As a die hard Sierra fan for years, I legitimately don't think she wants that level of fame.

I've seen her live several times and one of the best things about her is that she will never bite her tongue or try to appease the crowd. She is the real deal.

She is an absolutely amazing performer!

I love Mycelia. It is the perfect "relax and turn off my brain, but not completely off" game. I rarely see it mentioned.

Food Chain Magnate(the original, I haven't looked into the recently released version). I understand it's highly acclaimed and looks right up my alley, but I can't get over it literally looking like a prototype.

Chris Pratt in Mario all over again. Problematic scumbag literally no one asked for. Yet they just insist. Have to have him. Can't be anyone else, gotta be him!

"woke2", "dark woke", etc... Everything is treated like a joke and meme.

Brass Birmingham
Castles of Burgundy
A Feast for Odin
Agricola
Khora: Rise of an Empire/Hadara (tie)
Istanbul
Orléans
Power Grid
Troyes
Clank!/Dominion/Star Realms(another tie, yeah I'm a cheater)

"There's no comfort in the growth zone, and no growth in the comfort zone".

Gamers are concerned about and will gladly raise a stink over real issues like black people and clothed women existing in video games. /s

It happened often, but no one quite filled up my wishlist like Feld after playing CoB. Amerigo, Trajan, Carpe Diem..

I came in without touching either. From all my research the consensus seemed to be that Lancashire was better for two(this is definitely one just for my wife and I), but was also the more "cut throat" of the two. For that reason I decided to go with Birmingham, but could definitely see owning both.