Mail Order Game Shops of the World
Below is an alphabetical list of shops (and a few individuals) that sell board
games and will take mail and phone orders. Of particular interest are shops that
supply Eurogames and used games. Note that the alphabetical listing pushes some
of the best shops to the bottom so check out the whole list before ordering.
Bill Armintrout's
excellent article on mail ordering games and game supplies is good reading for
novice users of mail order services. The one tip I would add is to watch the
prices. Pricing can vary wildly and you want to know how much you should be
paying for the items you are ordering before you place your order.
Also be sure to check out the various
game shops on the Web.
999 Games
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Mail order: Rondeel 134, 1082 MH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phone: 00 31 20 644 57 94
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They translate games to Dutch!
Recent word indicates that 999 are no longer doing mail order
and have switched over to being a distributor. Apparently, they
are still a resource for games for folks in and around
Amsterdam, though.
Adam spielt
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Mail Order: Königsberger Straße 10, 61169 Friedberg, Germany
Email: adam.spielt@t-online.de
Phone: 06031/5029
Fax: 06031/63761
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Large catalog. Fairly easy to get hold of an English speaking clerk.
Reasonable shipping rates. And some good news: they now take VISA!
All About Games
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Mail Order: 78 Main Street, Belfast, Maine 04915 USA
Email: aag@agate.net
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All About carries all kinds of non-electronic
games including family games (scrabble, backgammon, cribbage, chess,
checkers, mancala, Spinners, etc.), role play games, collectible cards
(Magic, Star Wars, Middle Earth, Legend of the Five Rings, Redemption,
Wyvern, Illuminati), playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, role play games, games
from Maine (Abalone, Stack, tackaradi), and a limited line of fantasy and
military miniatures and paints. They've been in business for about two years
in downtown Belfast, Maine. They also have a game space called The Gamers'
Loft where gamers of all ages, but particularly junior high and high school
kids, get together to play a variety of games.
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Store and Mail Order: 1220 Airline Rd, Suite 130 Box 238B, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA
E-Mail: acmdr1@davlin.net
Fax: (512) 242-1839
Order Line: 1-800-460-9272
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Deep discounts and a wide range. Besides, they're Texans. Check it out.
- Store and Mail Order: 4254 Holley Rd, Lizella, GA 31052, USA
E-Mail: BoulderG@aol.com
Newletter on the Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~mlbakke1/boulderg.htm
Voice/Fax: 912-935-8777
Orders Machine: 1-800-299-6565
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Mostly American games but with a growing line of European offerings.
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Mail Order: PO Box 195, Mary Esther, FL 32569, USA
E-Mail: rberry@bsc.net
Fax: 904-243-0738 (fax on demand catalog available)
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Basic wargame range.
Crazy Egor's Discount Game Warehouse
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Store: 3047 West Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
Email: egorsorder@aol.com
Mail Order: 1699 Hamlin-Parma T.L. Road, Hilton, New York 14468, USA
Telephone: (716) 392-5158 or (800) 724-8628 (machine) or (716) 427-2190 (people)
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Eric Derby (derby@news.cc) reports: "For any out of print game call Crazy Egor's
discount game warehouse. They specialize in rare and out-of-print games.
They do mail order anywhere on the planet (they have stopped shipping off planet
due to outrageous shipping costs). If they do not have an item then you can get
put on Egor's want list and he (yes, there really is an owner who is called Egor)
will continue to look for the game for you. When the game is found they will
send you a quote and give you the option to buy the item."
Jeux Descartes
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52 Rue Des Ecoles, 75505 Paris, France
Phone: 43 26 79 83
Fax: 43 26 98 61
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Great shop, killer catalog. Best source for French games. (Thanks to
Matt for the updated phone numbers and address.)
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Corporate Office: 3770 Nashua Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4V 1M6
Phone: 1-800-268-2597 (toll free but North America only)
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Basic, traditional games (Mah Jong, backgammon, crokinole, etc.)
and some gaming tables.
Esdevium Games
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6 Wellington Street, Aldershot, Hamphire GU11 1DZ, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1252 311443
Fax: +44 1252 24613
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A great game shop not far outside of London featuring a full range of
games from the Continent.
European Game Source
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Unfortunately, this great source for European games has closed its doors.
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1936 SE Tenino St.,Portland, OR 97202-6756
Phone: (503) 233-6969 (10am - 9pm PST daily), (800) 690-7879 x3333 (for orders only, 10am - 9pm PST daily)
Email: M.Dean@FineGames.com
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FGP&C offers mostly wargames with a smattering of other, mostly American games with
a good range of used games (once again, mostly wargames but a few others).
