Nicole's Game Collection

From my high school favorites of Cranium, Apples to Apples, and Dungeons and Dragons to my most recent purchases of Prospectica and Terraforming Mars, I've gathered a large (but insufficient) collection of games. I think the majority of the games you see here were gifts from my friends and family, but many are purchases I've made for myself in the past couple years.

I like to think of Saboteur as my first game purchase. I learned to play it at a Nerdfighter meet up that also served as my first time tabletop gaming with strangers. It opened up a whole new world of games for me, and I had a blast. It reminded me of all of the mafia games I played in high school and werewolf games in college, but taught me that games were constantly being produced and were well worth exploring. Even more importantly, that day taught me that it was possible to find fellow adults to tabletop game with. It helped me out of my dark days of little gaming. I also loved that it was travel size and has now lived with me in three countries and visited many more.

Since the event that brought me Saboteur I've been growing my game collection quickly. Some of my games come from my favorite local game stores, but I've also discovered a love for used games. It started with finding the game Passport to Culture at a local thrift store.The game may not be popular, but it fit my interests perfectly. I had never purchased a thrifted game before and was nervous about the games condition. I was sure it'd be missing pieces, but for the price I was willing to take the risk. It turned out to be not only a complete game, but one that I greatly enjoyed playing--even if it was a little dated. Since then I've perused the game shelves any time I happen to be at a second hand store. I like to think I've found some great games for ridiculously cheap. Puerto Rico, for example, was a game I'd been wanting to try playing for a while and I was very excited to try it for less than $5.00. So far each of my games have been in good condition and with all of the necessary pieces and I'm hoping to continue my good luck in future searches.

All in all, I'm very excited to introduce my game collection and I can't wait to share more stories and favorites in the future, but also discover even more great games to add.

~Nicole

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An Introduction

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