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This seems much healthier than my current approach of buying a bigger house and then letting no one touch them.

"maybe that race for the galaxy is the only thing keeping our marriage together"
"I'll take the chance"
😂🤣🤣

The bit about games with sentimental value struck a particular chord because I have some games that I only have for that reason, and I think now I can retain the sentiment without the physical things.

I cut my collection down from 80 to 15 recently and ended up with 2.5 criteria if I couldn't decide:
1. Do I have people to play with who know how to play?
If yes: do we ever play it?
If no: do I want to do The Teach?

Really cut out the time and some of the heartache. I don't like doing The Teach lol

Also the realisation that no one person should be the group's boardgame cafe was really helpful. If everyone in the group has just 10 unique games then that's a lot of games!

"Do you really want to keep both Brasses? Yea I kinda do."
Followed by savagely cutting Kanban EV while Elaine cries "Noooooo". This video is gold.

I did this one year ago and got rid of 190 games. Something that makes me happy is going to a friends house and seeing them break out one of the games we gave them.

If we are not careful, our possessions can define us.

I think I like this laid-back  'chat to the camera' format. It suits you guys.

My wife and I are moving across the country soon and I sold off half of my pretty sizable collection to make the move a little easier (otherwise half of our boxes would probably be just board games). I wish I could say that I felt positive about it now that it's done, but I do miss many of those games quite a bit. Those boxes of overpriced plastic and cardboard meant a lot to me. Board games are a weird hobby.

I picture one of those:
Dice Cup: "Let me put you on hold to discuss with my staff" mutes phone
IMPROMPTU DANCE PARTY!
Dice Cup: "It'll be a squeeze, but I think we'll be able to help you with that"

Another good option for donating board games is to local hospitals.  There are in patient wards for mental health and long term care where people stay a week or more.  They desperately need books, games or anything they can do since it’s very hard to sit around a hospital all day with no electronics allowed.  Also domestic violence shelters could probably use them as well.

Very proud of you for getting rid of so many!

Well done!
I'm very interested in the games you kept. You going to put up a list of the ones that survived the purge? :)

Can't tell whether that "One Feld swoop" pun was scripted, improvised, or a Freudian slip, but as usual you got me

Just as the pandemic happened I realised I had to "cull" about two thirds of my collection, or about 250 games, due to needing to downsize as I was going to be lacking an income. It was REALLY tough, but almost two years later and there's only a couple I truly miss. Ended up loading a van with the games and selling to a chap from a London board game group who also brought a van to a motorway service station when we were all on lockdown. It actually felt kinda naughty...

"The things you own end up owning you", I only have 16 games in my collection and I'm already starting feeling like this.

Efka, you have inspired me to finally donate some games. Its been something that has been heavy on my heart and mind lately. and this was the straw that actually convinced me. Thank you. this video didn't look easy to make. it was very heartfelt and real!

Pax Pamir took so little space! Good Night Sweet Prince!

Your Arkham Horror review was the video that brought me to your channel. It's a shame there won't be a part two.

The thing is: you've donated them to the local cafe. So, you still have access to them. This sounds like a brilliant solution.  Our local cafe allows me to try games I am really interested in but know I won't play more than a few times (eg Underwater Cities) without having to buy and store them.

Flip side: what a privilege to even PLAY that many, let alone more than once.