Thrift store games you buy just for the components
Tim K.
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Inspired by a comment from Drew1365 here:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/14516/page/2
These are games that you pick up from thrift stores only because there are some components in the game that prove useful for other gaming needs.
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Marshall
United States
Phoenix
Arizona
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The version of UPWORDS with the 10x10 board has tile that are just the right size for replacement 1999 ACQUIRE tile. However, two UPWORDS tile need to be stacked to equal the thickness of an ACQUIRE tile. The other advantage of the 10x10 version of UPWORDS tile, is that they do not have reinforcements in the corners - so they fit better on the ACQUIRE board.
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Jim Jackson
United States
Amity
Pennsylvania
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When your homemade zombie game needs a little flair, why not include a cool bow-huntin' redneck token. These are quite awesome. The special d6 also has four "harvest" sides and "two" miss sides for other ideas.
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Jim Jackson
United States
Amity
Pennsylvania
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Don't pass this one up either. Check out the plastic bullets that'll get your average everyday public-schooler "zero-toleranced" out of school.
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Board Game: Polygon
[Average Rating:5.96 Unranked]
Mark Brown
United States
North Liberty
Iowa
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49 thin, stickered, stackable black plastic hexagons. A 5x5 quad-fold hexagonal board. And a 3/4" three-color d6. Throw in a repurposable scorepad and a sturdy 11" square by 2 1/4" high box, and what's not to like?
I bought my copy for $2.38 at Goodwill.
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Watch out for the
Sweden
Help, I'm being held prisoner in an overtext typing facility! I don't have much time, they could find out at any m
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6 wooden pawns and a coloured die in the same six colours used in many other Ravensburger games, including Quips.
Also some random tiles and boards.
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Matt Loscutoff
United States
Sacramento
California
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Found new cardholder in thrift store.
think it will be good for FLUXX.
Matt
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Board Game: Candy
[Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
Jim Jackson
United States
Amity
Pennsylvania
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I paid $.50 for this box of wooden candy pieces. It comes with three wooden color d6s and a very nice playmat.
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Chris Halaska
United States
Eugene
Oregon
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Many, many, many pawn stands (stopped counting at 40) — all dark blue.
Lots of little round chits (stopped counting at 40).
Beaucoup de cardboard tokens to go into the pawn stands (didn't bother counting, but there were way more than, you guessed it, 40).
Much paper money, in obscene colors, in denominations from 50 to 1,000,000, with blank backs. (The equivalent of a couple of stacks of Monopoly money.)
A four section board, each section 12.5" square.
One die.
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Matt Loscutoff
United States
Sacramento
California
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Found this edition which has a great card boot. (at backside of board)
good for Fluxx or other card games of choice.
Lucked out & got it for less than 40 cents at GW outlet.
UPDATE - after playing FURY OF DRACULA 
where the event cards are
dealt from the bottom of the deck
- this would be great!
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Jerri Mullis
United States
Aurora
Colorado
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This game is has a vast array if different type of pawns that is great for rebuilding other games, small dice cups and dice. Many times found for only a buck or two.
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Jerri Mullis
United States
Aurora
Colorado
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I just picked up one that had almost 60 of the older style glass marble, some have the plastic marbles. Good for replacements in "other" games.
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Alex vdTol
United States
Grandville
Michigan
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you, now remain in my love. You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. -- Jesus Christ
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I've been picking these up lately because it has a quad-fold board with sections of about 7" x 10", so it fits 4 8 1/2 x 11" printouts perfectly with some trimming. I spray paint the box black, and boom ... instant box and board for a PnP project. It's perfect for The Legend of Robin Hood
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Watch out for the
Sweden
Help, I'm being held prisoner in an overtext typing facility! I don't have much time, they could find out at any m
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Very similar to 4 First Games, this Ravensburger has six wooden pawns, a colour die, and several coloured cardboard chips in the six colours.
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Watch out for the
Sweden
Help, I'm being held prisoner in an overtext typing facility! I don't have much time, they could find out at any m
I'm that weirdo whose number of badges sold prior to yesterday Bail Organa is keeping track of
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These will obviously often have pawns for Pachisi, Chinese Checkers or even Halma, Chess and Checkers pieces, one or more dice, and various other types of winks, pegs or tokens.
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Richard Ngo
United States
San Diego
California
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The 4 metal ships are awesome minis and worth the $2-$4 you see this game for. I use them for Risk LOTR Trilogy ed. The 4 ships matches perfectly with the colors of the 4 armies and I used them as flavor to mark where I am doing a sea invasion. My advice: buy this game where ever you see if it its under $3, take the ships and use them in all your war games. I offer the rest of the bits as spares on the spare parts list.
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Excellent fodder for table top miniature gamers.
8 nice pewter figures for skirmish games:
And some nifty ships for space fleet games:
Plus some great metal tokens. Sadly, only five of these...
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It might be hard to find this European trivia game in French in most locations, but if you do, crack it open and see if the movers are inside. Absolutely wonderful bits:
Just a shade too large for Formula Dé, but usable for such if you don't expect a mess of clumping.
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Cindy Nowak
United States
Kenosha
Wisconsin
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Not often seen - but enough that I found a copy. This game has 120 boy/girl meeples in a rainbow of colors
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Jerri Mullis
United States
Aurora
Colorado
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This has a cool turn spinner called "The Decider" that could be used in a variety of games.
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Dean Goodmanson
United States
Port Edwards
Wisconsin
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This comes with *210* stackable opaque pyramids in 4 colors, and a couple decks of cards.
I bought a copy for the parts but ended up sending it to a friend who liked Sequence.
Relevant Parts list from the forums:
2x poker decks (touche design) with 2 jokers and 1 "extra joker" in each;
60x yellow pyramids;
60x purple pyramids;
60x blue pyramids;
30x black pyramids.
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Jerri Mullis
United States
Aurora
Colorado
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I picked this one up for the skeleton as it will make a nice replacement for a missing one from our old Barnabus Collins set. This is the set made by Pavilion It also has a nice base unit that I could see being made into an alter, the hangmans tree, 2 writing tablets and 2 tablet pencils. I am hoping to find several of these to have an expanded set for family gatherings. (It was one of our favorite games growing up).
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Posted Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:32 am
St Louis
Missouri
For those who usually start the thrift finds of the week - Perhaps that list can be added to the tagged lists before each week's list ? (In the section with the find of the week, highest ranked item, etc)
Maple Grove
Minnesota
Aberdeen
Washington
[i]"insert 'Rod'-A into 'slot'-B for [b]'Z'-fun!"
Kenesaw
Nebraska
I've been wanting to thrift those for the little triangles. But I've never seen it cheaper than $4 and I'm not paying $4 for 6 pies and triangles.
Port Edwards
Wisconsin