The Connection Gaming Blog - Nov 21st, 2011 Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 20:14.
This weekend we quietly launched our customer loyalty program - here's the scoop. For every $25 you spend before taxes, we'll stamp your loyalty card. Earn 10 stamps and redeem the card for 20% off your next purchase. Your $25 purchase must be made in a single transaction, and you will get 1 stamp for every $25 you spend - e.g., if you spend $100 before taxes, you get 4 stamps. The 20% off can apply to multiple items, but it must all be in a single transaction. The discount cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts - e.g., sale items or comic member benefits. If you forget your card - no problem, we'll give you a new one and you can combine cards for the discount later on.
We have a couple of new board game releases in the store and a few we expect shortly.
Dominion Hinterlands arrived on Nov 17th last week. "This is the 6th addition to the game of Dominion. It adds 26 new Kingdom cards to Dominion, including 20 Actions, 3 Treasures, 3 Victory cards, and 3 Reactions. The central theme is cards that do something immediately when you buy them or gain them." from the Rio Grande Games web-site. A great Christmas present for the Dominion fan on your list, and it'll earn you a stamp on your loyalty card 
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.We also received a few copies of Belfort. This great game with local connections is getting rave reviews on boardgamegeek.com and other review sites. We're still waiting for our main shipment, but we expect to organize a meet the designer event on a saturday in December. "Belfort is a Worker Placement game with Area Majority scoring in each district as well as for each type of worker. Buildings give you influence in the districts as well as income, but taxes increase based on your score so the winning players will have to pay more than those behind! Manage your resources and gold well, choose your buildings wisely, and help build the city of Belfort!" from the Tasty Minstrel Games web-site. Come on in and get your copy signed - a must have for the Vancouver board game fan.
New on the pre-order page for board games this week, we added: Last Will - a game that was received well at Essen this year. In a strange twist you win this game by losing all your money... "In his last will, your rich uncle stated that all his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most. How did he want to find this out? Each player is given a large amount of money and whoever can spend it first will be the rightful heir. Visit the most exclusive theatres or eat in the most expensive restaurants. Buy old properties for the price of new ones and sell them as old ruins. Host a huge party in your mansion or on your private boat. Spend like your life depend's on it. Spend to become rich!" from the Rio Grande Games web-site.
Also new on pre-order page is Power Grid: The Robots. Do you find Power Grid with 2 or 3 players not all that challenginf/fun? Add a "Robot" player to add some more variables. This expansion requires the base game to play.
Board game night is every Monday at Renfrew and Tuesday at Cambie. Come on in and try out some new games.
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