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New & Restocked Board Games : August 12, 2010

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:07:01 +0000

New Board Games Defenders of the Realm Founding Fathers Glory To Rome Mystery Rummy 1 : Jack the Ripper Mystery Rummy 3 : Jekyll & Hyde Onirim Perry Rhodan The Cosmic League Railways of the World Card Game Tiki Topple What’s Missing? (Differences) Yamslam Zombie In My Pocket Restocked Board Games 10 Days in Europe A Game Of Thrones LCG : Return of the Others Chapters Pack A Game of Thrones : A Sword in the Darkness Chapter Pack Apples to Apples Party Box Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror Battlestations Revised Battleground Fantasy Warfare Scenario Book Battleground Fantasy Warfare Dwarves of Runegard Starter Battleground Fantasy Warfare Kingdoms Battleground Fantasy Warfare Terrain Pack Blokus Call of Cthulhu LCG – In the Dread of Night Asylum Pack Call of Cthulhu LCG – Search for the Silver Key Asylum Pack Cave Troll Combat Commander: Normandy Battle Pack 3 Conflict of Heroes Awakening the Bear Deluxe Pit Gang of Four 2nd Ed Ingenious Jenga Killer Bunnies Blue Starter Modern Art Revised Edition Pitchcar Ext 3 – Long Straight Ra BOARD GAME Red November Tannhauser Boardgame Tannhauser: Gorgei Figure The Golden City Warhammer: Chaos In The Old World Zooloretto Share This

Best Practices : Have a Vision (1)

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:21:02 +0000

A comment by a friend mentioned that while there is a lot of information out there on how not to run a successful game store, there really isn’t much information on how to do it right. I think there are a number of reasons why we don’t discuss the best practices. Firstly, many of us don’t want to turn our blogs into business management blogs so we avoid discussing the nitty gritty how-to’s; secondly, since all businesses are unique to some extent, it’s the unique (read – headache inducing) problems that we see. Thirdly, there’s some hesitation of giving away information to competitors that might (unlikely but possibly) just put ourselves out of business. Lastly, it’s a bit of risk – after all, even if you do everything right, sometimes businesses just fail and we don’t want to be blamed for it! All that said, we’ve decided to start a new series of best practices.

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Bugs & Spaces – The Complexity of Running an Online Store

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:21:41 +0000

Once again, there is a bug in the site. Sometimes, it seems like every few months we come across a new one – and the truth is, that’s what it is. Running an online store with ecommerce software isn’t an easy job on the IT side; especially if you’re attempting to improve the store as you go along. The Complexity E-commerce stores have to be hosted; think the building a retail store would rent from, and the orders and stock count run from an ecommerce software. So think of it as the actual physical space (i.e. the store). Now, the CSS and HTML of a site dictate it’s physical appearance (i.e.

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New & Restocked Board Games : August 5, 2010

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:00:55 +0000

New Board Games Bottle Imp Call of Cthulhu : LCG Spoken Covenant Dungeoneer: Tomb of the Lich Lord A Game of Throne : Illyrio’s Gift Expansion Sturgeon The Swarm Those Pesky Humans Wilderness War Restocked Board Games Age of Conan The Boadgame Battleground Fantasy Warfare Umenzi Tribesmen Cash ‘n Guns Cash n’ Guns: Yakuza Exp Catan Histories : Settlers of America Catan: Portable Edition Cave Troll Chez Cthulhu Citadels Card Game Ingenious Last Night on Earth Last Night on Earth: Hero Pack 1 Last Night on Earth: Survival of the Fittest Expansion Last Night on Earth: Zombies with Weapons Mini Set Pillars of the Earth: Builder’s Duel Primordial Soup Puerto Rico Queens Ransom Scotland Yard Shadows Over Camelot Sleuth Snow Tails Standard Card Game Sleeves Steam Barons – Steam Expansion Through the Desert Thurn & Taxis Times Up Deluxe Vikings Warhammer LCG Assault on Ulthuan Expansion Wits & Wagers 2nd Edition Wooden Farm Animal Set (60pcs) Share This

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August 2010 : Newsletter

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:47:49 +0000

Review Contest Winner – Our Review Contest Winner! On-going Contest – The On-Going Review Contest Site Updates – Site Shift, New Sale Items & Sponsorship Upcoming Games – Some of the most anticipated games that are to be released Contest Winner Announcement This month’s winner is Matt D. with his review of San Juan

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Bestsellers : June 2010

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:27:39 +0000

We’ve updated the latest bestsellers for July 2010 on the site. As a review, the bestsellers for June 2010 are as follows. No real surprises this month – Settlers continues to outsell most other products by a margin of 2 : 1 at least.

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Capital, Growth & Control

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:46:52 +0000

Recently reading an article about the state of Italy and the Italian businessman, I was struck by a sentence. Paraphrased, it discussed how Italian entrepreneurs were more concerned about control than growth. It certainly struck me as something that I have experienced running the business as well. To grow, you generally require capital. There are 2 ways to generate capital – investment in the business and profits (i.e. organic growth). The 2nd method, organic growth is generally quite slow – if you only make 3 – 5% of 200,000 in profit, you’re only looking at $6 – 10,000 a year. Of which a certain percentage is going to be taxed.

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Formula D review

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:05:11 +0000

Formula D is the reprint of the classic racing game Formula De. Never having played Formula De before, I can’t compare the games, but I have come to enjoy Formula D itself. Certainly one of the most fun racing games I’ve had a chance to play, with an interesting racing mechanic using dice for movement. Appearance: Formula D comes in a very large box that contains the racing tracks, the cars, the player’s individual racing car information and the driver information. The design of the tracks and the drivers are in a slightly cartoonish style, one that displays the information about the cars and the tracks quiet well. It’s easy to read and it’s easy to follow, with the game board having useful little pieces of information like the number of spaces to the next turn and the highest and lowest number of space in each turn. Overall, I’d say the design of Formula D is great

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New & Restocked Board Games : July 29, 2010

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:07:26 +0000

New Board Games Pressure Matrix Restocked Board Games Ad Astra Atlantis Drakon 3rd Edition Egizia A Game of Thrones Boardgame A Game of Thrones : King of the Sea Expansion A Game of Thrones : Princes of the Sun Expansion Hey! That’s My Fish Deluxe Iliad Le Havre Pandemic: On the Brink Say Anything Scotland Yard Shadow Hunters Small World StarCraft: Brood War Expansion Steam: Rails to Riches Share This

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Warhammer : Chaos in the Old World Review

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:16:02 +0000

Warhammer : Chaos in the Old World is one of the best 4 player games released in 2009. Having had a chance to play it numerous times, the replay value for this game has held up very well due to the numerous strategies available for each Chaos God and the changing Old World Cards. This is a must have game for any Ameritrash player. Appearance: This is a Fantasy Flight Games production, so obviously the game is pretty. Lots of little figures for your various acolytes and soldiers, while the board itself has been quite well designed and really pretty.

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