News, Interrupted

My apologies for leaving you all largely newsless for the past couple of weeks, but things on BGGN should be back to normal soon as my family's items are finally on the moving truck and on their way to North Carolina. Even after selling/giving away/recycling/trashing 300+ games, I had nearly 1,300 to box, which was absolute madness. (Not to mention all the other stuff I've collected over the years. My packrat tendencies are a horrible curse.)

In the future I need to either strip down the collection to a more manageable number or else stay in one location until I die...

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