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New Board Games: May 11, 2012

Friday, May 11th, 2012 Posted in general | Comments Off

New Board Games: Food Fight : Snack Attack Dust Tactics : SSU Command Squad Dust Tactics : Operation Zverograd Dust Tactics : SSU Airborne Transport Dust Tactics : SSU NKVD Close Combat Squad Dust Tactics : SSU NKVD Battle Squad Alcatraz : The Scapegoat Top-A-Top Savage Worlds : 50 ...

New Board Games: April 19th, 2012

Thursday, April 19th, 2012 Posted in general, new releases | Comments Off

New Board Games: Warhammer Invasion LCG : Rising Dawn The Penny Arcade DBG : Rumble in R'lyeh Dust Warfare Core Rulebook Pathfinder : Midgard Bestiary Ultra Pro Deck Box - Solid Green Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Movie Starter Set

Limited-Edition Gaming Art Posters

Thursday, March 29th, 2012 Posted in general | Comments Off

We've recently been given the opportunity to bring in a number of limited edition gaming art posters by a new Canadian company, Geek Prints. Their current line includes 5 images by 3 local artists, each of which comes as a ...

GottaCon 2012 Con Report

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 Posted in general | 3 Comments »

What an amazing weekend. GottaCon 2012 took place between February 3 - 5, 2012 in Victoria and it was packed. A lot of gaming (and selling for us) happened throughout the weekend and we had a lot of fun catching ...

New and Restocked Games: November 15th, 2011

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 Posted in general | Comments Off

New Games: Claustrophobia: De Profundis Fog of War: Strike of the Eagle Mansions of Madness: 'Til Death Do Us Part Quebec Sultans of Karaya Vizia Restocked Games: The Ares Project Cash 'n Guns Earth Reborn A Few Acres of Snow Mr. Jack Scotland Yard Scrabble Space Alert

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 ...

New: Wednesday Sales

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 Posted in general, site updates | Comments Off

In an effort to make room for some of the exciting new stock we have coming in, and to showcase some good games that have not gotten the attention they deserve, Starlit will be holding a small weekly sale every ...

New and Restocked Board Games: September 15th, 2011

Thursday, September 15th, 2011 Posted in general, new releases | Comments Off

New Games: The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus The Adventurers: Pyramid of Horus Miniatures The Ares Project Bears! Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game Galapa Go! No Retreat! Order of the Stick Adventure Game: Deluxe Edition Space Empires 4x Talisman: Dragon Expansion Restocked Games: 7 Wonders Alhambra: City Gates Expansion Apples to Apples Party ...

New and Restocked Games: September 7th, 2011

Thursday, September 8th, 2011 Posted in general, new releases | Comments Off

New Games: Crappy Birthday Dust Tactics Core Set (Revised) Dust Tactics Unit Card Upgrade Pack Elder Sign Fantasy Flight Supply Plastic Stands Gears of War: The Board Game Gnome Crystals Guards! Guards! Lord of the Rings LCG: Journey to Rhosgobel Nitro Dice Quest: A Time of Heroes Tannhauser: Iroh Minamonto Figure Tannhauser: Shogunate ...

Bestsellers & Pre-Orders Games for September

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 Posted in general | Comments Off

The latest bestsellers and pre-orders games list have gone up on the site. A surprising number of Lord of the Rings Adventure Packs sold last month; and we have excluded all accessories since otherwise, they'd dominate the list (in terms ...