2024
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33Jan 2024Thornhill ManorReceived as part of the rewards for backing Curious Correspondence’s Kickstarter campaign for Doomensions.
34Mar 2024The Cardiff CastleBought to celebrate a weekend with Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Techs and a successful escape from Escape Rooms Cardiff.
35Mar 2024Satan Loves MePurchased after being found by Pete on a stall at the London Gaming Market.
36Apr 2024The Morrison Game FactoryReceived as part of the rewards for backing PostCurious’ Kickstarter campaign for their escape-room-in-a-box.
37-38Apr 2024Pointless Meeting Survivor and Wishing I Wasn’t HerePart of a lovely birthday gift received from Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Techs.
39May 2024Rubber chickenBought from the MCM Comic Con in London. Sadly without a pulley in the middle.
40May 2024Cats Are Better Than PeoplePurchased to celebrate Zelda’s appearance in The Cosmic Cat Tarot Deck after Helenasia’s Kickstarter campaign.
41May 2024UK Games Expo 2024Bought while visiting the UK Games Expo, in between picking up more board games.
42-44Jun 2024Annapurna, Stray and GorogoaA surprise parcel from friend-of-the-blog Darkshoxx, which included a Lorelei and the Laser Eyes notepad
45Aug 2024Tiny frogBought from Damnation Party’s stall while at Kitacon, with Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Techs.
2023
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23-24Mar 2023Dark Brotherhood duoReceived after backing Scout and Traveller’s Kickstarter campaign for Elder-Scrolls-inspired pins.
25Apr 2023Ticket to HellWho else would send a birthday present like this but Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm?
26Jun 2023Wine bottle with angel wingsReceived after attending a wine-tasting event in London with Pete, and getting rather tipsy.
27Jun 2023UK Games Expo 2023Purchased during our second visit to the UK Games Expo, along with plenty of board games.
28Sep 2023Safe In Our WorldGifted after chatting to the Safe In Our World team about their mental health work at the WASD X IGN event.
29Sep 2023ButlinsA memory from a weekend away with Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Techs, Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm and friend-of-the blog Phil.
30Nov 2023The Detective Society, episode 2Added to my jacket after playing the first episode of the second series from The Detective Society on stream.
31Dec 2023Pew Pew Pew OctopusPart of a Christmas present kindly sent to me by Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Techs.
32Dec 2023Ok, Great!An item received as part of another lovely Canadian package sent by Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm.
2022
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15Mar 2022DeLoreanPurchased from Etsy after taking my stepson to see the Back to the Future musical.
16Sep 2022Phantom PeakA souvenir from our first trip to Phantom Peak, and the first of several pins from the event.
17Sep 2022Big DaddyBought at the EGX expo, after spending the day volunteering on the stand for SpecialEffect.
18Oct 2022Jonas ApprovedA souvenir from our second visit to Phantom Peak for the Hallowed Peak Halloween edition.
19Nov 2022Manny CalaveraA nice little badge received as part of the welcome pack at the AdventureX conference.
20-21Dec 2022Ouroboros and New Game +Bought from Insert Coin, after visiting the website to try and find a link for an existing pin (I got distracted).
22Dec 2022Voodoo GuybrushAnother lovely Christmas gift from Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm, continuing to feed my Monkey Island and pin habit.
2021
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13Jun 2021The Detective Society, episode 1Received in one of the episodes after subscribing to The Detective Society’s monthly mystery games.
14Dec 2021AnchorA Christmas gift from Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm – a reminder that stormy waters can be sailed.
2020
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8Sep 2020Lightning boltBought from Amazon after completing Final Fantasy XIII on stream – a reminder to never play another Final Fantasy game.
9-11Oct 2020Guybrush, LeChuck and MurrayKindly gifted to me Ellen from Strength in Sarcasm as part of a lovely parcel sent to us from Canada.
12Dec 2020Los Angeles DetectiveReceived as a part of a kind gift of the Post Mortem: Murder Mystery series from Kevin from The Lawful Geek.
2019
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5Feb 2018Please AdoptPurchased from Etsy after Zelda’s brother Link sadly passed away due to a heart defect (we adopted them both in 2016).
6May 2018GameBlast heartBought from Insert Coin in the MCM Comic Con in London, while volunteering on the stand for SpecialEffect.
7Nov 2018Wine bottlePurchased from Amazon after a rather drunken evening at a wine-tasting event with Pete.
2018
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1Jun 2018Sensitive BadassThe pin that started it all. Obtained from backing The Doubleclick’s Kickstarter campaign.
2Jul 2018Save FerrisPurchased from a stand at the London Gaming Market, as I’m a huge fan of the 1980s.
3Nov 2018Game BoyBought while volunteering on the stand for SpecialEffect at the MCM Comic Con in London.
4Dec 2018Blue shellFound on Etsy after writing a post about Christmas gifts for gamers – liked it so much that I made a purchase.