I've been covering Prime Day sales for years now, and I'm always surprised by how decent the discounts can be on board games. Yes, Black Friday is always better, but you can stumble upon some gems if you're keeping an eye out.
As a case in point, the latest follow-up to the ridiculously popular 'King of' series, King of Monster Island, has been absolutely gutted in price for the Prime Day board game deals. To be precise, it's tumbled to almost 50% - it's now $38.19 at Amazon instead of almost $70. That's one hell of a saving, and one we've not seen any other retailer able to match.
The UK is enjoying a similar reduction; this sequel to one of the best board games is hovering at £37.99 at Zatu right now.
So, should you get King of Monster Island? It's a bit different to the franchise's other entries in that it's a co-op experience rather than a competitive one, and you're all fighting against a single foe. However, it still offers the same easy-going gameplay that's easy to get into but a lot of fun when you're there.
Naturally, this isn't the only offer on the table right now - there are plenty of Prime Day gaming deals kicking around at the moment. You can check some of the best ones out below.
Today's best Prime Day deals
- Nintendo Switch: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle now $299.99 at Amazon
- PS5: free $100 gift card with purchase at Dell
- Xbox Series X: refurbished consoles now just $399.99 at Amazon
- Seagate 1TB Xbox Storage: now just $129.99 (was $219.99) at Amazon
- Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (RTX 4080): now $2,099 (was $2,749) at B&H Photo
- Board games: save up to $25 on Arkham Horror, Disney Villainous and more
- Chairs: Homall and GTPlayer chairs now starting at $89.99
- Desks: up to $150 off Arozzi Arena, Eureka Ergonomic and more
- Controllers: Xbox Elite Series 2 now just $99.99 (was $129.99)
- Gaming laptops: Razer Blade laptops up to $1,000 off
- Headsets: SteelSeries, Turtle Beach, and Razer from $34.95
- Keyboards: Logitech decks now starting at $49.99
- PCs: save up to $300 on prebuilt RTX 4070 rigs
- Projectors: budget projectors now starting at just $79
- Storage: 1TB WDBlack SN850X now $79.99 (was $179.99)
- Streaming: save up to $30 on Blue Yeti mics
- TVs: 4K TVs now starting at $199.99
- Meta Quest: Asgard's Wrath Quest 3 bundle available at Best Buy
- Mice: Razer, Logitech and more now starting at $24
- Mobile: new Turtle Beach Atom controller $10 off
- Monitors: Curved 240Hz monitors from just $139
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