Funagain Buys Eagle Games Assets
Boardgame News has learned that the online game store Funagain has won the auction to acquire the assets of Eagle Games. We understand that the details of the sale are still being worked out on this and we will be posting more details on this story as we receive them.
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Posted by Rick Thornquist on Aug 15, 2006 at 05:59 PM in Game News, Boardgame News / 2903
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Interesting--Will they just sell through the stock, or start making them under their own name? I’m definitely curious to see where this goes. Posted by Alfred Wallace on Aug 15, 2006 at 06:52 PM | #
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What a shame. Glenn’s a great guy. From all the details given on BGG, it’s odd to find that the miniscule rumors I heard flitting around at Origins were actually true. Not quite the same, but reminds me of the Fresno Games debacle. I agree in assuming that Funagain will just take the Eagle inventory and run with it. Posted by Ray Smith on Aug 15, 2006 at 09:03 PM | #
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I’m sure every long-time gameshop owner has a desire to produce their own games. Maybe Funagain wishes to do this using Eagle’s well-known brand? But then again, Funagain is just as well-known I’m sure. A brand is worth ALOT, maybe even more than the stock itself. I think you’d be a fool to bid just for the stock and simply throw away the brand. Posted by Phil Schwarzmann on Aug 16, 2006 at 06:37 AM | #
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I’ve heard that the bidding went fairly high (whatever that means) sort of implying that it was more than just a bid for the inventory… Posted by Matt J. Carlson on Aug 16, 2006 at 11:14 AM | #
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