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Libluini posted:So, a couple days ago I received something. Too bad I also fell ill a couple of days, which is why I can only post now about it! *phew* I was beginning to worry if it was going to turn up... nothing's gone missing, but I'm annoyed that it's been opened at all. You're very welcome! When I read what you were after, I remembered that I used to read a blog that featured a lot of concept art for spaceships from movies/games/etc., and that they'd put a book out a few years ago. I couldn't not track down a copy. 
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Sleekly posted:It can't be that bad? Is it? Rest assured, this is an article of clothing that cannot be worn in front of other sentient beings. Even my unflappable buddy of a dog shies away from it!
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Dec 16, 2017 17:52
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Well now you have to post it.  Though uh, feel free to "censor" anything particularly egregious.Sounds like maybe we should deploy the ungrinching methods on this one..
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Dec 16, 2017 18:52
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aldantefax posted:Rest assured, this is an article of clothing that cannot be worn in front of other sentient beings. Even my unflappable buddy of a dog shies away from it! My dog lets me wear caps but not a beanie. She also hates hoods. I'm not sure of her feelings on anime.
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Dec 16, 2017 23:07
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aldantefax posted:Rest assured, this is an article of clothing that cannot be worn in front of other sentient beings. Even my unflappable buddy of a dog shies away from it! Post a link to a pics of it and put up some nws tags. We must know how bad this is.
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Dec 17, 2017 00:07
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No embed, but here you go by popular demand. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mzoireakkh8ryzn/nws_b_JPEG_20171215_200856.jpg?dl=0 The front is more or less the same.
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Dec 17, 2017 01:21
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aldantefax posted:No embed, but here you go by popular demand. What the actual gently caress.
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Dec 17, 2017 01:23
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aldantefax posted:No embed, but here you go by popular demand. Not to play Grinch's Advocate here, but this looks like an AliExpress job (is the fabric really plastic-y?), which tends to run really small by Western sizing standards. They may have intended to buy you the right size, although, frankly, buying you a version of that garment you could actually wear out is worse. Sweet Jesus.
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Dec 17, 2017 01:41
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aldantefax posted:No embed, but here you go by popular demand. 
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Dec 17, 2017 01:46
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Antivehicular posted:Not to play Grinch's Advocate here, but this looks like an AliExpress job (is the fabric really plastic-y?), which tends to run really small by Western sizing standards. They may have intended to buy you the right size, although, frankly, buying you a version of that garment you could actually wear out is worse. Sweet Jesus. I think it is more or less layered polyester. Very much in the AliExpress line of manufacture, since my roommates have ordered stuff before from vendors on the site. To be fair, if it actually fit, I imagine that I would have worn it while at my computer until it became unbearably hot since that fabric doesn't breathe one bit.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:23
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aldantefax posted:No embed, but here you go by popular demand. I’m not sure what thought process one would have to think, “Yes, this IS a thing people would like to wear.” Holy poo poo.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:25
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I have reached out to Aldantefax's santa to ask what's up. Two things though: previous correspondence suggests that this santa has already sent a second gift, on the basis that the first gift never provided tracking and they were not sure if it would arrive on time. So, we'll hold off on de-grinching. Second: it's entirely plausible that what arrived was not what was ordered, or represented as the product. Such things have happened before. So, again, let us keep the pitchforks in the shed and not light up the torches just yet. We'll get it worked out.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:48
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aldantefax posted:Gift Preferences I was worried because I didnt specify NO DONGS and said I would be happy with anything that I would get the traditional basket of dongs. I think your Santa just took that partial sentence of yours and ran with it! It certainly qualifies in a devils bargain type sense.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:54
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It would be the gooniest "that is not what I ordered!" of all time, that's for sure.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:56
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That certainly is a thing. I was expecting way more anime body pillow and less... Random texture mapping monstrosity.
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Dec 17, 2017 04:30
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Quite the thing, such as it is!
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Dec 17, 2017 04:39
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 TO: FIELD MARSHALL S. CLAUS REINFORCEMENTS RECEIVED STOP HUGE BUILDINGS WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE STOP EXPECTING FINANCIAL RUIN DUE TO NEW SOURCE OF TERRAIN STOP   USED SUPERGLUE TO ASSEMBLE STOP NEARLY STUCK ALL FINGERS TOGETHER STOP CAPTAIN FROBBE
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Dec 17, 2017 17:06
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I have received another package! It identifies itself as a backup gift card with a note, redeemable at Amazon dot com!
