There is some exciting, hottt news for us serial board gamers: A brand-new board game rental service, called Board Game eXchange just launched today! That means we can now all test out board games in the privacy of our own home and then send them back
when they stink when we've had our fun. Netflix for board gamers!
Here are some of the juicy details:
- The service has hundreds of games to choose from
- You can add five items to your queue
- You can rent one game at a time and up to two games per month
- There are no due dates, no late fees
- There's a prepaid mailer to return the game when you're ready
- (Here's the wicked awesome part) If you LOVE the game and decide to keep it, YOU CAN! You can purchase it at a "Members' Preferred Price".
The cost ranges from $27 a month to $33.50 a month, depending on which package you go with. That's not cheap, but can be an awesome deal especially if you're maybe kinda interested in the pricier like Antiquity, Java, or Descent. Of course, I think the thing that impresses me most is the shipping. It's amazing that this company can make it work with the shipping costs, but it turns out their way around this is to NOT ship the game box. If you end up buying the game you rent, they'll ship the game box separately. Interesting. I wonder if this will impact my game experience, since there is something romantic about opening up the box and ogling the artwork and organization. Or maybe it will be completely not a big deal. Totally understandable why they chose to go this route to save money on shipping costs, of course.
Kudos to this company though, since they do allow you to rent a game and one expansion at the same time (it's an exception to the one-at-a-time rule). True, it counts toward both of your rentals for the month, but it's nice to be able to see an original game and expansion in action at the same time.
Here's a link if you'd like to go check them out for yourselves:
Board Game eXchange. I wish them all the luck in the world.
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