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[Palmer_v1]

Just watched a pretty in depth review video. This game looks AMAZING. Definitely picking a copy up. But is Gen Con really the best place? I mean, I can get a copy for $50 or so instead of the list of...A lot more.

Same with really any game. Is there a "best place" to get boardgames?

Your LGS if you use their play area? Otherwise, it's hard to say. Lot of different sites have sales periodically, but you never know for sure.

 

[nicoga3000]

Your LGS if you use their play area? Otherwise, it's hard to say. Lot of different sites have sales periodically, but you never know for sure.

My LGS is run by a terrible human being, so I don't go there anymore.

 

[Palmer_v1]

My LGS is run by a terrible human being, so I don't go there anymore.

Fair enough. I'm fairly lucky to have a reall good store about 2 miles away, and then another 4-5 decent stores within 30 minutes. I never lack for events.

 

[Mr E.]

I've been watching Tabletop to get an idea of some of the games that have been mentioned. So far I'm thinking Sushi Go and King of Tokyo are games that can easily be played with my 9 year old, while also including my 6 year old albeit with help from mom and dad.

King of New York does look like the more "complete" game, but I think that's just too many additional mechanics for a 9 year old to handle, and definitely too many for a 6 year old to be able to participate at all.

Love Letter also seems like a pretty simple game to grasp and one that is portable enough to even play in the car on trips.
Thanks for these suggestions so far, and any additional ones will always be welcome.

Survive escape from Atlantis is a great game for the kids. Best with 4 or 2 players. A bit awkward with 3. Kids will love ganging up on dad.

 

[mre]

Survive escape from Atlantis is a great game for the kids. Best with 4 or 2 players. A bit awkward with 3. Kids will love ganging up on dad.

Or mom, right? Right?

I ended up ordering Sushi Go, Love Letters, and King of Tokyo. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

 

[Mr E.]

Or mom, right? Right?

I ended up ordering Sushi Go, Love Letters, and King of Tokyo. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

You've got some great choices there.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

So I saw the Runebound 3rd edition rumor...any other rumors/surprises for GenCon that people have heard?

I'm mapping out my vendor hall route now, and damnit the stuff I want in the order I want it in is super spread out.

 

[Deadstar]

This is a public service announcement.

If you have never played Cosmic Encounter. Play Cosmic Encounter. It's one of the best games I've ever played. It's just too much fun.

 

[-tetsuo-]

This is a public service announcement.

If you have never played Cosmic Encounter. Play Cosmic Encounter. It's one of the best games I've ever played. It's just too much fun.

Out of stock almost immediately on CSI. $50 on amazon but I need to get this REX order on CSI over $100!

 

[nicoga3000]

So I saw the Runebound 3rd edition rumor...any other rumors/surprises for GenCon that people have heard?

I'm mapping out my vendor hall route now, and damnit the stuff I want in the order I want it in is super spread out.

 

[antiquegamer]

Or mom, right? Right?

I ended up ordering Sushi Go, Love Letters, and King of Tokyo. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

In my household, dad always get all the "love", they are too afraid of mom wrath and rather pick on Dad. :/

 

[fenners]

In my household, dad always get all the "love", they are too afraid of mom wrath and rather pick on Dad. :/

Sounds oh so[i/] familiar. We had our first game of Survive! just the other night (my kids are 6 & 8). I had the lowest score by far.

 

[super-famicom]

Since Gen Con is this weekend, any word on an Amazon sale coming up? I'm itching to buy Splendor.

 

[Jumplion]

The PHB and the DMM is technically all you need. Wizards of the Coast has sn Elemental Evil PHB add on on their website with a few more races and spells but it's not at all necessary. There's a starter kit that for about 20 bucks that has a campaign if you want to do a pre made module but it shouldn't be too hard to tweak any campaigns from earlier versions.

I'll look into that. I'm mostly looking for campaigns to be lazy and focus more on the group since I'm not too experienced as a DM and most of my friends don't have too much experience with DnD.

Hey, awesome! Congrats on getting published!

Major congratulations on getting published

Thanks, it's pretty exciting. It feels weird trying to sneak in and be all "heeeyyy guys, I did a thing" but that's part of the living spambot portion of game dev that I need to get used to. It's been getting some pretty good reception so far, and even the negative reception feels nice because it's all "They're paying attention to me!". The game should be at the Breaking Games booth at GenCon, so anyone who's going there should definitely drop by and check it out.

