{"id":1148,"date":"2016-08-10T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2016-08-10T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:15:53","slug":"lets-talk-about-swag-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk About Swag, Maybe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, not my best work on the title. I blame the Blueberry Crumble coffee for throwing me off.<\/i><\/p>\n

No, I’m not kidding; I’m at Cafe Patachou<\/a>, and they have a Blueberry Crumble coffee which does have solid notes of what I imagine such a thing would taste like.<\/i><\/p>\n

I’m in the VIG programme, which essentially means that I pay a bunch more for my ticket, don’t have to enter the knife-fight for housing, and get a few other perks, one of which is a Bag-O-Stuff from various companies who would presumably like cashed-up gamers to look favourably upon their products.<\/p>\n

In previous years I’ve done a triage and given away a bunch of it, but I just didn’t get my act together this time, so that’ll have to come at the end of the trip.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

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A nifty satchel, with laptop compartment. I’m not planning to use it while traveling, but once I’m headed back to the UK, I can see it being of use, particularly if I get a job which requires me to look somewhat professional.<\/p>\n

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I’m sure that this is a particular sort of glass, for a specific sort of drink, but I don’t know which one. A lot of whisky, maybe?
\nNot sure about what’ll happen to this; Part of me wants to keep it as an allegedly useful thing, and another part of me can see what a pain in the arse it’d be to carry a glass around while traveling. Don’t think it’s worth posting home.<\/p>\n

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Pathfinder stuff, …
\nI’ve played the system once, and … To me, it fills the same space as D&D, and from how they’ve exploded into the market, it seems pretty safe to say I’m not the only one who thinks that.
\nI’ll have to find someone who wants these, but I might<\/strong> know a guy.<\/p>\n

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These I see making their way to someone with younger kids?<\/p>\n

The swag is currently in Chicago, so if I find a place to donate these in or near there, that’s where they can go.<\/p>\n

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I believe that Tamsin would hurt me, and be morally correct for doing so, if I did not keep this.
\nNot only does it have pirates, but there’s also a punne, or play on words, in the name.<\/p>\n

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And this just looks exciting.
\nBecause Pirates.<\/p>\n

Also, by stripping the enormous plastic insert from the box\u00a0(from the look of it, you’re supposed to put\u00a0expansions\u00a0into the box too)<\/em> , I was able to fit all of the swag, plus my badge & a few other things, into said box, greatly reducing the volume of stuff.\"IMG_20160808_081239676_HDR\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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