The Pile of Shame

Every gamer has a pile of shame – those games in their collection that they have never played. Sometimes, there are good reasons to buy a game and never play it. Maybe you don’t like it and had to buy it to find that out. The logical thing to do would be to gift it or sell it on, free up that shelf space for something you do like. Maybe you don’t intend to play it, but there’s a lot in it worth learning from or stealing for something else. There’s room on my shelves for some games in this category, but not as many as I kid myself. For shame.

There are only two ways to redeem this terrible debt of shame – play the games and pay the debt down in installments, or move them on. The first step along the road to recovery is to acknowledge the problem, so here is an inventory of my collection, with the pile of shame clearly called out.

The RPG Pile

Here is a list of my RPG collection on RPG Geek – If it’s marked ‘Owned: For Trade‘ in the Status column, then it’s in the Pile of Shame and I’m willing to trade or sell it.

The RPG Pile of Shame – this shelf is just the ready rack.

The Board Game Pile

Here is a list of my Board Game collection on Board Game Geek – If it’s marked ‘Owned: For Trade‘ in the Status column, then it’s in the Pile of Shame and I’m willing to trade or sell it.

Part of the Board Game Pile – Legends Untold was bought to scratch my solo dungeon crawling itch, but I should rename it Legends Unplayed

The Kickstarter/On Order List

In the last few years, Kickstarter has been one of the main sources of games that I’ve added to the pile, and so I feel that kicking the habit should involve naming my dealer. Here’s a list of what I’ve backed on Kickstarter that has yet to arrive or things I’ve pre-ordered from various stores, also yet to arrive:

  1. Dune: Adventures in the Imperium core rules and Dune: Sand and Dust sourcebook. (Due Jan 2022)
  2. The Traveller: Mercenary Campaigns in the Far Future Kickstarter. (Due Nov 2021 – Late)
  3. The One Ring Roleplaying Game, Second Edition. (Due Nov 2021 – Late)
  4. The Ironsworn: Starforged RPG Kickstarter. (Due Mar 2022)
  5. The Droyne Coyns Kickstarter for the Traveller RPG. (Due Apr 2022)
  6. Vaesen RPG – Mythic Britain & Ireland sourcebook. (Due Jun 2022)
  7. The Cthulhu Hack RPG Second Edition. (Due Jul 2022)
  8. The Blue Planet: Recontact RPG kickstarter. (Due Oct 2022)

Last Updated: Jan 2022