Winsome Games' 2009 Essen Set
John Bohrer
United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
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This year's Winsome Games Essen Set has 2 new games and 5 expansions:
Kansas Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Preußische Ostbahn: Berlin-Stettiner Expansion
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio - Expansion #1
Wabash Cannonball Expansion - Narrow Gauge Railroads
Age of Steam: Finland
Age of Steam: Portugal
All the Essen Sets are sold out.
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Campbell
California
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Coquitlam
British Columbia
200 is about all I can handle, Pat. Consider one small aspect, just the wood cubes. Each set has a precise number of wood cubes in 10 colors, about 270 cubes per set. 270x200=54,000 wood cubes to be sorted correctly. Not to mention maps, stocks, money, charters, rules, cards, wraps, printing, translating, packaging and shipping/handling. 200 is a lot to me, Pat!
Oh, I wasn't trying to downplay the number of sets or imply that 200 was somehow 'not enough' or something.
Considering the tough time I'm having getting my hands on a copy of Preussische Ostbahn (like zero copies for sale/trade in the last 3 months), my original comment stemmed from happiness at not having missed out on this set and wasn't intended to come across as a backhanded compliment - my apologies if my original wording made it sound that way.
pk
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
I am sorry that our games are so difficult to get on the used market.
petaluma
California
Well you can fix that by putting a stop to the quality gameplay--if the games aren't good they get to the used market! Or if you package them in gigantic FFG size boxes, they'll get there too. Unfortunately (for the used market), the way things are now, my Winsome games take up only part of a shelf and pack more quality gameplay than the 3.5 other shelves combined!