Tom Vasel
United States
Homestead
Unspecified
Top 100 Games of all Time
Dice Tower Convention, July 2012!!!!
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Hooray! It's that time of year again - the fourth annual BGG Secret Santa! Christmas is still a while away, but if we want this to run smoothly, we've got to get it started now.
If you want to sign up for the BGG Secret Santa, we invite everyone to get involved. But before you do, please read the following guidelines to make sure that we are all on the same page.
1.) We invite every BGG member to join; you have until November 14th to sign up. At that point, each person involved will have a random name and address sent to them. Players should check the BGG profile of this person and choose a game (or more) off of that person's wishlist and send it to them, so that it arrives by Christmas.
2.) You must update your wishlist (NOT want list) of games. Please have at least twenty currently available games on your list, and try to have most of them fall within a reasonable price range. If you only have high priced, hard-to-find games on your list, don't be surprised when you don't get them. Every year I have people upset that they didn't get what they wanted, and then I see that they have a small , or difficult-to-fulfill wishlist. The longer you make it, the better off you are.
3.) Secret Santa is all about the giving, not the getting, so be prepared that the person who is sending you a gift may be a jerk and not do so. Most people last year did a good job, but idiots do abound - and I urge you NOT to join the Secret Santa unless you plan to send a gift; this isn't "get a free game for nothing" club. Those who don't send gifts, and then won't respond to follow-up emails from us may have their accounts suspended, as we don't want the name of BGG besmirched by greedy folk. You certainly won't be involved in a future Secret Santa that I run.
4.) You should buy at least one game for the person who you are giving a gift to, and not a dinky game like a card game - use Ticket to Ride as a guideline. However, there is no problem with going above and beyond - sending two, three, or even more games! And what makes it really cool is if you can personalize the gift somehow. Examples and ideas can be found on this geeklist from two years ago. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/17908. Some really nice stuff has been given out.
5.) This is an international Secret Santa. Everyone from all countries is welcome to join. Realize that if you check, "ship anywhere in the world", you very well may be given a target from a foreign country, so be prepared to factor shipping into your gift. I love the fact that BGG is pulling the whole international community together - and this is a really neat indication of that fact. You can pick to ship locally, which is fine - but I encourage you to go international, if you can.
6.) I will add any game stores (from whatever country) who wish to get involved in the program. Please notify me if you run an online store and want to get involved in the program. I will post those participating stores in the next thread.
7.) Look, I know that there is a recession going on, and that some people simply can't afford to give out games, or send internationally, etc. No one will think any less of you if you don't get involved, and it's quite possible that other Secret Santas will be run (with smaller gifts, specific countries, etc.) Figure that there is a distinct possibility (when shipping internationally) that you'll have to fork out $100 - to ship a medium sized game to Zimbabwe. I know that not everyone can do this, so don't worry about it. If you really want to give, you can find people in your neighborhood, local YMCA, church, or relatives to give a smaller game to. There are plenty of ways to give; this is merely one of them. I do my best to make it fair and balanced, but it doesn't always happen. However, over 1000 people last year participated, and most had wonderful results.
Click the link below and join ONLY if you agree with the above points. Merry Christmas!
www.boardgamegeek.com/secretsanta
Edit: Some related geeklists
What's this all about? See what happened last year:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25338
Ben Lott tells us why it's fun:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/27058
Simon gives us some stats on the event:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/26874
What games were given out the most?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/28076
Some of the ...odd... messages sent:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/26648
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Nate Rethorn
United States
Ohio
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Signed! This will be my first Secret Santa--I saw how much fun everyone had last year, and I'm really looking forward to participating this holiday season. Now off to update my wishlist!
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Robin Wilkes
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Awesome, thanks for running this again, Tom! Happy giving, everybody!
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chris carleton
Canada
bon accord
Alberta
Hey!
What're you looking at!
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in! It was a blast last year.
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Tim Thorp
Spain
Granite Falls
Washington
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
OK, I'm in! I can't believe it's that time again!
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Melissa
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx
Mostly offline, but trying.
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
In.
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Bjorn Nilsson
Sweden
Solna
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I´m also in this year. Had a great time last year!
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Joel Hills
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Im in, I had a lot of fun last year!
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Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
In again!
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Colin Hunter
New Zealand
Auckland
Stop the admins removing history from the Wargaming forum.
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Joined, can't wait, thanks Tom!
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Larry Mendel
United States
Laguna Hills
California
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in. I loved participating last year.
Gantrell
"KMG365"
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Tim Seitz
United States
Glen Allen
VA
Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him. 2 Sam 14:14
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
YAY!
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James Fehr
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
BGG.CON 2011 was awesome! Great to meet many of you! Follow my gaming exploits on Twitter (fehrmeister)
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Looking forward to it! Thanks for keeping this going Tom.
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David McLeod
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Woop! Favorite time of year!
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Marcin Krupiński
Poland
Warsaw
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
My first Secret Santa... I've been waiting for this 
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I joined. This will be my first time to participate in this program. I'm hoping that the recent economic conditions won't make it too hard to ship games to Japan. Anyway, I'm looking forward to sharing a boardgame with someone.
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Jonny Lawless
United States
Bountiful
Utah
Love my Lil'bug!
My name is Glenn! Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Masamune as well! Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Fiendlord Magus and restore our honor!
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Missed it last year, but never again!
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Mike Banks
United States
Camp Hill
Pennsylvania
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Oh yeah -- SS #3 for schlap!
Thanks again, Tom.
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CJ Faria
United States
St. Louis
Missouri
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in too and hoping sombody does a USA secret santa again as well! Twice the giving!
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Kevin O'Brien
Australia
Fitzgibbon
QLD
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in, as always!
I used my U.S. address for this, as it will be easier for Secret Santa to send me a package there, rather than Australia, and then my wife (who's going home for Christmas) can bring the package back with her.
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Joe Wyka
United States
Walnut Creek
California
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
But I haven't played my Secret Santa game from last year yet!
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David Anderson
United States
seattle
Washington
Two Time Cancer Survivor - Never Give Up. Never Surrender. -Jason Nesmith from Galaxy Quest (1999 movie)
After losing my Father, Grandfather and childhood best friend to suicide, My message is simple: You are not alone.
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in! I had a fun time last year. I was even able to keep my identity secret and my target loved their game.
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Luke Morris
Japan
Nagoya
Aichi
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Well shipping will hurt (unless I utilise my contacts around the world bwahahaha) but hey why not, I'm in.
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Manos Velivassakis
Greece
Athens
Attiki
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
Hooray!!! I participate for second time. Last year, I received a gift from Brazil and I send one to U.S.A.! It was cool experience!! I highly recommend to participate!
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Tom Verdonck
Belgium
Edegem
Antwerp
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Re: BGG Secret Santa 2008
I'm in again, making it 3 in a row now.
Can't believe it's SS time again, another year that flew by...
Thanks a lot Tom for organizing this once more !!!
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