FOMO and Board Games... the rabbit hole

The excitement for, the new game, the new KS campaign, the new things the campaign will have, the game funding, then the lull in between you start that WHOLE excitement again.. and its months if not years til the game arrives and you've either been lucky enough to not return, or instead you crave that excitement again.. and again and then a year later the 1st game arrives, but you've backed 12 other games in between.

Then it arrives, you unbox it, you maybe get to play it straight away, and it reinforces the whole chemistry, on par with a new friends a new partner a new job.

Then the 2nd game arrives.. and they compete for your time.. a 3rd and you can't give the love to the 1st like you used to. do you make more time to play games? or do you gauge which one has more fun and sell off the excess.

The interesting part is when you sell the excess, often with KS games, you can still break even with a 2nd hand, this feedback loop, justifies your purchases.. you played the game, you had your fun and you sold it back for what it cost you, or close enough that the price diff is negligible.. you've not spent any money going out this month, because you're home playing games, your bank account is looking healthier.. strangely, so you increase your game budget.

Then, you go a little overboard.. you back a game that you.. maybe, might be interested in.. it looks ok, maybe it'll be up your alley, but hey, who cares if its not, you can sell it and break even.

now you'e getting a new game every fortnight, you crave the high of the next KS campaign.. Oh so high, stretch goals, unlocks, new expansions.. ALL-Ins.. your shelves strain under the weight, you start buying Kallax shelves and maybe even inserts to bling out your game boxes.. you forget that the resale of the game will unlikely include those costs..

You now have enough games, to play twice a day 7 days a week, campaign after campaign for 4 years.. and still your KS account says 20 more games are due to arrive.

you're spending more than you're selling, you've forgotten about life outside of board gaming..

What do you do?

you start a You Tube channel....