Hello, Secret Santa!

I hope all is well with you and you get a great Christmas this year. Thank you for participating! BGG Secret Santa's awesome isn't it?

My wishlist is ready, I hope you find it has enough variety. There are some hard to get games (and some impossible or prohibitively expensive), don't worry . I should also let you know that I don't mind getting used games if they're in decent condition, specially the rare ones. I just want to play them

You can use a portuguese on-line shop like www.loot.pt, www.diver.pt or a couple of spanish shops: www.planetongames.com or www.masqueoca.com. Planeton is the one that has the largest stock.

Taunt me all you like, I'll answer here.

Thank you. Happy Christmas,
Zé Mário

Reply 17/11/2009

Glad to hear from you, Santa!
Thank you for the invitation. If you happen to pass by Porto for delivering presents, make sure you send me a message too! I'll gladly show you around and we'll have some beers eggnog!
So, atheist, midwestern... I'll be watching you, Santa.

Merry Christmas!


Reply 20/11/2009

Hello SS!

I can't believe you're actually talking about Roads & Boats... Really, I can't. This has to be the most evil taunt ever.

Here are the answers to your survey:
1. Would it be naughty or nice for me to strong arm one of my Geekbuddies into handing over their copy of Roads and Boats to give to you?
Naughty, unless your geekbuddy really doesn't like the game. But the game's awesome, so you're probably being naughty. It would also be nice because I love the game, and I wouldn't mind getting an used copy.
2. Would it be naughty or nice to exceed Mrs. Claus's reasonable price limit by reasonable amount just to see if she remembers what she set?
Probably naughty, but funny. But I trust Mrs. Santa's memory is still in shape, and you'ld get busted.

3. Would it be naughty or nice to try to get the delivery date of your gift or gifts as close to Christmas as possible without going over?
Nice! I wouldn't mind at all, opening my Secret Santa's present during that special evening.

A small note: this weekend we had a convention in Lisbon, and I tried out some of the games in my wishlist, so I changed/removed two. Dungeon Lords got kicked out. Planet Steam too, but that's because I bought it. I hope this doesn't cause any trouble to you.

I'm loving your taunts, Santa. Keep torturing me


Reply 23/11/2009

Hello again SS!

Thank you for your proposition But there's already a R&B in planetongames.com at 80€ or something, and loot.pt will have it at 65€, if you pre-order. I'm guessing I'ld already pay that in shipping, if I ordered that from B&B. And Planet Steam already cost me 60€. But thank you! I'm sure I'll be happy with whatever I get under my tree.

Dungeon Lords: well, I was expecting a lot, and it isn't brilliant... It's a solitaire game, and it does feel (like I read somewhere) like Galaxy Trucker. It doesn't look like as deep as some people say, since your choices during the game are not that numerous... But I only played it once, so maybe I missed something (or a lot of things).

About Cons, I hope you have fun! That's a good thing about Portugal being small. I went to every Cons, this year, which were 5 or 6 around the country! But this madness will not follow next year. Ahah

Thank you, Santa.



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