NTRabbit posted:

Thanks Santagoon, botes are the best

NTRabbit posted:

A package was slid behind the pot plant at my front door



I'm not familiar with this one, but looking at the back of the box has me excited to play, thanks Santagoon!

NTRabbit posted:

I'm not familiar with this one, but looking at the back of the box has me excited to play, thanks Santagoon!

moths posted:

Thanks!

Aramoro posted:

My tracking has moved to delivered. Godspeed package that's been hucked at front door somewhere.

NTRabbit posted:

A package was slid behind the pot plant at my front door



I'm not familiar with this one, but looking at the back of the box has me excited to play, thanks Santagoon!

Tiny Chalupa posted:

Absolutely fantastic game this one! We will be doing our weekly meetups and someone will always ask to bring this out again ever week or 2. Plays quick, has good depth and doesn't drag on at all.

Also, I got my other gift in the mail! My lady sent me a pic this morning, I work 15 hour days 6 days a week currently so I crash most nights, thank you so drat much! Imgur isn't playing nice with me currently but it's the board game Dinosaur Island
Looks like a drat good game! I shared boardgames geek description of it with my friends and everyones excited. Hoping this weekend to get it to the table
"In Dinosaur Island, players will have to collect DNA, research the DNA sequences of extinct dinosaur species, and then combine the ancient DNA in the correct sequence to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life. Dino cooking! All players will compete to build the most thrilling park each season, and then work to attract (and keep alive!) the most visitors each season that the park opens.

Do you go big and create a pack of Velociraptors? They'll definitely excite potential visitors, but you'd better make a large enough enclosure for them. And maybe hire some (read: a lot of) security. Or they WILL break out and start eating your visitors, and we all know how that ends. You could play it safe and grow a bunch of herbivores, but then you aren't going to have the most exciting park in the world (sad face). So maybe buy a roller coaster or two to attract visitors to your park the good old-fashioned way?"

Thank you again Gentle Goons!!!

I've changed my order for my 1st lightning round Goon, as got tired of being jerked around by the company I ordered from, so hoping to see some post in the next day or 3 of Holiday cheer

Charles Get-Out posted:

Leperflesh posted:

main round, or LR1?

Kwyndig posted:

A package has arrived from IPR? But I didn't order anything this month...

Upon opening it, I find a copy of Ryuutama!


Thanks Santa, Ryuutama is one of my favoriter games and the hardcover is pretty.

That marks my Secret Santa/Santee obligations fulfilled. I'll stick around in case someone needs degrinching but it doesn't sound like it so far.

DigitalRaven posted:

Dear Santa,

You've always been good to me (at least in your TGSS guise), and this year's been just as poo poo as last year, just in different ways. But I'm alive. Let's call that a win for now, and celebrate by buying people poo poo.

Gift Preferences
Board games! Things that play well at two players are best, as are things with a strong solo mode. A small form factor is also a blessing given how small my place is. This is my BGG collection, but the things that have hit the table and gone well recently include Star Realms, Hero Realms, Villagers, Streets, 7 Wonders, and Tiny Epic Galaxies/Zombies/Dinosaurs. I also love art/setting books that I can use for game inspiration — previous TGSS gifts have included The Worlds of Android, and The World of Might and Magic, which were amazing!

I'm a big Transformers fan and a bit of a Gundam nut, so plastic robots in kit or toy form are always welcome. Scifi stuff in general is pretty awesome.

I like RPGs, but I have a huge collection that includes a lot of weird/obscure games already, and I'm in a rut where I'm not able to play anything so I'mma suggest against that. I don't play wargames or paint miniatures, either.

General Location



Solemn Vow

I solemnly swear that I will not grinch, lest next year is worse than this one.

The Bloop posted:

A box arrived yesterday filled with holiday booty


A bunch of very cool dungeon dressing



A lot of these things are crazy detailed and very cool. It will certainly be a step up from my beat up cardboard heroquest bookshelves



THANK YOU GOON SANTA

Nemesis Of Moles posted:

The second half of your gift is still yet to ship, I sent the seller an email a week or two ago and they just replied to say, essentially, they'll get to it when they get to it. Sorry friend!

Benedict posted:

GIFTS RECEIVED



Amazing work santa. We have some tiki glasses, some wargames terrain, a game i do not own, a project kit, and not pictured some delicious biltong.

IGNORE THE BLURRY AREAS OF THE PHOTO THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT CONTAIN WORKS IN PROGRESS ON MY FILTHY WORKBENCH. that pixel magic eraser though eh? you would never know there was a giant project on either side of those gifts.

First up, lets get a close up of that terrain.



Not gonna lie, my brain threw a gear here. I was like "thats so damned familiar. its cool, but its also familiar. does someone i know have this piece of terrain? it looks hand made though.



Holy poo poo its a space invader. its a mother loving crashed space invader ship with wiring and poo poo sticking out. how cool is that.

I did not get closeups of the tiki glasses yet, between work, work on my santees gifts, and other things life has been extremely busy, but they were a lovely set of matched...im going to say zombie? glasses. they look like zombie glasses ( the drink not the undead)

Then we have classic love letter. great game, one of the most portable games on earth, and a great beer and pretzels game to keep on you at all times in case of spontaneous diner or bar gaming.

