I don’t even know where to start. My Santa was so incredibly thoughtful and generous!

First- my Santa contacted me to let me know my gift was shipping.

She asked if I could adopt her- as she always needs more people to play games with. I jumped at the chance- we always need more gaming folks in our life!!

The box arrived and was decorated with Snoo’s- that’s always so fun!

I opened the package to find it full of gifts!! They were all wrapped in a very pretty tissue paper! There was a cute tiny pillow there too- very curious. Was it to toss at someone when the game got heated?? I saw a card- but I always save them to open last. I think it is more fun like that- you get to wonder about things- and you can get away with it when you are not opening things in person.

The first game I opened was Corruption. A quick scan on the back showed me that everyone will be excited to play! Strategy, bribes, poker-ish! NICE!!!

Next up Viva Java- a dice game – a semi-cooperative game but with the opportunity to hog all the glory at the end- sounds like quite a few here will like that!! Might need more than a little pillow to toss at someone though…

There was a large game in the back- I could not really read what it said through the tissue paper- but I kept throwing a glance at it as I kept unwrapping things.

Next I opened Gigantic- it looks quite intriguing. A race against rising water-where you need to bribe, threaten, ..or actually earn your way onto a lifeboat! Awesome!!

Last- I opened the big box - Oodles. This is such an assortment of retro games- I immediately took a quick photo of everything and sent it to all my gaming kids and their spouses. The texts started coming back immediately asking when we would be playing!

I was so blown away by all these games. I really cannot wait for our next board game night. Perhaps I will not wait... as several work with even 2 players- and up to 8! I may try one or two with the husband before game night!

Oh yes- lets open the card and see if that pillow is to toss!!

NOPE. It is not. WAY COOLER!!! The pillow is for my grandcat Mooie- who is featured in my profile picture! I walk him daily-so I went and took him for a walk and gave him his pillow when we got back. He was soooo happy- once he was done his brothers all took turns with the pillow as well! My Santa made the catnip pillow- that was so incredibly nice!!!

The card also said Santa really likes the Oodles game- so I opened it to give it a preliminary read- and what did I find? Batteries! The game requires batteries and Santa, being super thoughtful, included a set! The cards seem very fun and the questions (I only peeked at a few!) were quite entertaining. True or False- Paul Bunyan only drinks larger beer? I will leave you all wondering…..

What a wonderful wonderful exchange!! I have a crazy amount of games and have them listed on an Excel chart- my Santa went through it and saw what we liked and picked things that were new to us and could accommodate all of us!!

Santa- you put such thought into picking out gifts for my group- I cannot thank you enough!! This was such fun from start to finish- I can’t wait to give all these games a try!!

You are an amazing person!!!