by curtc
The way things normally work, especially with large publishers like Z-Man, is that you generally order through a retailer who goes through a distributor. It's the distributor, not the retailers, who buy form the publisher. And the publisher sells to the distributor directly, not through the same online store on the publisher's webpage.Generally people do not pre-order directly from Z-Man. You CAN order games directly from Z-Man, but I don't understand why anyone would want to pay full-price online. If you're going to pay full-price, you might as well go to your local shop.
But if you're looking for the best price (if that's what "better off" means), then I suspect whatever the main online game sources in Canada will all have it. Maybe someone from Canada can chime in with what those are. Here's one to get you started:
http://www.germangames.com/game.asp?gameID=3695