Starlit Citadel

Price changes

Some of you have probably expected this, but we have had to raise the prices of some of our product lines and will have to raise prices of others very soon.  Specifically, this has/is going to effect:

• Days of Wonders (prices already increased)
• Avalon Hill (prices already increased)
• Fantasy Flight Games (will be increased)

With both the Canadian Dollar and increased cost of shipping for us, we have had our margins squeezed for the last few months.  When we were forced to go with Alliance for DoW and AH exclusively, we realised that we might be facing even higher cost.  We held off on any price increases till we could see the actual results, and it was, as we feared, a substantial increase in our cost.  We have received a worst discount rate with Alliance as well as incurring double our shipping cost.  The minimal price increases we have instituted will allow us to make a bare margin until we are able to work out a way to reduce shipping cost further.  If we are unable to, we will have to raise prices even further.

As for Fantasy Flight, they have instituted an entire line increase.  The cost for the games have increased for us, and we will be passing the costs on once we have run all our old stock of the games out (or when the price changes come into affect).  For more information, check out their website directly.

We hope that this is the last of the price increases for a while, but if the Loonie grows substantially weaker, we will be forced to increase our prices.

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New stock and inventory

Hi all,

Some new board games have been added.  We had a small shipment come in, so nothing major - just games like R-Eco, Stack Market and Bean Trader.  Expect a lot more games to come into stock next week as our orders this week start arriving then.

Tao

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Site maintenance

As an FYI, the site will not be reachable for site maintenance starting at 8pm PST.  We are hoping that it only takes 20 minutes, but if not, the site will be available from 11pm PST at the latest.

If there are any issues with orders, do please contact us and we will be happy to help you.

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September newsletter

Some exciting news including new game accessories, even more board games and a quick report on Anime Evolution and other upcoming events.

Game Accessories
We have some great dice, dice bags and card sleeves stocked on Starlit Citadel. Right now, we have over 50 products in there, but if there are more dice sets, counters or boxes you are looking for, do tell us. We are always looking for feedback.

Site update
Just a minor update on the site. We have changed how the front page looks, so we hope you like it. It should be easier to navigate to new games in-stock. We have also added a slew of games for you to express interest in in the pre-order section of our website. With our new product notification system, you won’t even have to pay for the games to express interest in them but it will let us know how much to stock.

Events
Anime Evolution 2008 was a ton of fun. We have a blog post with photographs at the Convention. We had a ton of fun and are looking forward to next year.

We will be attending V-Con 34 on October 3 - 5, 2008 in Surrey this year. For V-Con, we will hosting demos and bringing our games along for con-goers to play, so do drop by if you can make it during that weekend.

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Anime Evolution contest winner

We would like to congratulate Micah Iwaasa for correctly guessing the total retail cost of the board games we were giving away. Micah - do contact us to arrange for pick-up of your games.

Micah was one (1) of three (3) participants who correctly guessed the total retail cost of the board games - $319.94 - priced at only $200 on our site. That’s a a discount of 38%! .

We would like to thank all of you who participated and visited our booth. Do visit our website to check out the other 500 board games we have in stock that we could not bring to Anime Evolution. We will see you all next year we hope!

Tao and Alison
Starlit Citadel

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Finalists for the 2008 International Gamers Awards Announced

The International Gamers Awards committee is extremely proud to announce the finalists for the 2008 IGA in the General Strategy category. Games released from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 are eligible for consideration.

