Deals and Steals

The Hardcover Pirate Borg is on Amazon for $30 right now. Very tempted.

The URL thing appears to be sort of broken.

3D Printed Pumpkin Monster FREE: preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3335...able-pumpkin-monster

There's a Humble Bundle for a bunch of Steam boardgames from Dire Wolf for $18:

www.humblebundle.com/games/board-game-ni...wolf-digital-friends

Some of the best board games of recent years are coming to your digital domain in this eclectic bundle from some of the finest purveyors out there! Whether you’re in the mood for breezy beer and pretzels gaming or chunky competitive strategy, this bundle has an exquisitely crafted digital board game for you. Choose a faction and conquer Arrakis by any means necessary in Dune: Imperium. Create an efficient engine of avian productivity in the bird-tastic Wingspan. Turn the red planet green with fancy tech and deft dealings in Terraforming Mars. Get 9 games total (plus some DLC) and help support the World Wildlife Fund with your purchase![

Does anybody remember Ares magazine from the '80s? There is a pdf bundle of the entire 17 issue run now available for $4.99. Why should you care about Ares magazine? Because it was published by TSR and SPI and featured a new playable board game in every issue, complete with maps and tokens.

archive404.com/products/ares-magazine?pr...80317&pr_seq=uniform

Wow, right when I clicked that link, there's Ragnarok. I forgot I had that game. I never even had anyone to play it with. I just thought it was cool.

I was late to the party and only bought two of the later issues of Ares back in the day. Nightmare House is an amazing looking game with a precarious game balance that usually led to one side or the other quickly gaining an unbeatable lead. A friend of mine was a big fan of Poul Anderson traded some good stuff to get issue #16 from me, so I only got to play High Crusade once. Here's a link to a cover gallery and list of included games, at uh some other site: boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Ares_Magazine

The GMT sale is coming up. Here is a buyer's guide:
insidegmt.com/buyers-guide-to-gmts-2024-fall-sale/

moontcraft.com/collections/board-games

UPDATE: DON'T buy from them, I think it's a scam, I am canceling / disputing my order. I should have checked into it more carefully with prices like that.

Shellhead wrote: I was late to the party and only bought two of the later issues of Ares back in the day. Nightmare House is an amazing looking game with a precarious game balance that usually led to one side or the other quickly gaining an unbeatable lead. A friend of mine was a big fan of Poul Anderson traded some good stuff to get issue #16 from me, so I only got to play High Crusade once. Here's a link to a cover gallery and list of included games, at uh some other site: boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Ares_Magazine

I bought the Ares bundle last night. I was nervous because it took 90 minutes for them to send me the link to the download, which was about 89 minutes longer than I expected. I reached out to customer support and got no response, then I posted on their Facebook ad page. Anyway, I did receive the download, it is quite complete, and includes all the full-color maps for the game maps and tokens, which is an amazing deal for $5.

PM Press has all of their ebooks for $2 with the code "read"

I just bought a couple of coloring books for my iPad:

Off with Their Heads: An Antifascist Coloring Book for Adults of All Ages (e-Book)

Beneath the Pavement the Garden: An Anarchist Coloring Book for All Ages (e-Book)

I am going to use this to paint my el cheapo 2014 Thinkpad:

pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=260

Shellhead wrote:

Shellhead wrote: I was late to the party and only bought two of the later issues of Ares back in the day. Nightmare House is an amazing looking game with a precarious game balance that usually led to one side or the other quickly gaining an unbeatable lead. A friend of mine was a big fan of Poul Anderson traded some good stuff to get issue #16 from me, so I only got to play High Crusade once. Here's a link to a cover gallery and list of included games, at uh some other site: boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Ares_Magazine

I bought the Ares bundle last night. I was nervous because it took 90 minutes for them to send me the link to the download, which was about 89 minutes longer than I expected. I reached out to customer support and got no response, then I posted on their Facebook ad page. Anyway, I did receive the download, it is quite complete, and includes all the full-color maps for the game maps and tokens, which is an amazing deal for $5.

The temptation to buy this and make artisanal copies of the games with wooden blocks and cubes is very strong.

Only $850 for the 20th anniversary edition of War of the Ring with all three expansions! And it’ll never ever be reprinted. They promise.

www.aresgames.eu/36734

DarthJoJo wrote: Only $850 for the 20th anniversary edition of War of the Ring with all three expansions! And it’ll never ever be reprinted. They promise.

www.aresgames.eu/36734

That is certainly a steal, but I fear that gamers will be the victims.