Finally, luck at the thirft store

Las Vegas provided something on almost every trip round the thrift stores either games to keep or games to sell. Rarely do I get a chance to go to a thrift store anymore and if I do I rarely find anything.

A few days ago, I picked up eight games each for a $1.50. I bought three avalon hill games, a couple of traditionaly board games including 10-4 Goodbuddy the CB radio game, and a Mayfair game Robert Lynn Aspins Thieves World Sanctuary Board game. All the games are complete, I checked them at the store before I buy them I always do even in the stores that tell you not to. In vegas I would keep a small knife in my pocket to cut through the packing tape they always use to seal the games.

The last game is the one I am really interested in. I remeber playing the Sanctuary supplement for D&D, but had never seen this one before.

Been a while-- trying to support my game habit

More than a month since I found any games I wanted, until I found this Narnia game at a local garage sale for two dollars. This is one of the games that was produced by David S. Cook publishers in the Eighties. Kinda of a cheesy game simple roll and move that was easy for my four and seven year old kids to play together.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Trivia Game

Being the huge dork that I am when any of the Harry Potter movies are on TV I have a time not watching. Even though I have the same movie on DVD I will not put it on. All the build up to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has lead to the HP movies being on alot. Lately I have found that I sit with one of my trivia games late at night watching reading questions to see if I know the answer.

I can't wait to see the next movie, but I know it will be in some ways a disapointment. Anyone who is a fan of the books knows how long they get to be and everything non-story line essential has to be left out. The Order has to jump so quickly from scene to scene to include the full story that alot of the fun little details have to be left out. Only a little bit left to wait and I can barely stand it.

Narnia Lion, Witch and Wardrobe game from Neca Games

This is my latest game that I have come across. The games is The chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Game; The epic battle between good and evil. The game it self is ok to play with kids and easy to understand. It is cheaply produced using folding cardstock graphic pieces with little black stands to keep the together that fall off all the time.
The game somewhat follows the story line and young fans might enjoy this game, but it is not something you will be playing for years to come. The game is listed for sale on Amazon.com for $39.98 definintly not worth the price. I paid less than ten dollars for the game on Ebay and the seller paid more than that just for shipping. I would recomend savign your money and buying the newer Prince Caspian game.

Harry Potter Triwizard Maze Game

This is my latest ebay buy The Harry Potter Triwizard Maze Game based on the end part of the Chamber of Secrets. The seller listed it for 2.50 with six bucks for shipping. I was the only bid so the price was around 8.50. When the game arrived the postage sticker listed the price as around twelve dollars and fifty cents. If you also count the listing fee, final value fee, and paypal fee the seller lost about six bucks selling me this game. For the most part this has been my experience with ebay. Mostly honest buyers and sellers who are easy to deal with.
The game is easy to play enjoyable for both my seven year old and four your old. This is your basic step and repeat board game, which I know some serious gamers don't like, but you can't play serious games with a kid who can't even read yet.
The game is for two-four players and follows the four Triwizard champions through the maze to find the cup at the end the player chooses one of four cup tiles. Three of the possible choices are headstone tiles, and the player doesn't win until the actual cup tile is found. Through out the game the players encounter obstacles and gain resources to help them through. The game is fun and fairly quick maybe an hour if you are ready to play and don't have to explain any rules.

Lord of the rings Two Towers Board Game

Played the game with my two daughters this morning. The game is fun if you are a fan of the story, but as for a game by itself it doesn't hold up. We simply played to finish the game without really worrying about moving the ring back and forth on the little guage. Each player rolls and then adds the speed to the dice roll, but you have to stop at each ring anyway so there is little point to rolling a fourteen when you will only move a few spaces anyway.
Now I am waiting for the Triwizard maze game that I bought on Ebay about a week ago.

Lord of the Rings:Two Towers Board Game by Roseart

I got a new game in the mail today that I bought on Ebay. To be honest I thought the seller would flake on me because I the auction price was one penny plus about seven bucks for shiping. The seller I bought the Hogwarts game from has gone awol on me and won't answer messages and so far no game. I had to open a paypal dispute and I am sure I will get my money back. Too bad I would rather have the game. I am sure I will find one for a better price in the end anyway. Today an auction closed and I bought a copy of the Harry Potter Triwizard Maze Game plus some books for 2.50 plus about six for shipping.

The Two Towers game was in perfect condition and almost completely unpunched. Your supposed to have the Fellowship of the Ring Game, but I don't so we will see how this works. After a I had all the pieces put together and bagged up I read the set up stuff and put together the towers and the board. The intend way is that as you play you put out pieces of the games board. I can see right now that I am sure we will simply put the whole board together and play towers and all. The towers will not last long if they get taken apart and put together a whole bunch of times. The tabs will tear off from being bent and unbent fairly quickly and of course they don't fit in the box assembled.

Playing with my seven year old and four year old I will have to figure out a good way to simplfy the rules to make the game fun. They could barely wait. Neither of them could keep hands out of the pieces.