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1662 Ashland Street, Ashland, OR 97520
Email: funagain@funagain.com
Phone: 541-482-1939
Fax: 541-482-1020
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FunAgain features recycled (All Parts Included Guarantee) and new boardgames,
including a large stock of all the latest games from Europe.
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7510 Hazard Center Drive, Suite 417, San Diego, CA 92108, USA
Phone: (619) 574-6740
Fax: (619)574-6766
Email: gempire@gameempire.com
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Game Empire features in store gaming with a friendly staff and a wide
selection of games for mail order.
Game Show
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474 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10011, USA
Telephone: (212) 633-6328
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Game Show have been on the scene for around 10 years.
They do phone and mail orders via UPS. They don't really do
RPG's (just basic D&D, etc.), and focus more on interesting board
games, word & party games. They also have nice chess & backgammon sets,
physical puzzles, and a huge selection of jigsaw puzzles.
Games & Gear
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Mail order: Games & Gear, P.O. Box 531124, Indianapolis, IN 46253-1124, USA
Phone: (317) 328-8103
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30 to 35% off all games (all GW products have a 35% discount). In addition,
Games & Gear also has the LARGEST catalog of any mail-order game and hobby
supply store.
There have been reports that the phone number listed above is disconnected.
Have these folks shut down or just changed their number?
Games & Kites
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Mail Order:Untergasse 6, 61200 Wölfersheim
Phone: 06036/9372
Fax: 06036/5925
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Amazing catalog! A must see. Fairly easy to get hold of an English speaking clerk.
Reasonable shipping rates.
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Mail order: High St, Watton, Norfolk, UK
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Eamon Bloomfield sells new and second hand games, provides a mail order service,
and also mails out a monthly list of current second hand games to
subscribers.
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Mail Order: The Manor House, Eagle, Lincoln, LN6 9DG
Phone: 01522 868353
Email: kb@tgstore.demon.co.uk, 100012.2453@compuserve.com
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The Games Store is a mail order shop specialising in strategy games and
magazines, mainly of the military variety eg AH, Gamers, etc. Send email
to receive a catalog with descriptions of games and magazines. The Games Store
has been in operation since ca. 1970. A 10% money off voucher is included
with each order for use with future purchases.
Games Parts, Inc.
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Telephone: (201) 784-8181
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Reputedly a good source of game bits for the home hacker.
Games People Play
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1105 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Telephone: (617) 492-0711
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Games People Play are the premier walk-in shop for European board games in the
United States. They run a very nice, but somewhat pricey, mail order shop, as
well.
Gamescape
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333 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
Telephone: (415) 621-GAME or 621-4263
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Gamescape offers a wide selection of games: European board games, war games,
role playing, miniatures, abstract strategy games, and puzzles. They also have
a large used games selection - the perfect place to pick up the best games
from the last few decades.
Gamescape
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465 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
Telephone: (415) 322-GAME or 322-4263
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This branch of Gamescape is more convenient to Silicon Valley but,
in general, has a smaller selection. This branch also sells used
games and its selection can be quite different from the San Francisco
store.
The Gameskeeper
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105 Cowley Road, Oxford, England OX4 1HU
Telephone: (0865) 721348
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This shop has been in Oxford for a least the past 11 years,
probably longer, it is well stocked, and the owners are
friendly and always happy to talk about games or give advice.
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4212 Olympic Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
Telephone: 650-571-7529
Email: gatorgames@AOL.com
Store hours: Monday-Friday 11:00-19:00; Saturday & Sunday 11:00-18:00 PST
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Gator sells tons and tons of miniatures, card singles for Magic, MLB Showdown,
NFL Showdown, Pokemon, and Mage Knight, roleplaying games, board games, used
games, used PlayStation 2 and Gameboy Games, and lots of game accessories.
They have several showcases just full of dice. Gator will special order your
gaming needs and fill over 200 special orders a week.
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14 Hawkins Way, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon OX13 6LB
Telephone/Fax: +44 (0)1865 730317
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Mark Buckley & Meriel Lewis import only the finest from Europe and
The States.
Just Games
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71, Brewer Street, Piccadilly Circus, London WIR 3FB, England
Telephone: 011-44-71-437-0761 or 011-44-71-734-6124
Fax: 011-44-71-437-4541
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This excellent shop has more than picked up the pieces after the
exit of Mark Green, who has now passed on to the Gaming Hall of Fame
(don't worry - he's not dead, just in France). Ample stocks, a fine
range, and a killer location make Just Games one of the premiere game
shops in the English speaking world.
Just Say Game
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Telephone: 800.SAY.GAME
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This new division of Wargames West has an excellent catalog.
