New Adds, Mid March & Backlog

I've been in the mood for acquisitions lately.  I took a lot of time away from this hobby and I'm rediscovering a lot of the things I love (and don't love) about it.  Within the last 13 months I've doubled my collection, bringing it into the now while still hanging on to the parts of the old collection I have great memories of.  That being said, I have a lot of work to do to cull the herd. There are boxes I haven't opened in ten years (Doom 2004, Betrayal at House on the Hill first edition, Order of the Stick, Last Night on Earth) and there are games that will probably never, ever hit the table again (Cthulhu Dice, are you even a game? Diamonsters, why are you in such a monster of a box?).  With this task being part of the hobby, I am joyful when something like a successful trade goes through and pieces like these are passed to people who will play them.  I rarely get sentimental about letting things go because I only part with the parts of my collection that I do not want to see again.

I had a few trades lately that went very well over BGG, but I was unable to move much in the way of physical games.  I had a small amount of Star Wars Destiny cards, and having not been able to play the game because of lack of stock, and having not been able to participate in any organized events because of lack of stock, I put them up for trade and received both Escape: Curse of the Temple and Flash Point: Fire Rescue.  Excited to have both in the collection as I love daring adventure as a theme, and there is a pretty good chance my lady will give them a shot.  I also made a new release purchase thanks to rewards points.

So my new adds are:

Flash Point: Fire Rescue
Escape: Curse of the Temple
SaltLands, and the Lost in the Desert Expansion.

So I actually didn't cull the heard, I lost 1 sort-of game and gained 2, then bought a new release and its expansion.  As I said above, I've got a long way to go to get these games into my bookshelf in my new apartment.

Here's the backlog of yet to be played:

Shadowrun: Crossfire
Aeon's End
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Star Realms
Tiny Epic Galaxies
The Networks
Killer Bunnies: Heroes vs. Villains
Flash Point: Fire Rescue
Escape: Curse of the Temple
SaltLands

I recently crossed off Pandemic and Sentinels, time to get crackin'!