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Archive for October, 2011

Video Review : Small World

Monday, October 31st, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

Our third video review for Small World is now up and live. Note that we'll have a break for a few weeks while we shoot a number of new videos. Expect quite a few to turn up just before Christmas ...

New and Restocked Games: October 27th, 2011

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Games: Advanced Squad Leader Rulebook Airship Pirates Bag o' Zombies Battletech: Technical Readout 3067 Belfort Call of Cthulhu LCG: The Breathing Jungle Asylum Pack Call of Cthulhu LCG: Dunwich Denizens Asylum Pack (Revised) Cthulhutech: GM Screen Cthulhutech: Vade Mecum Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement Dark Minions Eminent Domain Game of Thrones LCG: ...

Changes to Local Pickup Hours

Monday, October 24th, 2011 Posted in general, site updates | 1 Comment »

One of the biggest benefits of having recently hired another full-time employee is that we can now have staff at the office on a regular basis. As a result, we've finally managed to do away with the appointment system for ...

Video Review : Arkham Horror

Monday, October 24th, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

Here's review 2 - Arkham Horror. Let us know what you feel about the review or if there's any other reviews you'd like to watch. We've decided to see if we can do a ton right before Christmas, so expect ...

Guest Review : Tales of the Arabian Nights

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

How many board games provide an experience entirely unlike any other? Very few, it must be said. Many new board games have clear ancestors, and an experienced hobbyist is able to describe most new games by describing their mechanisms and where ...

Pre-Orders & Capital

Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in business | 6 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2621" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Our Pre-Order Shelf at os October 16, 2011. No laughing at the sloppy build job."][/caption] That's our current pre-order shelf as of Tuesday, October 16, 2011. All the pre-orders that we have that had games on the ...

New and Restocked Games: October 20th, 2011

Thursday, October 20th, 2011 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Games: Angry Birds: Knock on Wood Arcana (Revised Edition) GD '42 Lord of the Rings LCG: The Massing at Osgiliath Martian Dice Nippon Rails 2011 Edition Summoner Wars: Goodwin's Blade Summoner Wars: Hawk's Strike Summoner Wars: Master Set Restocked Games: Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #3 Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit ...

Hiring & Business

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in business | Comments Off

It's amazing the sheer amount of work that goes into hiring someone. Never having had to run the entire process from start to finish, I never really realised how tiring it is and why it becomes so important to reduce ...

Video Reviews : Citadels

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

Hi Everybody, And here it is - our first Board Game video review for Citadels. Let us know what you think.

Guest Review : Glory to Rome

Sunday, October 16th, 2011 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

In Glory to Rome, you play the role of a Roman aristocrat overseeing the rebuilding of Rome after it is destroyed in the Great Fire. You will do so by directing the reconstruction, gaining influence by completing buildings – or ...