One of Those Somber Moments at Half-Price Books

[MengJiao]

You would not believe the number of games I have that are still in the shrink.

I don't get the completely unopened part, 'cause I just have to open them up and take a look when they arrive.

But un-punched and pristine?  Yeah, got numbers of those.

What puzzles me is all the work of including all the rules changes and c3i inserts and never playing the game.  Of course maybe it was an extra or back-up copy -- but then why open it and put in lots of stuff?

[LongBlade]

You would not believe the number of games I have that are still in the shrink.

I don't get the completely unopened part, 'cause I just have to open them up and take a look when they arrive.

I used to read and edit a lot of game reviews and comments about them. I also used to attend both Origins and GenCon regularly. As a result I collected a lot of buzz about a lot of games. I still do, but to a lesser extent.

As a result, in many cases I already knew a fair amount about a game. I might have played it or at least been through a demo of it. So opening many games wouldn't do much good until me and a buddy decided to play it.

I'll admit there are exceptions. I bought a couple of the huge Star Wars X-Wing ships to play with a buddy. Then he sold X-Wing off and bought Armada. My two ships are still in the shrink.

Hopefully that explains a little :)

[ArizonaTank]

Found at HPB today; almost as predicted:



I couldn't return it to the shelf- had to rescue it for my library.

I have seen a pretty good inscription or two in used books as well.  The most interesting is from a WWII USMC vet, who wrote inside my copy of "Operation Drumbeat", about his experience as a high school student, seeing the effects of the 1942 German U-boat assault from his Long Beach sea side home.  He later joined the USMC and fought at Okinawa.  A few keystrokes with Google, and I found some info on his military record.  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.70032 

I am looking for the guy and / or his family to get it back to them.  A stranger recently gave me a 100 year old piece of my family's military history, so the rules of karma dictate that I look.

[Keunert]

what are sombrero moments at half price?

[LongBlade]

what are sombrero moments at half price?

[GJK]

I just scored an unpunched copy of AH's "Gladiator" for $30 at a local HPB.  The box top has some slight bowing but otherwise it's in good shape for a game made in 1981.  I'll probably wind up scanning the contents and then recreating the charts and map and perhaps look for some gladiator mini's to play it with and then putting this one on the shelf.

[Barthheart]

I just scored an unpunched copy of AH's "Gladiator" for $30 at a local HPB.  The box top has some slight bowing but otherwise it's in good shape for a game made in 1981.  I'll probably wind up scanning the contents and then recreating the charts and map and perhaps look for some gladiator mini's to play it with and then putting this one on the shelf.

Ok, now yer just showing off....  :P

[GJK]

I'll have to tell you about the deal that I got on my 50" HD Smart TV over the weekend....  :)

[Nefaro]

I'll have to tell you about the deal that I got on my 50" HD Smart TV over the weekend....  :)

Was the rear door on a delivery truck left open?  :P

[BanzaiCat]

Yeah, and it fell off...see?