play 60% new and 40% the old stuff. I do prefer it the other way around...but I also love that I get to do this for a living, so it's a trade off for sure.
@BoardGameCo @BoardGameCo Thanks for the discussion. So you reject 90% of new games every week, which means you recommend 10%. That is still a lot of games. But I get it, it's what gets clicks and likes. As I said, I am not attacking you, it's the way it goes, but I don't have to like it. And again, you are free to spend your time however you like. One thing I do admire about you is you clearly work very hard for your channel.