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Canada Rules! The Canadian Board Game Retailers List
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A list of retailers (both physical and online stores) located in Canada that sell the kind of games that Board Game Geeks play. Go ahead and add your own as long as they are located in Canada and carry board games that appeal to BGGers
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Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:53 pm
Edited Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:16 pm
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401 Convenience Games & Toys
401 Yonge Street
Toronto
416-599-6446
401games@bellnet.ca
pros: THE best prices in Toronto by a large distance, will special order most anything, good selection of card games (esp. ccg) and rpg if you like that sort of thing...
cons: small selection of boardgames (a couple dozen at a time perhaps), no website
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The new face of MEEPLEMART online
Distillery District
Toronto, ON
www.Meeplemart.com is an online Canadian retailer that has been known for it's great pricing, but it has now been bought by a new owner in the same location, and is still offering boardgames at awesome prices. Even more exciting (for some) is he is now stocking of hard to find (in Canada) miniatures, terrain, and wargames at exceptionally low prices.
Another interesting first (as far as I know) is that he is offering to buy good condition USED BOARDGAMES for store credit - and is selling used games on his online store as well as the new product.Good news in these troubled financial times.
He is open to pickup options for those living in the Toronto area, or attending TABScons...(Toronto Area Boardgaming Society meetups)
I know the new owner since we belongs to the same local game group and I have bought new and used items (and traded in some) from him several times already.
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Hairy Tarantula
354 Yonge Street, second floor
Toronto, Ontario M5B 1S5
Phone: 416-596-8002
www.hairyt.com
PROS: Carries a good selection of European board games and small press games like cheap-ass. Heavily stocked with RPG, CCG, and miniatures games. Great quarterly sales.
CONS: Scary amounts of stock. scary staircase leads to upper-floor store. No online sales.
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HAIRY T WEST (formerly: THE COMIC STOP )
2949 Dundas St W
(between Keele/Runny Mede)
Toronto, ON
416-762-1303
http://www.hairyt.com/
This west-end sister store to Toronto's downtown Hairy Tarantula is starting to get more heavily into gaming.
(I chose Necromunda as the picture because they had a used copy in stock the last time I was in, and because they have more GW then other stuff right now, although there is now a few shelves of German Board Game stuff starting to take over!)
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Board Game: AT-43
[Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:664]
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DUELING GROUNDS
2222 Dundas St. W
Toronto, ON
http://www.dueling-grounds.com/
Not only do they have miniatures and Magic, but now they also have a large wall of board games as well. Dueling Grounds always participate in the gaming community by hosting release events and tournaments for products from Wizkids, Wizards (magic and D&D), Privateer Press (war machine and monsterpocalypse) and board game nights for local game groups like the Toronto Area Boardgaming Society (TABS)
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Crossed Swords
722 Annette Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6S 2E2
Telephone: (416) 604-9410
Specializes in miniatures. The store is small, but fortunately so are miniatures so there is alot to be found! This is also the place to go for resin dungeon terrain and the like. Not sure of exactly what metals lines they carry, but they also have warhammer and clix figures.
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Game Trek Inc.
Royal York Hotel
100 Front Street West
Toronto, ON M5J 1E3
Phone: (416)597-0149
Fax: (416)597-1411
PROS: Carries almost every game imaginal from party games to grognard war games. German boardgames are always in stock and most medium press companies are visible. If they don't have it they will try to order it for you.
CONS: pricey. No online presence worth speaking of.
They also have a store in Bayview Village Mall at Bayview/Sheppard in Toronto, but the variety weighs heavier in the party games and puzzles at this uptown location.
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Mind Games (Toronto Eaton Centre)
260 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2L9
Tel: (416) 977-8994
(They also have one in the Scarborough Town Centre)
Toronto, ON
PROS: in a mall
CONS: pricey, small selection of BGG games. They will only usually have Settlers and Carcassonne and maybe the essen winner for the last two years.
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Board Game: Chess
[Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:218]
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Strategy Games
Mount Pleasant
Toronto, Ontario
Phone: (416)486-3395
just South of Eglinton
If you are looking for a nice chess set, this is the place to go.
They now have a large amount of "euro-style" games.
You will find things like Ticket to Ride, Settlers, and even some more obscure grognard stuff. Trouble is the prices are full list or higher.
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Two-Headed Dragon
5017 Yonge St., 2nd Floor
(2 blocks south of the North York subway station)
Exit the 401 at Yonge St, go 3 blocks north of Sheppard Ave.
http://www.twoheadeddragon.com/
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Toy Terminal
207 Queens Quay W
Toronto ON M5J 1A7
416-203-3385
Located in Queens Quay Terminal. They have a decent selection of german games, as well "traditional", and toys and such.
Their prices are relatively high and it's in a major tourist area.
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The Game Shop
15263 Yonge Street Unit#3
Aurora, Ontario.
www.thegameshop.ca
PROS: Seem to have a good variety of everything gamers of all types look for. From german board games to clix miniatures and ccgs.
I haven't bought here. please comment if you can.
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Here is a new online game store which has some of the best pricing I've seen. Check it out.
www.fungamescafe.com
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J & J Cards & Collectibles Ltd 519-725-0443
230 Weber Street North,
Waterloo, ON
N2J 3H4
519-725-0443
This place has the lowest Canadian Prices I've seen - unfortunately I don't think they are on the web yet.
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The Comic Warehouse
www.thecomicwarehouse.com
Two stores in Brampton, Ontario one of which is a large warehouse full of games.
Great selection, great price.
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L.A. Mood
350 Richmond Street
London, Ontario.
N6A 3C3
http://www.lamoodcomics.com/index.html
My very own FLGS. Easily the best brick and mortar shop in London. Started out (as far back as my memory goes anyway) as a comic shop that sold a decent variety of RPGs as well. Over the last couple of years though they have begun to stock all manner of Euros and newer North American Games there.
PROS: Very helpful, very personable staff, great variey of stock from a whole bunch of publishers (Days of Wonder, Fantasy Flight, Hans Im Gluck, Rio Grande, Kosmos, Uberplay, Twilight Creations, SJG, and the like). Great customer service; Gord and Carol will custom order just about anything they can get their hands on with a respectable turnaround of but a week or two (I think the longest I've ever waited was four weeks for a French language item). Their prices are comparable to Jogo and they have a great (for geeks) "10th Game Free" card (Just cashed mine in for Pirate's Cove!!).
CONS: Web presence is limited to a few items on offer at E-bay.
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Minotaur Games and Gifts
165 Princess St. (at Montreal)
Kingston, ON
http://www.minotaurgifts.com (forums only)
After living in Kingston for four years, a game shop finally opened. Minotaur is still expanding its selection as it tries to find its market. Prices are reasonable, especially considering that they are the only game shop in town. They also carry a selection of non-game geeky stuff, like origami supplies and lego sets. The furniture (which is quite cool) is also available if you want it.
Minotaur has a games night once a week on Wednesday nights 6:30-9:30.
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Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:45 pm
None the less worth a visit prices are very reasonable and a good selection.
I've ordered a total of 12 games from these guys and have always been happy with their quick professional service! The site is easy to navigate and is constantly updated. Prices are always competitive. Tracking numbers are emailed out to you ASAP and the games arrive well protected in mint condition. Keep up the fantastic job guys! 
and an amazing environment 
Highly recommended !
Not a lot of info on board games there, though.