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Dec 17, 2017 20:53
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I got a package this afternoon! Amazon does really nicely wrapped gifts. So, who sent this?  Apparently a wizard did!  As far as I can tell, it's an offbrand Arkham Horror adventure cardgame--it comes with individual campaigns based on each of the novels, which is honestly super cool. I'm pretty sure no one in my playgroup has read them, so the twists and turns of the story will be an endless series of surprises! Or completely confounding. One of the two. I'll be back with a play report on this thing once I get a chance--it may be a bit, as apparently everyone I know is dying of a medley of plagues and misfortunes. But certainly within a month I'll tell all ya'll if this thing is a radical detective wizard adventure or a pile of references to books I haven't read. Also sorry for not including the cat, she decided she didn't want to be photographed and is hiding in the closet.
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Mystic Mongol posted:As far as I can tell, it's an offbrand Arkham Horror adventure cardgame--it comes with individual campaigns based on each of the novels, which is honestly super cool. I'm pretty sure no one in my playgroup has read them, so the twists and turns of the story will be an endless series of surprises! Or completely confounding. One of the two. I hope it's not poo poo! I couldn't figure out a good dumb RPG to get you, because the very first thing I thought of after reading your gift preferences turned out to be a game you did a Fatal & Friends of, and everything else that came to mind was $300 collector's garbage. I'm not really into board/coop card games, etc., but I've heard really good things about this one and it was pretty new so you probably didn't already have it. You've got one more coming! Hopefully it will be more satisfactory if Dresden Files: The Card Game of the Roleplaying Game of the Novel Series turns out to be bad nog.
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aldantefax posted:I have received another package! It identifies itself as a backup gift card with a note, redeemable at Amazon dot com! That's kinda a lazy gift, if possibly not technically a grinch.
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That Old Tree posted:I hope it's not poo poo! I couldn't figure out a good dumb RPG to get you, because the very first thing I thought of after reading your gift preferences turned out to be a game you did a Fatal & Friends of, and everything else that came to mind was $300 collector's garbage. I'm not really into board/coop card games, etc., but I've heard really good things about this one and it was pretty new so you probably didn't already have it. That's very kind of you, but I assure you, I like kinda poo poo games if they come with an excuse to make my friends play them. And secret santa is that excuse! Also, I'm guessing Fantasy Wargaming? That was such a clusterfuck of a book.
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Mystic Mongol posted:Also, I'm guessing Fantasy Wargaming? That was such a clusterfuck of a book. Yup! I thought I was so clever. 
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To be fair, it would have been a fine choice. Without a doubt, it was the most staggeringly sexist RPG supplement ever produced, and there's some fierce competition. Also I'm pretty sure all the gamemastering sections were written for a book about a completely different RPG. You have fine taste! Fine, awful taste. Mystic Mongol fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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Good news is I finally have my package. However, I'm on my way to work, so pictures will have to wait.
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CovfefeCatCafe posted:Good news is I finally have my package. However, I'm on my way to work, so pictures will have to wait. Victory! So glad it finally made its way to your hands!
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So I spent much of today in my counting house, measuring out tiny square wooden cubes for the meeples gathering resources for me. The rules said every coal cube I didn't play would cost me 1 victory point, but who's the game designer to say what victory is? I have all the goddamn money, because I don't waste money on nonessential purchases, and because I'm the only guy actually playing. Meeples who don't like the wages I pay can shut up about it, because they have no mouth. And then I got a knock at the door--someone in a high visibility jacket, delivering out of the back of an unmarked white van. Holiday deliveries are a weird scene, man. The package came with a note! quote:A gift for you Whoah! I better change my ways before the game ends and my player token is put into an afterlife in the box surrounded by ghost chains! I shall take a goose meeple from the box, and pay for it by also taking more money tokens from the box. It's post-scarcity utopia time for my tiny wooden men!  As I requested upthread, Santa has given me a box (!!) of excellent paintbrushes, shown here adjacent to a cat who absolutely has refused to get involved with any Christmas gift this season. I've already got a set of paints set aside, so I'm spending this weekend painting up my Infinity squad. Thanks, Santa!
