Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 29 September - 5 October 2008
myles
United States
Mustang
Oklahoma
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD !!!
100 geek gold and this is all I get? :p
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These lists may start empty but as always: add your items.
Put in what you consider a bargain, tell us how much you paid and the place you got it from. Bargains can be thrift store finds or any second-hand purchases or discounted games bought new.
Don't forget to add your encounters with the Thrift Store Irritant Squad™ and any other embellishments in order to make it even more interesting.
Last week's list:
Check out the quality and quantity of last week's loot.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/35047
The Thrift Find of the Week:
Admire the selections of the all-knowing and infallible judges of thrift.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/27970
The Thrift & Bargain Dumpster™:
Is there treasure to be found among dead rats and ungames?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/34342
Strange bonuses in thrift purchases:
Find something unexpected in a thrift purchase? Share your stories here.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/20949
Our GeekGuild:
The Ancient and Loyal Order of Thrifters.
Enter the halls of thriftdom at your own risk. Do mind the stacks of prized games. Don't mention the musty smell and try not to sneeze. Be sure to bow before our King Krazygit I, and pay your due respects to previous Kings EvilTimmy I and Blackwind I.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/193
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Lawrence Spode
United States
Mount Airy
Maryland
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Found this at a toy swap for $4. The rules don't sound very interesting to me but it seems to get positive comments so I will give it a shot.
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Board Game: Tycoon
[Average Rating:6.80 Overall Rank:2167]
Peter Vandenbroeck
Belgium
Sint-Truiden
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I won an auction on eBay this weekend for this game:
2,99 € for a brand new game, still shrinkwrapped.
I 've read a few reviews here on the geek, and just couldn't leave it there.
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Mark Rivera
United Kingdom
LUCHADOR!
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Snagged this on ebay for £1.00!!
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G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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Double nine set in tin. $1.00.
Missing rules and hub (but no matter.) I've wanted to go beyond double six, or even just to get a nice, heavy set. This does the trick and is at just the right price. My other, old, set is a light 99 cent set.
Deseret Industries, Chula Vista.
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G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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Pokemon set. $1.00. Deseret Industries, Chula Vista.
I've got a little Poke-monster at home, so it's for him to get bored with.
I'll probably throw it in with a Pokemon Master Trainer, Pokemon Monopoly and sell it at Xmas time.
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G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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In a bag with other cardgames, so I'll say 25 cents. Planeswalker Deck. Sealed.
Goodwill, San Diego.
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Board Game: Poker
[Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:863]
G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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In a bag with other cardgames, so I'll say 25 cents. Sealed.
Goodwill, San Diego.
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Board Game: Poker
[Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:863]
G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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In a bag with other cardgames, so I'll say 25 cents. Sealed.
Goodwill, San Diego.
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G. Gomez
United States
Chula Vista
California
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In a bag with other cardgames, so I'll say 25 cents. Sealed.
Goodwill, San Diego.
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Stephen Glenn
United States
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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My wife asked me to drop her off to get her nails done. This meant I could visit some thrift stores while waiting. I found this for $1.98. I didn't have time to check it but for $1.98 I was willing to take a chance. When I got home I found all cards (yes, all 378), minis, etc. in great condition and complete.
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robert cabrera
United States
Chesterfield
Virginia
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Got this at a yard sale for $1.00, the best part though...it was unplayed,unopened and unpunched.
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Patrick Korner
Canada
Coquitlam
British Columbia
Stop poking me! Ow! I mean it! That hurts!
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Three finds to report, starting with the edition shown of Canasta Caliente, which I suspect I purchased solely to show solidarity of spirit with poor Dannysland, who now has to look at Turista Nacional every day. Si!
1.99 and possibly worth it for no other reason than the rotating card tray - which might actually be hellishly annoying in practice, but who can tell?
Oh yeah, Value Village again.
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Patrick Korner
Canada
Coquitlam
British Columbia
Stop poking me! Ow! I mean it! That hurts!
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Next up this piece of eBait, which will get put up for sale in about a month or so, along with everyone else's, thus guaranteeing depressed prices and grumpy thrifters. Q.E.D.
I'm not actually that cranky this morning, but I seem to be channeling an inner grump. Might be because I'm still suffering flashbacks to the horrid encounter I had with the Irritant Squad, in the form of a lady with, um, a very large caboose, in white stretch pants, parked in front of the games shelves, with two rugrats running around picking games off the shelf and flinging them at each other. The horror, the horror...
