Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on how to find Die Macher. Through the BoardGameGeek forums, I was able to find a seller in Belgium and acquired two copies. They shipped Wednesday morning, and will arrive between 2-3 weeks. I can't wait!
I had a lot of fun finding Die Macher. The thrill of the hunt was there with every eBay auction that went by, every email that hit my inbox, and every Babelfish translation I had to run to translate German into English. Though it was frustrating at times, I can't say I didn't have fun.
It was so much fun that I think I'm going to keep hunting and collecting for a few more games. They are:
Full Metal Planete
Carabande
Carabande Action Set
Ra (Alea #1)
Chinatown (Alea #2)
Taj Mahal (Alea #3)
Adel Verpflichtet (Alea #5)
I recently discovered the beauty of the
Alea "Big Box" series of games. I own Puerto Rico, Prices of Florence and The Traders of Genoa. Fifth Avenue is coming on my next online purchase (this weekend), which leaves me with 4 Alea OOPs and 1 Alea in-print (Mammoth Hunters) to complete the collection.
I'm off to eBay to see what I can find!
Edit: Judging by Shannon's
post at the Gone Gaming blog today, I've been bitten by "The Collector Bug"