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By the way, if my Santa from last year is watching the thread this year, I thought you might enjoy knowing that the  dice bag and deck box you sent me have seen a great deal of use at the local conventions this past year, and the mat really eased my mind when I was playing card games, because I'm a lame scrub that doesn't use card sleeves, so having the extra insurance against unseen bits of water on the table is helpful.
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Leperflesh posted:Gosh! Apparently your Secret Santa forgot an important part of Step 6, which is to post indicating that your present has been mailed. It's understandable, some goons have done TGSS a lot before and maybe don't go back and re-read all the rules, it can get tedious, etc. Ahem  Kai Tave posted:BOOM, gift sent! That's right Felime, it was me, your Secret Santa who sent you that thing that you got! Judging by your posts in the Warmachine thread you seem to be a pretty ardent Cygnarian but Cygnar doesn't have dogs so I went with the next best thing. The way I figure it you can either use it as a loaner battlebox to let people you're introducing to the game play or you can use it as the foundations of an entirely new army in the proud tradition of tabletop wargamers everywhere. Oh, and I just sent off my Lightning Round 2 gift just now.
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Dec 5, 2016 07:44
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The last component just came in on Saturday, I'll have everything in to the post office tomorrow and oh man I am excited to see how this all ends up.
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Dec 5, 2016 08:07
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A box has arrived! I tried to get my faithful hound to help me open the box but he was afraid of it. YOU TERRIFIED MY DOG, YOU MONSTER!  Anyway, despite being left to defend myself from the horrors of the box, I bravely opened it all by myself to discover...  Ascension and a robot thing. I don't know anything about Gundams except that the physics makes my eyes roll but I'm sure I shall have fun putting it together and pretending that I'm totally going to paint it one day. Thanks a lot for both mystery UK Goon! Also surprise dong on the note. Curse you Secret Santa!
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Dec 5, 2016 11:36
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After resolving several unexpected difficulties, both of my gifts were finally dispatched as of today!
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Dec 5, 2016 12:31
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Lightning Round 2 gift is AWAY!Helen Highwater posted:A box has arrived! It was I who slipped in the surprise dong! (Phrasing...) I picked the gundam more as an example of a cool robot kit that would (hopefully) be fun to build and possibly paint, and that might work as a knight or similar in 40K. DigitalRaven fucked around with this message at 13:22 on Dec 5, 2016 |
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Dec 5, 2016 13:09
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thespaceinvader posted:A parcel is here. Glad you enjoy it and that i wasn't completely off mark in getting you the dial upgrades. I also have information that part 2 of my gift to you is in possesion of NORMAN. Enjoy the cultural exhcange i included :v
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Dec 5, 2016 14:26
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Kai Tave posted:Ahem I actually have a good bit of Khador stuff, so it's nice to have another option! I hear khador jack bricks are good this time of year! Your gift notes came out rather amusing though. Copying verbatim: quote:I can't remember if you can include gift notes in orders or not, but if you do I would appreciate it. Please tell the recipient "I found a dog for you, but Nice cat pictures will hopefully be forthcoming this evening when I get off my rear end and find the charger for this camera. Thanks for the dog and stompy robots! I'll be sure to kick some teeth in with them, and the second rulebook will definitely be useful for new people!
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Dec 5, 2016 14:47
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Lightning round 2 package ordered and sent from Amazon.
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Dec 5, 2016 18:17
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Frobbe posted:Glad you enjoy it and that i wasn't completely off mark in getting you the dial upgrades. I also have information that part 2 of my gift to you is in possesion of NORMAN. Enjoy the cultural exhcange i included :v Thanks! Another gift! A vertiable nother!   it's a space ork war buggy which I hope you won't object if I immediately loot for greeblies to go on spaceships (the gun in particular is the perfect size and scale for my current scratchbuild project) and some... scandinavian... food? (You might have to explain these before I risk putting them into my mouth :P) And some 3d printed things. What are these for? 
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Dec 5, 2016 18:53
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thespaceinvader posted:Thanks! Take the 3d printed things, grab a maneuver template from x-wing and combine them, the results will shock you! (They're for making maneuvering last other x-wangs easier) Do feel free to build whatever out of the ork buggy, that's very orky in spirit. And the candy is licorice, ranging from no salt, to some salt to super loving salty
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Dec 5, 2016 19:39
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Why would you want salty licorice
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Dec 5, 2016 19:53
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Felime posted:Your gift notes came out rather amusing though. Copying verbatim: Well I suppose I can't fault Miniature Market for their single-minded dedication to literalism. goodness posted:Why would you want salty licorice Having Scandinavian relatives on my father's side I can tell you that people over there fuckin love licorice so salty that it constitutes a war crime. It's about what it sounds like too, take black licorice, and infuse it with salt. No, more salt than that. I said more salt. Now eat it. I don't get it either, maybe they don't get enough in their diets or something.
