There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
One thing to consider: the BGG top 10 span several genres, as well as complexity levels -- it's worth getting a feel for which mechanics/genres might appeal most to you: Ameritrash vs. Euro; LCG vs. RPG; dungeon crawl vs. tabletop miniatures skirmisher; legacy vs. individual session; etc.
For what it's worth, I bet you'll enjoy and be happy with ANY Massdrop drop of a title in the top BGG 150 -- I certainly have been.
My secret hope is that Massdrop will launch a BGG Top 100 collection campaign, and help us addicts collect the ENTIRE set of BGG Top 100 (including classic canonical games like Catan, Agricola, 7 Wonders, Dominion to hottest recent releases like Pandemic Season 2, Scythe, Star Wars Legion, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, etc.)
So excited for you to jump in and get bitten by the boardgame bug!
Massdrop: please hurry up and allow us to post our collections on our profile pages :)