Oh yeah. 3.99 (pricy!) at VV.
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Patrick Korner
Canada
Coquitlam
British Columbia
Stop poking me! Ow! I mean it! That hurts!
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But just to show there's always a silver lining, I end my tale with this, a very nice condition purple box (very few dents, which is amazing for the flimsy cardboard) with a complete set inside. These still sell ok, even with the market flooded with reprints, probably thanks to nostalgia or the safety police having nerfed the strength of the catapults in the new version or somthing.
Also 3.99 at VV.
pk
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Nick Cooper
United Kingdom
Stoke-On-Trent
Unspecified
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Pretty slim pickings recently
 First up, this. Looks like it has never been played. Judging by the comments here, just as well. Car boot sale, £1.00.
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Board Game: Dune
[Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:215]
andor spearhavok
Canada
thunder bay
ontario
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hit a local church thrift store. first glance, nothing. a bunch of big space-consuming roll-and-moves. so i sit down to flip through some records. i look back, and from my new angle... zowie! dune! some minor damage to the box, but everything's there! and it's the sting cover, which makes it different from the one i thrifted during the summer.
i think my head was going to explode (all the more so given what was under it, but i'll get to that in a moment), so i took the games down to the till, and...
KABLAM!!! there goes my brain, blown right out the back of my head.
"board games are 50 cents."
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Nick Cooper
United Kingdom
Stoke-On-Trent
Unspecified
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Next up, this. Fairly complicated detective game, seems to go fairly well as e-bait. Car boot sale, £1.00.
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andor spearhavok
Canada
thunder bay
ontario
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and this is what was under dune. complete. also 50 cents.
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Nick Cooper
United Kingdom
Stoke-On-Trent
Unspecified
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Last but not least, this. It's the 1960's edition, not the later 1970's redesign. All complete, including the copper aerials! Car boot, £1.00.
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andor spearhavok
Canada
thunder bay
ontario
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i suppose i felt like i was on a roll, because i ran over to the sally anne and walked out with this, in the edition pictured. sure, it's no dune, but i didn't have it, and i love sherlock, so i'm looking forward to giving it a go.
99 cents.
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myles
United States
Mustang
Oklahoma
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD !!!
100 geek gold and this is all I get? :p
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It was a heavy garage sale weekend. With the super nice weather we had there was one on nearly every street. I hit as many as I could. First yard sale was golden! Found a load of about 6 games at this one (left some). First up was this one for .50! I didn't open to check as it felt heavy and rattled readily. I knew I'd buy it for that price regardless of completeness anyway. I was hoping this would flesh out my set from last week with the missing figs.
Sadly, it was missing ALL the base figures! I have ALL the cards for them, most/all runes, markers, chips, and all dice but 1 blue, most/all terrain (sparkly water!) etc.
I did get three expansion figures, a Roman officer, a large snake man, and an Orc on a raptor (not the T-rex from base set). I didn't get the cards to these three, though. Anyone know a good place to download stats? I need to get my needs together and see if the kind folks from last week will work out a trade. Out of two sets, I'd think I'd end up with at least one complete set by now. Heh.
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myles
United States
Mustang
Oklahoma
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD !!!
100 geek gold and this is all I get? :p
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Next in the pile was this one I've been wanting to play. I opened it and it looked like lots of pieces, dice etc, so I didn't count. 0.50. After closer look at home I'm missing one carnage token and the zinc football. I suspect this will be the most commonly missing piece in these, like the ring in LOTR risk. Anyone have a spare?
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Kendahl Johnson
United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico
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In my days of thrifting, I've bought a lot of crappy games. They litter the shelves in my garage until I either donate them to Goodwill, or give them to my niece, who is a game fanatic. So when I saw this one, I wavered back and forth. In the end, it being an election year, I figured maybe I could use the game to teach my daughter about the electoral college and the presidential election. The $1.01 price tag finally pushed me over the edge. As a bonus, my version is different than either pictured here at BGG, so maybe I can snap some photos and earn some GG.
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Kendahl Johnson
United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico
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Figured I'd pick one up my kids might enjoy...
$1.51 at Goodwill.
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