Tin makes me feel special...

I'm liking how lots of new games are coming out in collectible tin cases and are still super cheap - Mosaix for 12 bucks and Forbidden Island for around 16.  Kinda makes me feel like that woman on the Ikea commercial....

Out-of-print find and a new place to blow a pay cheque...

This weekend I was in Toronto for a conference (no, not a gaming conference, that's in two weeks) and I was wandering through the monstrously large underground mall below the downtown businesses on Bay Street.  This enormous path of stores connects the Eaton Centre all the way through to Union Station.  Well, let me tell you, nothing makes me happier in life than stumbling upon a new toy store - ESPECIALLY one with a table of German games on sale outside the door!  The great little store I found is called GameTrek and you can check them out here.  I've scoured BGG for stores in downtown Toronto and they never came up.

Upon scouring their shelves, I found a battered, open-but-unpunched copy of the out-of-print tile game Toscana.  Jackpot!  They even gave me 50% off as the box had been through the wringer.  Great service.  Definitely a store worth checking out if you're in town and they seem to be located directly underneath the Fairmont Royal York, if you happen to be in TO.

This seems timely...

(Via the article at Metro.co.uk...)

Bargain basement find of the year...

I made a pretty amazing find in a second hand store this week - the Starducks edition of Poisson d'Avril, a long lost East German game from 1983! The Starducks version was the American release from the late 80's. Poisson is one of the most sought after games on BGG since the warehouse containing most of the original copies burned down before it was actually released. Wow.

I really wonder how much I'll be able to sell this for as it's practically unplayable without the expansion, unfortunately. And I doubt I'll be lucky enough to find a copy of that....

RELATED: Looks like Queen is considering a card game version.