My 2014 New Years Resolutions - My mistakes may be your gain!

Joseph jshufelt) United States

Portland

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Details are open to be scrutinized for better purpose and definition. The spirit of this is to put more money towards my health, and moving expenses. Furthermore, I need to enjoy what I have, and carefully and thoughtfully improve my collection, not to grow my collection.



This geeklist includes every game in my collection as a sort of "time stamp" for accountability.



Furthermore, I will try and provide a picture of when I play a game.



Here are my following resolutions.



1. Play Every Game I Own

Details

- I must play every game I owned Dec 31st, 2013 before the end of the 2014 year at least once. This includes any games I may consider to be "relic" games. I also must play my copy of the game. I cannot use my FLGS' demo shelf, or my friends' copies as a loophole. Furthermore, games must be completed to their entirety.



Consequences

- Each game I don't play, I will get rid of in January, 2015. It will happen in the following order:

-- 1. BGG Flea Market/Reddit Bazaar/Local Exchange

-- 2. Trade in for In-Store Credit at FLGS

-- 3. If many remain, No Reserve Auction on BGG

-- 4. Offer games to friends for free

-- 5. Any remaining games will be donated to charity in February, 2015.



Exceptions

- New games acquired in 2014 are not eligible for the consequences.

- Games purchased/backed in 2013 but arrived in 2014 are not eligible.



2. No New Games While Owning Unplayed Games

Details

- I will not purchase, back (Kickstarter, etc), or acquire through trade any additional games while I have games I've never played in my collection. This includes unplayed games I've acquired in 2014.



Consequences -

- I will randomly select one user that has "thumbed up" this Geeklist. (I don't care about the thumbs, but it is an easy way to get a list of users that are interested). That user can buy any game in my collection, except Galaxy Trucker AE, for 50% of MSRP + shipping. I only make the exception to Galaxy Trucker because if that was eligible, my girlfriend would kill me. Payment must be done through a liquid assets platform like Paypal or Google Wallet. Other payments via Gift Cards (Like Amazon Gift Cards) could be considered a loophole.





Exceptions

- Games that are deemed to be extremely lengthy are exceptiped. This currently just includes Through the Ages & Android, as those are the only lengthy "unplayed" games in my collection. But if they aren’t played by 2015, they will be sold regardless as per Resolution #1.

- Gifts, Gift Certificates/Cards (Including Amazon) & In-Store Credit are exceptions to purchases.

- Multiple games purchased at one time is okay, such as packaging several games to achieve free shipping, but additional purchases past the threshold of reaching free shipping is not allowed. A comparable price limit would apply for purchases in a local store and trades.

- Unplayed games that I am trying to sell or trade (Like Steam) are not included but are not excluded from Resolution #1.



3. Sleep Study > Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures

Details

- I will not purchase/trade/acquire any more accessories, expansions, or improvements to my X-Wing Miniatures collection until I have had completed and finished paying off my sleep study. Despite having poor insurance, I need to invest in my health more than awesome looking miniatures.



Consequences

- I will auction off my entire X-Wing Miniatures collection, accessories and use that money solely towards the sleep study and a healthy sleeping atmosphere.



Exceptions

- None. This is a binding agreement until it has been accomplished.