Super fast write ups of summer!!🌻

Hello all!

Summer is in full swing here on Long Island! And it seems hotter than I recall from past years.. with us hitting high 80’s and low 90’s more days than I can count! Ach! I love the summer.. but it is very hard to lie on the beach in 90+ weather and claim to be enjoying the “relaxing times.”  Haha.  It feels like broiling on a sand grill! Sure the water is refreshing.. but, you get the idea. 😅

Mind you.. I’ll be whining about the cold of winter soon enough. Ha!

When I do, someone please remind me of this post! 😅

Anyhoo, it’s going to be another “copy/paste the basic write-up into each new game” sort of week. As I slide farther into retirement, it just seems that my time on the ol’ laptop is diminishing rapidly. Haha. I mean, that is a good thing… I think. Except for the fact that it doesn’t allow me to spend gobs of hours researching play-through videos and writing up games with helpful pointers and witty banter and all that jazz… soooooo… here we are. 😬

The new reality…. 🥺

Someone save me… from myself! 🙏🫨

LIFE ANALYSIS 🧐

Are write-ups that don’t have a ton of flair a smidge underwhelming?

Yes… yes they are. 😪

But, will that let me finish in time to get back to weeding my garden and endlessly trying to stop the wildlife from eating the spoils of war?

Why yes… yes it will (or at least it should). 😅

Haha. My LIFE! 🫜🪏

Back to the actual game discussion. Here we go… buckle up. 🛻

This Upstart bundle includes the following items:

• Merchants Cove Mega Box
• Merchants Cove base game
• The Secret Stash expansion
• The Innkeeper
• The Oracle
• The Dragon Rancher
• Merchants Cove: Master Craft
• KS Exclusive Game Maker Merchant
• KS Exclusive Bonus Loot pack
• Customer Built Rogue Pack
• Thief player board (packed inside the Mega box) – Miniature not included – sorry folks! When I backed the campaign I thought it was in the Mega Box and didn’t add it!
• Modular insert solution by Game Trayz, which will fit all content published so far, including sleeved cards

That’s it, folks! That’s it and that’s all! And that is a TON of stuff!  All loaded into the Mega box which measures 15″ x 13″ x 11″ and weighs in at just over EIGHTEEN pounds!

Gadzooks.. that is a LOT of sweet gear! 🍦⚙️🍦⚙️🍦⚙️🍦⚙️🍦⚙️

And a quick aside – Final Frontier Games declared that they were going out of business just a short while ago. So, this game will likely never be printed again. Not that that means you have to have it in your collection, of course. I just wanted you all to know that it may not ever get re-printed so that you’d have that bit of knowledge in your decision matrix. ❤️

Do I have a copy set aside for my personal collection because of that?

Why yes… Yes I do. 😉

Standard Upstart Protocol…

As always, if you have ANY questions.. please reach out! I am here to help! 😊

I’m usually available unless I’m driving, flying (usually in a jet), kayak fishing, tending to my garden, reloading my bird feeders, drinking Mai Tais at the pool, cooking some insane farm-to-table meal, or asleep! 😅🚗✈️🛶🎣🫜🪏🐦‍⬛🍹👨‍🍳💤

Original Campaign Link – to check and see all wonderful game bits and juicy exclusive content!!

I do want to at least post a link to the original campaign… in case you want to take a closer look… 😉 The link can be found HERE.

And, with regard to my super short write-ups… sooo sorry, everyone! I’ll get back in the swing at some point… argh! 🏴‍☠️😭

Exceptionally ready-to-get-out-to-the-warm-gardening-weather pirate signing off! ❤️🫡