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I'm in! Gift Preferences: I love board games and models! More specifically, light games I can play with my mates who aren't that serious about games but love screwing each other over: Love Letter and Coup are the two games I've got that fit perfectly. We've also got Discworld, Chaos in the Old World, Cash n Guns, Settlers and Carcassonne. In terms of models, Games Workshops specialist stuff is my absolute favourite: anything I can use for Dreadfleet, Necromunda, Gorkamorka or Mordheim would be snazzy. Other than that, just plain models are cool. I love putting multi part plastic models together, especially if they're undead, pirates or goblins. Where: Glasgow, Scotland Vow: I swear not to be a dick.
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I'm all caught up. I'm thinking this earlier date may have caught a few of our regulars by surprise, because as of right now we only have 63 participants! Last year's main round had about 94. Well, maybe we'll wind up with lots of goons in the bonus rounds, eh?
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Gift Preferences: Just about any Cryx or Everblight WMH that isn't FA:1, 15mm WW2 terrain, 28mm Urban terrain, or indie RPG stuff. Boardgames and stand-alone card games are cool too! Mantic's Abyssal Dwarfs are also great! I'd absolutely love a massive pile of V:tES cards, the Burning Wheel Adventure or Magic Burners - but those things only seem to exist in the past. Oh god please no: D&D Next, Pathfinder, "edgy" gaming stuff (LotFP, Kingdom Death, Cards against Humanity) Where: Lehigh Valley, PA Vow: I will not neglect my Santa duty, nor shall I grinch. moths fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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Leperflesh posted:I'm all caught up. Did you post about this in the general chat thread? I know I'm pretty bad about not checking the forum itself...
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Diving in! Dear secret benevolent one, Gift Preferences: I haven't been an active wargamer in many years but am being sucked back in by my brother as part of his scheme to guarantee a regular opponent. What this means is that I'm pretty much starting over with a fledgling new miniatures collection and very little kit! Currently the plan is to sponge off my brother's paints/whatever is left from our teenage years that he salvaged from ancient storage while I remember how to hold a paint brush and start buying models... (don't worry it's his plan too and he is reading this!) Speaking of models, I am starting up a Dropzone Commander PHR army (Hawk Wargames) so some of that would be cool. I also have my eye on the Batman Miniatures game by Knight Models. I have no clue if the actual game is any good but I'm a sucker for that Arkham City stuff! As I said, I'm lacking in basic painting supplies. So far all I have picked up is a basic tools set (clippers, glue, tweasers etc) and a can of white basecoat. So brushes, paints and so on would be welcome too so I don't have to impose on my brother/his wife too much!  General Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Solemn Vow: I hereby vow never to grinch, on pain of my brother informing my wife. For then my mother-in-law shall immediately know of it and I shall never be allowed to forget what I did. Ever. Edit - Aaand now I have a baby avatar. Whelp.
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In case anyone's suspicious, a goon of high reputation has vouched for Ugleb's authenticity. Welcome to the TG community, Ugleb.
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First timer in! Gift Preferences: I've been thinking about getting into historical wargaming(especially early modern-era stuff) as well as picking up some of Mantic's Kings of War. But really, I love the building and painting just as much as playing, so anything cool on that front would be great. I've heard good things about this X-Wing game, and would be excited for that as well. I've started up playing RPGs again, and any source books would be fun, with the exception of D&D. I'd prefer no dongs, anime, or gag gifts, Santa. But other than that anything cool would be great. General Location: Maryland, US Solemn Vow: I'm not going to grinch out, because I enjoy not being lovely. Edited for slightly better grammar. Cotton Candidasis fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Nov 23, 2014 |
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gently caress it, sure, I'll try it. Gift Preferences: If you can get me a copy of the SenZar RPG I will love you forever. I like Magic a fair amount though I haven't played it in a while, I'll try board and card games out, I'm a huge fan of weird, silly or goofy RPGs, or books about paranormal stuff that I can use for RPGs. I wouldn't turn down Warmachine/Hordes stuff but I don't currently have the time or income to play or paint it, so not really my first choice there. Don't want any TCGs except, as noted, Magic. Also, entertainingly bad movies and all kinds of kung fu movies. Anyway, you can try to surprise me but I'd prefer it kept at least vaguely near those bounds. Anything that has to do with kung fu fightin' is probably gonna be appreciated though, I do love me some kung fus of all stripes. I would prefer not to get a gag gift, but given my tastes in terms of bad movies and goofy, bad RPGs, I don't count them as gags. Also, while I love Ars Magica, I already own all of it. You don't have to send me any books from that. I'd also prefer, uh, no D&D. I don't play D&D. General Location: Connecticut. Solemn Vow: I will not fail in my gifting duties.
