The Restock Run – 23/7/24

Hey PI-Fans, One of the dangers of running a game store for a while is that one's capacity to express glee erodes. The most dangerous disconnect is where everything is met with 😐, no matter how excited you are over things. Pardon the eternal 😐. After a few years, you run out of vocabulary to convey how cool stuff really is.  That said, this week sees another stack of stuff slide off a boat and into the store and the restocks include things from differing board game, card game and wargame lines, so as always, we try to keep a little something for everyone. RPG fans will be happy to know the much abused Dice Rack has been restocked, along with the new printing of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition core books. Those seeking a more cerebral experience can consider the MicroMacro range restock as well, full of item-search detective puzzles, [...]

By |2024-07-23T15:09:40+08:00July 23rd, 2024|BattleTech, Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

MTG: BLOOMBURROW PRE-RELEASE EVENT

Hey PI-Fans, Games @ PI will be hosting a MTG: Bloomburrow Prerelease Event on Sunday, 28/7/24 at 2pm. Pre-sale of Bloomburrow product will begin on Friday, 26/7/24 with Starters, Play Boosters and Bundles going on sale. (Bunny) Hop to it PI-Fans! MTG: BLOOMBURROW Prerelease Event $40 for a Prerelease Kit Sunday, 22/7/24, 1400 HRS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGNHxIP3PIo

By |2024-07-22T17:29:46+08:00July 22nd, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, New items, News|

Exactly What It Says On The Tin: Let’s Hit Each Other With Fake Swords – 09/07/24

Hey PI-Fans, Do you know what more card games need? Violence. The delightfully named "Let's Hit Each Other With Fake Swords" aims to enthusiastically fill that void in gaming by mixing set collection gameplay with the most elegant of dispute settlement mechanics - hitting each other. Designed as a party game for 3 to 6 players, games of Let's Hit Each Other With Fake Swords are short and amusing affairs - each turn has players simultaneously indicating which of different piles of cards they wish to take for a round. Should more than one player want a specific stack of cards, the most adult conflict resolution of inter-player violence will come into play. Get 3 cards of the same color to make a set. If you are the first person to get 3 sets of cards, you win the game!   https://youtu.be/Gad_MqEl-98

By |2024-07-09T13:05:19+08:00July 9th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

A Rack Full Of Restocks – Unfathomable Expansions and Assorted Weirdness – 05/07

Hey PI-Fans, The law of shipment attraction strikes again. No clue how it works sometimes but stuff just slams down like a meteor. This shipment restocks of a bunch of our traditional titles like Catan, 7 Wonders and Dixit, but also reloads sought after games like Tiny Epic Dungeons, Dobble, Skull and Durian which are fast becoming mainstays on gaming tables. On the new stuff front, Anarchy Pancakes, a collaboration between the Exploding Kittens Company and Dobble, flips out onto the shelves, bringing the wacky and slightly chaotic brand of humor to the pattern matching decks of Dobble. Also arriving in the same heap of 'newness' is WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS, a charade style card game which forces players into increasingly absurd acting, drawing and speech patterns to get their point across. Anyone craving something bigger can look to Unfathomable -  From the Abyss, an expansion for the Cthulhu-esque [...]

By |2024-07-06T12:44:13+08:00July 6th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items|

MTG – BLOOMBURROW PREORDERS

Bravery comes in all sizes! Put your best paw forward and enter the world of Bloomburrow. When elemental forces rage out of control, the salvation of the Valley falls on the shoulders of its smallest protectors. Fight beside mice, frogs, bats, birds, lizards, squirrels, and other critters as you restore the balance of peace.   Hey PI-Fans, The relentless march of Magic the Gathering releases tromps ever onwards with Bloomburrow, an aggressively cute set designed around anthromorphic forest critters. We're taking preorders for this set, so if you want some, let us know. Orders close 7/4/24. No refunds for cancellation. All orders must be placed with full deposit (Deposit will be refunded in the event of manufacturer short supply). In the event of shortage, priority will go to orders placed and paid for earlier. We are accepting preorders from customers in good credit standings only. Release date subject to manufacturer. [...]

