35th Anniversary RPG Special

 To celebrate out 35th anniversary, buy $35 or more of any RPG items (books, miniatures, dice) on Feb 13 and get a free dice set. We have only limited quantities of the free dice sets so stop by early

Memorial Day Sale

 On Memorial Day, we will have an assortment of Magic, Pokemon, Yu gi Oh and Lorcana booster boxes on the table in the game library. Lorcana and Pokemon booster boxes will be $99.99, Yu Gi Oh boxes are $49.99 and March of the Machine Epilogue Boxes will also be $49.99

D20 Day

 Celebrate D20 day with our d20 sale. Buy a red canvas bag for $10, fill it to the brim, roll a d20 and take that percentage off  the contents of the bag. Castle Cards and Prefered Customer discounts apply.

Periodical vs. Evergreen

I had a discussion with two employees of the store today on periodicals versus evergreen or catalog titles and the relative importance of each.  The store relies on catalog titles.  Catalog titles are products such as Warhammer 40,000, Pathfinder RPG and Settlers of Catan (At one time, D&D would have replaced Pathfinder on that list but it sells nowise as well as it did 4-5 years ago).  Catan came out in 1995 and is still our best selling boardgame, with several dozen copies sold last year.  Pathfinder came out in 2009 and we still sell an average of one copy a week of the core rulebook.  The first edition of Warhammer 40,000 released in 1987, 6th edition released this year and still sells.  We restock all evergreen titles on a regular basis.

Periodicals, however, have a shorter shelf life.  White Dwarf, Games Workshop's magazine for its Warhammer games comes out every month.  We pull off a copy for the one customer that gets it regularly, the rest go out on the shelf.  Once they sell out, that is it. We do not restock them, except for special issues or a special order for a customer.  Comic books are treated this way as well.  The general rule of thumb for the comic industry is that if comics do not sell within 3 days after arrival, there is only a 25% chance they will.  Comics have a very short shelf life.

RPG modules have, unfortunately, moved into the periodical area as well.  In the 80s and 90s, we would restock modules regularly as they sold out.  Now, however, module production has increased so much and sales have dropped a commensurate amount that it is rarely worthwhile to re-order a module once it sells, unless for a special order.  Instead, we look for what is new next month and make our orders from that.

End of the Year Specials

For those looking to spend their Castle Perilous gift certificates they got in their Christmas stockings, we have the following items on sale Dec. 26 through Dec 31.  Quantities are limited to only in stock items though:

Magic Intro Decks 2 for $19.99 ($14.99 individually)
Captain American and Superman HeroClix bricks $79.99

Battletech and Games Workshop Metal blister packs miniatures, 25% off.

Carcassone and Blokus games 25 % off
Puzzles 50% off
All non-Vertigo graphic novels, buy 2, take 25% off.
Hope you have a great Christmas and a Merry New Year.

Thanksgiving/Black Friday Specials

Since we've had a few people ask about the specials we're running, here they are:

Thanksgiving Day--open until 6 p.m. HeroClix tournament at 4 p.m Table of items including Magic, Warhammer 40,000, HeroClix and Yu Gi Oh plus assorted RPGs and boardgames, 30% off. For every can of food you bring in, take 1% off your total purchase, to a maximum of 10%.

Black Friday--Open 5 a.m. Specials good until 10 a.m. Free bagels and cream cheese, while they last. Remaining items on Thanksgiving sale table 40% off. For every can of food you bring in, take 1% off your total purchase, to a maximum of 10%.