Canadian Online Board Game Retailers

Baldr

Hey gang! As a casual board gamer, I have looked for a good Canadian online store for board games on and off for years and never found one that endures the ravages of time. Where oh where can I shop online for games in the Great White North?

Thanks for your undoubtedly fantastic help!

P.S. Should I start with Small World or Small World: Underground?

Figgy

Where do you live?

Baldr

Southern Manitoba. There are several game stores I can go to in Winnipeg but nobody wants to list game prices. Also, amazon.ca is ridiculous, they list Small World for $99.99

Figgy

Yeah, be careful when shopping on Amazon.ca. Lots of stuff is sold through the Marketplace, and sellers set their own prices there.

Check out http://www.meeplemart.com. It's based on Toronto, but he'll ship to Manitoba for $14 flat, no matter how big your order. He is selling Small World for $38.95. You can grab that and Underground from him and still come out ahead after shipping.

Lots of other rad stuff on there if you're a board game lover, too. Take advantage of the flat rate shipping.

Baldr

Awesome, thanks!

Anyone know of any other? I like to shop around

Dark Moon

What you want to do is go to Game Knight. It's a small, local game shop on south Osborne up in Winnipeg. Either call them up and have them ship it to you or have them order it in then drive into the city to pick it up. If it's in print, they can get it, and if it's not in print, they'll try their best to get it in for you. Lovely little shop - they made change for me when the used bookstore I worked a few doors down at ran out of change a few times.

Entriech

The answer is www.germangames.com
They're an outfit based in Kitchener, Ontario. I've used them to make purchases before, and everything's gone great. The most attractive thing about them is that they offer flat rate shipping through Canada, regardless of how many games are in an order. Considering our mail system generally sucks for price, and games are usually heavy and large, this works out well.

tr0tsky

I buy pretty much all my stuff from Starlit Citadel. Not sure how their shipping charges compare, because I just pick up from their warehouse in Vancouver.

Sharp101

Figgy wrote:

Check out http://www.meeplemart.com. It's based on Toronto, but he'll ship to Manitoba for $14 flat, no matter how big your order. He is selling Small World for $38.95. You can grab that and Underground from him and still come out ahead after shipping.

Lots of other rad stuff on there if you're a board game lover, too. Take advantage of the flat rate shipping.

Baldr wrote:

Anyone know of any other? I like to shop around

You won't need anywhere else. Steve at Meeplemart has the best selection ever - if it's in print he should have it. It will also be the lowest price you'll find. If you find it lower price somewhere else, he will match that price.

SwashbucklerXX

I like http://www.boardgames.ca/ along with Meeplemart. They're reliable and have pretty good sales sometimes.

Kuroi Ookami

I know the guy who ran the game board convention here back in November, a number of stores sponsored it and sold tickets for him. Do you want store names, or do you want particular boardgames that I can ask him to keep an eye out for, since he's big into that scene.

Sadly, I do not know of a good online store, but I shall inquire with him. Embarrassed if Dark Moon turns out to be him :P