While Amazon’s Prime Day doesn’t kick off until next week, Target is hosting an excellent sale on board games, movies, books, and more that you’ll definitely want to check out. Through July 13, Target Circle members can get a third item free when they purchase two other eligible items of equal or greater value. While this deal is restricted to members, joining Target Circle is free, and grants you access to free two-day shipping, in addition to exclusive discounts and promotions.
Target’s ‘buy 2, get 1 free’ sale is the perfect Prime Day aperitif
Board games, books, movies, and more are on sale through July 13
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There are literally hundreds of eligible products included in this sale, but we’ve picked out some of our favorites from different categories and listed them below.
Board Games
The Battletech Essentials kit has everything you need to start playing the Battletech tabletop game. Each box comes with a pair of assembled mechs, a double-sided game map, quick-start rules booklet, and more.
Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right
• 2-4 players, age 10+
• Playtime: 60-90 minutes
• Similar games: Scythe
Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition
• 3-6 players, age 14+
• Playtime: 240-480 minutes
• Similar games: Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, Empires of the Void II
Books and Graphic Novels
Dune Hardcover Trilogy
A striking hardcover collection of the first three books in the Dune saga, featuring amazing cover art in addition to an illustrated poster inside each dust jacket.
The deluxe hardcover version of the first book in the Dune: The Graphic Novel collection is currently on sale at Target for $27.99 (was $50). The standard version of the second book is available for $13.99 (was $24.99). The third volume isn’t due to launch until July 16, but it’s currently available for pre-order for $25.99.
The Illustrated version of the Lord of the Rings illustrated edition includes 30 color illustrations, in addition to removable maps and sketches detailing Frodo’s journey and the greater geography of Middle-Earth. You can currently pick up a copy at Target for just $38.99 (was $74.99).
The pocket-sized, leatherette-bound box set featuring The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy is also on sale at Target for $34.99 (was $59.99).
Our own Susana Polo recently published her own book. Year of the Ring, a retrospective of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, includes articles, analyses, and anecdotes dissecting the fantasy epic. You can reserve a hardcover copy of Year of the Ring ahead of its Oct. 29 launch at Target for $45.
Movies
The 25th-anniversary edition of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi satire Starship Troopers has been re-released for 4K UHD formats, complete with unique steelbook box art.
The Warriors
Walter Hill’s gritty New York odyssey The Warriors has been remastered for 4K UHD formats, complete with collector’s edition packaging. Can you dig it?
The 1995 anime cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell is now available on 4K UHD formats, and comes packaged in a collector’s edition steelbook.
Aliens
Undeniably the most quotable movie in the Alien franchise, James Cameron’s classic 1986 action-horror movie Aliens is now available as a 4K Blu-ray.
Video Games
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the most successful reinvention of the classic Ubisoft franchise since 2003’s Sands of Time, reframing the platforming prince as a vivid Metroidvania game.
Capcom’s open-world fantasy RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 offers spectacular vistas, a massive world to explore, and monsters to slay. It’s dangerous to go alone, but Dragon’s Dogma 2 also features a unique take on cooperative gameplay by allowing you to recruit characters other players have made, turning them into NPCs.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth builds on the foundation of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, taking Cloud Strife and the rest of his crew beyond Midgar to regions filled with new minigames and quests — some of which were not present in the original 1997 version.
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