I remember all of these. They got to the point where I wouldn't even collect boosters for any of them; just pick up a starter deck if it sounded interesting and bash a few games out with that for a while. I suspect most consumers were the same.

Just the fact that you just assume this to be about you - don't even ask, just leap in with guns blazing - is just so... honestly, it beggars belief.
Please don't contact me again.

If you really must know, I'm talking about a LOCAL board game group, which I joined because I have been wanting to get a board game circle going because my local community pretty much dried up. After my best friend, who was the rock of it for pretty much everyone, took his own life last year.

We need the abolition of borders. Borders were not even invented until the 19th century; before that people came and went as they pleased.

I didn't get around to naming that tier