Post by High Marshal Timmah on Nov 29, 2010 7:37:53 GMT -5
On December 18th, ICGC will be having a Chinese Gift Exchange.
Here are the rules:
When planning the party, decide how much should be spent on the gifts. Twenty to thirty dollars is usually an agreeable price since each person is buying only one gift.
Please buy a 20-30 dollar gift, new. Please no 'read' books. New books only. (You can tell by the book binding being broken or the pages fanning out while untouched). Not including Shipping and Handling. Please try to make it war-gaming related. Models, Dice, Accessories. No gag gifts please. It could be something that no one plays, and it could be something that you want yourself. Everything should be in a box. No free (or unboxed) models unless they come that way. This is not a place to change out that model you bought but do not want anymore. Do not exceed the 30 dollar gift cost please. And only 1 gift (may be made of multiple things, of course, just do not bring two separately wrapped items).
All gifts should be wrapped (newspaper or a gift bag is okay) . Put the gifts together on a table, wherever convenient.
Each person selects a number from a basket or bowl to determine the order in which a person gets to select a gift. Number 1 goes first and gets to select and unwrap a gift. Everyone oohs and aahs or mentally thinks, “Boy, I’m glad I didn’t select that.”
Number 2 then selects. But he may take Number 1’s gift or he may select a gift from the pile. If he takes Number 1’s gift, Number 1 gets to select again from the pile. After he has finished his turn, Number 3 gets to select.
Once again, he may select any opened or unopened gift. Each time a gift is taken away from someone, that person gets to select again. He may select any gift except the one that was just taken away from him. He may however, have the opportunity to select it again later.
Some gifts are occasionally more popular and may get stolen several times. The fourth person to possess it gets to keep it. No more swiping the gift. The gift is frozen.
At the end of the game, Number 1 gets to select again, and take someone else’s gift if he wants to, but he doesn’t have to. He is actually forcing a trade. The only gifts he can’t take are those that are frozen.
Don’t be afraid to swipe a gift from someone. The more takeaways and turnovers there are, the more fun the game seems to be. Some of the best times have been when a particular gift gets swiped several times. There are always lots of laughs and sometimes gifts get swiped just for the fun of it.
And after the game is over, if you and someone else wants to trade (no matter the original cost, the monetary trade will be standard 25 dollars) or gifts, that’s O.K. too.
Its all about fun!
Here are the rules:
When planning the party, decide how much should be spent on the gifts. Twenty to thirty dollars is usually an agreeable price since each person is buying only one gift.
Please buy a 20-30 dollar gift, new. Please no 'read' books. New books only. (You can tell by the book binding being broken or the pages fanning out while untouched). Not including Shipping and Handling. Please try to make it war-gaming related. Models, Dice, Accessories. No gag gifts please. It could be something that no one plays, and it could be something that you want yourself. Everything should be in a box. No free (or unboxed) models unless they come that way. This is not a place to change out that model you bought but do not want anymore. Do not exceed the 30 dollar gift cost please. And only 1 gift (may be made of multiple things, of course, just do not bring two separately wrapped items).
All gifts should be wrapped (newspaper or a gift bag is okay) . Put the gifts together on a table, wherever convenient.
Each person selects a number from a basket or bowl to determine the order in which a person gets to select a gift. Number 1 goes first and gets to select and unwrap a gift. Everyone oohs and aahs or mentally thinks, “Boy, I’m glad I didn’t select that.”
Number 2 then selects. But he may take Number 1’s gift or he may select a gift from the pile. If he takes Number 1’s gift, Number 1 gets to select again from the pile. After he has finished his turn, Number 3 gets to select.
Once again, he may select any opened or unopened gift. Each time a gift is taken away from someone, that person gets to select again. He may select any gift except the one that was just taken away from him. He may however, have the opportunity to select it again later.
Some gifts are occasionally more popular and may get stolen several times. The fourth person to possess it gets to keep it. No more swiping the gift. The gift is frozen.
At the end of the game, Number 1 gets to select again, and take someone else’s gift if he wants to, but he doesn’t have to. He is actually forcing a trade. The only gifts he can’t take are those that are frozen.
Don’t be afraid to swipe a gift from someone. The more takeaways and turnovers there are, the more fun the game seems to be. Some of the best times have been when a particular gift gets swiped several times. There are always lots of laughs and sometimes gifts get swiped just for the fun of it.
And after the game is over, if you and someone else wants to trade (no matter the original cost, the monetary trade will be standard 25 dollars) or gifts, that’s O.K. too.
Its all about fun!
