X wing 1e, Malifaux 1 and 2e, Attack Wing, Armada, are all in run-out mode with most suppliers. Pickings are slim, but the prices are tempting.
I have been grabbing those things that are nice to add, but not justifiable at full price, like another AW USS Robinson so it can be represented separately and fight the squadron of 3 Jem H’adar Raiders I can field.
Ships like the Bajoran Light Ship, Ferengi Shuttle, a fourth Hirogen Hunter, two more Klingon Raptors for Enterprise, to balance points or add interest, then a mass of bits from others just to get them while they are around (16 ships in total and 2 card boosters for about $200au). I am not as interested in the later sets because they have changed the paint jobs (again), so to me they are just expensive card packs.
Also my lust for 1e Malifaux figs is far from exhausted, although the choices seem to nearly be. I have managed to get the whole 2e landscape of cards and rules to support my figures, but i have a feeling, they will end up being pressed into my own game.
A recent find and on my long term wish list was Klingon Attack for Fed Commander. This is one of the “big four” box sets. Annoyingly hard to get for a long time due apparently to a lack of hard board cutting facilities. I have most of the ships from booster packs, but the maps, scenarios and some extras for depth are always welcome.
When grabbing this from Noble Knight, I picked up Legend RPG Gladiators, the one theme book missed. I actually wanted Invictus for CoC for Rome, with Mythras Rome as a support source, but Gladiators completes the set and will add lots of useful detail to a Legend sandbox. I also have a three era suppliment for some ancient Cthulhu love (hate?).
Just grabbed a copy of the FASA Star Trek Tactical Combat Simulator, 2003 edition. It’s used and the box is quite worn but the game itself nearly all unpunched. This was expensive in a way, but not much dearer than buying it new now and it is a well respected take on the more traditional TOS and later periods. I was surprised how well supported this game is even now and it ties into their RPG seemlessly.
Unlike ADB Trek games, this one is tied more closely to canon Trek.
Not bad for such an old game.
Fun stuff, with slightly mixed feelings as I have come to realise most of my favourite games are falling off the radar. Still good games worth playing then, are worth playing now, but the industry seems to have become more fickle and transient lately, always moving to the next big thing. Friends are into Crisis Protocol and similar, but I will stick with past projects until they are exhausted, as much to save money and get off the “hamster wheel”.