[Cynnabar] Cynnabar holiday gift exchange (with rules!)

Anne Stevenson elaine242 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 13:09:03 UTC 2012


Huh, this is a really good question.  And I thought I had the answer.

Let me think on it!

-G

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:39 PM, <rufquad at comcast.net> wrote:

> While I have a brain (doesn't happen very often...) I have a question.
>  When Finn first read the rules to me I had another question as well, but
> it has escaped the steel trap that is my memory these days.  Maybe he'll
> remember what it was.
>
> Regarding Note 2, does this person simply trade with someone how does that
> work?  Since at that point everyone has a gift, if s/he steals from someone
> then s/he ends up with two gifts and the person stolen from has nothing.
>  How does that get worked out?
>
>
> Margarete
>
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> *From: *"Shoshana Jackson" <shoshigana at yahoo.com>
> *To: *"Dennis Higgins" <mortisfan at comcast.net>, "Barony of Cynnabar" <
> barony at cynnabar.org>
> *Sent: *Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:42:32 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Cynnabar] Cynnabar holiday gift exchange (with rules!)
>
> YES!  I love this game!
>
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> Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a
> subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
>
> *-Sarah Vowell
> *
>
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> *From:* Dennis Higgins <mortisfan at comcast.net>
> *To:* 'Barony of Cynnabar' <barony at cynnabar.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 25, 2012 11:02 PM
> *Subject:* [Cynnabar] Cynnabar holiday gift exchange (with rules!)
>
> Below is the setup for the traditional rules for the holiday gift
> exchange. It will happen in place of our regularly scheduled business
> meeting on Monday, Dec 17th (starting at 7:PM).
>
> Garb is *highly* encouraged (though not required). You may still come and
> watch/visit if you don’t have a gift, but you won’t be able to be part of
> the exchange.
>
> If you want to participate, bring a* wrapped* gift of around $10-ish.
> Note: No crap stuff from Straum’s basement/house/garage/personage.
> This will in the “Pollyanna” format.
> -          All presents will be put in a pile in the middle.
> -          People will draw numbers to see what order people go in.
> -          A person can either pick a new present from the pile and
> unwrap it for everyone to see or they can “steal” a previously opened
> present from another person.
> -          If a person’s present is stolen, they may either steal from
> another person or choose to open another gift.
> -          Note: There is a 3 steal limit on any item. That means that it
> may only be stolen 3 times total for the entire event. So the 3rd person to
> steal an item cannot have it stolen from them again.
> -          Note 2: The first person who goes does not get a chance to
> steal at the beginning, so they will have one final chance at the very end
> to steal.
>
>
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