Today I was very excited to receive my copy of Ticket to Ride 10th Anniversary edition. I'd been wanting it since I played a friend's copy, but couldn't really justify it and put it in the "sometime" box. Then, late last month I was window-shopping local board game sites (as you do) and realised that just about all of them had stated that the 10th Anniversary edition wasn't available, for the very worst reason. It was [dun dun dunnn] out of print. Out of print means that they are no longer printing copies of the game. When it comes to board games, that's a concern - modern board games are a niche hobby and often don't have very big print runs. Even when there is high demand amongst board gamers, it's often not worth it to the company to make another print run, so sadly many games become no longer available to buy. I hadn't actually planned to buy a game this month (because of, you know, finances) but I really wanted this copy. The kicker is that my best friend's birthday fell just a couple of days before pay day and he liked Ticket to Ride, so that gave me an affordable gift option in time for his birthday that was awesome (I also got him the 1910 expansion to make it better) AND gave me an excuse, once we got paid, to buy a copy to replace the one I gave him. Luckily, I tracked down a copy at Amazon. So. Why the love for the 10th Anniversary edition? Basically, I'm a sucker for aesthetics, to the point where it makes a real difference to my enjoyment of a game.
What is Ticket to Ride Katie, Zac and I also played a game of Coconuts this afternoon. It's their absolute favourite game. Katie still needs to work on not getting upset when things aren't going her way - she is still a very poor loser. What is Coconuts? Also, I have finally run out of shelf space!
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I have finally got my hands on my copy of Mysterium. I feel a bit sorry for the the owner of Megazone. I ordered it in and then bugged them a bit with "is it here yet?" emails. The guy at the store ended up picking it up himself from Pixelpark and bringing it back in the wee hours of last night, and I come in a day earlier than I said I would to check if I can get it now (I was literally driving past...). The guy at the counter then rang the owner at home to check the price when he is probably catching up on sleep after a busy weekend. Oops.
As you can tell, I'm unusually excited for this game. I think it's a mix of the cool components, the interesting-sounding game play (I mean.. a ghost giving "visions" to players just sounds like an awesome theme) and the fact that I've been reading hype about this game for ages and it's only recently become available in New Zealand. Now to bug somebody to play it with me... |
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