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Ugleb posted:Edit - Aaand now I have a baby avatar. Whelp. Babby avatar is the forum default, new goon 
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i preferred the toilet lord avs myself
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Ugleb posted:Edit - Aaand now I have a baby avatar. Whelp. Okay, So I may have lied about that not happening after a few days. Or they changed it. Leperflesh posted:In case anyone's suspicious, a goon of high reputation has vouched for Ugleb's authenticity. Welcome to the TG community, Ugleb. Yeah, Ugleb is my babby brother. If he grinches I shall go to his house and douse his cats in catnip.
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Grey Hunter posted:If he grinches I shall go to his house and douse his cats in catnip. You should do that anyway. It's christmas, the cats deserve a present!
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Leperflesh posted:You should do that anyway. It's christmas, the cats deserve a present! Generally, then, you'd want to douse other stuff in catnip, not the cats themselves. Petsmart/co does usually carry catnip sprays for use on toys and scratching posts and stuff. 
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Leperflesh posted:In case anyone's suspicious, a goon of high reputation has vouched for Ugleb's authenticity. Welcome to the TG community, Ugleb. Please don't feed his ego, I work hard on undermining it! And thank you. EclecticTastes posted:Generally, then, you'd want to douse other stuff in catnip, not the cats themselves. Petsmart/co does usually carry catnip sprays for use on toys and scratching posts and stuff. We have a bottle of it in a drawer, has to be rationed as one of them is an addict. Gets a bit possessive when she's on it.... Ugleb fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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If it's not too late, I'd like to give this a shot! Gift Preferences: I'd prefer physical gifts, please. My main interest is weird/obscure RPGs, both the cool and the terrible; I own Synnibarr and SenZar, and games that can stand among that hallowed company would be welcomed. I've also been getting into Glorantha recently, so HeroQuest/Hero Wars/whatever else would be great. Other games I've had my eye on recently include Apocalypse World, Double Cross, Inverse World, Ribbon Drive, and New Fire. Storygames are great too; I currently own Fiasco, Dungeon World, and Monsterhearts, but more is always better. Board and self-contained card games would also be cool. I have plenty of dice but will happily accept more, and I've kind of always wanted a Tarot deck for use as a gaming prop. Finally, if you've always wanted to send someone a Secret Santa dong, I will take it in good humor. (No pun intended.) Please Don't Send: I don't do any miniatures gaming, so minis/paints/terrain/etc. would be wasted on me, and I also don't play any TCGs. I'd prefer nothing Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, or other licensed stuff, because I'm a terrible hipster, and I'm really not into anything Warhammer/40k-themed either. I'd prefer nothing really skeevy unless it's a FATAL-caliber trainwreck of a game. I have weird tastes, so if you want to send non-game-related media, nonfiction books are a better option than fiction or movies. Location: Texas, USA, much to my continuing regret A Solemn Vow: Grinches get Antivehicular fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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Antivehicular posted:A Solemn Vow: Grinches get Would you believe we had that exact joke last year, too? It's a Goon Christmas tradition!
