news from Compendia Traditional Games

In this newsletter

- Top ten games of 2004
- The second biggest question of the Christmas season.
- New mancala sets
- Postage dates

At this time of year even the most enthusiastic games player can be
exhausted by the question of what to try this Christmas or what to
buy for friends and loved ones and there's one question we get asked
more than any other:
"What can I play with the whole family?"
Having spent the year attempting to entice you all into trying new
games I too am exhausted, so instead of thinking up my own
recommendations I've found the top ten games of this year and gathered
them together in a new section imaginatively titled top ten games this
year. So if you want a recommendation you know it's coming from the
most discerning group of games players out there, people like you.

The second biggest question of the month is always:
"What's a light present that I can post to the people that aren't
here"
The answer is …cards. But if you thought that cards came only in sets
of fifty two then think again. Some of the world's best designers use
card laying as the mechanism for their games creating challenging
strategy games for adults that are light to post and practically
unbreakable. I've put some of our modern card games up on the website
and given them the title smaller strategy games. Traditional and
classic card games are still in our card games section I've added some
of our nicely finished twin packs that will make good gifts for card
players and we still have a whole page devoted to Britain's old
favourite; cribbage.

Our basic mancala set has been withdrawn, but there is a new board for
sale to replace it, we also have a new mancala for kids game where you
move round the little animals.

The last posting date for standard parcels is the 15th December and
the last date for the second class post is the 18th. Please remember
that we need time to process your order and send it out and that some
games may not be immediately in stock. Things do come and go very
quickly at this time of year and we really don't want to disappoint
anybody.

As ever, if you have any enquiries, get in touch.

Yours,
Megan Toogood
Compendia
10 The Market
Greenwich
London
SE10 9HZ
020 8293 6616

www.compendia.co.uk