{"id":1162,"date":"2021-01-10T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T06:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2021-01-21T09:45:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:45:46","slug":"thrill-of-the-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/10\/thrill-of-the-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrill of the Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love a good hunt…finding a game at a resale store that is out of print or otherwise in demand can be a nice shopping rush. \ud83d\ude42 This weekend I hit a couple of Half Price Books stores that I had not been to in a while, and managed to pick up a couple of fun surprises.<\/p>\n

\"Hostage<\/a>
Hostage Negotiator<\/figcaption><\/figure> The first game I found that struck my fancy was Hostage Negotiator<\/em>, which I see gets a decent amount of love from the solo gamer community. I checked on Amazon and a new copy was running about $29. Half Price Books was asking $12.50 for the used copy so it felt like a good price. I picked it up.<\/p>\n

Normally HPB tapes their boxes shut to prevent pieces from going missing. I don’t particularly like that because sometimes the tape tears the box when I remove it. Sometimes (if I have time) I will ask them to open the box in the store so I can inventory everything before I buy, but I don’t always do that. On this trip we had several different stops to make so I decided to just wait until I got home to do my inventory. <\/p>\n

When I did open up the box after arriving home, I discovered that not only was the game complete and in great condition but it also included Abductor Pack #1<\/em>, Abductor Pack #2<\/em>, Abductor Pack #3<\/em>, Abductor Pack #4<\/em> and the Negotiator Pack<\/em>. Five mini expansions – each generally selling for around $8 on Amazon – all included in the base game box. My price? Only $12.50, and that was before my coupon. Score!<\/p>\n

\"Mice<\/a>
Mice & Mystics<\/figcaption><\/figure>The next game I found was one that I really like: Mice and Mystics<\/em>. I already have a copy in my collection. Despite that, when I find a game that I know I really like (for a good price) I will often pick it up. Sometimes they end up as gifts to gamer friends, or they might end up as eBay inventory, or sometimes (I did this with Terraforming Mars<\/em>) I use the second copy for additional parts, like dice or miniatures or something. Amazon has this game priced at $54 right now, and I picked it up for $30. Another surprise waited for me when I got home and opened it up though…once again I had purchased a game that had an expansion already inside the box. Heart of Glorm<\/em> was included! Not only that, but the previous owner had taken the time to build a foam-core insert to hold the components of both games.<\/p>\n

I like making my own foam core inserts; it’s one of many ways this hobby entertains me. I can also appreciate it when someone else makes one, and the person who owned this game previously did a really nice job putting it together.<\/p>\n

There were a few other games I picked up on this trip (King’s Forge<\/em>, Woodlands<\/em> and Dragonwood<\/em>) so it was a very productive hunt.<\/p>\n

What about you? What’s your favorite \/ best bargain story from your shopping adventures?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love a good hunt…finding a game at a resale store that is out of print or otherwise in demand can be a nice shopping rush. \ud83d\ude42 This weekend I hit a couple of Half Price Books stores that I had not been to in a while, and managed to pick up a couple of … Continue reading “Thrill of the Hunt”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[128,126,127,125,129],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-dragonwood","tag-hostage-negotiator","tag-kings-forge","tag-mice-and-mystics","tag-woodlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}