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Cull or Collection? Part 3

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Cull or Collection? Part 3
There Will Be Games

I've been reviewing board games at therewillbe.games since 2018. I recently returned to reviewing and thought it would be a good time to look back on the games I have formally reviewed and if they still reside in my collection. This should be the final installment...until about five years from now. It may be worth noting that I didn't include any of the “One and Done” games like Exit in this list. Obviously they culled themselves when we finished them.

More Bull than Bear: An Exchange Board Game Review

bull

Status: Culled

Regrets?: None

Comment: Stocks were down on this one. Sell! Sell! Sell!

In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: A Nations Board Game Review

Nations

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 6 months

Comment: Probably a forever game for me. Still feels like it runs a bit long.

Listen Here Wolfchild : The Alpha Board Game Review

wolf

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Kinda

Comment: My wife will ask if we still have the “Wolf Game.” No, we actually don't. I Wouldn't mind playing it again.

Math Your Friends: A Fight Your Friends Board Game Review

fight

Status: Culled

Regrets?: None

Comment: Life is too short to fight your friends.

From Tip to Tip-Taking Measure of Wingspan: A Wingspan Board Game Review

wingspan

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: This is the wife's “Don't you dare get rid of that” game. I adore playing this game with “Birders” especially closet birder's who light up when they see it.

The Sultans of Swing: A Pendulum Board Game Review

Board

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: My daughter Piper recently said “I love all of the Stonemaier games.” I didn't have the heart to tell her, she loves all the Stonemaier Games I kept in my collection not the ones we culled.

World of Tanks Starter Set Board Game Review

Board 3

Status: Culled

Regrets?: None

Comment: Miniature Games take up way too much room to start a new collection of them.

Shape Charades: A Bilder Board Game Review

All the Stuff

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Nope

Comment: Better party games have been had.

Discount Dive: A Paris Connection Board Game Review

1

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 2+ years

Comment: Might be in my next cull. This is also known as SCNF: France and Germany.

Master of Puppies: A Pavlov's Dog Board Game Review

Pavlov

Status: Culled

Regrets?: None.

Comment: Was throwing off my Dog to Cat Board Game Ratio

The Celebrated Jumping Frogs of Chaotic Creation: A Cosmic Frog Review

Cosmic Frog

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 6 months

Comment: Holds a top shelf position in my collection because it is a top shelf game.

Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx Board Game Review

Fluxx

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 6 months

Comment: Resides in the small card game collection.

The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples Boardgame

Quest

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: After securing the original Quest for El Dorado, I gifted this to someone who really enjoyed our playing of this. I only need one.

You: Superpowered Boardgame Review


You

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: Up, Up and Away!

Adventure Games: The Volcanic Island Board Game Review

Adventure

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: No.

The Fox in the Forest Duet Board Game Review

Fox Duet

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: Co-op Trick Taking is crowded and I haven't really found a two-player one that clicks for me.

Conqueror: Final Conquest Board Game Review

Conquest

Status: Culled

Regrets?: No

Comment: Another “Passed on to someone who loved it” release.

Cthulhu Wars Duel Board Game Review

Duel

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 Month

Comment: I hold onto this for when anyone wants to try Cthulhu Wars but we don't have three players.

Fantasy Fluxx Board Game Review

Fantasy Fluxx

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 4 months

Comment: Small Box Card Games win the saving throw versus Cull.

Astronomy Fluxx Board Game Review

Fluxx

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 2 months

Comment: Small Box Card Games win the saving throw versus cull...again.

Viticulture: Essential Edition Review

viti

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 3 months

Comment: Any game that let's you sing “Red, Red Wine” is fine by me.

Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest Review

Liber

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: Love the improvements to the classic game play. A Keeper.

Scooby Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion Review

Scooby

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Row

Comment: A game that was such a fumble, it pisses me off.

Ticket To Ride-Europe 15th Anniversary Edition Review

train

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 Month

Comment: Pretty Trains! Love this deluxe edition for when we want that family weight feel.

A Heads Will Roll Review

heads

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 3 months

Comment: Patent Pending on the custom Lazy Susan.

