Author Topic: Secret Santa - Christmas Gift Exchange or, "How to have a Mini Christmas!" (Read 19884 times)

Revfan · « **Reply #75 on:** December 23, 2015, 09:40:35 AM »

wolfie907
Elves report Santa is heading your way... Since you are in Alaska, he may stop by your place on the way "back" to the N.Pole... which means it may arrive After Christmas.

I got my fingers crossed, report in when it arrives.

ANYONE else NOT receive a gift yet?

We will have to wait til everyone gets their gift before we do an After Action Report, but despite some hic-cups, I hope everyone has enjoyed the game!

affun · « **Reply #76 on:** December 23, 2015, 09:50:46 AM »

My girlfriend was finally able to visit and bring me a peculiar present:

What an absolutely stunning hoard! I am quite floored by the sheer amount of 'stuff' I've got. With my painting speed, there's propably enough miniatures in there to occupy me for all of 2016

Most of it seems to be old Wizards of the Coast metals, including a particularly awesome minotaur which I have already thought up a use for in our SoBH campaign.

What a nice and pleasant surprise

fairoaks024 · « **Reply #77 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:13:44 PM »

Santa brought me some foundry plague doctors and foundry grave stones,
They'll definitely get used in my frostgrave games and probably in my strange arons too

Thanks Santa!

Archie · « **Reply #78 on:** December 25, 2015, 12:00:11 AM »

Ah I see my delivery has been positively received ... excellent!

My own Santa has sent me a parcel which shall be opened tomorrow!!

robh · « **Reply #79 on:** December 25, 2015, 12:05:38 PM »

Christmas morning and presents duly opened:

Thank you, really excellent choice of gift......can never have enough bony guys.....so many uses!

Sterling Moose · « **Reply #80 on:** December 25, 2015, 12:31:17 PM »

What an awesome idea RevFan - how did I miss this thread!! Count me in for next year. Usually the only gaming related gifts I get come from 2 fellow gamers who live close by and my wife (but the latter only if I order it and pay for it and give it to her to wrap up) :-)

Mery Xmas and a Happy New Year to All

Sterling

Revfan · « **Reply #81 on:** December 25, 2015, 05:34:37 PM »

Thanks for the comments Sterling!

We are waiting I think for one last gift to make its way to Alaska... but besides that, everything should be accounted for. I hope everybody has had a positive experience and would join in next year.

It would be great to have an after action report in full when everyone gets their gift, so I will hold off until then!

Cheers!

robh · « **Reply #82 on:** December 26, 2015, 12:14:13 AM »

@Revfan: Thanks for the time and effort of organising this, fun to be involved with. I much appreciated what I received and the reaction to what I sent.
Hope it continues next year!

Rhoderic · « **Reply #83 on:** December 26, 2015, 12:21:20 AM »

Sounds like it's largely been a success. I may join in next year if this becomes a recurring thing.

affun · « **Reply #84 on:** December 26, 2015, 08:14:59 PM »

Great fun

I like that its a chance to get a hobby-related present as well as an excuse to give a gift that you know some one will enjoy.

I certainly hope the initiative returns next year.

wolfie907 · « **Reply #85 on:** December 27, 2015, 01:00:16 PM »

Received my package today I'll get some pics taken and post tomorrow

SBRPearce · « **Reply #86 on:** December 27, 2015, 02:20:34 PM »

Revfan-

thank you very much for organizing this. It's the only wargaming-related gift I've gotten from anyone besides myself for several years, and I'm already cooking up a scenario or two to feature these figs.

Also, thank you Dentatus, and I hope the rest of your Christmas was merry!

Revfan · « **Reply #87 on:** December 29, 2015, 03:54:50 PM »

Looks like some folks had Great Secret Santa's! Or we have been good boys and girls this year!

Now that its done, I gotta say that I stumbled out of the starting gate.

I have probably run 20 secret santa's for online forums, and have yet to mess one up, until THIS one! I make a spread sheet, match folks up, and then cut and paste them into a PM to send out. I made the mistake of cutting once, and pasting twice, so ONE lucky guy got two gifts... and that also meant ONE of you got none...

Of course, I didn't discover this until the week before Christmas, so my mistake, My Fix. I had to find something on eBay in in a country close enough to the gift-ee that the gift would get to them before Christmas!

It all work out, and lesson learned.

I'd love to run one again next year, and hop that all of you participate for 2016. If you have a lesson learned, or advice, please share it!

My first one is, I should have stressed a little harder that it didn't have to be a brand new gift. Most of us are sitting on lead like Smaug sits on gold... just pick something you already have and send it on.

Second, In a few cases, there were only two players in a particular country or region, and I just had them gift each other. I think it would be better to no do that in the future.

For the Record, I was the secret santa's for
Otherworld and Malebolgia

anyone else want to reveal?

Elbows · « **Reply #88 on:** December 29, 2015, 04:57:43 PM »

I gave mine away as I included a small "TurnStyle Games" patch in my gift...

wolfen · « **Reply #89 on:** December 29, 2015, 08:06:43 PM »

I sent to Elbows. Looking forward to seeing that Minotaur painted...

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