 

[zulux21]

with gen con sales coming up soon I am gonna try to post some deals in this thread.

this isn't a gen con deal but Betrayal at House on the Hill is half off on coolstuffinc

 

[GiJoccin]

This is a public service announcement.

If you have never played Cosmic Encounter. Play Cosmic Encounter. It's one of the best games I've ever played. It's just too much fun.

game looks awesome, but cheapest on amazon is 60 bucks including shipping

and that one's not in stock, cheapest in stock is 80 bucks

 

[nicoga3000]

with gen con sales coming up soon I am gonna try to post some deals in this thread.

this isn't a gen con deal but Betrayal at House on the Hill is half off on coolstuffinc

Coolstuffinc will have a booth at Gen Con, right? Will they have prices like this on their games?

 

[fenners]

Coolstuffinc will have a booth at Gen Con, right? Will they have prices like this on their games?

Can't speak for GenCon, but at most cons, prices are usually full price with the odd special deal at particular booths & promos etc thrown in.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Cool stuff usually just sells at around their normal website prices at cons

 

[nicoga3000]

Cool stuff usually just sells at around their normal website prices at cons

So would Betrayal be $25 like now, or $50?

 

[fenners]

So would Betrayal be $25 like now, or $50?

Betrayal's a daily deal.

 

[Neverfade]

So would Betrayal be $25 like now, or $50?

Neither. B@HOTH usually runs about 34 on their site. The 25 is a further discount because of the daily deal.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Got a chance to play Impulse finally and it seems like that game can get wildly lopsided pretty quickly lol. I played against my friend and he explored basically nothing but command and build cards while I got a lot of trade, research and refine. Heart of the cards can definitely get you destroyed quick in this game. At least, that is what it feels like after one play.

 

[Gaming Truth]

Coolstuffinc will have a booth at Gen Con, right? Will they have prices like this on their games?

No. CSI will have a booth at the Con, will be cheaper than most other booths, but will be more expensive than their own website. Captive audience, my friend.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

No. CSI will have a booth at the Con, will be cheaper than most other booths, but will be more expensive than their own website. Captive audience, my friend.

However, I have wheeled and dealed with them at the booth. That works best late Saturday/anytime Sunday, though.

 

[BattleMonkey]

If you are in the US, it is kinda pointless to be buying anything from CSI while at Gencon, since you can usually get it cheaper online, and don't have to pay to ship it back home.

Only games I would pick up at Gencon are the new ones, exclusives, or crazy deals some booths offer on clearance products. Like TMG had $5 games last year

 

[ultron87]

Trying to get Flick Em Up, Codenames and Mysterium at Gen Con. Not enthusiastic about Mysterium because that is on like everyone's list and supposedly in short supply, but might as well try.

 

[nicoga3000]

If you are in the US, it is kinda pointless to be buying anything from CSI while at Gencon, since you can usually get it cheaper online, and don't have to pay to ship it back home.

Only games I would pick up at Gencon are the new ones, exclusives, or crazy deals some booths offer on clearance products. Like TMG had $5 games last year

Are there people selling used games or anything?

 

[BattleMonkey]

Are there people selling used games or anything?

There is the big auction room that is selling old stuff all day usually. Some vendors might carry some older games and such too, but not a ton. See more vendors that just have tons of stock on stuff they are trying to clear out for real cheap.

 

[nicoga3000]

There is the big auction room that is selling old stuff all day usually. Some vendors might carry some older games and such too, but not a ton. See more vendors that just have tons of stock on stuff they are trying to clear out for real cheap.

I just said screw and bought Mage Knight new with free 1 day shipping for $62 on Amazon Prime. I'll have it tomorrow.

 

[zulux21]

munchkin adventure time is $10.39 for prime members on amazon.

I'm tempted to get it as I love adventure time, but alas I already own like 5 sets of munchkin ><;

Coolstuffinc will have a booth at Gen Con, right? Will they have prices like this on their games?

as others have said the prices at gen con will be near retail. this time of year though a number of sites (amazon, coolstuf ect) tend to run a lot of sales on board games though, and those will be what I will post when I see them and am around. It is expected that sometime in the next 5 or so days amazon will run a decently sized board game sale.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

T-3 hours to Zaxby's! Then to our Gen Con hotel. I haven't had Zaxby's in so long...

