Miniature Trading Day

Have too many kobolds but not enough Beholders? Up to your eyeballs in Space Marine Scouts? Only up to your eyeballs in Goblins and need more?

Then why not bring down your collection of miniatures to The Sentry Box on Saturday March 2nd for our minis trading day. Bring your old games, miniatures, armies down to The Sentry Box and swap it for other peoples old games, miniatures and armies or even cold hard cash.

Table space is free but limited so make sure you come down early to ensure that you get a good spot.

What have The Sentry Box Staff been up to Feb 19-24

A shorter and quieter week here at The Sentry Box after Family Day, but a few games were played.

Greg taught Villainous to a couple of the staff members on Sunday evening’s staff game night.  “Takes a Scythe-style action selection player board, where you must move each turn and then perform the actions of the location like gaining power, playing cards, vanquishing heroes or drawing from another player’s fate deck to mess with them. It has a multiplayer tug of war feel as each player that is getting closer to winning will get picked on by the others. All the characters seemed quite thematic as far as their personal objective and decks of cards. Looking forward to seeing the characters that weren’t in the game we played!”

What have The Sentry Box Staff been up to Feb 11-18

Another full week with your team at The Sentry Box! Apologies for the late post, we were busy enjoying Family Day with our families.

Greg and Renee started Monday Night Board Gaming with Zock ‘n Roll, Greg, “Another German dice game, but this one is for more players and is more of a poker-style game of bluffing and gambling where each player rolls their own dice, hidden from the other players and then makes the best hand they can with the central dice that all players use. The advanced game adds an extra player die each and gives more variety for the types of hands.” Renee, “This was a ton of fun and I ended up picking up a copy the next day.”

What have The Sentry Box staff been up to – Feb 4-10

This week’s Monday Night Board Gaming started with a game of Doppelt so Clever! Greg, “We got our copies in from Germany so I had to play a game, teaching it to three new players. Loving this, but it’s hard!” Renee, “Played a couple solo games this week and still don’t feel as clever as I’d like.”

Transformers TCG 2 Pack tournament

We liked the first one so much we decided to do it again!

Come to The Sentry Box on Tuesday March 5th for a Transformers TCG 2 Pack tournament. Player registration begins at 6:00pm with the first round starting at 6:30pm.

Entry to the event is $15 which includes two packs and the remaining will be used to build the prize pool for the event. There will be three round with each round being determined by a best of three games.

Kickstarter Update February 9

It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on our Kickstarters. During the last 2 months we’ve backed 5 more projects and received 1 backed project in the store.  If you want to be updated when new products – including Kickstarters – arrive at Sentry Box, follow us on Facebook.  And if you see a project you want, just contact us at the store to be added to the pre-orders for the project. It works just like any other order at the store, you only pay when you pick up the game. This is a great way to get your hands on some of the most popular kickstarted games without having to pay upfront plus you don’t have to pay for shipping!

Sentry Box – Tale of Four Gamers: Age of Sigmar

Welcome back to our Tale of Four Gamers series, the busy Holiday period is well and truly over and its time to check in with our four intrepid Warlords!

What have The Sentry Box Staff been up to – Jan 28-Feb 3

Greg and Renee kicked off Monday Board Gaming Night with Forum Trajanum, Greg, “We were all new to this so it was a learning game with a bit of fumbling through the rules, and there’s a fair bit going on so it was difficult to get a feel for strategy. I’d definitely like to play again now that I’ve got a handle on the rules.”  Renee, “I was pretty excited to try this new Feld game and I enjoyed trying to figure it out. I agree with Ben: “This is Bora Bora all over again: not enough turns.” In true Feld fashion you have to make choices about how you’re going to get your points, with 4 types of scoring being done at the end of each of the 3 cycles. There is an interesting drafting component at the beginning of each turn, where you get 2 action tiles to choose from, giving one to your neighbour and keeping one for yourself, then choosing between using the action you selected and the one you were given. The thing is, if want a tile to put out on the board during your building action, you have to select the tile given to you by your neighbour. Hard choices! There are special abilities to be obtained, ways to increase your scoring power, and bonus layouts to achieve. So lots going on. This game will definitely take a few more plays…”