The Hardware Store

The Hardware Store is an event that can be reached with the [The Hardware Store] option of Wildcard: Flavor Events or from the [A card picturing an endless collection of tools.] option in Cards Of Fate. It can also simply be a random event.

This shop contains all of the "Today's Special" items available for purchase in The Engineering Shop. Also, the event also keeps a running count of the number of (non-unique) players that have encountered the event since its introduction in Board Game Online; if the turn player encounters this event and their encounter results in a number that is a multiple of 27, then they receive a free Hammer.

Trivia

 * The concept for this store is based on "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Hardware Store". This is further supported by the following:
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic is referred to as the shopkeep in this event's purchase descriptions.
 * One of the lyrics for the song is "Would you look at all that stuff," which can be read when the shop interface is entered.
 * The lyrics "There's a great big purple sign out front / That says every 27th customer / Will get a ball-peen hammer free" is referenced by this event awarding a Hammer to every 27th player that encounters this event since its inception.
 * This event contains references to other songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
 * The purchase description for the Soldering Torch is likely a reference to the "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "eBay".
 * The purchase description for the Plunger is likely a reference to the "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Eat It".
 * The purchase description for the Duct Tape is likely a reference to the "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "I Want a New Duck".