New Arrivals (Front Page)

Canada Day Hours

2009-06-30T11:04:00.001-07:00

Happy Canada Day!

Wed., July 1st:

Kits store OPEN 12 to 5
Poco store CLOSED

Hours holiday monday

2009-05-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

Monday May 18th:

Poco - closed

Kits store - open 12-5pm

Newly listed on web site

2009-04-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

Some recent arrivals that have just been added to our web site today:
Formula D
Formula D Expansion 1 Sebring & Chicago
Ghost Stories
Giants
Hurry Cup
Portrayal
Playing Gods
Playing Gods Expansion
China the Middle Kingdom
Lightning War on Poland
Ticket to Ride Dice Expansion
Memoir '44 Campaign Bk Exp
Borneo
Bang!
Bang! Dodge City & High Noon
F.A.T.A.L
Amerigo
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! Rusia 1941-42
Conflict of Heroes: Board 6 Exp – The Marsh
Surf's Up Dude!
Lungarno
Comuni
Chairs in Tin

See New Arrivals Page

Easter Weekend Hours

2009-04-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

Store hours for Easter Weekend:

Sunday HOLIDAY hours
Open 12 - 5 in Vancouver
Open 12 - 5 in Poco

Monday HOLIDAY hours
Open 12 - 5 in Vancouver
Open 12 - 5 in Poco

Tuesday, back to regular hours again.

Drexoll Games on CBC TV - Living Vancouver

2009-01-21T16:11:00.000-08:00

The segment aired today at 3pm, but if you missed it, you can view it online at the CBC web site - click here.

Our segment starts at 9:10 into the show.

Friday hours and events for Poco are changed

2009-01-14T13:41:00.000-08:00

Announcement: The Poco location's hours and events for Fridays are changed. The store is now open 11 to 7 (it was 11 to 9), and the Friday night board game is no longer scheduled for Fridays. We have added a Sunday afternoon game day in Poco for Sundays 1pm to 6pm.

Friday game night and hours at the Kits location remains unchanged.

New Arrivals

2009-01-02T11:45:00.000-08:00

We are open regular hours Friday (until 9) with our regular board game night at both locations.

New Arrivals:
Talisman the Reaper
Lost Cities the Board Game
Chicago Express
Alhambra Expansion #5
The Club

Restock in:
Agricola
Stone Age

Back to Regular hours

2008-12-28T13:47:00.000-08:00

We are back to regular hours! Please note that Jan 1st, our Kits store will be open 12 to 5, but the Poco store will be closed.

Kitsilano (Vancouver) store:
Sunday Dec 28: 11:30 to 6pm
Monday Dec 29: 10:30 to 6:30pm
Tues Dec 30: 10:30 to 6:30pm
Wed. Dec 31: 10:30 to 6:30pm
Thursday January 1: 12pm to 5pm

Poco store:
Sunday Dec 28: 11:30 to 6pm
Monday Dec 29: 11:00 to 7pm
Tues Dec 30: 11:00 to 7pm
Wed. Dec 31: 11:00 to 7pm
Thursday January 1: closed

Extended Hours

2008-12-22T22:17:00.001-08:00

We have extended shopping hours until Christmas:

Vancouver Store:
Mon Dec 23 - 9am to 8pm
Tues Dec 24 - 9am to 4pm
Dec 25 - closed
Fri Dec 26 - 10am to 6pm
Sat Dec 27 - 10am to 6pm

Poco Store:
Mon Dec 23 - 9am to 7pm
Tues Dec 24 - 9am to 4pm
Dec 25 - closed
Fri Dec 26 - 11am to 7pm
Sat Dec 27 - 10:30am to 6:30pm

New games!

2008-12-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

New this week:

Android
Battlestar Galactica Board Game
Cosmic Encounter (reprint by FFG)
Carcassonne Catapult (expansion)

Extended hours until Christmas!

Open today!

2008-12-14T10:37:00.000-08:00

Snow day! But we're still open as planned 10 to 6 today!

Holiday Inventory in Stores

2008-12-06T21:30:00.001-08:00

Over the last couple weeks, we've been receiving a record amount of inventory! We've tried to cram as much as possible into our two stores so that we can offer great selection throughout the month! That being said, it's always better to shop sooner than later (so you can relax and enjoy the holidays), so pop in and let us help you find some great gifts, or games to play over the holidays.

Rainbow photo

2008-12-01T12:48:00.001-08:00

From the Morris family, taken on Sunday Nov 30th

Demo games same remaining

2008-11-21T20:05:00.000-08:00

Our demo games sales held earlier tonight was a success! We had 48 people in attendance, and a significant chunk of the games went quickly. The extras are still on the table at the front of the store and will be on sale throughout the weekend.

