Dropping a song here as well
I had 4 Secret Santas this year, and while most of the top of my wishlist were games that were only being released after Black Friday, three Santas got games further down the list.
Which means, I guess itâs up to me to get my Must Have games this year!
- Merv
- Ginkgopolis
- Praga Caput Regni
- The Search For Planet X
- Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
I think I have barely enough store credits to get 4 of those. Praga might have to wait. Or maybe Pandemic LS0. I canât decide yet.
Awesome gift! I just bought myself the Dyson Air Purifier + Hydrator, which was a commitment. It better work well for the next 20 years!
I think search for Planet X and merv are moving towards sold out if not already there. Good luck.
Merv is still on pre-order here, not having arrived yet. Planet X was sold out, but theyâre taking pre-orders for the next shipment, whichâŠcould be months away, maybe. Thereâs no rush, really. Christmas is a made up deadline.
You take that back!!!
My 11 year old has decided Search for Planet X sounds great. Hopefully itâll be back in stock by his birthday in February
I got given an advent calendar by friends and itâs all plastic dinosaurs (they gave my partner a tea one).
I think the muttering was reprint in january.
Just an aside: about a week ago the government here warned that (among other things) we should refrain from playing boardgames during the Christmas holidays⊠I think it is kind of telling how much of a thing boardgames have always been and are that they felt it necessary to mention specifically those with âsharedâ game materials.
My calendars with images of my friends have arrived and partially been distributed and those who have them are happy. The rest will be handed over sometime this week. I am about to send my âtravelâ photo calendars to the printerâthose are for us and the family. Usually would include photos from the trips we take⊠this year those trips were way fewer and mostly closer to home than usual. Although it is not unusual for me to include one or two images from my hometown this year there are a few more of those.
Still, I am surprisedâafter spending a few hours collecting photos from all my calendars since 2005 to make a bestofâI found enough pictures from 2020 to make one with only current photos.
We had a similar board game warning here even though I donât think board games are as big in the UK.
I find that very surprising. For all board games have never been bigger in the UK, I think that to the vast majority of people theyâre still something they might do when they get together anyway (e.g. at a family Christmas or a work lunch break), not something theyâd get together specifically in order to do.
Sorry, I think the intention was more when we relax the restrictions for Christmas donât play board games with your family.
Thanks! Interesting - I suspect the difference would be quite minor in practice, but getting the research approved would be hard work at the best of times.
I wonder how many people will be following the advice to keep their windows openâŠ
I would but I donât think the rest of my family will buy it! Weâre only having my inlaws but as they are in a child care bubble with us already, I guess that is no extra risk!
Weâll do a voluntary 1 week quarantine (the plan is to not leave the apartment unless we really feel we need to take a walk. No (grocery or other) shopping, no errands, nothing and itâs not like weâre going to be meeting with anyone until thenâitâs hi-bye for now or online. Because I donât want to be the idiot who gives my dad covid just a month or so before he can get vaccinated (I am not optimistic about the general timeline here). Weâve seen him Fridays for an hour most weeks (when our risk evaluation of personal contacts allows this) but Christmas is going to be a bit longer so we want to be extra careful. Also of course for the rest of the family, but since they care way less than we do, I guess weâre more at risk catching it from themâwhich is why we have a sequence of who we meet when.
Sigh. Wish we could just skip the whole thing already. This is as usual, although for different reasons, the most stressful time of the year which is why I am off now to make crumpets.
Iâm sure youâve all been on tenterhooks for the results of our ÂŁ10 challenge!
Something beginning with C
I bought The Commitments soundtrack
I got a Chris Evans (Captain America version)
Something bright
I bought light up chopsticks
I got a Christmas light/ tinsel for my beard
Something orange
I bought an orange lip gloss
I got a commemorative coin from when Donald Trump met Kim Jong-Un
Something that smells good
I bought a block for a tealight burner that smells of Petrichor (smell of summer rain)
I got some scratch n sniff stickers
Something for the future
I bought (well printed) a blue plaque to commemorate my future death (killed by a falling piano if you must know)
I got the book of Nostradamusâs prophecies
Also, my in laws bought me a sausage maker. Not something Iâve ever desired, but 2021 will be the year of experimental sausages.
Merry Christmas/ Nadolig Llawen/ Joyeux Noël everyone
Sorry, it is once again too early to talk about Christmas.