Kent Game Brokers
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Telephone: 1-800-925-GAME between 9am and 9pm EST (East Coast US time)
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A wide range of supplies are available to
members at a substantial discount. Give them a call and they'll
get you signed up, send you a catalog, and take your orders. Annual membership is
only $5, which covers the credit they give
to whomever referred you. Note to current members - You receive a $5 merchandise
credit for every new member that mentions your name.
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[Ken - I haven't checked out KGB personally so let me know what you think if you deal
with them.]
Lambourne Games
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US Distributor: Keywood Cheeves (kccheve@ngic.osis.gov)
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Keywood serves as the American distributor of these unusual sports simulation
games.
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Mail order: 91 Ballards Lane, Finchley, London N3
Telephone: 0181 346 2327
Email: leisuregames@btinternet.com
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With the fall of Mark Green to Cupid's arrow, this humble shop in Ballards
Lane, Finchley, home of Margaret Thatcher and Becker Bakeries, has ascended
to the heights as, perhaps, the very best game shop in the English speaking
world. Worth the trip out from London even when you factor in the transit
police.
Magnus Spiele Versand
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Mail Order: Postfach 1644, 68506 Viernheim
Phone: 06204/ 73264
Fax: 06204/79734
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Apparently these folks offer a 20% discount. Rumored to be the cheapest
prices of all the German mail order houses. I've had good reports about
service and delivery speed.
McGartlin Motorsport Design
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Mail Order: 4648 Leeward Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23321
Phone: (757) 465-9540
Email: AWGE19A@prodigy.com
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These folks sell The Stock Car Championship Racing Card Game and a range
of imports from France (Ludodelire's line), including Formule De with its
additional tracks and other expansions, and a few other games from Europe.
Great prices and cheerful service. Recommended.
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Mail Order: 8636 McKenney Avenue, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Phone: (780) 459-1055
Fax: (780) 459-1021
Email: daplayer@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
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These folks sell The Stock Car Championship Racing Card Game and a range
of imports from France (Ludodelire's line), including Formule De with its
additional tracks and other expansions, and a few other games from Europe.
Great prices and cheerful service. Recommended.
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Mail Order: Rt 11/30, Manchester Center, VT 05255
Email: game@vermontel.com
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This store is about 1600 sq feet with over half in games from around the
world, the rest are puzzles (jigsaws and brain teasers). They specialize
in board games, both the boxed versions and wooden. There are no
electronic, video, computer or role playing. They also keep a wish list
for people of out of production games. When they find one they make sure it
is complete and let you know the exact condition and give you the option
of getting it or not. In the puzzle line they also have beautiful hand
crafted wooden puzzles that are real collector items. They do mail order -
the farthest is to Australia - no "catalog", but they put out
a newsletter twice a year that is free.
OYA
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22 rue Daubenton, 75005 Paris, France
Telephone: +33 1 47075959
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OYA ("the first player" in Japanese) is a great idea: a cafe that
rents out games so that you can give them a try before buying them.
And they've recently started taking mail orders for games.
The cafe/shop is open every day (except Mondays) from 2 PM to midnight.
Almost makes me want to slip in a trip to Paris sometime soon...
Rio Grande Games
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Telephone: 800.SAY.GAME
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This new division of Wargames West is importing an excellent range
of European games into the US.
2nd Games Galore
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23 Reynes Drive, Oakley, Bedford MK43 7SD, Great Brittain
Phone: (01234) 823873
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Piet Notebaert reports on this new find:
"They sell new and lots of 2nd hand games and publish a monthly
newsletter for members. Membership costs 15 pounds sterling (in GB) and
18 pounds sterling overseas.
For that membership you get:
- 10% discount on all second hand games
- 5% discount on new games
- first chance to buy any game
- gamesearch: he goes out into the market place and seeks those games you are looking for
- special offers on games
- club newsletter"
Sounds interesting. I may check it out, myself.
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Haarlemmerdijk 147, 1013 KH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 6241171
Fax: +31 20 627 0885
E-mail: paard@xs4all.nl
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Wholesale and retail import and export of Go books and equipment.
European distributor of Go World.
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Kinkerstraat 16, 1053 DV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phone & Fax: +31-20-4121083
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Mostly American games with an active in-store gaming culture and
pointers to a weekly gathering of gamers in Amsterdam.
Note: Ludemus does not translate games into Dutch (but you
can check out the Flemish
translations maintained by our friend, Piet).
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6640 Odana Rd., Madison, WI 53719, USA
Phone: (608) 833-GAME
Email: games@pegasusgames.com
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Featuring a full range of American fare plus Games Workshop gear. On-line
specials on a wide range of collectable card games.
