Cult Of Games XLBS: Tabletop Games – Where To Buy? How To Buy?
August 28, 2022 by avernos
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Well, this a pleasant surprise. Right when I was finishing up some stuff to release publicly as part of my privates. I’ll go to sleep now and update said thing later. You’ll need to wait Gerry. Its time for sleep.
Buy stuff.
You need something to weigh down your bookshelf so it doesn’t flutter away at the slightest crossbreeze.
Ooh a Hobbit Squirrel ? Hi XLBSers an OTTers.
Help Help theirs been a Terrible accident said? Gerry.
An ex Amazon worker?!? John.
It’s the XLBS Show………Happy Sunday Fellow CoGs! . Nice surprise package from Workshop! I have received a few packages from Amazon that I’ve not ordered. I call them up and say, “I didn’t order this”, and they say, “keep it, no need to send it back”. . Congrats to the Golden Button Winners! . Q) Where do you buy your miniatures and how do you buy them? Do you still use your FLGS or do you do a lot of your shopping online? . A) I have no FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store). At 75 mph I have to drive… Read more »
Ooh that’s great Blitz figures guy’s.
Happy Sunday! FLGS all the way….. If I had one! *sigh* 00:00 All the noms. “I eat your stuff and there is shit all you can do about it!” 00:30 Rain? was that why there was water coming from above? 01:05 Wargaming sauna….. NO! No! No! NOOO! 04:00 fits with my ecperience with Gerr as RPG player XD 05:22 Story time with @brennon! 05:53 “No? Why would we be nice?” 06:40 CAT! Hello Pascal! Here have this little bag of catnip! And chew some more on some cables XD 07:45 Mars? Lucious? What?! XD 08:45 “Agent Santaclaus” 10:15 MORE CAT!… Read more »
The CGI Thunderbirds, if you didn’t know, was a co-production where Weta Digital supplied the CGI.
I watched the first season or so… The one of the major differences is that Jeff Tracey had disappeared and there was a sort of through story line as the brothers were trying to find their father.
Friendly local game store’s eBay an Amazon ? No local real shops.
Kilmarnock or Glasgow I know off that, the paisley or Irvine one’s may be gone now.
Covid the Happening II?
The local FLGS sells GW with large stock, from Star Wars legion it has a bit but you can ask anything and they will order it for you. They recently started selling Warlord stuff and then board games but not the more specialist kind of games. Because I already bought my Bolt Action army in the past from Warlord I only buy my hobby stuff there. Then I mostly buy directly from the company if they are located in EU. But for games like Battle Tech I have found two online stores that sell it, if they have it in… Read more »
They missed a box? I got one last year and it was still square one of the APC’s an was perfect Gerry.
Victoria miniatures Kangaroo APC.
A good,n guy’s.
Rest your dice arm Ben you don’t want dicers wrist ?!?
Happy Sunday. Generally if I know that my local hobby store will possibly stock something I want I’ll always try and get it from them first. Otherwise I’ll get it online. I’ll always use Amazon as a last resort though. Many years ago (in my late teens8 I ordered a Warmaster Undead starter army from GW (for £35 I think) by phone (yes, before internet). I received it but they forgot to charge my card for it. I waited for a few months but yep, no charge and I got it for free. Sadly I no longer have that army… Read more »
If I had a good local FLGS my buying habits would definitely change. That said, miniatures excite me, and if I see something new and cool then all kinds of impulses start kicking in. I never used to hesitate to push whatever button would get that goodness to me. Now I’m getting better at resisting, not least because you can make no assumptions about delivery costs these days. Well, you can…if you live in the UK and it’s not coming from the UK you can assume it’s going to kill your excitement completely. So if I had a good FLGS… Read more »
Gerry, what’s wrong with DBX. You line them up on straight lines, push them against each other with a loud bang, toss some dice. And go home happy. What’s not to like.
My FLGS for board games… Internet Canadian shopping for my Basing needs, and KS for those things that aren’t as available in Canada, like Burrows and Badgers. Can’t wait to back Maladum when it comes out.
Happy Sunday,
did i miss the review on the Greatest movie ever made again?
Late again, busy weekend so didn’t watch the show till B.H Monday. Gerry you are correct still use Asgard, popped in yesterday for some tufts for bases and came out with another Ghost Archipelago Supplement.But it does tend to be a mix. Vincent doesn’t stock everything and it depends were he is on a distributor supply chain as to whether I order anything from him. Tend to get most of my Wargames Atlantic figures off him, likewise anything Frostgrave/Stargrave/Silver Bayonet. More specialised like Infinity has been Firestorm games, Battletech wherever I can find, though the majority was a Birmingham Retailer… Read more »
Are (Birmingham) Waylands still going. I’ve no excuse really, they’re just down the road and several excellent pubs around.
Yeah still going, though Naimh isnt sure they will survive the lecky bills, though on fixed contract for at least a year. Does keep a fair amount of Battletech stuff in, which I tend to empty them of.
Jeebus yes the energy bills. Whatever I need next I’ll try them first before hitting the internet.
* Then: Most of my miniatures came with boardgames, bought from OLGS and Amazon sales.
* Now: Bulk purchases through KS, including CMON and other boardgames, and OLGS and Amazon sales.
Unfortunately, CoVid resulted in the FLGS moving further away. Much of the room at their old location was for tournaments and gaming, so they moved to a smaller less expensive store.
Amazon sells Battle Systems. I’m getting the Battle Systems Village and Core Space boxes, and trying out painting the edges, since I have a ton of craft paint from terrain painting!
Fond memories… [MASK] https://youtu.be/_YOqaSnET3w
rewatching the intro, I had a flashback of the toys I had from this show. Motorcycle/helicopter!
I never noticed the googly eyes on the Thunderbird radio controlled elevators before.
I see “last chance to pre-order” on games emails and think “so now I’ll just order it? ok”
Warlord have put extras in the box quite a few times. Not by mistake though as it had a note to say they had added the stuff. Ground zero games is also known to add stuff for free as a gesture on bigger orders.
I’ve had a few bonus goodies from Warlord (your first sprue’s free etc). Foundry are good for that too.
After two years of exclusively buying online, it’s been nice to get back into regular trips to the local game shops (we have several good ones here in Portland, Oregon). My shopping habits are pretty much the exact opposite of Ben’s — I haven’t found a good local source for hobby supplies so I tend to buy that online, but I’m back to making in-person impulse buys for board games. I’ve also sworn off Kickstarter unless it’s something from a small publisher that looks really interesting and unlikely to make it to retail. With regard to miniatures games, we don’t… Read more »