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Title: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: stacer on June 27, 2004, 06:35:37 PM

So I think I like Settlers well enough to buy it. In fact, I want to buy it this week because I got a raise and promotion at work, and to celebrate, I'm inviting a few friends over to play Settlers. So, what would be the best place to get it? Through a link on amazon, I found Newspiel.com had it for $26, which is the cheapest I've seen so far. I'm wary of buying online from a site I'm unfamiliar with, though, but I don't want to spend 2 hours on public transportation to go find the game, so I figure what I would pay in higher retail prices, I'll just pay in shipping instead.

Any recommendations?

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: Spriggan on June 28, 2004, 03:15:47 AM

Amazon is good, especialy since you can get next day shipping form them where you are (heck you can even get sameday too).

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: stacer on June 29, 2004, 12:43:26 AM

Well, I ended up buying it from a game shop that happened to be on my bike ride home. Incidentally, it's just around the corner from the Hynes Convention Center, where WorldCon will be--not that you'll need to leave the con, I imagine, to get your fill of that kind of stuff.

Amazon had it for $35, compared to the $38 I paid, but with 2-day shipping it was going to be almost $50. The other sites that had it cheaper didn't have quick shipping, and I didn't want to wait for it because we're having a party Friday night.

So, because I had it in hand, after FHE one of my friends that loves it so much wanted to play. So we did. And lo, it was good.

I have to say, this is a good game to have on hand. Nobody ever wants to play the other games I have (Clue, Scrabble, Monopoly), but this one they like.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: Fellfrosch on June 29, 2004, 12:47:11 AM

You should check out Carcasonne. It's by the same guy (good old Klaus), and similar in some ways, but wildly different in others. I think I like it even more than Settlers.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 29, 2004, 09:15:32 AM

and BOTH have Mormon versions!

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: Dex1138 on August 27, 2004, 11:13:07 AM

(ok bit of necro-posting)

Hey Stacy! Was that the Compleat Strategist you went to? I've been going there since I could drive, back in the days before large book chains carried gaming stuff and comic specialty shops.
There's also http://www.yourmovegames.com/ in Somerville which is very T friendly.

For online buying I've used http://www.gamersattic.com/ they have decent prices.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a game online
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on August 31, 2004, 11:47:49 PM

compleat stratagist is a good mail order house....