A Ticket To Ride Map Collection Volume 7 (Italy and Japan) Review

train

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 year

Comment: Bullet Trains for the win.

A Red Rising - Collector's Edition Board Game Review

rr

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 6 months

Comment: Now that I have read the series (Well, the first trilogy then it kind of bogged down), it makes a bit more sense but doesn't really add that much.

A TBH Board Game Review

tbh

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 3 months

Comment: My kid's love this one as a wind down game.

Wingspan: Oceania Board Game Expansion Review

wingspan

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: Shuffled into the base game

Keep It 100 Board Game Review

100

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: Another one my kids love to play.

Terraforming Mars- Ares Expedition Board Game Review

tm

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: This is the superior version of Terraforming Mars. So much slicker, so much faster.

Ruination Board Game Review

ruin

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Sort of.

Comment: The pacing of the combat really did this one in for me.

A King of Tokyo Monster Box Review

kot

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 week

Comment: My one-stop Kaiju solution.

Blue Moon City Board Game Review

bm

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Nope

Comment: The visual issues doomed this one.

Doctor Who Risk- The Dalek Invasion of Earth Board Game Review

Dance  Dance!

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 6 months

Comment: Pretty sure every collection needs at least one version of Risk. This is mine. Exterminate!

A Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion Board Game Review

viti

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Nope

Comment: Cooperative games aren't my bag. Changing the game to a co-op was not what I wanted to do. Cool hats, though.

Sagrada Board Game Review

s

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: Not my favorite but it is a pretty, light game.

A Sagrada Fifth and Sixth Player Expansion Board Game Review

5

Status: In Collection

Last Played: 1 month

Comment: If I'm going to play a pretty, light game, I need this to make it more palatable to me.

Railroad Ink Deep Blue Board Game Review

ink

Status: Culled

Regrets?: Not in the slightest.

Comment: Roll and Snore.

...And that's all she..err...I wrote. I will say that these recaps has made me realize just how many games come and go, fading into obscurity. If you would like to help me review more games, please consider tipping via My KOFI. All proceeds will go to buying more games for review!

There Will Be Games

Wade Monnig  (He/Him)
Staff Board Game Reviewer

In west Saint Louis born and raised
Playing video games is where I spent most of my days
Strafing, Dashing, Adventuring and Looting
Writing reviews between all the Shooting
When a couple of guys reminded me what was so good
About playing games with cardboard and Wood,
Collecting Victory Points and those Miniatures with Flair
It’s not as easy as you think to rhyme with Bel Air.

Wade is the former editor in chief for Silicon Magazine and former senior editor for Gamearefun.com. He currently enjoys his games in the non-video variety, where the odds of a 14 year old questioning the legitimacy of your bloodline is drastically reduced.

“I’ll stop playing as Black when they invent a darker color.”

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Staff Board Game Reviewer

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Jackwraith replied the topic: #344329 14 Nov 2025 08:34
OK. Was much more familiar with the vast majority of this list, including the number of games that I've culled, like Wingspan and Libertalia. I found myself tempted by the King of Tokyo Monster Box a while back but I don't think I'm fond enough of the game even for that variety to sway me. I don't remember the review for Blue Moon City. Did you mention the "visual issues" there? That's the most recent version of it, so it has a very different art premise than the original (which I had. And traded.) Was it just too much to discern stuff properly on the table?
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WadeMonnig replied the topic: #344330 14 Nov 2025 10:13

Jackwraith wrote: OK. Was much more familiar with the vast majority of this list, including the number of games that I've culled, like Wingspan and Libertalia. I found myself tempted by the King of Tokyo Monster Box a while back but I don't think I'm fond enough of the game even for that variety to sway me. I don't remember the review for Blue Moon City. Did you mention the "visual issues" there? That's the most recent version of it, so it has a very different art premise than the original (which I had. And traded.) Was it just too much to discern stuff properly on the table?

That was exactly the issue. All of the cull or collection articles link to the original reviews when you click on the title, so you can relive me harping on the artistic choices of the CMON edition .
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Jackwraith replied the topic: #344331 14 Nov 2025 11:03
Ah, right. I'm an idiot and somehow glossed over the fact that all of those titles are colored blue and, therefore, links.