This complete list of this year’s nominees includes:

GENERAL STRATEGY GAMES - Multi Player category

Agricola
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher: Lookout Games and Z-Man Games

Brass
Designer: Martin Wallace
Publisher: Warfrog

Hamburgum
Designer: Max Gerdts
Publisher: Eggert-Spiele & Rio Grande Games

In the Year of the Dragon
Designer: Stefan Feld
Publishers: Alea & Rio Grande Games

Kingsburg
Designers: Andrea Chiarvesio & Luca Iennaco
Publishers: Elfinwerks, Stratelibri & Fantasy Flight Games

Pandemic
Designer: Matt Leacock
Publisher: Z-Man Games & Pegasus

Race for the Galaxy
Designer: Tom Lehmann
Publishers: Rio Grande Games, Abacus Spiel & Ystari

Stone Age
Designer: Michael Tummelhofer
Publisher: Hans im Glück & Rio Grande Games

Tinner’s Trail
Designer: Martin Wallace
Publishers: Treefrog & JKLM Games

Tribune
Designer: Karl-Heinz Schmiel
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games & Heidelberger Spieleverlag

GENERAL STRATEGY GAMES - 2 Player category

1960: The Making of the President
Designer: Christian Leonhard & Jason Matthews
Publisher: Z-Man Games

Cold War: CIA vs. KGB
Designers: David Rakoto & Sebastien Gigaudaut
Publisher: Fantasty Flight Games & Pro Ludo

Power & Weakness
Designer: Andreas Steding
Publisher: JKLM Games & MOD Games

Perry Rhodan: Die Kosmische Hanse
Designer: Heinrich Glumpler
Publishers: Kosmos

Tzaar
Designer: Kris Burm
Publishers: Rio Grande Games & SMART

The IGA has also announced the nominations for its Historical Simulations category. They are:

1914 Twlight in the East
Designer: Michael Resch
Publisher: GMT

Asia Engulfed
Designers: Jesse Evans & Rick Young
Publisher: GMT

ASL Starter Kit #3
Designer: Ken Dunn
Publisher MMP

Case Blue
Designer: Dean Essig
Publisher: MMP/The Gamers

Combat Commander: Mediterranean
Designer: Chad Jensen
Publisher GMT

Corps Command: Totensonntag
Designer: Peter Bogdasarian
Publisher: Lock ‘n’ Load

Glory III
Designer: Richard Berg
Publisher: GMT

Marne 1918: Freidensturm
Designers: Nicholas Rident and Thomas Pouchin
Publisher: Hexasim

Napoleon’s Triumph
Designer: Bowen Simmons
Publisher: Simmons Games

Talavera
Designers: Andres Fager, Elias Nordling & Jerry Mawne
Publisher: MMP

Tide of Iron
Designers: Chrisitian Petersen, Corey Konieczka & John Goodenough
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

World at War: Eisenbach Gap
Designer: Mark Walker
Publisher: Lock ‘n’ Load

For a detailed look at the nominated games, as well as the committee members and their qualifications, please visit the International Gamers Awards website at:

http://www.internationalgamersawards.net

The International Gamers Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world. The goal is to give greater exposure for these wonderful games to more and more people and help spread the word of the “wonderful world of gaming” on a global scale.

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Stock updates and new stock

We updated the stock inventory after our sales on Anime Evolution, so everything should be back to normal and orders are shipping immediately. Sorry about any delay that might have occured!

The good news is that we have 4 more copies of Agricola in than originally expected, leaving us with a total of 5 copies left. Sadly, that is all that we expect to get before the next print run.

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Anime Evolution and shipping!

Hi all,

Wow. 2 full days from 8am to 9pm on Saturday and another 9 hour shift on our feet and we’re all dead on our feet. Our thanks for our friends who helped on both days to keep both myself and Alison from ending on the floor.

Overall, Anime Evolution was fun though the rain on Sunday made it all very wet. But a nice, big gym for the vendor’s room helped greatly. Some initial photographs for your viewing pleasure below.

One last thing - working with the new Logistics company has added a new twist to running conventions. So on that note, we might be a day or two late shipping our orders out as they put back into stock everything we returned and have to review the stock list again. Our apologies if your orders go out late!

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Anime Evolution weekend

We’re off for AnimeEv!

Wish us luck. And if you’re around, do give us a shout.

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Merlin’s Company and more stock

We just received our copies of Merlin’s Company Expansion as well restocked the original Shadows over Camelot base game and the Company of Knights miniatures. Furthermore, we also got in a few new games so check out the new releaes and back in stock page.

And don’t forget, we still have Agricola in-stock!

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