When I originally signed up for the Button Shy Game of the Month club, games were mailed out every single month. Unfortunately, the company has shifted how they are doing things, and now games go out every other month. Members still get a game each month, but now you have to wait twice as long for another fun package. Recently, I received my package containing both the February 2026 and March 2026 games.
February 2026:
- Battlecrest: Deadrock base game
- Battlecrest: Reference cards
- Apropos of Board Games: 1 card
- Apropos of Movies: 1 card
Battlecrest appears to be a tactical fighting game with way more rules than a usual Button Shy wallet game. In fact, I believe this is the only Button Shy game that I own that has official reference cards included with it! Unfortunately, I haven't yet had a chance to play the game, so my thoughts on whether it's worth the time and effort to get through the rules will have to wait for a future day.
March 2026:
- Otter Chaos game
- Adventurous: Cursed Seas expansion
- Apropos of Board Games: 1 card
- Apropos of Movies: 1 card
The Apropos games are party games that rely on an extensive memory of either board games or movies. I'm basically trash at any game that requires a good memory, so I can't say the extra cards excite me much. On the other hand, the expansion for Adventurous is appreciated. I've enjoyed my plays of Adventurous thus far! Finally, the main star of the March package is Otter Chaos, a game for two players. Unfortunately, my quick perusal of the rules seems to suggest that the game is a glorified rock-paper-scissors type game. Of course, I need to actually play it (or at least read the rules closely), but I can't say this particular game is getting me all that excited to learn it.
And that's two more months of the Button Shy Board Game of the Month Club. I'll admit, if this was my first package from the company, I'd probably quit BGotMC. Other than the one expansion (and maybe Battlecrest), there wasn't a lot here that interested me. I guess that's the risk of a monthly subscription!
Looking forward, earlier this week Button Shy announced that they were going to be moving away from the wallet storage solution. Apparently, all future games in the Board Game of the Month Club will be packed in either small boxes or paper envelopes. That's a bit of a bummer for me, since I have an entire basket full of Button Shy wallets, but I understand why the company is making the change (the wallets had to be hand-packed, not to mention they are very difficult for stores to stock on the shelves without suffering product theft)!
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