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Archive for January, 2012

Video Review: Blood Bowl Team Manager

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Posted in reviews | Comments Off

After a brief hiatus brought on by the Christmas rush and its aftermath, we're back with a look at Fantasy Flight's Blood Bowl Team Manager. From here onwards, we should be on a regular once-a-week release schedule for our video reviews. ...

New Games: December 26th, 2011

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Games Angry Birds : On Thin Ice Bang! Gold Rush Expansion Black Crusade : Hand of Corruption Chibithulhu Halloween Plush Dust Tactics : Corps Officers Dust Tactics : Heavy Kommandotrupp Command Squad Giza: The Great Pyramid Mini Chibithulhu Plush - Black Mini Chibithulhu Plush - Red Nexus Ops Pathfinder Adventure ...

New Board Games : January 19, 2012

Friday, January 20th, 2012 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games Spielbox Issue 6 / 2011 Spielbox Issue 5 / 2011 Drako War of the Rings : 2nd Edition Tin & Sleeves Kingpin Total Rumble Target Earth Luna Llena : Death Moon Expansion Mecanisburgo Exp 2 : Mutants on Mars Mecanisburgo Exp 1 : ...

Cashflow, Retail Prices & Kickstarter

Monday, January 16th, 2012 Posted in business | Comments Off

I was recently thinking about Kickstarter again, with the number of new and interesting projects popping up on that site for funding.   Now, having helped fund a few games - none of which have arrived; I've started trying to figure ...

New Board Games : January 12, 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games: Ticket to Ride : India & Switzerland Power Grid : First Sparks Power Grid : the Robots Pathfinder Heroes & Monsters : Black Dragon Promo Pathfinder Heroes & Monsters : Standard Booster Pathfinder Heroes & Monsters : Large Booster A Game of Thrones ...

December 2011 Bestsellers & Hottest Pre-Orders Updated

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Posted in bestsellers | Comments Off

Our apologies on the delay getting the December 2011 lists up.  We were just swamped over the past few days, but have now managed to update everything.  As always, here's November's 2011's information as a record and comparison. Following is the ...

New Board Games : January 6, 2012

Friday, January 6th, 2012 Posted in new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games 011 Opera Fortuna Node Star Trek DBG : Next Phase Edition Command & Colors Ancients : Expansion 6 - Spartans Santiago de Cuba Ora & Labora Road to Canterbury

Running a lean inventory business

Friday, January 6th, 2012 Posted in business | Comments Off

One of the biggest drains on capital and cash in a retail business is inventory.  Now, inventory comes in two parts for us - general gaming stock & accessories and packing materials.  With our gaming stock, we manage it as ...

FedEx and Free Shipping

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 Posted in business | Comments Off

As some of you might have heard; we decided to turn off Free Shipping via FedEx completely.  The reason was a simple financial one - it costs too much.   Aftera quick review, we realised that while most of the time ...

Year in Review : 2011

Sunday, January 1st, 2012 Posted in business | Comments Off

What a year, 2011 was our best year so far; with solid growth through most of it.   There were significant challenges throughout the year; but I continue to be grateful to all our customers who have made this possible. Sales & ...