I skipped the whole of 2018 and 2019 from this blog and I feel kinda bad about that. Not hugely bad because both years were excellent in hobby terms but still kinda bad as I had plans for this thing. So how do I summarise the last 2 years in...
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Games that fail the Value principle.
I’ve completely lost track of this hence why I’ve not done an updated post on the value assessment of my hobby. Plus as I said in my last post there are some games which on the value scale just haven’t earned their position to stay in my collection. So there’s...
Continue reading...The value of buying online…
A friend of mine likes to talk about the monetary value difference between buying online and buying from bricks & mortar stores at RRP. Seriously, I have a friend that does this probably more so that I do! Anyway. He posted recently about online discounting v FLGS’ for Games Workshop...
Continue reading...When Retailers Go Bad
On my recent family break in London we did some of the tourist trap stuff and also did some shopping. Some of that shopping involved a trip for me out to Leisure Games for the first time and I had a great visit and plan to go back next opportunity...
Continue reading...Price vs Choice
In case you haven’t gathered from previous posts I’m a pretty big proponent of FLGS’ and RRP pricing for products. This isn’t just for tabletop games, this is in general. Why?Well I’m keen to support brick & mortar retailers, even “big box” retailers who in some respects get a bad...
Continue reading...Value Checkpoint – August 2013
I’m not planning on doing a month to month value analysis of my hobby but I will from time to time produce something that gives you a view of how I measure it and where I might not be getting as much value from my hobby as I would like....
Continue reading...Who plays Tabletop Games? Part 1
Who plays Tabletop Games? Everyone. Ok so maybe not everyone but the demographic for tabletop games is essentially everyone. Breaking it down a little.If you enjoy sci-fi, fantasy or any other fiction based entertainment (including TV) then there’s likely a tabletop game for you. Towards the end of the 1st...
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