Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day: Shut up and take my money board game deals

You’ll have noticed that it’s Prime Day, which is actually Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Days, and to help, we’re running a megathread of deals.

In this curated selection of geeky highlights, the glare of the shopping eye turns to board games and board games that might be hard to resist. There is, we rush to point out, every reason to shop local or even eCommerce with sites like Zatu, which you might see at the big expos, but if you need to watch your pennies or have an Amazon Delivery Day set up to save on cardboard, this list might be worth a rummage.

Here’s a short list ordered by discount. Go on; succumb!

Prime Day board game deals

Should you not have…

• Save 62% on Big Potato’s What’s Next?, a solo or coop, choose your own path.
• Save 59% on Z-Man Games’ Pandemic, a game which might define the era and winner of several awards, including the Origins and Golden Geek Award Best Game.
• Save 53% on Repos’ 7Wonders, the 2011 Kennerspiel des Jahres connoisseurs’ award winner.
• Save 48% on Stonemaier Games’ Scythe, the 2016 winner of BoardGameGeek’s Golden Geek Awards for Board Game of the Year, Artwork & Presentation, Strategy Game, and Solo Game.
• Save 41% on Days of Wonder’s Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails modifies typical Ticket to Ride gameplay by splitting decks between ships and trains.
• Save 38% on The Oatmeal’s Exploding Kittens, one of Kickstarter’s highest-totalling tabletop games.
• Save 32% on Libdellud’s Dixit, the 2010 Spiel des Jahres winner.
• Save 36% on Stonemaier Games’ Wingspan, winner of many awards, including Spiel des Jahres, American Tabletop Awards, Golden Geek Awards and The Dice Twoer Award.
• Save 29% on Hasbro Gaming’s Betrayal at House on The Hill 3rd Edition, the 2004 Gamers’ Choice Award for Best Board Game.
• Save 27% on Libellud’s Mysterium, the 2015 BoardGameGeek’s Golden Geek Award for Best Artwork and Presentation.

There are some pretty impressive discounts here but what about a 100% one? Board games giant Asmodee still maintains its Print & Play pandemic program. As the name suggests, these are downloadable versions of some popular board games which you can print out and play for free.

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