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Dec 5, 2016 20:13
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Kai Tave posted:Well I suppose I can't fault Miniature Market for their single-minded dedication to literalism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAHNkBagQs
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Dec 5, 2016 20:30
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Frobbe posted:Take the 3d printed things, grab a maneuver template from x-wing and combine them, the results will shock you! (They're for making maneuvering last other x-wangs easier) Oooooh those things. Those are great, thanks!
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Dec 5, 2016 20:52
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Gift deployed!! I had to brave a mildly cold walk but it was worth it to spread Christmas cheer.
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Dec 5, 2016 20:56
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Shipped my gift today. Now, to worry about it being a gift that a goon will like, about it arriving well and on time, about being happy with the gift that I might get one day... 
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Dec 5, 2016 21:59
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I got a notification I recieved something so I should be able to pick it up tomorrow 
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Dec 5, 2016 22:01
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Kai Tave posted:Ahem I evidently applied this to your main round gift, which you did not explicitly state as having shipped (although you did complain about not being able to claim first gift shipped... I did not assume that meant you'd shipped, though.) It's all good though! People are getting presents, that's what matters.
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Dec 5, 2016 22:22
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Leperflesh posted:I evidently applied this to your main round gift, which you did not explicitly state as having shipped (although you did complain about not being able to claim first gift shipped... I did not assume that meant you'd shipped, though.) In general assume that the first thing I do when receiving the email with my Secret Santee's address is dramatically sweep everything off my desk before furiously mail-ordering something while bombastic music plays along with a countdown timer. I've started getting some complaints from the neighbors about me blasting O Fortuna at midnight but I think they're just jealous that they aren't getting presents.
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Dec 5, 2016 22:43
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Dec 6, 2016 01:47
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My Santee's package has been entrusted to the capable hands of the United States Postal Service, who have ensured me that holiday cheer is estimated to arrive on my Santee's doorstep by the end of the week.
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Dec 6, 2016 02:06
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thespaceinvader posted:(You might have to explain these before I risk putting them into my mouth :P) Well, I think we know who got a dong this year.
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Dec 6, 2016 02:35
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They actually use chemical salts in their "saltiest" licorice, because normal sodium chloride just doesn't taste salty enough.
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Dec 6, 2016 02:44
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Leperflesh posted:They actually use chemical salts in their "saltiest" licorice, because normal sodium chloride just doesn't taste salty enough. I've had both and between the two I'd rather eat hakarl again than salt licorice.
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I've received my gift and it's a cool little Lego micro fighter, a brand new line laser that I can use for X-Wing and an Ewok card from an SW game I don't even recognise! Yub yub indeed The lego will go in the display along with my other Lego stuff. The laser is much sharper than my last one as well! Thanks Santa! EDIT: and I even found a tiny ewok model to go with the card! Tekopo fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Dec 6, 2016 |
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Lotsa non licorice having babies ITT Denmark sort of runs on that stuff, tho it peaked a few years back when it was in all kinds of food. i tried chickpeas with licorice on them, CHICKPEAS!!! (very much looking forward to receiving christmas cheer, it's tough being patient, but i never did graduate as a doctor)
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Tekopo posted:I've received my gift and it's a cool little Lego micro fighter, a brand new line laser that I can use for X-Wing and an Ewok card from an SW game I don't even recognise! Oh thank god, it finally arrived! I threw in the Ewok (from WotC's Star Wars minis game) and the note as a reference to this guy. Glad the laser is up to snuff!
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Holy gently caress, Santa, are you insane? I'll post more when I stop jizzing all over the place.
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The one good thing about breaking a bone in your foot is that when you stay home is that you can lay your hands on your gifts the second a postman rings. Curiously, that was one big-rear end package. My mind instantly begins wondering just how many dongs could be stuffed in there.  The possible dong bomb is forwarded to the gift inspector who confirms my suspicions of the rattling sound the entire package makes - like it's full of legos or something. Well, it turns out the Amazon Prime duct tape was a red herring and there's a lot of carefully hand-packed poo poo in there.  Where to even begin? - A collection of short stories by Roger Zelazny. You can never go wrong with Zelazny! - The Whispered World: Special Edition. This is pretty cool, I ate my teeth on adventure and IF games, but haven't been keeping track of the games the Germans keep putting out every once in a while. I vaguely remember this getting good press back in the day and the screenshots certainly look stunning. For a second I was worried this is a German language version (and my command of that language is rusty af), but rest assured, it's multilingual. - Southern Cross, what looks like a comic about claustrophobic spaceships and weird creepy poo poo. Looks really like my jam on a skim through. - Chimera, some small card game I haven't heard of, but have trust in the Z-Man Deluxe series. This being (it looks like) a contemporary designed game for a slightly-tweaked traditional card deck, should help rope in some family members. - 7 Wonders: Duel, of which I heard only great things about! - The Valmy Campaign: a Napoleonics wargame from Against the Odds magazine publishers. I usually regard such small-publisher wargames as more of collector's items than real games (and the poser art black Napoleon cover really doesn't do it a favor), but upon rummaging through the box, it actually looks somewhat neat. The production quality is quite nice for a wargame (mounted board!), there's a battle box separate from the operational map (love that gimmick/mechanic) and counter holding boxes for Friedrich-style fog of war organized in a pleasing OOB. It also contains a bonafide Leipzig postcard wargame as a bonus! And the box doubles as a counter tray! - Last, but not least, Inspector Morse some unholy marriage of Snakes & Ladders, Cluedo and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective based on some posh murder mystery show. It's utterly terrible in all the right ways and I'm already cracking at the one-page rules that open with "the goal of the game is to win". I also appreciate that the three cases are based on particular episodes of the show, so actual Inspector Morse fans probably had the mysteries solved before they even unwrapped the game itself. What can I say other than thanks a LOT, Santa? The whole box is not only very generous, funny and cool, but also I have to admit you've made some real good guesses as to my tastes! The cheer exceeded my expectations by a mile!