Not to be confused with Pegasus Speile, the German publisher of RPGs and
fantasy games.
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Holger Herrmann, Gutenbergstr. 52, 44139 Dortmund
Phone/Fax 0231/556106
E-mail: spielbar@t-online.de
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An on-line games store with a good range of German games. Note that the site
is entirely in the German language.
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Mariahilfer Str. 88a, A-1150 WIEN (Vienna), Austria
Phone: +43/1/523 64 34
Fax: +43/1/524 30 90
Email: office@spielerei.co.at-
Spielerei is the leading games store in Vienna, Austria (not Australia!).
They have been in business for more than 25 years now. For the last five years
they have had the only Austrian mail order games service. Soon they will also be
the only Austrian Internet order service for games.
They carry a wide range of games: family board games, strategy games, RPGs,
TCGs and also luxury games (Chess, Roulette...) from all over the world,
as long as the rules are in German and/or English. They also
print an annual 80-page mail order catalog.
Best of all: they take credit cards!
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98 Station Street, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE14 1BT, UK
Phone: 01283 511293
Email: salnphil@spiritgames.u-net.com
Shop opening hours: 10-6 Tues-Fri, 10-5 Sat.
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One of the longest running game shops in the UK.
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32 Hampden Crescent, Brentwood, Essex CM14 5BD, England
Phone/Fax: +44 1277 221473
Email: games@eady.demon.co.uk
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Official distributors of Lambourne Games, The Sports accept world wide credit card
orders 24 hours a day.
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P.O. Box 4095, South Chelmsford, MA 01824-0795, USA
Telephone: 1-800-342-6373 (1-800-3GAMES3) anytime, works in Canada, too
Fax: (508) 250-0680
Email: 3trolls@world.std.com
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Tim Trant reports on Three Trolls: They take MasterCard, VISA, money orders,
and US bank cheques (slower). Shipping is per order, $3.50 for US, $6.75 to Canada,
and International orders at cost. Prices seem to be "list", but with "every purchase of
$50.00 or more you receive $5.00 off of your next purchase of $20.00 or
more". They'll send out a catalogue if you phone up and ask for it: it's
just over 100 pages of all sorts of games and puzzles, ranging from mystery
party games to arjeu puzzles to abstract strategy games to shogi sets to
railroad games to role playing to wargames. For example, they have Cosmic
Wimpout, Pipeline, Silverton, Distant Seas, Castle of Magic, and Cry Havoc,
to name some of the less common items that caught my eye. At this point I
have no personal or second-hand experiences with them to relate but I intend
to try them out with an order for a couple of obscure things that are hard
to find elsewhere.
Karen Grady (kgrady@abacus.bates.edu)
reports: I have ordered from their catalog a
number of times and they have always been clear, prompt, and accurate.
Their staff is fantastic; they really know the games they sell and
will happily give you information about the play or feel of a game.
They are also willing to find games they do not carry, but their
selection is wide. I visit as many game stores as I can when I travel
but their catalog remains my favorite. Their store, however, was a bit
disappointing, with a fairly limited selection.
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4408 St-Denis, Montreal, P.Que, Canada H2J 2L1
Telephone: (514) 499-9970
Toll free US and Canada: 1-888-499-JEUX
Fax: (514) 499-1972
Le Valet d'Coeur Online: www.levalet.com
E-mail: mute@levalet.com
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Dany Gagnon says, "We used to be customers at Just Games in London
in the Seventies. So when we openned in 1981, we modelled our
store after them. Our Web site does not begin to reflect our
real inventory but we are working hard at it. We are also the
only Boutique Relais Descartes in North America."
Dany wins extra bonus points for sending his store's information
to me already formatted in the proper Game Cabinet Store List
Format (GCSLF, pronounced like a painful sneeze that you tried
to stop but it slipped out anyway). He's a sharp one, kids!
Village Games
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Camden Lock, London, England
Phone: 0171 485 0653
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Lots of puzzles, small selection of board games. Has an excellent collection
of gaming books available.
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195 College Street, 2nd floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1J2
Phone: (416) 408-GAME
Fax: (416) 408-4600
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Toronto's oldest specialty gaming store (established 1982) carries a comprehensive
selection of roleplaying games, wargames, trading card games, other board games,
miniatures, accessories, and game related novels.
They ship by UPS or post anywhere in the world (and claim regular customers on five
continents). VISA, MasterCard, or American Express (phone or fax only for
first time orders, but hope to have a secure Netscape connection soon).
The Game Cabinet
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- Ken Tidwell