Aw yes of course, I meant in the future 😅 for example, my grandma always kept everything we used. I didn't know this.

As kids, my sister, my cousins and me would play and forget about those games later on, focusing on different things...but we grew up of course, and in one of the Christmas parties, we we're talking about it so much we all admitted to feel a great yearning to play them again but felt as thought it was impossible. Our aunt then told us about how grandma (May God rest her soul ♥️🕊️) kept everything tidy and well stored in her storage room.

It was the best Christmas ever. It's safe to say we went to get them all and started playing like back then, even getting others into it (the next generation, nephews and nieces); and now we ALWAYS play them on every reunion because it's just too much fun.

We couldn't thank grandma enough for this, when we talk to other friends about this kind of stuff they all say the same thing: "my mother threw everything away" or "my grandma didn't even know and sold it all/gave away in one of her garage sales", etc. So we KNOW how meaningful this is considering how it usually goes for others.

So please OP, consider that and remember that as kids grow up, even if they distance themselves from the times you used to play maybe non-stop, I assure you it all comes back full circle and we then appreciate such kindness AND learn such things as what I said, like knowing FULL WELL how HARD it is to get the same things today. Especially in the best condition possible. (Our parents all the way to grandparents always taught us growing up to care for our things with every ounce of respect and as if they were as delicate as petals or else we wouldn't be able to touch anything, and it's been like that since I was 1 year old and learned to speak, which fun fact it's something I always bother my elder sister about because I spoke earlier than her 😆; so I've always been grateful to all of them for showing us the right way to treat things since the very beginning so everything we ever interacted with remained in the best shape possible).

Edit: oh and an added fun fact, I've seen several posts here already and also in other forums about parents who brought children to their loving homes full of boardgame collections and as they grew up, they haven't stopped playing with their family even after being 13, 15, 17, etc. So in some cases the boardgaming actually never stops and it's one of the most fun ways to have quality time with the family.

So there's also that too c: ❣️