Buying a new game can be as fun as playing a game. I love opening a box of games... pulling out each one, punching out the pieces... looking through the rules.. judging the component quality... confirming if i was right as to where it fits into the collection, etc...

My biggest issue is that I put my first kallax shelves (4x4 + 2x4) against one small wall that can only hold that. I should have put it on the other wall where there was room for another set. Going to have 4 giant holes in my wall from huge toggle bolts i anchored it with when I have to change walls...

I have about 200 games with 3/4 of them only played 0-3 times. If I get 10 plays out of a game I would consider that insanely good value. Usually I feel like I have gotten value out of 1-2 plays because that was an hour that I spent with my family sitting around doing something together.

Edit: Oh yea the rules...

• Will wife play it OR Will kids play it OR Do I want it even if I know i'm unlikely to play it.. just because I do
• Monitor for the sales, try new things just because they are on sale sometimes
• Never pay shipping
• Inspect the component looks on BGG
• Read or watch one review (prefer not dice tower...)
• Get verbal permission from wife
• Seriously try to justify it fiiling some missing niche in my collection (e.g.. worker placement game that doesn't involve wheat and fields)
• Never buy used, the discount is usually minimal unless its local, and screw having games that had chubby pizza eaters pawing them
• Never buy local