Say you're shopping for a board game or card game that is unavailable at your Friendly Local Game Store. With BoardGameSearch, you can simply type in a game name once and quickly check prices and availability at multiple websites in the United States.
Enter the name (or part of the name) in the text box at the upper left. Then click on the button corresponding to the online boardgame store you'd like to check. Their search page is then called directly and displayed in the right-hand frame.
It is generally more useful to enter a partial name (e.g. Catan or Carcassonne), instead of an exact title, to make sure you get a nice comprehensive list of games and any expansions. Conversely, for certain sites or games, more specific wording is called for. Some game websites are very picky about alternate spelling and puctuation (e.g. and vs. & in Tigris & Euphrates); others are extremely generous in which fields they index, sometimes including author, publisher, and even game description in the results.
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The sites on this page have been selected for their superior selection of and excellent prices for strategy boardgames -- also called designer games, German games, or Eurogames -- of the type featured on BoardGameGeek. Each of them is considered well regarded in the boardgaming community. I receive no compensation from any websites listed here. If you would like me to remove your website from this list, please contact me and I will do so.
This tool was originally adapted from Thomas Rosanski's German-language Brettspielsuche page for boardgame vendors in Germany. I have translated it into English and configured it for online boardgame shops in the United States. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Rosanski for developing it. If you have any questions, requests, or comments, please contact me.