My latest purchase was a board game called Marrakech. Bought it at a thrift store for $3. You are a carpet merchant in the Bazzar at Marrakech. It is a strategy game of placing your carpets on the map for maximum visibility. Best thrift store purchase yet!
The latest game I got was a prize from a local radio station. They had some of the guys from Fantasy Flight Games on talking about what they do. I called in to talk and was given a copy of Blood Bowl: Team Manager the Card Game. Looks fun, and is a heck of a lot of game in one box.
Technically, it was a $1.00 rubber snake from Wal-Mart. Before that, though, it was half a dozen elven archer D&D minis, and two magma beasts, for a couple of adventures I'm working on.