Demo Games sale - Friday Nov 21st at 7pm

2008-11-18T14:11:00.000-08:00

We will be having our annual Demo board games sale this Friday November 21st at 7pm. We will be selling more than half of our in-store demo games. We will be bringing some games from the Poco location, but please note the sale is taking place exclusively at the Kits location.

There will be lots of great games... and we'll throw in a few surprises too!

We will employ the same number-lottery system we used last year.

Everyone who arrives before 7pm will receive a "lottery" number. The numbers will be scrambled and then drawn one at a time starting at 7pm. When your number is pulled, you can choose one game from the table, and so on.

Remembrance Day hours

2008-11-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

Remembrance Day - Tues Nov. 11th - our Poco store will be closed for the day.

The Kits location will be OPEN from 12pm to 5pm. Come in and say hi to Darcy, and/or bring some friends to play some games!

New board games this week

2008-10-31T11:52:00.000-07:00

Masquerade
Word Sweep!
Wise Alec
Napoleonic Wars
The Dutch Golden Age

restock in Agricola, Galaxy Trucker

24 hour game night

2008-09-26T18:55:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone who came and made our 5th annual 24 hour games night lots of fun! The turnout wasn't as huge as last year, but it meant less fighting over precious resources like chairs and tables! Details are still coming in about the events of the evening... we will give some shoutouts to the various tournament winners in our next newsletter.

New game arrivals will be posted here Friday.

New arrivals Sept 5, 08

2008-09-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

New board games:

Boochie, a kids game from Gamewright. A fun outdoor game that involves tossing, kicking, bowling and throwing like never before! (Hey! It looks like a safe alternative to those lawn darts some of us grew up with...) $38.99

Frogs, from the designer of the award-winning Hive game, John Yianni. Gen Four Two games $39.99

Straw, a game by Richard James, AEG Games $15.99

Jamaica, Malcolm Braff, Burno Cathala and Sebastien Pauchon $65.99

OKKO, by Laurent Pouchain, based on the universe created by Hub $38.99

Senji, by Serge Laget and Bruno Cahtala, Asmodee Editions $75.99

24 hour game night

2008-09-04T12:00:00.000-07:00

Our 24 hour game night is scheduled for Sept 26th to 27th, at the Poco location. More details about registration will be coming... we will post them here as well as in our email newsletter.

New games this week

2008-08-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

We've had some fun new PARTY GAMES arrive recently:

Time's Up Title Recall - a new version of the popular party game
Time's Up Deluxe - replaces the main game
Say Anything - What do your friends really think?

And some new abstract games:
Army of Frogs (from the publishers of Hive)
Blokus 3D

Kits store opened late today

2008-08-23T14:01:00.001-07:00

Our apologies -- we didn't get the Kits store open until 1:30pm on Saturday. We had a schedule mixup! We will be here until 6:30 today and are open regular hours Sunday. I hope this didn't ruin your day if you tried to come in earlier today and found we were not here... :-(

New Arrivals

2008-08-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

Agricola is here! We have copies on hold for everyone who preordered at the Vancouver store, and you should have all been called or emailed. The Poco store will have their copies later this afternoon. There are a few extras, but they will go fast so we suggest calling first if you have your heart set on one for this weekend. We will continue to restock of course.

Also new and exciting:
Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries
Espana 1936
Wealth of Nations
Nefertiti
Tribune
SPQR
Garibaldi
Horus
Farkle
Wizard's Gambit
Collateral Damage
Merlin's Company

(These items are not yet listed in detail online, please call or see at the store for details.)

2008-07-18T10:56:00.000-07:00

New Settlers of Catan Expansion:
Traders & Barbarians $42.99
Immerse yourself in The Settlers of Catan with this deeply rich set of 4 variants and 5 linkable scenarios!

Blackbeard - The Golden Age of Piracy - GMT Games - $58.99

Wizard's Gambit - Gryphon Forge - $21.99

SPQR - The Art of War in the Roman Republic - GMT Games - $99.99

Farkle - Patch Products - $9.99

Nefertiti - Rio Grande - $52.99

Horus - Mayfair Games - $36.99

Traders of Carthage - Z-Man Games - $25.99

Acquire (reprint)

Wealth of Nations - TableStar Games - $52.99

Tribune - Fantasy Flight Games - $52.99

Ming Dynasty - Rio Grande - $41.99

(note - these new arrivals aren't listed in our web site database just yet, but please stop in or phone one of the stores if you have any questions!)

Canada Day Hours

2008-07-01T11:44:00.001-07:00

Happy Canada Day!

July 1st, our Poco store is open 11 to 7pm.

Our Kits store is open 12pm to 5pm.

We're back to regular hours on Wednesday.

Have a great long weekend!