Oh, sorry, “Holiday Gift.” For those atheists who abhor the Christ in Christmas. Although we know everything distinctive of Christmas is pagan. And paganism is fun. So most of us atheists happily celebrate the pagan holiday under its now familiar moniker. Because it’s hilarious to call all this pagan shit Christ-mas. Besides, we can use Christian apologetics to prove Santa Claus exists and flies to other planets on a rocket. And we all know gods don’t exist anyway, so who cares what we call it. No one freaks out over Mighty Saturn’s Day, er, I mean, Saturday.
So, regardless. If you will be giving sinful filthy heathen gifts to people this coming Winter Solstice, you might consider my card game Stellar War. What the hell is that? It’s this. Which you can buy here. Have someone you’ll be gifting to who is a fan of my work or of fun but complicated tabletop games (the kind of games that freak out the squares), consider the game I invented in my childhood, Stellar War. I’ve even updated the box so the title is on the sides as well so you know where it is in your crazy giant stack of boxed games. There are other Christmas gift buying options besides the game, of course, which can help support my work in various ways. This article summarizes them. Although since then my average income has gone up ten grand, but I am now living on my own, and thus entirely supporting myself on a starving artist’s wage.
Below the fold are some spoilers, however. Spoilers that might make Stellar War more attractive as a gift idea. What spoilers? Pictures of the three cards I added to spice the game with some humor. They were included in the original release two years ago, intended to surprise players of the game. I’m now revealing the secret to everyone. Imagine drawing them randomly through the course of the game. A game that is about an interstellar war, the goal of which is to destroy as many ships and space stations of your enemies as possible.
Enjoy…
It has been said that the only new thing added to pagan winter festivals by the Christians was the midnight mass. But it seems hard to believe that no pagans or Druids etc ever had a midnight ceremony. It seems so obvious, either for fall harvest or for mid winter.
But when will we have a good traditional Thor-a-blot feast, as our Viking ancestors did?
I hate it when some people take the Thor out of Thursday.
Christmas is a special time of the year when all the kids living in apartment buildings all over the world cry themselves to sleep at night because they don’t have a chimney for Santa to come down.
Sounds like an awesome game thanks for the recommendation! Love the “Thingy” card the best although we might have gone with “Doohickey” instead just because that word sounds funnier.
The suggested age range is shown as 12+ but do you think it would be okay for a mature 10 year old? You mentioned playing with your family so it sounds family friendly right? Not too much violence or gore?
Yes. No gore. No explicit violence (it’s all abstract violence). No sex either or anything adulty. So, smart 10s who like these kinds of games can play it. The worst element with respect to age is that it’s “mean” (i.e. you are ravaging each other’s well laid fleets and plans, sometimes with trickery, e.g. stealing their stuff when cards allow it). So some emotional maturity with that might be needed.