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LONDON - BOARDGAME STATIONERY ANXIETY

Phase 1) "You know what -- I don't give a shit. I'm buying the Family Fortunes boardgame."

Phase 2) "Oh my god, this is literally the best boardgame I've ever played. I'm definitely playing it every day from now on!"

Phase 3) "Hang on… look how thin these answer pads are! There's probably only about… 50 sheets. That's only 50 games!"

Phase 4) "OK, OK let's not panic. Maybe I could get in touch with the people at Milton Bradley -- maybe they sell the stationery separately. But then what if you have to buy the whole game again just to get the little pads? I'll email them tomorrow and find out. Or… what if I just photocopied one of the sheets? Then I could run off thousands of them and I could play forever. Trouble is, they wouldn't be bound in little notebook form. Unless, I got a quote from the printers for adhesive binding. Can't cost that much…"

Phase 5) Six months later: it's in the loft.

JON