massdropLooking to stretch that boardgame budget as far as it can go? Aren’t we all? And you know you can’t count on your gaming buddies to pitch in on a group buy. Well, now you don’t have to.

Massdrop.com is website dedicated to taking the group buy concept and crowdsourcing it. Sign up for an account, pitch your idea, and once it reaches critical mass, they contact the publisher on your behalf. Deals reach will into the 40% – 50% off MSRP, and successful campaigns have included Settlers of Catan, Android:Netrunner base set, Dominion and Galaxy Trucker. Not to mention many successful massdrops of Magic: the Gathering sets and CCG supplies.

Shipping varies from project to project, but is low enough in the US to keep them competitive with many online gaming stores.