RIP Hurley's Heroes Giveaway #2

As many of you who have followed my blog for a while are aware, one of the game stores in Joplin that I frequented has decided to stop selling games. Because of this, and the fact that I enjoyed their store, I made a deal with them to buy their remaining stock. Why? Well, first off because I wanted to support them. Secondly, because I wanted to use them for giveaway prizes - you know, as a vain attempt to increase my stats. Therefore, this giveaway could also be called...

The quest for 1,000!

Here's how it works: I think it would be really cool to have 1,000 Twitter and 1,000 Facebook followers. Because of this, I am going to bribe you to follow me! (I prefer that you continue following me after the giveaway - I'll tell you about cool reviews and such, but if you don't want to, I understand).

The details

At 500, 750, and 1,000 followers for each site, I will give away one game. I will run the contest until I either reach 1,000 for each site, or until November 18, whichever comes first. And, so that nobody feel cheated, I will give away a game on November 18 to a follower on each site if that site hasn't yet received 1,000 followers. That means, regardless of if I lose followers or gain followers, I will give at least one game away to my followers on each site. But, if we get to 1,000 on each site, I will give away six games for free!

What games can you choose from? Here's the list:
Dominion: Intrigue
Nightfall
Vegas Showdown
Munchkin
Castle Ravenloft
Resident Evil Deck building Game
Resident Evil: Alliance
Fluxx
Back to the Future: Card Game

Who's eligible? Anyone. You can live in or out of the United States (though I'm cheap and prefer that someone inside the U.S. wins - I won't stack it, though). You can know me personally, work for a game store, game publisher, etc.

How will you be notified? I will post the winner at the very least on the site where that winner is following me. I will probably also post it as a comment on this post.  I will try several times to make contact with the winner, but if after what I consider to be a reasonable effort I can't get ahold of them, I will pick a new winner!

Remember - the more people that enter, the more games I give away. This means that (though you don't have to - in fact, you can follow me on Twitter for an entry without even sharing it with your friends), the more friends that you tell, the better your odds are that you or one of your friends gets a game!

Questions?  Feel free to post them here, or to email me. Thanks, and good luck!

RIP Hurley's Heroes Giveaway #1 Winners

So, first of all, thank you to all of you for entering my giveaway!  I hope that even if you don't win, you enjoy my reviews and that you are glad to have discovered my site.  Now for the numbers... We had 216 Facebook entries, 58 Blogger Follower entries, and 30 Entries by adding a link - for 304 total entries!  So, as promised, two winners!

The first winner is:  Blogger Follower "Korey".  Korey, please post a comment on this blog (which will not be published, I'll be the only one to see it) with your email address so that I can verify that I'm sending it to the correct person, and so that you can tell me which game you want and where to send it to.

The second winner is: Facebook Fan Bill Fogarty.  Bill, please leave your email address as a comment as well (again, this will not be published), and then I will have you confirm your identity on Facebook to ensure that I am contacting the right person.  You will have your choice of any of the games that Korey did not select.

Thanks again to all who entered, and please keep reading the site for more Board Game Reviews (by Josh)!

RIP Hurley's Heroes Giveaway #1

It is with a saddened heart that I bring you this giveaway.  One of my two favorite stores in Joplin, Hurley's Heroes, has decided to close it's doors.  (Officially, it is not closing, it is actually doing a major downsizing, but along with that, it will be getting rid of all of it's games and gaming area, and will be focusing on subscription comic services).  Since I have spent a lot of time at the Hurleys' store over the past year or two (and since the insurance settlement on my home has given me a bit of extra money), as a going away present to them, I offered to purchase all of their remaining board games to try to help alleviate some of the financial obligations related to closing the store.  Because of this - I have lots of games to give away!

And… what's the point of a giveaway?  To improve my stats, of course!  The main two stats that I have noticed have been lagging are my Facebook stats and my Blog Followers.  Therefore - these are two ways of getting an entry into the giveaway.  Simple enough?  You can find how to do both of these on the right-hand side of the screen.  But what if you're already a follower of my blog or a fan on Facebook?  That's ok - you're entered already!  When I create the final list of entries, I will add everyone from Facebook and all of my blog followers.

How else can I enter the giveaway?  Well - another way that I'm looking to improve my stats is by getting more links to my site.  Therefore, if you also have a site, whether that would be a blog (board game related or otherwise), review site, designer's page, or anything else; you can get another entry.  In fact, let's make this one a double entry.  Simply add a link to my homepage (www.BoardGameReviewsByJosh.com) and add a comment at the bottom of this post with a link back to where I can see your link to my site.  Win, win - I get a link to my site, and you do as well, thus helping to improve both of our rankings with Google!  The only stipulation is that you not add links from any pornographic or other questionable site.  If your link is from there, I will remove your comment and not add your entries.

But, how long do I have?  Well, I plan to announce the winner on Thursday morning, September 1, 2011.

What can I win?  Yeah, I thought you might ask.  You can win your choice of any one of the following games (in the shrink):

Puerto Rico
Talisman (Revised 4th Edition)
Dominion: Intrigue
Vegas Showdown
Castle Ravenloft
Zombies!!! 4: The End…
Back to the Future: The Card Game
Resident Evil Deckbuilding Game
Resident Evil Alliance Deckbuilding Game
Munchkin
Fluxx
Nightfall

But, I'm not in the United States!  Am I eligible to enter?  Well, the short answer is yes.  The long answer is, I'm secretly hoping that you don't win, but you should definitely enter, and I won't actually do anything to stack the odds against you - I'm simply cheap and a bit lazy, so I'd prefer not to fill out the paperwork (ahem, ask my wife to fill out the paperwork) to ship internationally.

As a reminder, you can enter by liking the Facebook site, being a blog followers, and adding links back to my site (these count twice, but only if you comment to let me know about them).  And, what's more - if I get 300 entries or more, I will pick two winners!!!  Now, I would ask that you not enter this giveaway unless you actually do like the site enough to want updates and/or feel comfortable leaving up the links to my site.  Of course, this is not something that I can police so, either way, you can enter - I'm just sharing my preference.

Any questions?  Anything I forgot to mention?  Feel free to ask by emailing me or by adding a comment.