 

[zulux21]

Unita Board Game 16.70 on amazon
disaster looms $5.06 amazon add on

 

[Lyng]

I am just gonna put it out there: Aquasphere is freaking amazing!

 

[The Xtortionist]

Wish I could go to GenCon to play in the VS System $10K Game looks super good to me...might pull me back into tabletop games after I quit a long CCG career in 2007. Is anyone from GAF checking out the game?

 

[nicoga3000]

Got my badge but skipped out on the Sun King tent. Line was huge and I'll be able to get the beer whenever I want.

 

[fenners]

Ignoring the cost of games, what's the average sort of cost for a hotel room (before splitting with folk) + gencon ticket these days? A few friends scattered around the country are suggesting it as a good meetup next year.

 

[nicoga3000]

Ignoring the cost of games, what's the average sort of cost for a hotel room (before splitting with folk) + gencon ticket these days? A few friends scattered around the country are suggesting it as a good meetup next year.

Rooms can run around 250-300 average a night depending on when and where you book. One year, we had like 8 people in a room and it cut costs down a LOT. A 4 day is like $99 after fees or whatever. So take that for what it's worth.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Ignoring the cost of games, what's the average sort of cost for a hotel room (before splitting with folk) + gencon ticket these days? A few friends scattered around the country are suggesting it as a good meetup next year.

For Gencon weekend at nearby hotel, you are likely going to spend 900-1000$

Indiana has really high hotel taxes and fees sadly, so it's an expensive con to go to unless you can split the room with multiple people. But toss in dining expenses, travel, and likely money you will spend on buying stuff, Gencon can be a pricey trip.

 

[Neverfade]

Did anyone stick with the Star Wars LCG? I think I'm going to get back into it.

 

[nicoga3000]

So a guy from out of state isn't able to make it to Gen Con and wants me to pick him up a few games and ship them to him. I'm happy to help him out as I'm close to the Con and don't have a huge pickup list myself. I've read that people charge a "finder's fee" for these sorts of services, but what should I be asking for here? I mean, I was thinking like $10-15, but is this a normal thing?

 

[joelseph]

I'm at the Hampton inn in the circle mall and its 180 something a night. Splitting with friends gets it down. Parking is 20 a day with ins and outs. Free breakfast. You could do even cheaper if you stay out near the airport. I would estimate you could do Gencon on a tight budget of 300 each if you avoided buying much on the floor.

 

[joeyjoejoeshabadoo]

Did anyone stick with the Star Wars LCG? I think I'm going to get back into it.

Netrunner has got it's hooks in me deep. I still have my copy, as well as a copy of Doomtown Reloaded, that just sort of sit there. I wish I had more time to play all three games since they all are pretty rad.

 

[joelseph]

So a guy from out of state isn't able to make it to Gen Con and wants me to pick him up a few games and ship them to him. I'm happy to help him out as I'm close to the Con and don't have a huge pickup list myself. I've read that people charge a "finder's fee" for these sorts of services, but what should I be asking for here? I mean, I was thinking like $10-15, but is this a normal thing?

If you are going out of your way to get the item I would consider a fee. If you are aready in line getting a copy for yourself I would just ship it.

I shipped Joey Firefly when it came out a couple years back!

 

[joelseph]

Did anyone stick with the Star Wars LCG? I think I'm going to get back into it.

I would sell you my collection for cheap. Sleeved up rarely played. Hit me up after the con if you are interested.

 

[joelseph]

Find me on the floor today! plan of attack is portal, gale force, upper deck. Entrepreneurs lane. Wearing a Black tee with a grey dog on the front.

 

[BattleMonkey]

I'm at the Hampton inn in the circle mall and its 180 something a night. Splitting with friends gets it down. Parking is 20 a day with ins and outs. Free breakfast. You could do even cheaper if you stay out near the airport. I would estimate you could do Gencon on a tight budget of 300 each if you avoided buying much on the floor.

Budgeting yourself at Gencon, kills most of the fun. It's a splurge fest

 

[nicoga3000]

Find me on the floor today! plan of attack is portal, gale force, upper deck. Entrepreneurs lane. Wearing a Black tee with a grey dog on the front.

You working the convention? I'll be down there tomorrow morning since I have to actually get a few things done at work today, ha.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Exhibit hall line pretty large already.

 

[Palmer_v1]

Mysterium sold out already. We have someone with a vendor badge in early. Big line at their booth immediately