Auction - This Saturday at Noon!

The Greenfield Games in-store Auction will be taking place THIS WEEKEND! This means that you want to bring in your auction items during the week if at all possible. We will have little time to enter in new items on Saturday morning so we can't guarantee that if you bring something in that day that it will make it into the auction.

We've already started a Google Doc that lists the items in the auction. Expect it to grow a LOT over the course of the week. It only gives you a brief description of the items in the auction. If you want to know more just come in and have a look. As usual we'll have all of the items out on the table on Saturday morning for you to look at prior to the auction.

If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the forum, in e-mail or give the store a call.

Old (online) store dead, new (online) store lives!

The old online store is gone. It went offline sometime today.

Fortunately, the new online store got up and running earlier this week. It's still going to take us a while to put up all of the things we have planned to have on their. On the other hand, we already have some of our more popular decal sets and our most popular roleplaying game - Dogs in the Vineyard.

We plan to have more decals up asap. Give us time. If you have a particular decal that you just have to have now you can always give us a call at the number above and order it by phone.

Game Auction - January 26 at Noon

It's that time again!

If you want to sell something in the auction bring it into the store and fill out a simple form to get your item in the auction. Not all items will be accepted. We tend to cut off anything that we're getting too many of or anything that has shown a pattern in the past of not selling. We don't want to waste anybody's time by having a lot of dead items. During the auction the auction staff will sell your items. At the end of the auction you will receive a gift card containing the FULL SALE PRICE of the items that you sold . Please avoid brining your items in on the day of the auction if you can help it. That day is crazy enough without having to spend all morning checking in new lots.

If you're just looking to buy come on in before the auction (either on the day or earlier) to get a sneak peek at the auction lots. We generally have a full cross-section of gaming goodness. You'll find board games, RPGs, miniatures, magazines, card games, the occasional videogame, and other fun stuff. This is definitely a buyers market. You can expect to find some great deals on gaming items new and old.

The auction usually runs about 3-4 hours and is a LOT of fun. Even if you aren't planning to buy you may still want to come over and check it out. The auctioneers and the crowd are both very entertaining. It's also a good time to meet new people as the auction tends to be one of our single biggest events with people from a variety of backgrounds and interests.

Be sure to check the forum for more information about the auction as well as what people are planning to bring.

The Online Game Store Transformation

The company that we have used for online game sales is going belly-up in about a week. Because of this we're being forced to move our online sales presence elsewhere. You may wonder what this might mean for you, the online customer.

First, we're going to be moving our sales to an eBay store. There are a lot of reasons for this that I won't get into but probably the most important is that it's the quickest way for us to get back to selling things online.

Second, we're going to be concentrating on those things that sell the best for us online. Namely, our decal line. Ever since the store opened the decals have been where we make the majority of our online sales. It's the one product line that we sell exclusively and so it makes sense that this is where our online sales excel. We'll do other pre-order sales, specials, used games and collectibles as they come up but you'll mostly see decals in the store.

Third, you can still get everything that we sell by giving us a call. If you like buying stuff from us but you don't see it in the new eBay store, just give us a call. You can even do it toll-free (in the US) by using the number above. We'd be happy to take your order over the phone.

Fourth, there is no fourth item.

Hunter: The Vigil for World of Darkness RPG coming

Although it has been rumored to be the next World of Darkness setting for a while, the new Hunter RPG has not actually been announced. Even now, this new news comes not from White Wolf, but buried inside the latest press release about Free RPG day:

FREE RPG DAY INITIAL SPONSORS ANNOUNCED

For immediate release:
January 2, 2008 – Impressions Advertising & Marketing announced today the initial list of sponsors for the upcoming event on Saturday June 21, 2008.

As of this press release, the following companies have commited to Free RPG Day 2008:

Goodman Games
Green Ronin Publishing
Mongoose Publishing
Pelgrane Press
Q-Workshop
Skirmisher Publishing
Troll Lord Games
White Wolf Publishing
Wizards of the Coast

Each company will be producing unique and never-before-seen product giveaways from current and upcoming RPG lines. The big highlight of the sponsors comes from industry leader Wizards of the Coast who has commited to three giveaways - a unique 4th Edition adventure, unique adventure tile and unique paint miniature. Several publishers are undetermined as to what they will be giving away, but White Wolf has promised quickstart rules for their new Hunter: The Vigil RPG, Green Ronin has commited to a Song of Fire & Ice Quickplay, while Troll Lord is bringing their previously unannounced new StarSiege RPG in quickplay format.

The only thing gamers need to do is find a participating retailer (as they sign up) at www.FreeRPGDay.com.