In the end, it all comes down to one question— is a game’s box just a container, or is it something more? If it’s not used during gameplay, does it really add value to the experience? For many people, it absolutely does! This might be the key difference between a collector and someone who takes a more practical approach. Of course, storage space plays a big role too. I’ve even seen people store board games in ziplock bags—usually kids’ games—but it’s always fascinating to see how different people organize their collections.

Speaking of BIG BOXES, it was time for more Middara! We’re just very slowly working our way through the campaign for as long as we think it’s fun, and so far, that’s the case! We enjoy the strategic choices but we are slowly seeing a repetitive pattern in the scenarios – but we’re also on the brink of a bigger story plot thing, so the game might introduce new things to spice things up soon.

We don’t often go to things like concerts, musicals, and theater shows, but by chance, it happened that we were invited by friends to go to the Moulin Rouge musical this week, while we already went to another theater show last week. It was a really impressive show and knowing the movie really well, it was nice to see the differences. I don’t think I’ve heard that many different songs in one show – that must have been a nightmare for the legal team, haha. Since we went with friends who also enjoy board games, they brought Kluster and we brought Love Letter as a fun activity while we had to wait for our food at the restaurant.

This weekend, we had an Agricola game night! Our friend has the 15th Anniversary edition, and it’s a game we keep coming back to from time to time. We have a special relationship with the game since it was our first serious hobby game that we bought after our apartment on the ground floor got flooded fourteen years ago (but that’s another story). That was in a time when we mostly played games like Munchkin, so it was quite a step up! There is still so much in this game we haven’t played yet and expansions we’d like to try (if we can ever find them) – so we’ll keep playing it! 😉

On Sunday, it felt like an early Spring day and the weather was just lovely. We decided to take a walk and bring Seaside with us to play outside. Seaside is a fun and quick push-your-luck game with lovely wooden tokens! The game area is divided into the sea (a shared central area) and each player’s Seaside. On their turn, a player draws a token from a bag, secretly chooses which side to use, and applies its effect. Blue tokens interact with the sea and can trigger extra turns, while white tokens are placed on a player’s Seaside to help build their stack. Different tokens interact in unique ways—waves flip beaches, sandpipers collect isopods, and rocks attract crabs. When the bag is empty, players stack up their collected tokens, and the tallest stack wins.

This week, we’ve got multiple game nights planned, and we’re looking forward to them. 🙂