Board Games That I Got Over the Break

As I believe that I have mentioned before, I collect board games. Christmas and my birthday (in early January) are good times to get these. Here's a rundown of what I added. I haven't play them all yet (and maybe won't every. I collect more than I can possibly play).

Goodwill Acquisitions:

Purchasing games from Goodwill is dicey due to possible missing pieces. However, they're usually about 10% of the new cost. It's worth the risk.

Q-bitz

An easy, pretty fun puzzle game. It says it's supposed to improve your brain power

Threads of Fate

A very highly rated mystery game. It's a risk to get these used because pieces might be missing. I took a chance anyway since it had an envelope of replacement items for the pieces that get used up. Unfortunately, the previous owner wrote all over a bunch of the rest of the stuff as well. I think I can print new ones.

7 Wonders

A well made classic

Plunder: A Pirates Life

Mixed reviews on this one. It's not hard enough for some hardcore gamers, but is a pretty game.

Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City

Updated form of this older tableau game that makes it a little more random

Gifts:

I got these new as presents

Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

I'll try anything Brandon Sanderson related. For those of you who were asking, here is my Cosmere reading order.

Unmatched: Battle of the Legends, Vol. 3

Unmatched is an asynchronous battle game. Lots of expansions. This one adds Loki, Pandora, Blackbeard, and the Chupacabra.

Bonus: Puzzles

These aren't really board games of course, but sort of fit the same category. I like to puzzle while Mrs. Goertz reads aloud from whatever book we are currently going reading together. Listed by brand first since that's actually the most important thing about a puzzle.

Anatolian - Mystery Writers

Anatolian puzzles are top notch. High quality, beautiful images. There's even a method to order missing pieces (although I can't get the website to work. I think it's because of Türkiye shipping). I got it from Goodwill, so there's a risk of it not being complete, but I needed a new 3000 piece challenge.

Trefl - Murano

2000 piece. Too easy

Laurence King - World of Sherlock Holmes

Lightweight puzzle, but has cool things to find when you are done.

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