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I love... foreign holidays!
« on: April 09, 2016, 02:52:05 PM »
Just got back from a week's family holiday in Zeeland in the Netherlands.  In the town of Terneuzen we came across a great little shop selling dvds, wool, stationery and. . Some games. Have bought Babel, Pyramidion and Qin. Having spotted them I researched a bit on BGG and dis-counted Packet Row and Rogue Agent. All were way cheaper than amazon uk and in euros too so a reasonably good exchange rate factor.
Have I done well or will eBay beckon in the near future folks?
Oh and before anyone asks why I didn't just go for it for the other two - wifey not allow it. These games will be my bday pressed in July...

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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2016, 03:00:47 PM »
Just got back from a week's family holiday in Zeeland in the Netherlands.  In the town of Terneuzen we came across a great little shop selling dvds, wool, stationery and. . Some games. Have bought Babel, Pyramidion and Qin. Having spotted them I researched a bit on BGG and dis-counted Packet Row and Rogue Agent. All were way cheaper than amazon uk and in euros too so a reasonably good exchange rate factor.
Have I done well or will eBay beckon in the near future folks?
Oh and before anyone asks why I didn't just go for it for the other two - wifey not allow it. These games will be my bday pressed in July...

These games were from white goblin games if im correct.. these are distributed from the Netherlands so they couldnt get any cheaper, i think you made a great deal.

Babel is a pretty fun game. But dont play it too much.

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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2016, 03:07:15 PM »
Good luck with your new games Endecay. I look forward to hearing about them, and if you decide/ are allowed to keep them.

PS - All the best people have birthdays in July! O:-)

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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2016, 03:11:25 PM »
Qin was €15, Pyramidion €20 and Babel €12 I think.
And yes - White Goblin.

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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2016, 11:07:03 PM »
Great thread idea! Since I live in Switzerland where everything costs an arm and a leg, I try to buy games in other countries as often as possible.

So far this year I've bought Camel Up in Italy and Jaipur and Tigris and Euphrates in Spain. Meanwhile, probably too many games to fit in a backpack are currently on their way to Carcassonne Central's online tournament division headquarters (i.e. danisthirty's house) in advance of the Oxford meet-up at the end of this month.


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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2016, 02:10:10 AM »
Meanwhile, probably too many games to fit in a backpack are currently on their way to Carcassonne Central's online tournament division headquarters (i.e. danisthirty's house) in advance of the Oxford meet-up at the end of this month.

Yeah, about that... ;)



I'm hoping your parcels can hold their own against the zombie hordes until the end of the month...
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Re: I love... foreign holidays!
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2016, 03:42:00 AM »
Meanwhile, probably too many games to fit in a backpack are currently on their way to Carcassonne Central's online tournament division headquarters (i.e. danisthirty's house) in advance of the Oxford meet-up at the end of this month.

Yeah, about that... ;)



I'm hoping your parcels can hold their own against the zombie hordes until the end of the month...

Woohoo! I have ravens in the top packet so your zombies will be gone before breakfast!

I might order one more thing today just for fun :)
« Last Edit: October 25, 2017, 01:38:23 PM by danisthirty »


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