Board Games?

[Captain Catnip]

Where is the best place to buy? We have a couple shops but the one is a bit of a pain to get to and the other is so, so small. Amazon seems to have most, is that the best place online? What about second hand? Anywhere for those other than the BGG market?

[itsme]

Since the closest game store is almost an hour's drive away I buy most of my games from Amazon since I have Prime for free shipping and I will buy from Target online when they have sales. I'll be near the game store so I plan on purchasing a game there this week if they still have it in stock. It's a few $ cheaper on Amazon but I want to support the local business.

[itsme]

Coolstuffinc.com has had some good sales recently. Maybe miniature Market as well. I have not purchased from either yet but they seem to be popular sites to buy from on the boardgame FB pages I follow.

[Dusky]

It depends on how you feel about paying shipping/how much you're spending in one go.

Amazon has the lowest free shipping threshold (even better if you have Prime) and prices competitively. Coolstuffinc tends to have consistently low pricing, but their free shipping threshold is high so it's better for the pricey games.

I usually just go with Amazon unless something good pops up on Board Game Geek's Hot Deals Forum.

I've not had much luck with 2nd hand online.  I sometimes find deals on battered boxes from Amazon's warehouse.  Ebay may have some options.

[Captain Catnip]

Thanks!

[snippet17]

I buy either from local game stores or Amazon. Once in awhile I do check to see if Target has any interesting games and sometimes they do.

[Captain Catnip]

Dec 12, 2016 19:03:26 GMT -5 snippet17 said:

I buy either from local game stores or Amazon. Once in awhile I do check to see if Target has any interesting games and sometimes they do.

I ended up buying 5 games from Target.com the other day :S It was cheaper than Amazon because of a sale and H gave me the greenlight (he handles finances) so...yeah. I think I have a problem. 12 games since Black Friday...

[mominatrix]

Dec 12, 2016 21:18:28 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Dec 12, 2016 19:03:26 GMT -5 snippet17 said:

I buy either from local game stores or Amazon. Once in awhile I do check to see if Target has any interesting games and sometimes they do.

I ended up buying 5 games from Target.com the other day :S It was cheaper than Amazon because of a sale and H gave me the greenlight (he handles finances) so...yeah. I think I have a problem. 12 games since Black Friday...

we're in that kind of range, too. Bought 6 at the Target buy-2-get-one-free sale, plus a few from other websites etc. Plus Mechs vs. Minions WHICHWILLBEARRIVINGANYDAYOHMIGODI'MPSYCHED!!!




As to the Q in the OP... if you want to go to a brick and mortar store, I'm consistently surprised at the selection at Barnes and Noble.

[Captain Catnip]

Our collection so far:

[itsme]

Dec 15, 2016 22:41:20 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Our collection so far:

I recently bought most of those myself.  I have been on a game kick lately and my collection when from something like 3 games to way too many according to H who odes not play card or board games.  

[Captain Catnip]

Dec 19, 2016 12:35:19 GMT -5 itsme said:

Dec 15, 2016 22:41:20 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Our collection so far:

I recently bought most of those myself.  

Hanabi card game is not pictured, but it's there too.

[GilliC]

I usually end up ordering from Amazon, but I prefer cardhaus.com since it's at least affiliated with an actual comic & game shop.

[mominatrix]

::hangs head in shame::

There's a picture of our collection of games in the gaming with kids thread. And we've acquired like 5 more since then (thrift stores FTW)... PLUS about 10 more for Christmas.



We clearly have a problem.

[Captain Catnip]

Dec 23, 2016 18:22:35 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

::hangs head in shame::

There's a picture of our collection of games in the gaming with kids thread. And we've acquired like 5 more since then (thrift stores FTW)... PLUS about 10 more for Christmas.



We clearly have a problem.

We just got Scythe in the mail and there's so many we want. H text me this yesterday:

[mominatrix]

Dec 23, 2016 18:32:39 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Dec 23, 2016 18:22:35 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

::hangs head in shame::

There's a picture of our collection of games in the gaming with kids thread. And we've acquired like 5 more since then (thrift stores FTW)... PLUS about 10 more for Christmas.



We clearly have a problem.

We just got Scythe in the mall and there's so many we want. H text me this yesterday:


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I want Scythe so bad.

[Captain Catnip]

Dec 23, 2016 18:35:27 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Dec 23, 2016 18:32:39 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

We just got Scythe in the mall and there's so many we want. H text me this yesterday:


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I want Scythe so bad.

That was supposed to say mail. H preordered it a few weeks ago, didn't think we'd get it until January at least.

[itsme]

Dec 23, 2016 18:35:27 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Dec 23, 2016 18:32:39 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

We just got Scythe in the mall and there's so many we want. H text me this yesterday:

I want Scythe so bad.

Scythe is on my radar but I really need to play the other games I bought that have sat unplayed first.

[Captain Catnip]

mominatrix, itsme, we played it last night. It's so fun. I might be biased because I won and rarely win games. H got the expansion for Xmas, too, so we'll see how that goes after we play the regular game a few more times.

[alanz]

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