July 5, 2009
But some of them don’t even have a board!
Free shipping is a trap. A TRAP!
It took me a long while to realize this, and about when I did, I got Amazon Prime, so it would never again be an issue. Gone were the days of throwing another two or three things I didn’t need onto an order in order to get super saver shipping! No more, I said! No more!
Well, um, I just bought $100 worth of board games just for free shipping.
It wasn’t totally my fault, mann. I needed the new stand-alone expansion for Dominion, called Dominion: Intrigue. I and my friends love the shit out of Dominion, and I couldn’t pass that up! But there was the “free shipping if you buy $100!” And it was only like… $30. Surely there was another board game… well, that’s pretty cheap too… and another, and another… and then I spent $100 on board games, just like that.
It’s not so much the saving the $10 on shipping that does it, I suppose. It’s just sort of a sign. An “okay, it’s okay to splurge” sign. And I love those signs. I love having permission to do things like that. And I let it make me spend quite a lot of money.
What did I get? Well, besides the Dominion expansion, of course, I also picked up Race for the Galaxy, Dungeon Twister, and Ticket to Ride. Ticket to Ride I’ve played quite a bit on the XBLA version, so I know that’s worth my money. Dungeon Twister is apparently coming to XBLA, and ever since I read that, I’ve been really interested in it, as it sounds like a fantastically fun 2-player game. And Race for the Galaxy? Well… that’s more an unknown. I’ve heard good things, and it has cards. I guess that’s all it takes to sell me on a card game, huh?
Anyway, they’re all with the pre-order of Intrigue, so they won’t be shipping out until “Mid-July.” So expect a huge-ass board game party some time around then. It’ll be… exciting! Yes! Hopefully!
Man, I buy so many games…
I have all of those, except the Dominion expansion. They are all great.
Comment by Belabor — July 5, 2009 @ 1:10 am