The Game on Our Shelf of Shame We Really Want to Play
boardgamequest.comGather round sinners! Draw close and confess your innermost misplaced hopes that drew you and an innocent box of plastic and cardboard to the checkout aisle or screen. Were your hopes honest and without care? Were your assumptions of time and space accurate to the hidden dreams held within that carton of decisions and crunchy points? Did you dream of game nights with a legion of friends banging on your door screaming “Let’s play!”
SHAME!
Here in our safest of spaces, the Board Game Quest faithful voice repentance and humbly confess their personal misguidedness in gaming purchases of folly. Listen well and heed these cautionary tales for therein lies salvation of wallet and mind. These are the stories of Shelves of Shame with a burden of games too early romanced yet never fully loved.
Grab a box of tissues, and read on as we discuss the game on our Shelf of Shame we most want to play (and how many games reside on said shelf)
Chosen by Tony
I actually do a pretty good job of playing games as they come in, or at least offloading them if they sit unplayed for too long of a time. Most games on my Shelf of Shame are recent additions via trade (except for Race the Wind, which I’m still holding out hope Tahsin will someday learn the rules and teach me). Anyway, the game on my shelf I’m most interested in trying out is Star Trek: Frontiers. It’s billed as a retheme of Mage Knight, which I really like, yet set in the Star Trek universe. You’ll be exploring the universe, fighting hostile ships, and uncovering new mysteries. However Star Trek: Frontiers is not a light game, and its learning curve is one of the reasons it’s still waiting to be played. Hopefully, someday I’ll find the time to sit down with the rulebook and figure things out.
Chosen by Brandon
Is there anything more sinful than taking time out of your first Gen Con experience to purchase a game from another attendee (pre-arranged of course), shipping it back, and then not playing the game at all? This is the
