Just checked. In 2008 there was no sale, in 2009 the sale lasted since the 21st December until the 3rd January, in 2010 it was 14th December to 3rd January and last year it was 12th December to 2nd January with the exception of Activision catalogue which ended on the 26th of December. So yeah, it is fairly certain that a sale will last past Christmas.

Ok, in that case what keremix suggested might not be much of a problem if the participants can restrain themselves until the gifting event is over, or only put those games on their wishlist that they don't intend to buy for themselves as soon as the holiday promo starts.

I don't have many games on my wishlist right now, but I'll consider participating and might eventually apply before the deadline is over, since choosing games for someone else sounds like fun. ;)


Does the GOGWiki feature some kind of privacy options, like making your wishlist available for short time but keeping your shelf private or somethng like that?

You don't have to post your shelf at all and can only add wishilst there. Or only your personal info if you wish. :-)

2 questions:


1.If you want to gift more than 1 person, how do you do that?
2.If i want to give someone a specific game, can you send a list with that specific game? Or is it random?

1. That's not how Secret Santa works - the idea is that everyone who participates gifts one or more games to one other participant. In real life, this would normally be drawn out of a hat, but we'll be using trusty old random.org to help us out here.

2. You kind of answered your own question - it is completely random, but if you want to gift a specific game (I'm hazarding a guess at Sacrifice here) in addition to the main event, then I can easily give you a list of participants who have that game (Sacrifice?) on their wishlists.

EDIT: Wikipedia article for anyone who's interested in learning more about Secret Santa.

nmillar - please don't forget me, I not worried about getting a pressie, but i do want to give 1 :D

Another thing... you can now see who the gifter is (says so when you try to redeem a code). So... not-so-Secret-Santa?

Got it, thanks.

Ah, damn, that kind of sucks. I might ask GOG if there's a way we can remove that for this?
I've created a new sub-group for you in the OP! ;)

Thanks so much :D

Outcast
Ground Control
Etherlords
Populous: The Beginning
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Haegemonia
Still Life

Was looking around for this, I thought I'd missed it. I very much enjoyed doing this last year, it was a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to participating again.

Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Anachronox
Hotline Miami
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
Thief Deadly Shadows
Stronghold
Shadow Warrior Complete

I wonder if it might be more fun for me to list a few games I'm curious about without really knowing what to expect and keep any "must haves" of it. That way I could still buy the games I really want early during the sale, and the Secret Santa event would be more of a surprise. Because I just know if I'd put certain titles like, e.g Arcanum or HoMM3 on the list, I'd be very likely to get exactly these, due to their cult following and people thinking like you. ;) And that would be kind of boring IMO.

Don't know about the list... but I would definitely like to chip in with a game or two..

Excellent work by the way :)