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Time Well Spent News:

Time Well Spent has returned from Vacation!

Our office and warehouse was closed from Wednesday, December 24th to Sunday, January 4th. We are now back in full swing!

We have begun to process orders in the order in which we received them. It will likely take us a full week to catch up! We have processed orders we received through 9:00am on Sunday, December 28th.

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a blessed New Year!

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(12/19/08) New In Stock:
Chicago Express
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Tide of Iron: Normandy, Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1, StarCraft: Brood War, Talisman: The Reaper Expansion, Start Player,and The Farming Game.

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FREE SHIPPING continues! (Read the details):

For at least the 1st quarter of 2009 we are going to make shipping for all UPS GROUND orders shipped in the continental USA (48 States) free for all orders with a $150.00 or more worth of games (The Sub-Total on your shopping cart). The shopping cart/check out will NOT reflect this at the time of checkout , but we will reduce your costs at the time of shipping. Orders over $100.00 worth of games will still have our standard $5.00 deduction on shipping.

So load up your cart before we decide to end this great deal!

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(12/18/08) New In Stock:
Le Passe Trappe Micro
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Medium, and Grande, PitchCar Mini Special Long Straights and Siam all from Ferti and Fred Distribution.

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(12/12/08) Released Today:
Alhambra: Anniversary Edition
, Zooloretto - The Gorilla, and The Princes of Machu Picchu, by Rio Grande games. And next Thursday evening we will begin selling Rio Grande's Chicago Express and Alhambra: Power of Sultan (5th Expansion)

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(12/11/08) Arrived Today:
Cosmic Encounter
, Android, Talisman Revised 4th Edition , and Talisman Revised 4th Edition Upgrade Kit, by Fantasy Flight Games as well as a restock of Battlestar Galactica. We also received the new Revised Edition of Tigris & Euphrates by Mayfair Games, and the 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition of LCR.

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(12/10/08) A Number of Essen Releases have just arrived from overseas!
Diamonds Club
, Cities, Der Name der Rose, Powerboats, Pitchcar: Stuntrace, Via Romana, and Kakerlakensuppe. Along with these new titles we received restocks on many of our imported titles.

We also received a new Haba children's game: Treasure, ready, go!

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(12/09/08) Just arrived:

From Asmodee and Hurrican: Hurry'Cup, and from GMT: Chandragupta

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The "Merchants of Amsterdam" SALE
Time Well Spent will put 2 games at a time on this sale.
Tuesdays through Fridays, at approximately 4pm, each game will drop $0.50 in price.
On Mondays it will drop $1.00
Wanna play?

Current Sale Items: Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter from Playroom Entertainment. The MSRP is $50.00. The regular TWS Price is $32.50.

Also, Hurry'Cup by Asmodee. The MSRP is 42.99, the regular TWS Price is $27.95.

Click through to see the current prices.

To see more great Time Well Spent sale items, read below.

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Warehouse Clean Out Sale!!!

(12/16/08) We've just added another 30+ titles to our "warehouse clean out sale" list. We've drastically reduced these prices to be 50-85% off of retail. Not only that, we've reduced the shipping charges for these games. The base price to send a game is $6.15 - HOWEVER, if you add one or all of these warehouse clean out sale games to your order, your shipping charges will NOT go up!!

To see the list of all of our Sale games CLICK HERE. Note: not all games on the sale page offer free shipping - just the ones that are Ridiculously inexpensive :)

December/January Sale Items!!!

(12/16/08) On Sale Now:
Neuroshima Hex - Babel 13, TWS Price $44.99, Sale Price $39.99
Igor: Life of the Party, MSRP $14.95, TWS Price $13.90, Sale Price $11.90
Change Horses, MSRP $49.95, TWS Price $32.45, Sale Price $17.00
Black Sheep, MSRP $14.95, TWS Price $10.50, Sale Price $9.00
Boochie, MSRP $34.99, TWS Price $24.50, Sale Price $19.50
Mr. Jack Expansion, MSRP $29.99, TWS Price $21.25, Sale Price $18.00
Formula D, MSRP $59.99, TWS Price$39.85, Sale Price $36.85
Space Dealer, MSRP $59.95, TWS Price $40.00, Sale Price $35.00
Guatemala Cafe, MSRP $49.95, TWS Price$33.40, Sale Price $29.00

We are a family owned business and now have been around for 5 years! We are dedicated to providing a web site that can meet all your gaming needs and desires. Our goal is to establish a comprehensive list of a variety of games to sell to you at excellent prices. Not only that, but we strive to have the best customer service in the business! We now have over 1700 game titles. We focus on games that are a little out of the ordinary: things you probably won't find at your local discount or toy stores.

We also carry a wide variety and a great collection of children's games from companies that focus in this area such as Playroom Entertainment, Gamewright, Ravensburger, HABA, Think Fun, Selecta, Blue Orange , and Educational Insights. Pictured is one of the latest winners of the Prestigious German "Kids Game of the Year" award, Beppo der Bock by Huch & Friends .

Monthly TOP TEN list! This month is a list of Dave's Current Favorite Card Games (Non-traditional and Non 2-player only)!

10. Pit
9. Poison
8. Wyatt Earp
7. Mamma Mia
6. Coloretto
5. Citadels
4. Bohnanza
3. Wizard
2. No Thanks!
1. Tichu

We're constantly updating our inventory, so if you don't see what you're looking for, contact us and we'll try to get it for you! Also, scroll down on our home page and you can see what's been added recently or soon to be added!

Unfamiliar with many of the games you see here? Be sure to read the Time Well Spent comments and manufacturer's description. We have pictures of most of games we carry, so you can view the game box and components. Also, check out the Featured Games in each of our categories. At this time, we're featuring Race for the Galaxy by Out of the Box Publishing.

Our all-time best selling game is Ticket to Ride, designed by Alan R. Moon. It was awarded the Spiel des Jahres in 2004. This is a wonderful game to introduce to new gamers. A continual 2-player favorite is Lost Cities. If you are wanting to introduce someone into the Kosmos 2-player games this is a another good game to start with .

 

 

If you like party games,we have 3 excellent ones from R & R Games: Time's Up!, Smarty Party (Games Magazine's Games 100 Honoree), and Thingamajig. We have over 60 game titles in this category. A party favorite for very large crowds is Werewolves of Millers. Hollow. This is is pictured to the right.

 

 

 

Finally, we value your input. Please tell us what you like about our web site, and how we can improve it. We're learning as we go and our customers are the best source of information. Thanks for visiting and please come back!

Shipping Discounts for Large Orders:

We have lowered our shipping prices for large orders when shipping UPS Ground. If you order $100 worth of games (that is before any shipping charges are added in) we will deduct $5.00 from our shipping price. If you order $150 worth of games we will deduct $7.50, and if you order $200 worth of games we will deduct $10.00 from our stated shipping price. This deduction now happens automatically within our system.

This new shipping policy is for domestic, continental USA orders only and only for UPS Ground orders.

Gift Certificates Available

Give a gift of games! Anyone from game enthusiasts to game-playing rookies will appreciate the opportunity to browse our site and buy what appeals to them. Just click here or on the gift certificates link (look to the right) and follow the steps to send a certificate to someone special.

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We can do special orders for a game we normally do not stock as long as the product is still in print from the manufacturer.

 

 

 

 

Featured Game
Dominion by Rio Grande!

More info...

$29.50    
Gift BoxGift Certificates, available for $10, $25, $50 or $100.

January's Top 25
Games Price
#1   Dominion $ 29.50
#2   Ligretto Blue $ 11.70
#3   Ligretto Red $ 11.70
#4   Pandemic