When I say, “I have new shelves”

Non-gamers say something like:

• My that’s a lot of games; or
• They go nicely with the furniture; or
• Goodness, where did you get all those games from; or
• Have you played them all; or
• Where did you get those shelves?

Gamers say, almost invariably in this order:

1. So do you need to buy more games to fill them? *
2. (optional step) Ah yes, BILLY with the CD rack. Nice.**
3. Hmm. You don’t have all the ALEA boxes. And you have two copies of Power Grid, one in German? And I can’t quite make out what is stacked with Thebes. And …

Four or five conversations all followed the same pattern. I love it.

* This comment only  comes from people who have not been to our house and seen the many games that are STACKED IN THE CORRIDOR. There are still corridor stacks – but fewer than there were.

** This usually detours the conversation into a discussion of optimal stacking methods, whether or not to use the tops of the shelves, preferred shade of BILLY, IKEA horror stories etc.