My BGG Secret Santa came early this year!  On the day after Thanksgiving, a package was delivered to my humble abode, and since I am totally lacking in restraint when it comes to sealed packages that probably contain games, I tore into it like a monkey on a cupcake!  Inside, I found three boxes filles with gaming goodness!  Two were expansions for some of my favorite games: the Narrow Gauge/Erie Railroad Company expansion for Chicago Express and the Battles of the Third Age expansion for War of the Ring.  In addition, he sent me Kachina, a tile-laying game vaguely reminescent of Qwirkle, which is supposed to be the best game published so far by Bucephalus. 

Thank you, Secret Santa!!!


On a related note, I also completed my first-ever boardgame trade via BGG earlier in the week when I received Samurai in exchange for my copy of Kingsburg.  The trade went very well, and I hope that trading can be a larger component of my game collecting in the future!  If you're interested in trading with me, check out my "For Trade" and "Want in Trade" lists at BGG!