Having just passed a major gift giving season, I would expect that some of us may have given or gotten gaming related gifts, or gift cards that shall be used for such. To that end, let's show off give thanks for these gifts. What was the gift, who gave it to you or who did you give it to?
For my part, I finally got myself a set of ten kanji numeral d10, white with red lettering (yes, I know that's considered a sign of ill fortune, that's why I chose that combo)
My best gaming gift came from a friend who bought me a hardcover of Spheres of Power. Not my only gaming gift, but when I'm done devouring it said tome will have a place of honor on the bookshelves.
My best gaming gift came from a friend who bought me a hardcover of Spheres of Power. Not my only gaming gift, but when I'm done devouring it said tome will have a place of honor on the bookshelves.
Nice, I got the softcover a couple months ago, and it's definitely good stuff.
My best gaming gift came from a friend who bought me a hardcover of Spheres of Power. Not my only gaming gift, but when I'm done devouring it said tome will have a place of honor on the bookshelves.Nice, I got the softcover a couple months ago, and it's definitely good stuff.
Oh, I know it! I bought the pdf not long after it came around, loved it so much I wanted the hardcover when they finished writing it. It's so good, it convinced me to try being a patron on Patreon for them!
A couple kind folks on the forums got me a compendium of new fey creatures to play with, the Dragon's Demand module, and my new buddy, future Rivozair. (Sorry for the not-great picture quality. Mini is Reaper Bones, expanded base and quick-and-dirty beginning paint job is me.)
My grandpa doesn't know it, but he's getting me a bunch more Bones minis from eBay to play around with. :)
A couple kind folks on the forums got me a compendium of new fey creatures to play with, the Dragon's Demand module, and my new buddy, future Rivozair. (Sorry for the not-great picture quality. Mini is Reaper Bones, expanded base and quick-and-dirty beginning paint job is me.)
My grandpa doesn't know it, but he's getting me a bunch more Bones minis from eBay to play around with. :)
More creatures can be good. :)
The only thing I miss about not using minis is painting them, that was pretty fun. It really feels like making a mini your own.
No seasonal gifts, but two of my dearest friends (and fellow gamers) birthday is coming up, and I ordered a copy of the Dragon Age hardcover rulebook for each of them.
There's a Dragon Age system? Which version does it take after?
They have a Dragon Age Hardcover? I thought it was sold as a boxed set?
~goes to check the website~
Ahhh... I see the 1 to 20 level campaign from 3 boxed sets was combined into a hardcover.
It's the AGE system. Something from Green Ronin.
Ohhh... and they have extras available now too!
My wife and kids got me Occult Adventures (in book format), Distant Shores, and Cheliax, Empire of Devils.
My brother got me a sweet big ass Chessex gaming mat, complete with recommended markers, thing is so big I had to go digging for the table extension.:-D
It was a pretty sweet holiday season tho, even without gifts. :-)
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For my brother, who is our group's main DM, the entire Serpent's Skull AP from the half-off sale back in October.
For my friend, one FGG's books as they're a big fan of the company's products. (Won't say which one since it's still in transit and they might stumble across this thread.)
For myself, I picked up Inner Sea Races.
And I agree with captain yesterday that it was a pretty good holiday season all around with the nifty gifties a nice bonus :)
Bestiary 5, Inner Sea Gods, Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs and People of the Sands. All hard copies. (I MUCH prefer hard copies to PDFs). I was going to order Southlands: Adventures Under the Pitiless Sun and the Southlands Bestiary with my Christmas cash but had to spend it on a battery for my car. Dammit. I really, really wanted those two books.
Oh, and 5 new sets of dice.
Some non-gaming friends of mine got me a baseball cap with "DM" embroidered on it. They were taking the mickey, but I wear it anyway. :)
Half my RP collection are gifts from my wife...for our last gift giving occasion she gave me FATE.
All of it.
Including the Dresden File stuff.
It's awesome.
I got her a 'Never Trust a Smiling DM' badge and plan to get her a 'Favoured Enemy: The Patriarchy' shirt.
Half my RP collection are gifts from my wife...for our last gift giving occasion she gave me FATE.
All of it.
Including the Dresden File stuff.
It's awesome.
I got her a 'Never Trust a Smiling DM' badge and plan to get her a 'Favoured Enemy: The Patriarchy' shirt.
I didn't know that those (favoured enemy: patriarchy) shirts existed, that's pretty great.
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I got a $75 Amazon gift card for Christmas. I used it to buy the 5e Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters Guide, and Monster Manual.
And as for a late present for myself, I backed the Richard Pett/Frog God Games Kickstarter for The Blight campaign setting and adventure path: hardcover, PDF, and four add-on modules.
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We've given our GM an occasional gift. One year it was the initiative tracing board.
Best gift I ever gave to a gamer though was a Core Rulebook and the Beginner's box set to a young lady that was starting a game club in her high school. I've never seen anybody's face light up like that.
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We've given our GM an occasional gift. One year it was the initiative tracing board.
Best gift I ever gave to a gamer though was a Core Rulebook and the Beginner's box set to a young lady that was starting a game club in her high school. I've never seen anybody's face light up like that.
That is a pretty cool gift. It's great to share something meaningful with others like that.
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I ran the penultimate game of my campaign "Champions of Old Korvosa" last week.
The players chipped in and bought me a bottle of 18-year-old Chivas Regal. I opened it, and we mostly killed the bottle. Very, very nice gift!
(Unfurtunately, due to the Scotch, we didn't get nearly as far along the final adventure as I would have liked...)
Final game tomorrow!
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I'm playing in a PbP game here on the boards with three other PCs and the GM. We just hit 10,000 posts (in just under 5 years), so one of the other players had some t-shirts made for us. They are very slick, but since the GM and one of the other players don't have theirs yet I'll skip the description for now. Don't want to spoil the surprise, if they happen to look over this way ;-). Last year the GM sent around personalized leather dice cups for the four-year anniversary. I have something in mind for the fifth, in a few months (at least if the Kickstarter manages to get product out in time--might be a small delay).