SEALUG

Thomas posted a review of the rules for the Dirty Brickster (a white elephant gift exchange).

Review of rules for the Dirty Brickster:
Each participant brings exactly one wrapped gift. Each gift
should be Lego or Lego-related, cost about $10, and be worth $10--$20 *to
the recipient*. Hence, no "junk" (clones, most Lego "gear", etc.). When
the Dirty Brickster begins, participants sit in a circle with the
gifts piled in the center and draw numbers. In the order of the numbers,
each participant chooses a gift by either (1) unwrapping one or (2)
by stealing a non-locked gift. In the event that a participant's gift is

Joining SEALUG is easy. We are a very loose knit group and welcome new members at any time. The first step to joining is to sign up for our email list and then to come to a meeting. You are welcome to bring anything you might want to show off, or just to bring yourself. Meeting times and particulars are announced on the email list.

This has been excerpted from this LUGNET thread:

All members who want to participate purchase the set in question. Usually we
limit the cost to $20. One meeting we bought the Air Blazers set as a bonus set
since one of our members spotted them on clearance.

Fourteen sets went into that draft. Each set is divided up into its component
pieces with one pile per type of piece. There are a few exceptions [1] but for
the most part this works out. Each person draws a number from a hat determining
the order in which they pick. As you go down the list each person picks a pile

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