Darwin's Game Closet was founded in 1996. Initially started as an email business. I searched for people looking for games through bulletin boards, discussion forums and failed online auction bids. My first year I sold about 50 games and ended the year with about 100 more games on hand. Eventually, I filled a small mobile home with over 600 games and needed more space. Business doubled within a few years and with the evolution of the internet; I needed a regular online presence to show my reconditioned games. Thus in the fall of 2001, Darwin's Game Closet the website was born. Through that creation, I was able to have more contact with my customers. One of the first things I noticed was the intense need for old game rules. I also noticed there wasn't any one website a person could regularly go to in order to find game rules from old and out of print games. A number of times those games were published by companies that were no longer in business themselves. Seeing the need, I began a collection of game rules online. This started out as a free service but soon it became too well known and the traffic became too costly to maintain. The rules provided us with the means to be recognized as a leader in the vintage games business. I took this responsibility seriously. Before this it was common for sellers of vintage games to come and go for various reasons. It is not uncommon for sellers to have less than 5 years of experience in reconditioning vintage games. Even today there is only two other websites with any longevity in this business. Of the three businesses with longevity I am the only one with enough pride to not sell an incomplete game. As a buyer, I would find it very annoying to have missed the fine print and purchased an incomplete game. In 2003, I began a sister website called Missing Game Parts. It was meant to service a missing aspect in the vintage game business. People would purchase those incomplete games from other sellers or from e-bay, hoping to be able to have enough of the game to be able play it. In 2010 I began striving to become even better. My motto this year is "Raising Expectations, Lowering Prices". I don't want this to be merely a motto to attract business. It is something that I am standing behind. Between January and March I have lowered prices on over 200 different games. Games in Great Condition are full priced. The games I find in Acceptable Condition are priced a bit less than the games in Great Condition. Games I determine to be in OK Condition, primarily those with great stress on the boxes are priced even less than those found in Acceptable Condition. My personal belief is that I should be selling the best product available at the best price found on the internet. The idea of "Raising Expectations" reaches to my Rules Database. It is not good enough to purchase game rules and have to wait for an email or postal mail to receive the rules. In the year that the written word is getting more and more easily accessible, I feel it is only proper to improve my accessibility as well. |
. Added 9/2/2010 1980 Fortune 500 game 2007 Candyland Castle game Added 9/1/2010 2005 Pokemon Battle Dome game 1989 Ready Set Spaghetti game 1990 Grabbin Grasshoppers game . Double 12 Domino Set Magna Dominoes Added 8/31/2010 1983 Statis Pro Baseball game 1968 Risk game {Plastic Pieces} Added 8/30/2010 2005 Fear Factor game 1989 Senior Series Poker Keeno game Added 8/29/2010 2005 Boxers or Briefs game 2001 Electronic Outburst game 1984 Crossbows & Catapults Trojan Horse Expansion 1983 Crossbows & Catapults game Added 8/27/2010 1979 All the King's Men game 1977 Gambler game 1986 Wildlife Adventure game Added 8/26/2010 1991 Don't Drop Mama game 1995 Jumanji game 1972 Money Card game 1989 Red Letter game Added 8/25/2010 2005 Mousetrap game 1992 Trumpet game 1983 Krazy Bee Rummy game Added 8/24/2010 1992 Arch Rival game 1987 Monster Mash game Added 8/23/2010 1965 Booby Trap game 1978 Mandinka game 1993 Crack the Case game 2007 Mousetrap game Added 8/22/2010 1986 Emporer's Challenge game 1986 Emporer's Challenge Deluxe game Added 8/21/2010 1967 Spirograph Set 1970 Masterpiece game 1972 Money Card game 1969 Michigan Rummy game Added 8/19/2010 2003 Tripoley for Kids game Added 8/19/2010 2003 Don't Be a Dork game Added 8/18/2010 1981 Missing Link Puzzle Added 8/18/2010 1965 Mystery Date game Added 8/17/2010 .. Bingo game #4617 Added 8/16/2010 1968 Concentration game Added 8/16/2010 1964 Wow game Added 8/15/2010 1975 Stratego game Reduced Prices 8/15/2010 1997 Alien Autopsy game Added 8/15/2010 1993 Tales of the Crystals game Added 8/15/2010 . Barking Bruno game page Created 8/15/2010 1974 Easy Money game Reduced Price 8/14/2010 2005 Frame It game Page remodeled 8/14/2010 . Purely Academic game Added 8/14/2010 1999 Ball and Chain game Added 8/14/2010 1965 Rummy Royal Deluxe game Added 8/13/2010 1969 Go to the Head of the Class game Added 8/11/2010 1996 Octopus Dominoes game page Redesigned 8/11/2010 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean Stratego game Added 8/10/2010 1990 Heroquest game Added 8/10/2010 1980 Electronic Dungeons & Dragons game Added 8/9/2010 1959 Parcheesi game Popular Edition Created 8/9/2010 1971 Battleship game page Created 8/8/2010 1965 Candyland game page Created 8/8/2010 1967 Kerplunk game Added 8/7/2010 1971 Hurry Up game & parts Added 8/7/2010 1966 Last Straw game Added 8/6/2010 1938 Cabby game page Created 8/1/2010 1985 Commercial Crazies game SOLD 1976 Payday game page Redesigned 7/31/2010 1987 Conspiracy game page Redesigned 7/31/2010 1997 Cookie Cop game page Redesigned 7/30/2010 1997 Wise and Otherwise game Added 7/30/2010 1988 Twenty Question game Redesigned 7/29/2010 2000 Uncle Wiggily game. Added 7/28/2010 . 7/25/2010 - Added a rare MASH Trivia game to the catalog. Added a 1987 Barricade game by Ravensburger. Added a 1977 Electronic Mastermind game to our catalog. . 7/24/2010 - Added a Mad Magazine Card game. Need a Walrus baby card for Animal Families game. Check out of parts needed page for a chance to trade parts and finish off your favorite game. . 7/23/2010 - Redesigned 1994 Rebound game. . 7/22/2010 - Added information about 1986 Stratego game. Added parts and a complete game for the game titled Ghosts! Added a game called The Middle Class game. . 7/20/2010 - Added two Disney's Wonderful World of Music games. Posted a 1965 Qubic game. . 7/19/2010 - Added a Rate Your Mate game. Reduced the price of a Sealed Quizzard game. Added parts and a complete game for 1965 Trouble game by Kohner. Added another complete Splat game for purchasing. . 7/18/2010 - Watch for details for a DGC exclusive game titled Power Clue game. It is an interactive web game where you can win great discounts on merchandise. Added another Crack the Case game for you to purchase. Added a 2005 Scene It Disney Deluxe game to the database. Added a Diplomacy game for your choice of purchases. Added an Octopus game to our selections. . 7/17/2010 - Reduced the price of a Luck Plus game. Remodeled Robin Hood game page. Added a wedding game called Lovegevity game to our database. . 7/16/2010 - Created a Turning Point game page. . 7/15/2010 - Remodeled Summit game page. . 7/14/2010 - Created a Chase game page. Added another Funny Bones game. . 7/12/2010 - Added a Risk & Castle Risk game. Added a Square Off game. . 7/11/2010 - Added a Psyche Paths game page. Remodeled Poppin Popcorn game page. Added a 1982 Statis Pro Baseball game. . 7/10/2010 - Added a Sting card game page. Reduced prices on Uno Rummy Up game. . 7/9/2010 - Reduced the price of American Girls game. Added a Snatch game and parts. . 7/8/2010 - Added a Trails to Tremble By game. Added a Square Off game. Added 2 Pig Pong games. Added a Jackpot Yahtzee game. . 7/7/2010 - Remodeled 1991 Dream Phone game. . 7/6/2010 - Added a new game to our database, Take a Letter game. Added a 2-XL Robot toy to our selctions. Added 1968 Scribbage game. Added News Article about a 1970's Board Game predicting oil spill. Added 1963 Scribbage games . 7/5/2010 - Made a game page for 1967 Pro Football game by 3M. Added a 1970 Thinking Man's Football game and a 1973 Thinking Man's Football game. . 7/2/2010 - Reduced the price on Go For It games. Added a Godfather game SOLD page to our database. |
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"Cool site by the way...I will have to check a lot of my old games for missing pieces". Dan I can't thank you enough....have spent hours trying to find this game. Will be checking periodically to see your merchandise. If you only knew what priceless memories are reborn with each vintage game you sale....wow...... no monumental value equals that much.......Thank you for what you do....Cheri |
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