Yes, I am stealing the Shelf Control from BoardGameCon, because, it’s a good thing. I asked on the last Point of Order where I was going to find shelf space, and honestly that’s still a good question. I have some games to try and get on the shelves tonight before I play some board games. This Point or Order could also be called Black Friday Sales, or Holiday Sales. Because, well, there are a lot, though I haven’t ordered from many. In fact the Eagle-Gryphon order was part of their sale.

GameZenter Sale

There’s only been one spot that I’ve bought from and that was the GameZenter. They did a Holiday Sale much like they have done as the Fantasy Flight Game Center, but they had even more games that people would want to buy. Yes, there were stacks of games such as Gen7 from Plaid Hat Games that didn’t do well that they are trying to get rid of. I almost picked it up because it was so cheap. But I got a number of other games.

Journey: Wrath of Demons

This is a game that I feel like I should know more about it than I do. I’ve been looking at this one for a long time because, we’ll it looks cool. I like the Asian theming on it, and I believe in particular Chinese, so what keeps on drawing me to it is the look of the game.

The game itself, I don’t know that much about, besides I keep seeing it on sale. The ratings on BGG (Board Game Geek) are solid at a 7.0 but there also aren’t a ton of different rankings. But the theme and and cooperative nature of the game are interesting. Plus you enhance your characters skills and I’m always for a game that you can level up your character as you play.

Starship Samurai + Expansion

This one was in the category of it’s just too cheap to pass up. The game was on sale for $10 plus the expansion was $5. That just meant that I was going to grab it because it has mechs in it, and if nothing else the mechs are cool looking. Another one that I mainly got because the box looks cool and the minis look cool. It’s an area control sort of game, which I do like at times. I hope that there is enough going on besides that, but if not, it was cheap and I can trade it in.

Mesozooic

This one I also didn’t know much about until I read the back and knew that I wanted it for sure. Mesozooic is a drafting card game, I like drafting games. Something like Blood Rage uses it in a bigger game but Ohanami and Sushi Go Party use it in basically card games. But this has a twist on it, you draft cards, and then you build a dinosaur park in a timed limit to score the most points possible.

That seems like a completely chaotic game and is going to be a blast. I hope that the game is very light and I imagine that it will be. Because this is a theme of game I can see playing with a lot of people. And at this point in time has everyone made a dinosaur park themed game?

Keyforge

Now, for the game that I know the most about, at least of the ones that I haven’t played, I’ve kind of played the last things on the list. Keyforge is a head to head almost collectible style of card game. But it isn’t like Magic: The Gathering, in that you don’t buy packs for cards and build a deck. You just buy a deck and all the decks are unique. And you aren’t trying to lower a planewalkers life total, you instead are trying to forge keys.

This one I’ve wanted to try for a long time. But at $12 per deck, it’s harder to get into than Magic because Magic while being way more expensive in the long run, is also way cheaper to grab a pack of off the store shelf. But on sale I got two decks and the starter box that has the tokens for tracking things all for $20, I figured, might as well do that and try it out. I want to see how it plays since all the decks are different.

Clank: Upper Management + Adventuring Party

Now, this last one, I’ve played Clank before, and I like the game. Clank is a fun push your luck deck building game that feels like it has more going on. The Upper Management Pack can be used with either regular Clank or Clank Legacy. It is based off of the Penny Arcade characters of Acquisitions Inc. I just wanted to get those characters I love from their D&D game.

The Adventuring Party is kind of a similar feel in that it gives you more characters to play in Clank. But it does one thing that I kind of like in deck building game. In a lot of deck building games you start with the same deck and it’s only as you add in cards do you become unique. Xenoshyft: Onslaught does this well with a unique couple of cards. The Adventuring Party gives you a unique starting deck which can influence how you play, so I’m curious to try it.

That’s It So Far

So I say so far, why, because I’m looking at a Black Friday Sale right now on Miniature Market. Companies like Ludus Magnus Studio, Lucky Duck Games, Pandasaurus Games, Eagle-Gryphon and more that I’ve seen. And I know that All Systems Go, another local game store is going to be having a sale as well. I might try and swing out to there on Small Business Saturday. So if you are looking for a board game for the Holidays you might want to check out the sales that are happening now.

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