We have a massive piece of biltong that... honestly im not sure how it didnt get into the picture. Biltong is a South African dried meat, similar to jerky but closer to say, a salami or prosciutto. Its cured in big large pieces that you then later slice and this one is delicious.

Finally we have an arduino mega 2560 kit. This thing looks amazing, theres a solderless breadboard, sensors, lights, resistors, an lcd and a segmented display, a motor, a fan, a potentiometer, all the goodies needed to experiment and prototype simple board driven projects. going to have fun introducing my son to the world of programming with this one.

Bravo santee. Bravo. As always this group hits it out of the park

thegodofchuck posted:

with a gift message for Sam! and that's not my name! or my username!

thegodofchuck posted:

I got... unexpected packages, but I'm not sure if they're Secret Santa gifts?

with a gift message for Sam! and that's not my name! or my username!

Tiny Chalupa posted:

I'll also do the final lightning round if it happens! I'll shoot off an email an update potentional wants tomorrow, if It is happening

Loxbourne posted:

My LR2 cheer has arrived! Photos to follow when possible. Thanks, Anonymous SantaGoon!

And you know what? First in, last out. It's a great year for gifting! Sign me up for Round 5!

GreenBuckanneer posted:

No response from other Santa for LR4, sent out gifts anyways! I’m excited about one of them, wasn’t free shipping and I paid a little more to make sure it can (try) to get there before the 21st.

Bucnasti posted:

I wanna make someone's holiday merry.

Gift Preferences:
I love Chewbacca and Orks.
I recently moved into a house and my walls are in need of decorations
I paint miniatures but I think I've got enough of them unpainted already (I mean unless they're really fuckin weird), I'm getting into making terrain so any neat bits and bobs for that would be cool
I play RPGs and board games, so accessories for either would be fun.
I don't like beer or coffee and I don't eat sweets anymore

Be creative, I tend to just buy any generally available stuff I want/need. Or if you've international send me something I can't find in the US.

Location: California USA

Vow:
Grinchin' is for suckas

Leperflesh posted:

This is very confusing. I do not have a single goon named "sam" in this year's Spreadsheet of Cheer, although I do have a very short list of goons for whom I was not given a first name. I can think of a few possibilities:
-One of your Santas mixed up and got your name wrong
-Someone accidentally sent you things intended for someone else, maybe not even part of this secret santa

Please can thegodofchuck's santa send me an email, or post here, or PM me, ASAP? thanks!

You would be #3, so yeah apparently. Both of the first two signups are UK goons, so keep that in mind.

What did you get???

The Bloop posted:

I've still got two in transit with [????] for tracking. One says arrives on the 21st (whelp) but I can't actually track it.

thegodofchuck posted:

For clarification, package #1 (book) had no note at all, package #2 (battle sisters) said "Merry Christmas Sam!!!!" (Yes, four exclamation marks). So, I expect package #2 is most likely a GW mistake, but y'never know. Although there appear to be a lot of Sams out there now. Package #1 might be a Santa gift?

ibntumart posted:

Gift Preferences:
(Note: I l love physical books, but digital is A-OK, too)

• Dune: Absolutely love Dune and have since I was a teen. (I refuse to acknowledge the prequels’ existence, but do have a perverse love for the Lynch movie.) I do have pretty much any printed Dune materials, but any Dune Knick-knacks would be much appreciated!
  
• Lord of the Rings: Pretty much anything from books, artwork, t-shirts, figures, etc. Bookwise, I own the trilogy, Hobbit, Silmarillion, and Turin books. GW Middle Earth Battle Strategy books are cool, too! Been hearing good things about but not sure where to start.
  
• RPGs: Quirky indies are always fun. I’m interested in GUMSHOE horror RPGs: I have Trail of Cthulhu and the Yellow King rule books, plus the Arkham Files, but that’s pretty much it. Sci-if RPGs not based on licensed properties would be cool, too. ( Just throwing I would alsolove a copy of The One Ring Oaths of the Riddermark, but not getting my hopes up!)
  
• Photography: I’ve been meaning to learn how to take proper photos, any practical beginner level photography materials would be nifty.
  
• Fountain Pens: Inks, stationary, washi tape, journals, sealing wax, and other such nonsense are dear to my often ink-stained hands.
  
• Languages: I will never tire of grammars, dictionaries, phrase books, etc. in other languages. I do want to up my Korean study and also work on Chinese characters, but honestly any non-Indo-European language is fun!
  
• Comestibles: Snacks, beers, chocos, candies, and other delicacies are always ravenously shoved down my Goon gullet savored with care and refinement.
  
• Dice: Anything cool or wonderfully weird, really (D10s and D20s especially

Location:
SF Bay Area, USA

Vow of Utmost Solemnity:
I must not grinch. Grinching is the TGSS killer. Grinching is the little-dickishness that brings total disappointment. I will face my Ralphie. I will permit presents to ship from me and Amazon. And when they have shipped, I will turn the inner eye to see their tracking numbers. Where the gifts have gone, there will be nothing grinched. Only Ralphie’s gifts will remain.

(So yeah, I won’t be a Grinch, promise!)