Back from Origins!

[IronWolf]

What, Buy One, Get Three Free wasn't good enough for you? (seen at at least 2 places, one a retailer, one a publisher.) Not to mention the piles of $1, $3, and $5 books? TransHuman Space ($40 book) for $10? There were plenty of deals, if you looked for them. Also, a fair number of places gave you a discount if you bought a lot--save $10 if you bought all 3 books in a series, etc. My friend bought an $18 book and they threw in a $13 book for free. Not to mention the company that was giving away an iPod, no purchase necessary. Dunno how you can expect to beat a free iPod.

I only saw one of the Buy One, Get Three Free deals and try as I might I still couldn't find one book at that stand I wanted to buy, much less the three freebies I would get. I also saw a stand with several $1, $3 and $5 books. The ones that caught my eye I already had. As for the iPod, was that a drawing? I doubt they were giving away iPods to everyone that stopped by their booth.

Anyway, i'd say there are two reasons to buy at a convention: you can't get it elsewhere (or at least not easily), and/or you want to support the company (since they get more money for a direct purchase). Because, IME, you can often get steeper discounts elsewhere, if you have a little patience.

Agreed (and stated in one of my Origins posts somewhere around here... ). I did pick some items up while I was there. Mainly items that are not easily obtainable elsewhere. I will most likely be spending more money at GenCon this year in the dealer hall.

 

[VGC]

I hereby challenge you to a best of 7 series of Fluxx at GenCon!

Excellent game, my deck travels with me everywhere, and has saved me & my wife's sanity during many hours waiting in airports for delayed planes.

Ohhh! Count me in.

 

[HellHound]

Rich, VGC - either of you going to be at GenCon Wednesday night? We're having a get-together at the Canadiana Suite in the Embassy Suites hotel that evening, and FLUXX is definitely in my plans.

 

[Crothian]

Rich, VGC - either of you going to be at GenCon Wednesday night? We're having a get-together at the Canadiana Suite in the Embassy Suites hotel that evening, and FLUXX is definitely in my plans.

Rich is going to be there.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Rich, VGC - either of you going to be at GenCon Wednesday night? We're having a get-together at the Canadiana Suite in the Embassy Suites hotel that evening, and FLUXX is definitely in my plans.

Most definitly! I'll have my deck with me, it's one of the older versions (v2.5?) with a bunch of older promo cards added so you can see how some of the old cards that were dropped from v3.0 work in the game.