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I am so down for this. Last year I got thousands of dollars of Hell Money! Gift Preferences I dunno yet, I have pretty much everything TG related that I need right now. I'll edit this if I get an idea, otherwise surprise me! Edit: You know what I could use, small (as in compact in size) games, stuff that's easy to carry around, card games, board games, RPGs, whatever as long as they don't take up a ton of space. General Location California USA Solemn Vow I vow that I will make somebody's holiday extra groovy. Bucnasti fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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I love me a good Secret Santa. Gift Preferences: I love RPGs, boardgames, and tabletop miniatures games. That said, I own a LOT of RPGs. I'm full up on core D&D product (though neat third party adventurers/settinglets are pretty cool), and I have all the Fate Core books (though Atomic Robo would be really neat to get.). Any of the Gumshoe stuff would be super neat, and I love bizarre older RPGS. If you feel like going in the tabletop mini direction, I'm trying to get into Malifaux (no undeads please), and can always use modeling supplies. I love hardcopy books; I look at a screen too much as it is, and electronic stuff isn't as much fun as solid objects for gifts. General Location: PA USA. Solemn Vow: I will gift someone RIGHT IN THE CHRISTMAS.
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De-lurking to join in this fine tradition again! Gift preferences I'm quite into Welcome to Night Vale, Portal, Half Life and Magic: The Gathering. Also very much into environmental archaeology and artefact conservation as well (for a different flavour of nerdistry). Also cats. Yush. And tacky Christmas stuff. Surprises are also good (as long as they are relatively SFW). I live in the UK, so if I get a foreign goon I love cultural specific stuff (such as things you can only get in your part of the world). ETA ~ Forgot to say I totally love Avengers/Deadpool/Guardians at the mo. And t-shirts - Womens Medium Please not Any painting supplies or minis, I have them coming out of my ears at the moment. Location Cambridgeshire, Engerland Vow I'm gonna Christmas my goon so hard. Namenlos fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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EclecticTastes posted:Would you believe we had that exact joke last year, too? It's a Goon Christmas tradition! Somehow I should have known it wouldn't be original. Ah, well.
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I'm all caught up! I don't have an email from Bucnasti. Tomorrow I'll be watching football most of the day, so please don't expect assignments until my evening (I'm in GMT -8).
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Would it be ok to change my gift preference by editing my post or do you have a spreadsheet or something
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signalnoise posted:Would it be ok to change my gift preference by editing my post or do you have a spreadsheet or something Last year you got an email with the nick and postal details of your santee, and then you go find their post in the thread to see what they want, so editing up to the point leperflesh hands out the assignments should be fine. I've done it a couple times already.
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Gift Preferences I will accept RPG books, board games (especially expansions for Small World), robots, and non-skeevy anime and associated merch. I'm not interested in TCGs, D&D books or wargaming minis other than Infinity. General Location Auckland, New Zealand Solemn Vow I vow that I will not neglect my duty.
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NTRabbit posted:Last year you got an email with the nick and postal details of your santee, and then you go find their post in the thread to see what they want, so editing up to the point leperflesh hands out the assignments should be fine. I've done it a couple times already. Yup this exactly. You can even edit after I give out assignments, just be aware your Santa might not see your edits. After I do assignments, if you have information (changes, additions, clarifications) that you want your Secret Santa to know about, email them to me and I'll pass them along.
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I have found the perfect gift already  
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Gift Preferences: As a big dumb dork I already have lots and lots of mainstream RPG stuff. Also a lot of indie stuff. So what I want is to expand my collection of old, aggressively weird RPG supplements and old, mimeographed or photocopied board games. Birthright adventures? Transhumanist dragons? Some cheap D&D knockoff from the 70s with absolutely no virtues at all? A new copy of Fantasy Wargaming because I gave my old one away and now regret it? An interstellar card game in which you draw resources from a deck of cards that were clearly cut out of construction paper? Yes yes yes yes yes! Or art or unique objects or basically anything else that's nerdy and can't be bought shrink wrapped. See that Santaur in the previous post? That'd be great. Also I'm building a commander deck after getting into magic at M15 so I guess if you have some older than that blue, red, or white cards with big, flashy, dumb effects, I'd not turn my nose up at them. Where: Philadelphia, PA Vow: I will continue my tradition of not stinking up a secret santa.