By |2024-06-24T20:01:06+08:00June 24th, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, News|

Canvas, Canvas Reflections, Canvas Finishing Touches – 14/5/24

Hey PI-Fans, If you're anything quite like me, you're a complete sucker for a game that leans in on a theme. The Canvas series is one of those games. As a painter competing in an art competition, players need to collect cards representing different art elements, holding on to the ones containing features the match the randomly selected judging criteria of the round. The twist here is that said cards are themselves clear plastic, allowing them to be overlaid on top of each other creating custom art pieces. A symbol bar at the bottom of each card displays which art elements are present on each card, with the potential for new layers to cover up or overwrite lower cards. Canvas comes with it's expansions Reflection and Finishing Touches, each of which provides additional elements to a game of Canvas in addition to combining into a stunningly beautiful triptych of art [...]

By |2024-05-14T15:05:56+08:00May 14th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, News|

MTG – MODERN HORIZONS 3 PREORDERS

Hey PI-Fans, There are no brakes on the train... wait... that was last set. Wizards of the Coast is pushing out another Modern Horizons set to reprint a stack of classic cards. Also Eldrazi. Been a while since the things with tentacles menaced MTG in a set (though I guess the Phyrexians were ALSO things with tentacles so...). Either way... The new Modern Horizons 3 set is up for order. Let us know ASAP to confirm your quantities. Orders close 12/5/24. No refunds for cancellation. All orders must be placed with full deposit (Deposit will be refunded in the event of manufacturer short supply). In the event of shortage, priority will go to orders placed and paid for earlier. We are accepting preorders from customers in good credit standings only. Release date subject to manufacturer. Place order and deposit directly at Games @ PI. If not possible, contact us ASAP [...]

By |2024-04-30T17:07:21+08:00April 30th, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, News, Promotions|

Small Bites, Fast Games – 16/04/24

Hey PI-Fans, The last time we dredged up a pile of games, when you have a big box like Wyrmspan leading the charge, it's fairly safe to say that was a big week. This week's 'newstuff' focus appears to be a tad smaller though, beginning with a restock of the pocket sized trick-taker Sea, Salt and Paper. Also part of the pocket sized line up for the week is the Exploding Kittens Company's new speed reaction and time management game Danger Danger, Oink Games' tiny push your luck game Durian and the card memorization game of animal waster Who Did It.  This week's titles are aggressively tiny, so if you fancy something you can toss into a backpack so you have something handy should the need arise, all of them make  excellent choices.   Today the jungle fruit shop is busy and bustling once again. The shop's clerks, having too [...]

By |2024-04-19T16:49:03+08:00April 16th, 2024|Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Here There Be Dragons… And Mushrooms… – 05/04/24

Hey PI-Fans, Been a while hasn't it? We haven't forgotten, dear folks, that we are in fact purveyors of entertainment. The Team has been hard at work behind the scenes working on hauling a huge heap of entertainment ashore. Whether this be restocks of modern classic titles like Wingspan (and all it's expansions inclusive of the elusive Asian Expansion), word puzzles like Decrypto, the asymmetric war game Root (and expansions), or just a hefty chunk of STEM kids games with the Dr Eureka, Dr Microbe and Dr Beaker, titles have just trundled back onto our shelves and we're happy to share them with you. Of course, if you're after something new to tickle your fancy, we're fairly certain we can deliver. Anyone after an elegant new strategy game cam look no further than Wyrmspan, a sequel to the smash hit Wingspan, where players seek to attract and roost a colony [...]

By |2024-04-05T16:40:32+08:00April 5th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Cities of Yesteryear and Speed Reaction – 02/3/24

Hey PI-Fans, Things keep chugging along as always. I'm not sure when the steady stream of new board games became a thing, but here we are. 7 Wonders: Architects - Medals provides a mechanical expansion to the sleek streamlined gameplay of 7 Wonders: Architects with new medal and science mechanic increasing the amount of things players have to fight over. A new edition of the classic Cartagena arrives in the form of Cartagena: Escape Diaries, which builds upon the original (and can be played as the original as well) with extra options and game modes. For the little ones, a restock of the classic Dobble, along with the Camping, Disney Princesses and Animals sets mean plenty of raucous laughter for anyone looking for a speed reaction game.   “You have been sent to the prison of Cartagena. Your task: successfully guide your crew of pirates to escape this perilous fortress. Will [...]

By |2024-03-02T14:24:47+08:00March 2nd, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, News|
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