(Sorry about this post being a bit of a stylistic mess sometimes, and that I can't guarantee that
these prices are still current. Also, I don't know just how good a deal some of these are.
Some of the things without descriptions are ones I've posted about before - some.)
Various Black Friday sales:
https://startycoon.com/storeSci-fi themed light economic/engine-building game.
Base game $24.50 and free shipping in the US.
MiniatureMarket.com (shipping is a flat $6 unless you hit a threshold that these do not add up to):
Combo Fighter Arcade - $4
^More-elaborate-rock-paper-scissors fighting game. (This is an old version of the game and is probably
incompatible with the more recent Plotmaker Games material, but if this is all you buy, that doesn't matter.)
Earth - $30
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/earth-iug011.html[Friday only] Azul: Master Chocolatier - $20
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/nmg60110en.htmlThis is mostly the original Azul rethemed to be about chocolate.
(There are optional extra rules on the other side of the factory tiles.)
Sugar Blast - $6
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/cmnsub001.htmlA match-3 style game for the tabletop. Pieces appear to be decent-quality plastic.
May be too short and/or random. That may be fixable by disallowing combos after the
first refill. You might also want to play an equal number of turns rather than the
official instant-win rule. (You might also want to remove the 1-of-each-color goal.)
Catherine: Cities of the Tsarina - $10
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/csgcct421.htmlHard to describe briefly, though not very complicated. It's a mostly-cards
game with a big map. Don't get if you require your games to look good.
Amazon:
As posted to DDMS, Scrabble is $10.
Project L $26
Splendor - $18.49 (I don’t know if you'll get the new or old edition - only the art is different)
($20 at Target.)
Azul - $19.99 (The sequels are also on sale, with a lower discount.)
(Also at Target.)
Heat: Pedal to the Metal - $50
Deck-management racing game. A popular recent release.
Star Wars Deck-Building Game - $16.48 or so
2-player deck-building game. Star Wars-themed, though I'd say only a few
cards do anything particularly thematic (Jawa and Death Star stand out).
Camel Up (2nd ed.) - $20
Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room - $13.99
(That's a change from the typical murder-mystery theme of such be-the-detective products.)
(Also at Target for just slightly more.)
Llamaland $25
Involves quintomino tiles getting layered on top of each other.
Jamaica (new ed.) $30
Memoir '44 - $41.50
Light World War II game for 2 players.
Ticket to Ride Legacy - $80.50
Century: Golem Edition - $30
Target:
Various mainstream things:
Rummikub - $10
Blokus $9.99
Stratego $9.99
Zingo $9.99
Throw Throw Burrito / Zombie Burrito - $12.50
Pokemon Labyrinth $12.50 (Not the glow-in-the-dark version)
Qwirkle $12.49
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Somewhere between games and toys:
Pickleball Blast Game $7.49
[Loopin' Louie remake] Bluey Keepy Uppy $9.99
^Someone on BGG - "the balloon is a bit heavy compared to the counter weight and
hits aren't as floaty as they should be compared to other games of this type"
Gravity Maze (ThinkFun, 1-player physical puzzles) $12.50
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Party games:
Poetry for Neanderthals $9.99
^Get your teammates to guess the right thing using only one-syllable words.
Decrypto $12.50
^Requires writing. Try to have your teammates know which word your clue relates to
while not being obvious enough that the other team can figure it out (only your team
knows your word list, but the other team can start working out what relates to what).
Herd Mentality $14 (reg $19)
^Try to answer the same way as the majority of players. Requires writing.
Wavelength $17.50 - Get your teammates to guess the right number by saying
something you'd put at that number on a spectrum dictated by a card.
HITSTER $9.99 (App required. Listen to song snippets* and try to put them into the correct
place in a timeline; thus requires some knowledge of secular music trends to be much fun.)
*Apparently you may need to disconnect from Spotify Premium or the songs will start from the beginning.
You Can't Say Ummm $9.99
Describe odd things to your teammates without hesitating.
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Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room $14.29 ($13.99 at Amazon)
See Amazon description.
Disney Lorcana - Gateway - $12.50
(Note: This product is intended to teach a trading card game.)
Garden Nation - $20 (66.6% off)
(If you don't like it, I can probably help you resell it for close to that much.)
Trekking The National Parks $24.99
The Quacks of Quedlinburg - 25 (/45)
Azul 20 (/32)
^matched at Amz
Splendor 20 (/32)
$18.49 at Amz
Younger-players-oriented cooperative games:
Castle Panic - $14.98
Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls $15
River Valley Glassworks - $20
Survive the Island $15
Everdell 37.50 (Don't know how good a deal this is. Gameplay is pretty similar to what I described for Everdell Farshore upthread.)
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