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Holy poo poo, hopefully I'm not to late! Gift Preference: I would really like a nice boardgame type thing for 2-4 players. My gaming group is mostly MTG. Something like roborally or ticket to ride would be ideal, or some fantasy dungeon crawly or deckbuilder game like dominion ornet runner. Other idea's I loving love Magic the Gathering. Probably can't go wrong with something there. I also play a tiny bit of AD&D 2e. Last year my santee got me some core rules stuff, which was awesome. I'm all covered with the core rules books but anything else would be cool. Location: Central Pennsylvania I solemnly vow to watch the thread, send my gift, post when I receive one, and not be a grinch. jassi007 fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Gift Preferences: I'm mainly into RPGs, but have also branched out into Magic, Netrunner, boardgames, and even miniatures a bit. I've got a bunch of indie RPGs I haven't played—although a good number of them are in PDF only, so I wouldn't mind adding physical copies of more obscure/nontraditional games to my collection. I don't have a whole lot of boardgames right now, so almost anything that is a good game should be fine with me. X-Wing has also caught my interest, but I don't have much of a collection yet. Comics, videogames, and non-mass-produced things also welcome. Please Don't Send: Anything in this doc. General Location: Maryland, US Solemn Vow: I vow to not neglect my duties as a Santa nor Santee.
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Gift Preferences: I'm into board games and comic books. Netrunner could be kind of cool and interesting maybe but I dunno anything about it really other than a video I saw on the shut up and sit down show. I like cooking and stuff too. Please Don't Send: Nothing that would get me put on a registry, no anime or manga. General Location: Scotland Solemn Vow: Oh Captain, My Captain.
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Hey I am in the OP! I won't be participating this year, I do appreciate the warm welcoming invite again after my tawdry ways and my redemption, but I would like to help out, if anyone gets grinched I would like to be the one to get them a gift. So Leperflesh if anyone gets grinched, please send me their name in a PM and I will take care of them. Thanks again Trad Games!
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Leperflesh posted:I'm all caught up! Sorry, in my excitement I forgot to hit send on the email.
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Hooray! Everyone above this post is in on the main TGSS round! I have responded to all emails and will begin randomizing assignments and sending them out in a few minutes. Please don't panic if you don't get an email for a while. This can be a laborious process. Please also double-check your post where you list stuff you might want or not want, because it's likely your Secret Santa will look at it tonight. If you want to add anything starting tomorrow, be aware your Santa might not see it, or might have already made a purchase based on what you had or didn't have before. We have 74 goons in the Main Round, plus three goons who decided to do multiple gifts. Not as many as last year, but still more than 2012!
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Leperflesh posted:Please don't panic if you don't get an email for a while. This can be a laborious process. Thanks again for running it this year!
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Oh drat, didn't realize today was the due date to sign up for the main SS. I was putting off posting since I was traveling to BGGCon all last week. Guess I'll get in on later rounds if possible!
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Ordered a present! Unfortunately the store I went through doesn't offer gift wrapping, so someone's just getting a surprise box with non-festive, unwrapped contents. 
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Dulkor posted:Ordered a present! Unfortunately the store I went through doesn't offer gift wrapping, so someone's just getting a surprise box with non-festive, unwrapped contents. Same! Also you beat me! Ordered the first present. Second present I'll have shipped in the next day or two.
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OK! Assignments are all made! Emails are all sent! Except for ONE. Because ONE goon sent me an incomplete address. I have sent that goon an email requesting the rest. But the rest of you are good! If you didn't get an email from tgsecretsanta, check your spam filter. If you still didn't get one, send me an email right away! I might have hosed up! Also if there's any other mistake. There are a lot of manual steps when doing this, so I usually manage to gently caress up once or twice somewhere. If I sent you an email with the wrong name, or assigned you one of your enemies, or gave you an international goon even though you asked not to send anything internationally, or any other dumb thing, please let me know right away so we can work it out. LIGHTNING BONUS ROUND 1... will start TOMORROW, because it's 1 AM and I'm exhausted.
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