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Both of my gifts have been packed and dispatched to their destinations! As ever, I wanted them to come to me first so I could stuff some extras in with them. Goonspeed, little packages.
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Dec 6, 2016 18:35
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Leperflesh posted:NO DATA: Sorry, pre-Christmas chaos! I've put the order in, will let you know when it ships.
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Second bit arrived so here's picture as promised! 1: I am going to play the crap out of this with my family when I go home for xmas next week. 2: The FFXIV buttons are SO COOL! Both my main classes, my faction, and the Hauche' quote omg, I may be more excited than the big box. That was a really personal touch, THANK YOU so much! (Since it's hard to read in the picture, it says "A smile better suits a hero.") 
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Haven't gotten anything in the mail for a little while, oh well I'm sure it's just the holiday season and WOAH, two packages??? Oh wait, one of them is something I ordered for myself. But the other one most definitely isn't! It's definitely something substantial, what could it possibly be?  Halloween in December! Hell yes, Fury of Dracula, one of the soon-to-be out of print boardgames thanks to Games Workshop continuing to be an endless ocean of knobs, this has definitely been on my to-buy list and thanks to my generous Secret Santa I can now cross it off. My generous and completely anonymous Secret Santa I might add, I looked to see if there was a note or anything in the box but there wasn't, so if I missed something sorry about that, but thank you very much whoever you are. But I need to ask you, o spirit of seasonal generosity, to reveal yourself along with how much this lovely gift cost you so that I might fulfill my blood oath and make a charitable donation in your name to the organization of your choice! If you wish to remain anonymous you can do so through Leperflesh, and if you don't wish to disclose the financial side of things then I can simply make a $30 donation in your stead.
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My correspondence is telling me that a box as big as a kitchen drawer has arrived and is bulging in the middle. He hasn't opened it, so I'm completely in the dark and unable to tell you what awesome thing is in it, but it is in fact there, and at some point, I will open it when I'm back home. Also, a drunk Odin is on his way with a gift in tow.
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Niemat posted:Sign me up for the next lightning round! May as well keep a good thing going! Glad you enjoyed them! I missed the second half of this post like one of those idiots that only reads the first sentence of an email, and was about to send off a worried email to Leperflesh before I double checked. And I owe my santa and the thread cat pictures. Finally got off my arse and dug out the charger, so those will come when the camera beeps at me that it's no longer dead or something
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Lichtenstein posted:What can I say other than thanks a LOT, Santa? Will the one of LIchtenstein's two Santas responsible, please post and/or let me know who sent it? For my spreadsheet purposes, of course. Similarly, Kai Tave posted:Halloween in December! Through my amazing powers of deductive reasoning, I think this was probably from your lightning bonus round 1 santa, but would that person please confirm/deny? Thanks!
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Gifts received! I was awoken by a man who didn't speak English. He hung up, and I was promptly called by a man who did speak English, telling me my package from Hong Kong was to be delivered this morning (it's currently midnight now, so I guess actually yesterday morning for me). Because of my move, a different goon actually received the package. It was then passed on to at least one other goon before finally landing in my hands. One goon's expert opinion is it's a box of dongs. Let's see...  A bit small for a box of dongs. Though this is Asia, and it was ordered from Hong Kong, so...  Aha! It's games! A copy of Coup and a Carcassonne expansion (part of the reprint). Awesome! I've played Coup before, it's a fun game and I'm happy to have my own copy. I'll have to wrangle up a couple of goons to try out this new expansion of Carcassonne. Thanks, Santa. I know through the magic of our mediator, Leperflesh (whose name I keep reading Leperfish for some reason) it was a bit of a pain to get something sorted to send here. Thanks for your patience and your gifts.
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Lightning round 2 gift deployed in digital format via TradGamesSanta email account! Enjoy!
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YF19pilot posted:One goon's expert opinion is it's a box of dongs. Let's see... I'm a dong expert and I and the guy I left it with were convinced it was drugs. But I told him it was breakable drugs, just in case.
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