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OK! So, today is December 19th, the deadline for getting gifts delivered to Santees. Here's where we're at, according to the Spreadsheet of Cheer. Please check this list to see if it agrees with your understanding: e.g. if you're not on the list but you didn't get a gift, speak up, and if you're on the list but you did get your gift, say so please! DigitalRaven was shipped a gift by Santa, but has not yet confirmed delivery Rhjamiz has a confirmed delivered gift, but it hasn't been shown or opened yet Casnorf was ordered a gift by Santa, but has not yet confirmed delivery Rhjamiz was shipped a gift by Santa, but has not yet confirmed delivery. Yes, this is supposed to be a second entry, because Rhjamiz is greedy and went for TWO exchanges. DigitalRaven was shipped a gift by BONUS ROUND santa, but has not yet confirmed delivery ...and that's it! That's five remaining gifts out of 62 total, not bad at all. And only three recepients to account for, hopefully some of these gifts have arrived recently and just need to be acknowledged.
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Mystic Mongol posted:So I spent much of today in my counting house, measuring out tiny square wooden cubes for the meeples gathering resources for me. The rules said every coal cube I didn't play would cost me 1 victory point, but who's the game designer to say what victory is? I have all the goddamn money, because I don't waste money on nonessential purchases, and because I'm the only guy actually playing. Meeples who don't like the wages I pay can shut up about it, because they have no mouth. This is best response I could've hoped for, and I consider it an extra Christmas gift.
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Leperflesh posted:Casnorf was ordered a gift by Santa, but has not yet confirmed delivery An unknown package arrived at my doorstep not terribly long ago. I set my most trusted advisors to determine if it was safe.  After careful consideration, one left to probably I dunno go poop or nap or something, while the other inspected the rogue container.  Since I am easily as lazy as my buddy (pictured above) I'm not gonna trim this picture before I post it. Take that, internet.  BUGS! LOTS OF THEM! I can't wait to make my wife play this with me.  But wait, there's more!  Thematically appropriate indeed! Gonna stick these to stuff that belongs to people who don't like bugs. It's the true meaning of Christmas.  It's super perfect, a duel game that's not too complex that I can play with my wife! I thank you, my closet thanks you, and the people of tradgames fuckin' thank you.
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Opened my gifts tonight, thanks Santa! Perfect to play at home and with my usual group
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Leperflesh posted:OK! I confirmed delivery of one gift: DigitalRaven posted:All gifts are now dispatched. Cheer requirements complete. EDIT: A gift came in!  Thanks, Santa! I've wanted to pick up Magicians and Spirit of '77 for a while now, but never pulled the trigger, and the others all look great! DigitalRaven fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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OK, thanks DigitalRaven. I think I saw your first receipt and then wasn't sure which of your santas sent it (They were supposed to put Santa #s on...) Anyway I think we just need to hear from Rhjamiz on a gift that was already confirmed delivered, and we're at 100%! Which is completely unprecedented. We've never had a TGSS where all of the gifts arrived by the deadline. Granted this year's TGSS was a lot smaller than in previous years, but still. I'm so proud of all of you!
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I'm a bad person and forgot to thank my Santa! Thanks to my mystery benefactor for the Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition rulebook! Always was interested in superhero RPGs, so I'm looking forward to trying it There was no note or return address on the parcel, so whoever it was, thanks! Almost makes up for the first half of the gift... (it was dong pasta)
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Yes I have received both Santas' gifts. First:   The beef jerky is, predictably, long gone.  Alas that I have no coffee table to put this on.  Ooh, this will go on my list... Second:  You are forgiven.   ...right behind these. These look fantastic. Can't wait to dig in to them.
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Rhjamiz posted:
That's only in there because it had a book plate and I thought it was funnier than a card Hope you enjoy everything!
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Raley's is a goon and he makes some drat fine candy.
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Leperflesh posted:Raley's is a goon and he makes some drat fine candy. I ordered a box worth to be my nice budget gift for all my friends, and not only did the goon discount code not work, but despite being posted Tuesday last week the postal service still hasn't made it arrive, and our party is tomorrow  e: They arrived 5 minutes after I left for the party, but through some chicanery I was able to get back and get them in time, hooray  Shame the thread is archived, and apparently there isn't another NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Dec 23, 2017 |
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Christmas holidays means more kitbashing time, so I thought I'd share some of the things I've been constructing with my very welcome gifts. Here's some mean-looking Plague Marines:  And as I hoped, those Statuesque heads give a fresh look to Escher gangers:  Thanks again Yvonmukluk, and a merry Christmas to all!
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