Episode 417 – The Purge: How Do You Know You’re Done?

How do you know when you’re done with a game? Your kids have aged out of it – are you sure?

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0:05:00 What We’ve Been Playing

Flip 7 (our review)
Cabanga! (our review)
Circus Flohcati (our review)
Trio (our review)
Floristry (our review)
Slay the Spire (over 3 separate days)
Draftosaurus (our review back in 2019)
Embers solo game (review coming soon)
Unmatched Adventures: TMNT
Iliad (review coming soon)

0:21:55 Monthly Report

Andrew: 14 (15?) plays of 10 unique games. H-index: 2 (Trio, Iliad)

Anitra: 22 plays of 12 unique games. H-index: 3 (Trio, Slay the Spire, Embers)

0:24:00 The Family Gamers Community

Hello to all our new members! You can join the community on Facebook too.

0:24:45 #Backtalk

You shared your super powers, your special abilities! With a slight digression to Winter Olympics sports. Andrew wonders what the difference is between different ice-skating jumps.

You responded on Facebook and the #backtalk channel of the Discord.

0:34:55 How Do You Know When You’re Done?

There’s no easy formula here, sorry! It depends what’s going on with your own life, and also your family and friends.

It’s easy to “move on” from kids games when you have other kids in your life, younger than your own kids. Harder if your own kids are really nostalgic.

You may regret moving on from some games! That’s normal and okay. Board games are a consumer product, and you can probably replace it if you look hard enough (eBay is amazing).

Your family situation will change over time: whether that’s “aging out” of a game, or a change in interests & priorities.

We grieve a little bit over losing who our children *used to be* while still enjoying the people they are *right now*.

Nostalgia ALONE is not a reason to keep a game! You may be able to find it in another place, or just keep your fond memories. But if nostalgia regularly drives you back to *wanting* to play the game, maybe it makes sense to keep.

Andrew suggests “dimensionally constraining” nostalgic / kids items (a box, shelf, or other limited space) to help you focus your collection.

• Examine your reasons to want to keep a game, if it’s not being played.
• Examine your reasons to want to get rid of a game.
• Determine if a game can be played at multiple age & skill levels (aka with B-mods, or games like Kingdomino)
• Pare down regularly – we recommend 1-2 times a year, and it will get easier with time!
• Know that it’s hard to sell or trade-in kids’ games. Plan to donate them to friends or schools.

0:56:00 New Backtalk Question

Have you purged a game that you later regretted? Or one that you knew was the right choice, but you still feel sad about it?

Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community.

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