Quoted from CrazyLevi:I have one game on loan, it's a sentimental favorite I didn't want to sell; Argosy, the first game I bought in 2002.
It's at a friend's place in Brooklyn. He's not a GREAT friend, just a guy I know, who is good friends with a couple of my friends and they've vouched for him. He's had the game well over a year and it's been nice not having it at my place so I have more space for the games I'm rotating.
It's a lower-value game, so it's a lot easier to swallow than the titles the OP has mentioned; but the fact is, I lent it out knowing very well I may never see it again, cause again, shit happens. If this guy's apartment catches on fire I'm not gonna make a federal case about it and ask for reimbursement.
Just do what you are comfortable with and you'll have no worries!
What if his apartment caught on fire cuz of a old EM being naughty?