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Post by verhaden on Jan 28, 2013 18:33:40 GMT -6
Now, this isn't D&D related, but since this sort of thing never happens to me, I'm fairly excited! The wife and I just got back from shopping, and at the last second I convinced her to let me browse the local Goodwill games section for that non-existent OD&D boxed set, collection of modules, etc. So I'm quickly scanning the shelf, noting the usual 20 copies of Trivial Pursuit, the half-empty broken boxes of Scrabble, the incomplete Risk games, and my eyes stop on this thing. Squad Leader The box is "fair" condition, with one major dent in the side. The price sticker says $3.00. I open it, half expecting to find a bunch of 'Life' pieces in it or something. Nope! The chits are un-punched. The rules are pristine. Hell, even the dice that game with the game were tightly secured together at the bottom of the box. Now, it's not a super rare game. Nor is it all that expensive, all things considered. But it feels like winning the lottery. The game's been on my "to-buy" list for years, but I could never bring myself to shell out $30-60 for a beat up game I'd (most likely) never find anybody to play with. But for $3, no shipping, no Paypal? Looks to have never been played? Score!
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Post by geoffrey on Jan 28, 2013 18:37:23 GMT -6
That is indeed awesome.
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Post by stevemitchell on Jan 28, 2013 20:19:46 GMT -6
Yeah, I paid about $60.00 to get an unpunched copy of Squad Leader from Noble Knight Games. You really did make a great find!
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Post by Ghul on Jan 28, 2013 20:28:49 GMT -6
A classic game. Great find!
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Post by Zenopus on Jan 28, 2013 20:33:48 GMT -6
Nice!
My best thrift store find was a Conquest of the Roman Empire (Milton Bradley) complete at a Salvation Army for $3.
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Post by makofan on Jan 28, 2013 21:34:58 GMT -6
I've been playing since the 80's, and it still is a grat game
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Post by runequester on Jan 29, 2013 0:55:01 GMT -6
Very nice find Ive been wanting to get a copy of Squad Leader for a while now
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Post by battlebrotherbob on Jan 29, 2013 6:08:37 GMT -6
Nice find. The Stores near me never have a well defined game section let alone a score like that.
Game on!
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Post by Sean Michael Kelly on Jan 29, 2013 7:24:53 GMT -6
A fantastic find! Thanks for sharing. [jealous] I regularly spot the few local thrift stores and have found some treasures also. I've found so far in the last year: - A complete Avalon Hill Civilization Boxed set un-punched, dice included.
- A James Bond 007 "Basic Set" in box. No dice, but mostly complete with a couple extra books.
- A nearly complete "Outdoor Survival" game with crushed box. (gave it to a friend, since I already had one in near-new condition)
- a D&D Basic "intro" box set missing nothing but the shrink wrap. (even the cheap red plastic mini-figs, crappy dice and yellow dice bag were there)
- A Like new Star Wars Stratego game
- Many misc. "Heroclix" and/or HeroScape figures in bags mixed with army men, etc.
- WoTC "Battle Ball" game with double mini-figs, all dice.
- WoTC Star Wars Miniatures Starter Game (with about 30+ "extra" miniatures)
- Games Workshop LoTR Chess Set. (really cool)
- Games Workshop Fellowship of the Ring Miniatures Battle Game (complete, unpainted)
- many, many otherwise unheard of, but usually like-new board games for pennies on the dollar.
- many, many books in nice hardbacks... Moorcock, Jordan, Tolkein, Leibner
- Lot's of Legos in complete sets, or just bags of pieces. (we don't buy generic ones)
- Many misc. "toys" that could be adapted and/or used as-is for miniatures.
- Heck, I've even bought some things just to get a nice box. :-)
The key to shopping for this stuff is threefold: - Get to know the stores, the people that work there. Some may be able and willing to hold stuff for you if they know you're a serious buyer. Obviously, different neighborhoods, offer different types of stores. But some charities spread out their donations to different stores.
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays are usually, not always, the best plunder days. (general observation: Yard/Garage sales on Saturdays... dump stuff on Monday, takes store a day or two to sort, price, shelve)
- Once or twice a week, do a circle through them. You'll be rewarded!
Happy Hunting! Share your trophy stories!
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Post by owlorbs on Jan 29, 2013 10:41:22 GMT -6
What an awesome score! I almost never find used wargames. My greatest thrift store grab was a copy of SPI's War of the Ring designer's edition for $15. Inside was also a mint copy of Star Empires that they had overlooked. Be sure to get the latest iteration of the SL rules with errata and an index here: www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/66898/4th-ed-ruleserrata-comprehensive-index
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Post by verhaden on Jan 29, 2013 11:23:55 GMT -6
Already printed it out The box is 2nd edition.
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Post by kesher on Jan 29, 2013 11:38:59 GMT -6
That is awesome!
And Sean, I can honestly say I have never before seen a GoodWill shopping strategy...
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Post by Sean Michael Kelly on Jan 29, 2013 13:36:53 GMT -6
That is awesome! And Sean, I can honestly say I have never before seen a GoodWill shopping strategy... Hell, it's as much of a hobby as the hobby itself!
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