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My personal thrift store discoveries
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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I though I'd put up my own little list of Goodwill Adventures to brag like others have done. The thrill of discovery is always a game in itself, and I'd probably just spend the pocket change at the pop machine, anyway. I haven't seen Titan: the Arena or a the entire Kosmos 2-player line at Goodwill yet, but there's always hope...
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:39 pm
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Got it at the ARC thrift store one day for $4.95. Not bad for my first week of thrift store searching (and the prime inspiration for this list), later I got the Mayfair edition at the same store for $1.99 a couple of weeks later. How can I figure out who is getting rid of these, I wonder? and how can I convince them to get rid of anything else?
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Same outing as #1, $2.99. Looks good for a party game and I was looking at it in the game store a week before where I think it was $25.
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Board Game: Pente
[Average Rating:6.62 Overall Rank:666]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Got it in the black tube. $3.95 -- just need to get some extra stones so we can add players. (Every thrift store I go to has the crummy boxed version for sale now)
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Salvation Army, 99 cents. (Man, what a huge box for some dice and cups, though) Found another copy but was missing some dice so I passed it up, later found a third copy which I bought to give to some friends or maybe just to keep the dice.
(Need more colored dice to make my own copy of Chase)
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Board Game: Acquire
[Average Rating:7.47 Overall Rank:67]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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I think this one was half price, so it set me back a big seventy-five cents. All the tiles were even there. (I still ended up buying the Flashy AH version at WOTC for twenty bucks, though.)
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Goodwill, $1. My brother and I played this all the time when we were kids. Got it the same time as...
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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this, for fifty cents. I'm still bummed that I didn't get the Toss Across game for a dollar at the same time, though.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Why buy dice at the game store when they're practically giving them away at Goodwoll? This one went for fifty cents for six dice, one was chipped so it wasn't usable. The others went in my "box 'o bits"
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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I saw that the game store in the mall sells a bag of 4-5 blank tiles to replace missing ones for a few bucks. Or you can buy a whole new game, like I did, for a dollar.
Postscript: Found the deluxe edition with the rotating board for one dollar at Goodwill. Box looks lod, looks virtually unplayed inside.
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Board Game: Poker
[Average Rating:6.78 Overall Rank:377]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Yeah, I know, big deal. When I see some decent (and complete) decks of cards for ultra-cheap, if I'm getting something else, I'll probably get these too. we play a card game called "Pounce" that tends to be a little rough on cards. Latest acquisition: a bag of four decks (one was thrown out, two still sealed, and one lightly used) for $1.99.
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Board Game: Twixt
[Average Rating:6.66 Overall Rank:620]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Saw it once at Goodwill but didn't have any cash in my pocket. Argh! Found it months later somewhere else for $2.95
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Board Game: Go
[Average Rating:7.79 Overall Rank:36]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Found a really nice looking wooden (looks like cedar) Go board that folds in half with a "made in Japan" stamp on the bottom -- one dollar. No stones, but a quick trip to the craft store or the dollar store should take care of that.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Got it over the weekend, $3.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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$1. Saving it as a rainy day party game.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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$1. Maybe I'll take a picture so there will be one on the 'Geek of this game.
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Board Game: Focus
[Average Rating:6.58 Overall Rank:1116]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Goodwill, $1. I've been hoping to get this one for a while because of the good reviews here. (I found this one and the next two games all at one Goodwill visit. It seemed like I was carrying the three biggest boxes there off the shelf and up to the counter)
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Most I know -- most "real gamers" hate it, but we've had fun playing this at parties with friends and I couldn't pass up a copy still in shrinkwrap for $1.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Probably will never play it, but couldn't pass it up for $1.
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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German copy of game(nice small box, but no expansion cards), $1.
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Board Game: Bazaar
[Average Rating:6.46 Overall Rank:934]
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Ed Sherman
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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Good reviews on this one, so I grabbed it for $1.95 -- Discovery Toys "special edition," not so sure what's so special about it though. A little worn but perfectly playable, lost of score sheets left. All seems well, but no color die! Oh, well, I'm sure a solution can be cobbled together somehow. No rules either, but a quick trip to D'Antiques fixed that. (Postscript: got another copy today for 75 cents, this time with the die and rules. Yay!)
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Posted Thu Jun 5, 2003 11:47 pm
, Christine
Melbourne
Victoria
Austin
Texas
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Brisbane
Queensland
Vancouver
British Columbia
Pente (boxed version) 25¢
The Amazeing Labyrinth (THREE copies over the years) 25¢ ea
Master Labyrinth (two copies, brand new condition) 50¢ ea
Barricade 25¢
Balderdash 25¢
Clue (vintage 1963!) 25¢
Chess (vintage 60's travel wood board in zip case) $3.50
UpWords 25¢
Ginny-o 25¢
Trivial Pursuit 25¢
Harry Potter, Mystery at Hogwart's $1.00
And of course the list goes on and on... they are taking over my storage space... HELP! ???
But we love them, and play them all with zeal.
Enjoy, and definitely you Aussies out there... do something about your thrift store situation... it's a unthinkable! :0
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