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Archive for July, 2011

Survey Results (2) : the One’s that Didn’t Make the Cut

Sunday, July 31st, 2011 Posted in business | Comments Off

When we conducted our survey for Starlit Citadel, there were a few comments that we found rather interesting, which we thought would make interesting discussions.  I'd like to post them here for your comments, especially if you see a comment ...

Survey Results : Answering the Comments

Saturday, July 30th, 2011 Posted in business, site updates | Comments Off

As many of you know, we recently ran a survey and on the last page of the survey, we had a section that was an open comments section.  Many of the requests actually fell into the same subsets, so I ...

New and Restocked Board Games: July 28, 2011

Thursday, July 28th, 2011 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games: Ikusa Night Fighter Munchkin: Deluxe Edition Game of Thrones: Princes of the Sun Revised Expansion Warhammer Invasion: Eclipse of Hope Ascension Box and Sleeve Combo Restocked Board Games: Ghost Stories Battlestar Galactica Runewars Heroes of Graxia San Juan St Petersburg Race for the Galaxy: the Gathering Storm Expansion Macao Airlines Europe Munchkin 3: Clerical ...

Best Practices: Keep Learning (11)

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 Posted in best practices | 2 Comments »

The world is changing, new technology and new business processes, new competitors and new legislation make it a constant process of learning for us all.  Unfortunately, as the business owner, it often falls on to you to keep up to ...

Ongoing Site Modifications

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Posted in site updates | Comments Off

There have been some improvements to the site, both on a usability perspective as well as additional options for use.  I thought I'd list them out here if you missed them: Local Pickup Appointment Calender We now have an appointment calender powered ...

New & Restocked Board Games : July 21, 2011

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games: Age of Steam: Moon / Berlin Wall Expansion Maps Artus Call of Cthulhu LCG : Spawn of Madness (Revised) Asylum Pack Defenders of the Realm: Heroes Expansion 1 Dust ...

Arkham Horror : A Game Review

Monday, July 18th, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

Arkham Horror is the classic horror board game printed by Fantasy Flight.  A pure co-operative board game, players play against the board in an attempt to stop the Ancient One's from rising and taking over the world.  Arkham Horror is ...

New & Restocked Board Games : July 14, 2011

Thursday, July 14th, 2011 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games: A Game of Thrones : Isle of Ravens Chapter Pack Dice Tower, Knockdown, Stone Diception Felinia Grimoire Mermaid Rain Pantheon Pergamon Upper Deck : 69x69 Board ...

Best Practices : Jack-of-All-Trades (10)

Sunday, July 10th, 2011 Posted in best practices | Comments Off

You know the saying, Jack-of-All-Trades, master of none? Well, as a business owner especially at the onset for a small enterprise like this, you're much better off being a Jack-of-All-Trades.  There are a ton of basic skills / knowledge areas ...

Product Quantites & More Points

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in site updates | Comments Off

Played with the site design a bit more today, fixed a few bugs so you should be able to see if a product is out of stock immediately and if something is a pre-order and the number of pre-orders made ...