Heard a guy at the game store say he's spent $1200 on Kickstarter board games this year alone

I was picking up a new copy of Catan at my local shop in Springfield last Thursday. A guy at the counter was telling the clerk he's backed 8 projects so far in 2024, and the total was already over twelve hundred bucks. He said he hasn't even played half of the ones from last year. It got me thinking about how easy it is to get caught up in the hype and the FOMO. My own shelf of shame is bad enough without adding more boxes I'll never open. How do you guys keep your Kickstarter spending in check, or do you just accept it as part of the hobby?

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gonzalez.vera10d ago

What's the point of buying games you won't play, just to store them like a fancy cardboard museum? That money could buy a lot of stamps, or you know, actual fun. Sounds like he's collecting promises, not games.

kai_brown2310d ago

My Steam library hit 400 games last month and I maybe play five of them. @gonzalez.vera has a point about the cardboard museum thing, but for me it's about the option. Having that huge list feels like a safety net. Bad day? Maybe I'll finally try that weird farming sim I bought in 2015. It's less about the playing and more about knowing it's there. The fun is in the hunt during a big sale, clicking buy on something that looks cool. The promise is the whole point.