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12 Nov

Posted by David Miller as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games, Miniatures, Modern Board Games, RPGs, War Games

The Jack Vasel Memorial Fund’s annual auction runs through November 25th on BoardGameGeek. It’s a charity auction; don’t expect to get any deals. But there’s some cool stuff and it’s a good cause, so bid high!

At Amazon:

Purchase one Steve Jackson Game and get 30% off a second.
Buy the Fluxx Board Game and get $5 off another game from Looney Labs.
Save 40% on select products from University Games.

The Story Games Weekly newsletter is giving away gift certificates to DriveThruRPG. To enter, submit a Fate aspect via email.

The Toys “R” Us Epic Board Game Sale is in-store only and includes such deals as Clue for $8, Electronic Battleship for $25, Scrabble Flash for $3, and Ants in the Pants for $5. Also, get a $10 gift card with the purchase of $35 or more of Hasbro board games.

In Noble Knight Games’ Fall Sale everything is at least 10% off.

To go with the company’s playing cards project on Kickstarter, Albino Dragon is giving away The Princess Bride on blue-ray.

WizKids is collecting playthrough videos of the Kobayashi Maru scenario in Star Trek: Attack Wing. The company will select one video in which the Federation player wins and one video in which the Klingon player wins, and award each a set of the Star Trek: Attack Wing The Dominion War Storyline Organized Play Kits 1 and 2.

The current pay-what-you-want Bundle of Holding focuses on Hero System.