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

Greg Less greg.less at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 13:12:46 UTC 2012


I believe in the past it has been that the last person gets to force a
single exchange with any one other person.

I've not liked this arrangement, because it gives #1 ultimate power over
the game.

-Gregoire.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Anne Stevenson <elaine242 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *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!
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> 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
>> *
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *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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