Always Be Closing! No wait… Michael Scott said that’s sales. Hmm… Always Be Collecting? Maybe for some, but not entirely necessary. Hmm… Approachable, Beautiful, Captivating? Okay, so there’s probably not one single way to describe the “ABC’s of Gaming” as it were, but hey, that’s not really the point here. (Tricked ya, didn’t I?)
As you may have noticed, on weekends over the last few months, I’ve been posting days “Brought to you by the letter ___,” and thus playing through some of my games alphabetically. It was a pretty fun little experience/project that I actually got a lot out of, so I wanted to put together some final thoughts, as well as a list of all the games I enjoyed during it, in case you want to try it out yourself and/or needed to find some more games to add to your rosters ! Check it out and let me know if you do decide to try with your own collection! What’s your favorite letter for games? Are you missing any letters in your collection that you’d like to get?
Happy Gaming~
The Good
- It was a cool way to look at a collection! You might never think about how many games you have that start with a certain letter (because why would you most of the time?) and it’s neat just to see how many you have in each letter and what might be missing.
- It makes picking a game(s) to play a little easier! And if, like me, you have a hard time picking, that’s great.
- Trying a project like this might help you get some things to the table that haven’t been played in a while, it did for me! And that might help you make some culling decisions for your collection.
- I was trying to figure out which games in my collection played up to 5 or more players, so I had new things to bring to game night when we reconvene, and this helped me find a bunch as I played them without going out of my way to look it up or pull things off the shelf just to check if it wasn’t obvious from the outside of the box. Playing them also helped me gauge if they’d be a good fit for my group too!
The Bad
- Like many ongoing projects, sometimes this can feel a little tedious, so I definitely recommend breaking it up if you do want to try it. But don’t be afraid to just stop after a certain letter either if you really want to. Just do it if you want to have fun with it!
The List
Reaction Key
β€οΈ β Loved It/Always Love It/Favorite
π β Liked It/Will Likely Play Again
π€·π»ββοΈ β Okay/Take It or Leave It
ππ» β Didnβt Like/Would Not Play Again
A
π Atelier: The Painter’s Studio
π€·π»ββοΈ Alchemists
π Archer: Once You Go Blackmailβ¦
β€οΈ ArchRival
β€οΈ Adventure Mart
B
π Blend Off!
π€·π»ββοΈ Bullfrogs
π Between Two Castles of Mad King
π€·π»ββοΈ BattleLore
π Bed Bugs
C
ππ» Chinese Checkersπ€·π»ββοΈ Century Spice Road
π Castles of Mad King Ludwig
π Corinth
π Codenames: Duetβ€οΈ Cartographers
π€·π»ββοΈ Claim
π Crossfire
D
π Dice Stars
π Dr. Microbe
π€·π»ββοΈ Dr. Beaker
π Dr. Eureka
π Drop It
π Donut Disaster
π Dicenstein
π€·π»ββοΈ Doctor Who Co-Op Adventure Game
E
π Escape: The Curse of the Temple
π Electronic Mall Madness
π Electronic Talking Mystery Mansion
π Echidna Shuffle
π Escape the Mad Mummy
β€οΈ Everdell
F
β€οΈ Fantastic Factories
π Flying Pirates
π Forbidden Bridgeπ Flipships
π Fluxx
β€οΈ Fleet: The Dice Game
G
π The Grimm Forestπ The Godfather: Corleoneβs Empire
π Go Go Gelato
π Gloobz
π Gimme Gimme Guinea Pigs
π€·π»ββοΈ The Gallerist
H
π€·π»ββοΈ Henchmania
π Heart of Crown: Digital
π Heroscape
π Harvest Dice
π Hardback
π€·π»ββοΈ Hedgehog Hop
I
π Inner Compass
π ICECOOL β Plus the Artifacts promo
π€·π»ββοΈ Infarkt
π Islebound
J
π Jamaica
π€·π»ββοΈ Jump Gate
π€·π»ββοΈ Jenga
π Jumping Jack
π Jumanji Fluxx
K
π Karma
π The Kingβs Guild
π Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama
π Kamigami Battlesπ Kingdomino Duelπ€·π»ββοΈ Kerala
L
β€οΈ Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game
π Love Letter: Legend of the Five Rings
π Lanterns
π Let’s Make a Bus Route
M
π€·π»ββοΈ Memoir 44
π Match Madness
π Marvel Fluxx
π Mr. Mouth
π Monster Mash
π Master Mind
β€οΈ My Little Scytheπ Make βNβ Break
π Mephisto
π MBL Pocket Pro
π Mamma Mia!
N
π Near and Far
π€·π»ββοΈ Neue Heimat
π Nightmare Before Christmas CCG
π Note Ability
π€·π»ββοΈ Nmbr 9
O
π Outta Control
π€·π»ββοΈ Old Maid
π Octo Dice
π On Tour
π Oceanos
π The Omega Virus
P
π Pyramids
π€·π»ββοΈ The Powerpuff Girls Villains at Large Game
π Portal of Heroes
π€·π»ββοΈ Pixel Tactics
π Pop Pop Pinata
π Pop Rocket
π Phase 10 Twist
β€οΈ Pickle Letter
β€οΈ Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants
Q
π€·π»ββοΈ Quarriors
π Quodd Heroes
π Quadropolis
β€οΈ Qwixx
π The Quest for El Dorado
π Queendomino
R
π Roll Player
π Rhino Hero
π Rack-O
β€οΈ Roll for your Life, Candyman
π The River
β€οΈ Rampage
π€·π»οΈ Railroad Ink
π Reef
π Rival Restaurants
S
β€οΈ Sagrada
π Spirits of the Wild
π Splish Splash
π Spot It Party
β€οΈ Steam Park
π Skip-Bo
π€·π»ββοΈ Sundae Split
β€οΈ Silver & Gold
π Stroop
π Sunset Over Water
π Stockpile
π Spiky Dastards
T
π€·π»ββοΈ Timeline Challenge
π Top That
β€οΈ Tag City
π Tavern Masters
π Takenoko
π Ticket to Ride: New York
U
π The Uncanny X-Men Alert Adventure Game
π Ursa Miner
π€·π»ββοΈ Uno Stacko
V
π Victorian Masterminds
π Veggie Garden
π Valley of the Kings
π Vikings Gone Wild
W
π€·π»ββοΈ Wonderland
π€·π»ββοΈ Windup War
π Wallamoppi
π Wonky
π The Walking Dead Card Game
π Waters of Nereusπ€·π»ββοΈ Warcraft The Board Game
X
π X-Men Under Siege
π€·π»ββοΈ X-Code
Y
π Yeti, Set, Go!
π Yahtzee
π Yamatai
Z
π Zogen
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