Memoirs of a Board Gamer

Here's Stephen Roney's latest shipment. Way to get into the spirit and give the gift of games! There some excellent choices in there. I hope you enjoy the games you are keeping and adding to your collection on your quest for 400 games.

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This is actually three orders (mostly Time Well Spent, but two games from each ofBoards and Bits and NewSpiel). A mixture of items to give as gifts and games for myself.

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Games, Boardgames, Eurogames

Mr. Ekted's latest haul. I love the artwork of Mission Red Planet. The Victorian steam look is very appealing. I'm a big Himalaya fan also. Cutting the delegates and yaks from the sprues is a pain...but the game is great fun.

Here is John's shipment. Looks like a lot of great games. Do you normally purchase from German stores and have them shipped to Australia?

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This is my order from Magnus-Spiele:

• Two copies of Bamboleo kleeblatt (one for me, one gift) at €28 each
• Igel Argern for €12,50
• Rumis (German edition) for €22
• Diamant (first edition) for €13
• Cartagena for €12
• Asterix & Obelix for €10
• Gelb Gewinnt! for €7
• Ursuppe extension for €13
• Schicki Micki for €6.

That's a lot of my Christmas shopping done! Air mail shipping from Germany to Australia was €58, bringing the total cost to $A354. Given that the kleeblatts are unavailable in Australia and would cost $A120 each if I could get them, this was a pretty good deal.

Manila - $31
Thurn & Taxis - $21.50
Kreta - $29.50
Masons - $25.75

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Games, Boardgames, Eurogames, Game Night

Here's a picture of my most recent order, a big splurge after our income tax refund. As you can tell, we're stocking up on children's games, even though our kids aren't yet old enough to play them all. I recently did a GeekList on HABA games, which yielded a lot of good input. I purchased them from Time Well Spent, which seems to have one of the best selection of children's games.

Akaba - Haba                    New 	1	$ 28.50
Animal Upon Animal - Haba       New 	1	$ 13.75
Crafty Badger - Haba            New 	1	$ 12.50
Dancing Eggs - Haba             New 	1	$ 13.95
Highly Suspect! - Haba          New 	1	$ 27.95
Karambolage - Haba              New 	1	$ 11.95
Kayanak - Haba                  New 	1	$ 23.95
Keep It Steady! - Haba          New 	1	$ 9.95
Little Sparrow - Haba           New 	1	$ 9.95
Mouse in the House - Haba       New 	1	$ 11.50
Pete the Pirate - Haba          New 	1	$ 27.95
Sac Noir - Rio Grande           New 	1	$ 56.75
Schloss Schlotterstein - Haba   New 	1	$ 26.95
Take It Easy (6 player version)
	- Ravensburger, USA    New 	1	$ 14.50
The Ladybugs' Costume Party
	- Selecta              New 	1	$ 29.00

Subtotal                                      $ 319.10

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Boardgames, Eurogames

I ordered a small package from playme.defor our gaming group. The order was placed on Tue, 21 Mar and the package arrived on Tue, 4 Apr. There were a total of nine people participating.

Prices converted to USD using the exchange rate of Wed, 5 Apr 2006.

  1 x AMAZONAS                        (for me)       21,40 EUR =   $26,24
  1 x BAUSACK                                        33,95 EUR =   $41,63
  1 x CARCASSONNE: DIE BURG                          12,20 EUR =   $14,96
  1 x CHINA + Erweiterung                            18,44 EUR =   $22,61
  2 x DIABOLO                         (one for me)   11,90 EUR =   $14,59
  1 x DIE PYRAMIDEN DES JAGUAR                        5,95 EUR =    $7,30
  1 x DOS RIOS                        (for me)       25,45 EUR =   $31,21
  1 x FJORDE                          (for me)       13,44 EUR =   $16,48
  1 x GARGON                                          5,75 EUR =    $7,05
  1 x GULO GULO                                      19,89 EUR =   $24,39
  1 x INDONESIA                                      59,95 EUR =   $73,51
  1 x LOST VALLEY                                    19,95 EUR =   $24,46
  1 x LOUIS XIV                                      13,94 EUR =   $17,09
  1 x METALLURGIE                                     7,45 EUR =    $9,14
  1 x OLTRE MARE                                     19,95 EUR =   $24,46
  1 x PHOENIX                                         9,95 EUR =   $12,20
  1 x RA                                             27,50 EUR =   $33,72
  1 x RICOCHET ROBOTS                 (for me)       19,95 EUR =   $24,46
  1 x SHIT!                                           4,95 EUR =    $6,07
  2 x THURN UND TAXIS                                41,90 EUR =   $51,38
  1 x UBONGO                                         24,59 EUR =   $30,15
  1 x VOM KAP BIS KAIRO                               4,95 EUR =    $6,07

                                      Sub-Total     423,40 EUR =  $519,17
                                      Shipping       13,00 EUR =   $15,94
                                      Total         436,40 EUR =  $535,11

Four hundred euros is the standard size for our orders. Except for the previous one: In November we had a 840 EUR ($1000) shipment that arrived in two boxes. No pictures of that one available, unfortunately :)

BGG user ID: oskari
Helsinki, Finland

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Boardgames, Eurogames

I had a couple of checks roll in last week, and made a big order from www.boardsandbits.com. The extra Ys, Carcassonne River II, and Maestrom expansion are for my friend Brad.

-Joel Abbott
Marietta, Georgia
BGG: triplestep

2 x Carcassonne: The River II $7.78
1 x Castle $9.99
1 x Corruption $10.99
1 x Coyote $22.99
1 x Democrazy $14.99
1 x Diabolo $9.99
1 x DragonsGold $13.99
1 x Fairy Tale $10.99
1 x Family Business - New Edition $6.99
1 x Hey, That's My Fish! $15.99
1 x Il Principe $23.49
1 x Im Auftrag Des Königs $9.99
1 x Lucca Citta $6.69
1 x Maelstrom Expansion Pack $5.99
1 x Mamma Mia! $8.49
1 x Oltremare: Merchants of Venice $25.99
1 x Sticheln $8.99
1 x Vom Kap bis Kairo $6.89
1 x Word Jam $6.99
2 x Ys $59.98
1 x Spin-4-It - Free w/Order Over $50

Sub-Total $288.18
Tax $.00
Shipping Cost $10.00
Handling Fee $.00
Total $298.18

This is the first post in the new Shipments Topic. I'm collecting images of game shipments that people receive. The next time you experience the joy of unpacking that box that came in the mail, take a picture and email it to me (details in the Shipments Topic) with some text and I'll post it here.

From ThoughtHammer.com.

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1 x Rat-a-tat Cat = $6.50 (for Rich)
1 x Qwitch = $6.99 (for Rich)
2 x Pick Picknic = $22.76 (for Rich)
1 x For Sale = $10.34 (for me)
2 x Hive: Second Edition = $44.92 (for Keith)
2 x Ingenious = $45.44 (1 for Rich and 1 for me)
1 x Lord of the Rings = $34.97 (for Rich)
1 x China = $24.12 (for me)
1 x Mesopotamia = $29.25 (for me)

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Sub-Total: $225.29
Shipping: $0.00
Total: $225.29