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Warning: I just saw a board game collection photo that made my shelf look tiny
I was scrolling through a forum thread about storage solutions and someone posted a picture of their game room. They had over 800 games, all cataloged in a custom database. The photo was from a house tour in Portland. I had no idea a personal collection could get that big without being a store. How do people even decide what to play with that many options?
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jana_miller3113d ago
...and honestly, I had to put a hard limit on my own collection after I hit around 50 games because I couldn't pick anything to play. I started doing this thing where I pull out three games I'm in the mood for and make my friends vote on one. It cuts the staring time way down, plus nobody gets to complain because they helped pick. The owner of that 800 game collection probably has a system too, maybe even a randomizer app or a "game of the month" shelf. I bet they don't actually look at all 800 boxes when choosing, they probably keep some rotating or just grab whatever's newest.
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blair_lewis851mo ago
My collection is about twenty games and I still spend half an hour staring at the shelf. I can't imagine the paralysis with eight hundred boxes. At that point you probably need to spin a wheel or pull a random number from the database just to pick one. My wallet hurts just thinking about the cost of all that cardboard.
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Yeah, the "staring at the shelf" thing is so real. I mean, I get the same way with my Netflix queue or even picking a place to order food from. It's like having too many options just makes you shut down. You spend more time picking than actually doing the thing. Maybe that's why I just end up rewatching the same show or getting the same pizza every time.
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