In the spirit of Marie Kondo, I’m in the process of selling off some it my games. We moved twice in the last two years and while I still like my game collection I also realized that I’m actually playing only a small amount of games, mostly due to space and time constraints and there’s no need to lug around a large amount of cardboard.

Here is now a (hopefully growing) list of games I sold, as well as some thoughts on the games and why that had to go.

Stonewall Jackson’s Way II

I got the game mostly due to the fantastic map art. I played one or two scenarios up it never fully clicked. It’s a game of out maneuvering, securing bridge crossings, etc and I felt this didn’t work (for me) as a solo game 🙁

Where Eagles Dare

Again, another game with an absolutely fantastic map. I liked the chit pull mechanism too. However this game requires a lot of table space — too much for my taste. I wish I could write more about it, as it seems that Adam Starkweather’s CSS System is a direct descendant of it. I might try it once more if they have a one-mapper.

7th Fleet

A very cool game, but very 90s: full of stuff. The map and counters were solid. The were rules for subs, sub detection, air strikes, missile strikes, the list goes on … I liked it, did not play it enough (or at all) to appreciate all the different options it had to offer.

Decision at Elst

ASLSK as a one-mapper. The campaign game looked interesting but might not be the easiest introduction to ASLSK. I almost felt there were too many units on the board for a tactical game?

Fallen Eagles – Waterloo

The designers thesis in this game was that Waterloo was a battle of attrition. Boy, does this game represent this correctly. If I recall correctly, units took forever to whittle down and there were a lot units on the map. It also had some mechanical issues, such as counters being too large for hexes 🙁

On the other hand, it has a built-in order system, where you set ‘sector objectives’ for your divisions(?). Each division must then work to reach that objective. I have not yet found a good tactical replacement game for Waterloo (with the exception of W1815).