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Mine is not so much a proper collection as it is an assorted set of everything I could get my hands on. Nonetheless, I'm quite proud and very happy with it! And there's some more or less personal story connected to all of those items which are so very dear to me.
In the background on the wall is the artistic map from W3. Unfortunately, I do not own a physical CE, but I bought the digital copy with season pass etc. at GOG, which came with a PDF of the map. I therefore prepared and printed two copies of the map - one for myself, and one as a (very much appreciated) 2015 Christmas present for my brother.
Since we wouldn't have the amazing Witcher games without Sapkowski's book, I had to put them in the foto, too. In Autumn of 2015, as I was super hyped, playing W3 for the first time, I got "The Last Wish" as a birthday present from friends. I had already thought about buying it at that point, to get more background on the games, but was worried that maybe if I didn't like the books, it could spoil the games a bit. Well thankfully, my friends stepped in and solved that dilemma for me. The book was great, I immediately bought the next one, and the next one, etc., and quickly read them all. (I’m currently on a re-read, hence the bookmark in “Times of Contempt”.) Having all that detailed background knowledge made the games even better on my second playthrough! Now you may notice that "The last Wish" (or rather, "Der letzte Wunsch" in the German translation) is actually missing on the foto. This is because – not for the first time – I lend it to a friend. She loves it, got hooked on the series and already bought “The Sword of Destiny” herself! However, that was all quite recently, and she hasn't returned the book yet. So I “replaced” it with my physical copy of the first Witcher game. After all, the intro cinematic retells parts of the first (non-framing) story in the book. For those wondering about where I placed “Season of Storms”: I put it right after the short story collections, since in my own (head canon?) chronology, the "Season of Storm" events happen somewhere inbetween the "Sword of Destiny" short stories, before Geralt heads North for the dragon hunt etc., around the same time when he's in the area during "A Little Sacrifice".
Unfortunately, I do not own a physical copy of W2 – even though I got that game twice: I bought it on Steam in 2013, and once more on GoG earlier this year because why the hell not? (Also, I wanted to play it again and was too lazy to install Steam.) I also don’t own a physical copy of W3, so I did not get my hand on the Gwent cards at first. But I was so relieved when it was announced last year that it'd be possible to get them on JINX, and immediately ordered my sets! I really enjoy board games, so of course I also tried Gwent with a friend of mine. As expected, it didn't work that well as a multiplayer game (in contrast to the standalone version
), so I basically just have the cards for show. But they are very good at that for sure! Speaking of “just for show”… the LEGO figures are just there to add some additional flair to the cards, of course (I’d say the toad is particularly accurate).
Oh and by the way, regarding the games…the PC tower is a custom PC I newly assembled myself back in October 2015 with the specific purpose of being able to play W3, which is why I thought it should also make it onto the foto. By now, I have also used the PC to play a few other games (including re-runs of W1 and W2, as well as Gwent). But even if I had built the PC and only ever played W3 and nothing else on it, all the expenses for the hardware would have been easily worth it. Because that’s just how great the game is.
The two T-Shirts are among my favourite clothing items, definitely some of the shirts I wear most often. Both are from CDPR's stalls at Gamescom: the black one is from 2013, the grey one from 2014. You always get some merchandise, including T-shirts, for free at Gamescom. But these two I actually care about a lot and have been really really happy to acquire!
Well, last but not least – the sword doesn’t really have anything to do with the Witcher books or games. But then again, what would Geralt, or any witcher, for that matter, be without a sword?
Edit: since the forum unfortunately reduced my fotos to mere thumbnails (even after a reupload), I put them in my Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/on74x62r2...5JEDmfyXa?dl=0
Thanks
Riven-Twain for notifying me - I hadn't checked after hitting post and would have missed that!