We sell it new in shrink for $47, and the stickers for $9.
Definitely don’t buy it 2nd hand for that cost!
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(aren’t like NZ Dollars and Canada Dollars a bit different? I am still irritated by all these different currencies being Dollars…it’s still ~ 50 CAD )
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It does beg the question: why so many dollhairs?
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Well something has to be done with all the Barbie hair pulled out by little siblings!
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I was going to post something similar, but then remembered Chewy is in NZ, and that it was probably a decent price. After looking, it’s something like $40 USD/$50 CAD.
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I stumbled into Spirit Island. There’s this thing around here, on Facebook, called “buy nothing” where you can post things you don’t need/want, and others in the community can express their interest. Then you “award” it to someone by whatever rubric you like.
The Mrs was scrolling through and I saw one of the Catans in a picture so I took a closer look.
“Stop! Is that Spirit Island?”
[she’s not sure what I’m talking about]
“Are they just giving away Spirit Island?”
“Do you want it?”
[Insert a suitable pause for gravity]
“Yes.”
Anyway, she made our case for it, and we won, and I picked it up today. Somewhat insane. I kind of want to go back to the original post and look up all the other families that wanted it because, apparently, there are at least 2 or 3 others of us in the neighborhood!
SI has always been just off the edge of my wishlist. I never loved Pandemic and in general don’t like that kind of solo or roguelike where the world is stacked against you and sometimes you lose, sometimes you win. I’d rather have real players, a simulated opponent, or a puzzle that you can solve. But still, it’s supposed to be so good, and like minded people seem to like it. Now I can try!
[Warning: hard pivot]
The other thing that has always bothered me is how SI is held up as the game that “does Colonialism right.” On principle, I’ve kind of boycotted it. To me, Spirit Island is like posting a black jpg on social media for Black Lives Matter, then patting yourself on the back for being on the “right side of history” and “not being one of them” and going back to your couch. Sorry if I’m grating on anyone here.
SI is such a caricature of colonialism, historical or modern (e.g., gentrification). I turn to games like Dog Eat Dog or Archipelago to “do colonialism right.” It should make you cringe. It should be ugly and make you uncomfortable. It should ask you - are you going to play that card? You can invoke slavery and win. Will you?
Or maybe you are the lone sympathizer and you have to stand up to everyone else. But secretly, because they hold all the power.
It’s just a game, but it still does work on your heart. At least a smidge. It’s possible that the next day you might see an old situation differently. The next time you encounter someone who has been rolled over by the machine, you might listen differently. The next time you have the opportunity to make yourself comfortable at someone else’s expense, even in a small way, you might act differently.
SI does none of this. If anything, it risks numbing players, opium for the conscience. Colonials are the bad guys, indigenes are the victims, I’m right minded. Full stop. Back to the couch.
Sorry for unloading that here. And sorry, I don’t mean to suggest that playing Spirit Island makes you some flavor of bad person. Rather, to tie these scattered thoughts with some semblance of a bow, I feel there is a philosophy out there that encourages otherwise well-meaning people to disengage from, and disavow their complicity in, really hard problems in the world. And thus to perpetuate and entrench them.
That philosophy latches onto caricatures and insubstantial gestures like Spirit Island to do its work. And, in trying to distance myself from the philosophy, I’ve distanced myself from an otherwise innocent game like Spirit Island. Death by association.
[pivot back]
But I guess now I’m going to take the plunge! Death to the whiteys (me).
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Very recently, JotL here was 95NZD. But it has dropped a lot on price after Christmas, now that I look, you can find it for 65… without stickers
I think our $60 NZD are about 52 CAD, but we don’t have the same supply you do, I guess?
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Out of frustration with everything… I went on a shopping spree.
And bought the new iOS app for Maracaibo—a game I‘ve been meaning to try. I promptly lost against the automa 
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I bought it blindly on release and was really let down to learn there isn’t a multiplayer option—or even bots! I appreciate that the true solo mode was included, but I basically haven’t touched it since I got it. My partner and I have really enjoyed this at 2P, so I had been hopeful we could play together (using our own phones).
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Ah, I’m sorry, I didn’t know/forgot you are based in NZ! My bad!
Yeah, supply chain issues are an issue everywhere.
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Nothing to be sorry about. My bad for going to the other end of the planet
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OK, so I said I wasn’t going to buy anything. Sound choice.
Then I backed the Final Girl Kickstarter. Poor show old chap.
Then I canceled the Final Girl Kickstarter! Well done James!
Then I bought ALL of Hostage Negotiator (Thanks person from the forum who shall remain nameless). Well, poop…
However, good god y’all! That’s a lot of game!
EDIT: 10 minutes to read the rules, 10 minutes to lose my first game…!
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Hmm. That sounds suspiciously Canadian.
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See!? See?! I’m not the only one who thought he was Canadian!
Chewy, we officially offer you Internet Canadian Status. Here is your free beaver, bottle of maple syrup, and the right to ignore any news reports that claims the RCMP treats the Indigenous population poorly. Now go out there and complain about Trudeau!
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Sounds like a net win to me.
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Yummm, maple syrup!!! I feel honoured, but I don’t change the lovely Hawke’s Bay weather for anything now…
What can you do with a beaver? I will not be allowed to bring it in due to strict NZ natural protection laws, can you look after it for me?
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If Marx can’t, I can. We’ve had a few around here, the beaver would even have friends!
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Hostage Negotiator has been top of my “while I’m here” purchase list for while though every time I’ve been buying a new game it’s been out of stock. I think I picked up the Rajas of the Ganges roll and write last time instead.
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We are also including a selfie of me and the postal worker sharing a laugh after getting an estimate for shipping you a crokinole board. If it helps, you can flick things on it or at it.
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My wife got me a crokinole board shipped to the UK from Texas. Still cheaper than buying a board here!
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