pukey brunster on 1/1/2025 at 23:45
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Finished - only short of 272 loot and had to look on here regarding just one of the secrets as I didn't pick up any relevant clues.
I really enjoyed it and, as others have said, will be revisiting it in the future.
Well done and thank you PukeyBrunster and Tannar.
Happy New Year, and really glad you enjoyed it! Also, in case you do want to track down all of the loot, we have linked a lootlist on our first post now.
Dr.Sahnebacke on 4/1/2025 at 15:46
Because I was busy with other things over the holidays, I only got around to playing today.
This ecstasy! I am completely blown away.
You fairy tale masters :thumb: .
What a brilliant idea: the master thief steals to make other people, who have Christmas wishes, happy.
When I last threw Liesl over my shoulder, oh sorry, gently laid her over my shoulder ;) to give the lonely woman in her abandoned house a heartwarming surprise (she didn't even notice and continued sleeping) - I almost cried.
Not only did you masters produce exactly that Christmas spirit of forgiveness, hope and good wishes that we live within us, you underlined it musically - with a new song at every bend in the road, and you not only let a narrator speak, but even let him rhyme - like a singer sings his songs (how delightful to see the same layout here as in an old English feature film). It's lovely that these rhymes always seem like the end of a chapter and make you look forward to completing the next task. Everything is child-friendly and yet gripping for us adults who have been playing this game since 1998. I haven't had such a movingly beautiful gift for a long time. :D
So thank you for listening to many singing groups (in church it sounded best when "Silent Night" was sung alternately in German and English).
Thank you for the funny children who are constantly running over the bridge and laughing.
Thank you for a magnificent Christmas tree that undergoes a wonderful transformation when the star has to be found.
Thank you so much for the many hints and quotes from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", who doesn't love Tiny Tim?
Thank you for the tip to quickly clean the dirty toilet with 3 water arrows :D . Thank you for a fabulous end to the game - with a flourishing inn in which, while all the tasks were being completed, magnificent food was suddenly being prepared on all the tables (kudos to the cook and her poor children, whose three out of four wishes I was able to grant). So magnificent that the guards, pirates and other villains are no longer interested in Garrett and would rather eat, drink and celebrate. The ghosts have also come together and are chatting about the past 1800 years of their ethereal "life".
And finally: thank you for respectfully maintaining our Christmas traditions. Here in Germany in particular, we are experiencing shocking attacks on our Christmas markets in some places today.
So thank you for comfort and strength! :angel: All the best for you and your families:thumb:.
Tannar on 4/1/2025 at 17:36
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Because I was busy with other things over the holidays, I only got around to playing today.
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All the best for you and your families:thumb:.
Thank you very much for your post, we were quite moved reading it! We are thrilled that you enjoyed the mission so much and we were excited to read of all the many things you noticed and enjoyed. We were particularly moved by your last comment about maintaining our Christmas traditions because this is something we also feel strongly about as well.
As for the three out of four wishes you were able to grant, here is a list of the locations of the four items for the stockings:
1. A flute on a chair on the second floor of the church.
2. A hand mirror on a table on the second floor of the jewelry store.
3. A diary in the bookstore.
4. A dewdrop doll in an upstairs room in the building to the south of the city watch guard quarters. You can reach this room through a window with shutters. The widow's stockings constitute one of the four secrets in the mission. If you get all four secrets, the ice garden will become open to you. You can find a list of the secrets in (
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152821&p=2522414&viewfull=1#post2522414) this post.
All the best to you as well. A belated Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Gloria Creep on 4/1/2025 at 21:12
Thank you só much you lovely Taffers :thumb:
:angel:
Eiji on 5/1/2025 at 18:22
I've played a few other Christmas-themed FMs.. but I have to say this is the best I've seen to date... well done Taffer...
glwhalen on 5/1/2025 at 20:57
Tanner and team, thank you for this mission. I played it in small segments across the 12 Days of Christmas, finishing just now. (My granddaughters enjoyed watching me enter the garden.) The music was a real treat. I especially liked the versions of "In the bleak midwinter" you included as it captures the poignancy of the places where included. I have a feeling--call it a hunch--that next Christmas I'll return to this small town nestled in the land of Thief, not so much to play the mission again but to look around, to enjoy the sights and sounds, and just to see how everyone is doing.
pukey brunster on 5/1/2025 at 21:53
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Tanner and team, thank you for this mission. I played it in small segments across the 12 Days of Christmas, finishing just now. (My granddaughters enjoyed watching me enter the garden.) The music was a real treat. I especially liked the versions of "In the bleak midwinter" you included as it captures the poignancy of the places where included. I have a feeling--call it a hunch--that next Christmas I'll return to this small town nestled in the land of Thief, not so much to play the mission again but to look around, to enjoy the sights and sounds, and just to see how everyone is doing.
@Gloria :angel:, @Eiji & @glwhalen, thank you for your thoughts and glad you enjoyed our mission! @glwhalen, very perceptive catching that song. Before there was ever a Christmas mission we had this very song in mind as a matter of fact, and was a main inspiration throughout. Truly beautiful music. This version I find particularly moving: (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBCYZ9jIJkI)
BrokenArts on 7/1/2025 at 16:21
I just wanted to add, you guys are fantastic in your story telling. Dare I say, and don't chastise me, this FM has a womans touch. Reminded me of Lady R in many ways. The attention to detail, and the stories. It's extremely rare to have an FM that has touched so many people the way this FM did. We can like an FM, hate an FM, be scared, but this one touched so many on a personal level, it sparked memories and feelings, which is very hard to do. You both knocked it out of the park, and I do hope you'll continue to work together on more FM's in the future, thank you for the gift to the community.
pukey brunster on 7/1/2025 at 18:32
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I just wanted to add, you guys are fantastic in your story telling. Dare I say, and don't chastise me, this FM has a womans touch. Reminded me of Lady R in many ways. The attention to detail, and the stories. It's extremely rare to have an FM that has touched so many people the way this FM did. We can like an FM, hate an FM, be scared, but this one touched so many on a personal level, it sparked memories and feelings, which is very hard to do. You both knocked it out of the park, and I do hope you'll continue to work together on more FM's in the future, thank you for the gift to the community.
Thank you so much BrokenArts! And of course we wouldn't chastise you lol - that's a great thing to say, and because we are also fans of Lady Ro among others, it can only be a compliment to us! We too are surprised by how our mission seems to have touched so many people - we are moved and grateful when we get to read thoughts like you have posted here, so thanks again for that.
To answer your other question, we are currently working on another mission together which is in the planning stages. We'd love to have it released this year, but might be too optimistic to say that.. could be 2026, we'll see. In addition, we each have missions we are doing on our own at the same time! Lots to do.
Take care and sending blessings your way for the New Year!
Gloria Creep on 8/1/2025 at 01:15
I just finished playing the mission and I must say, I've never been touched by a Thief FM as this one. It brought me to tears several times, especially the end, when the book reading ended and also the beautiful different Christmas music. What a beautiful Christmas story to tell. The joy I felt playing it and discovering all the goodies and beautiful signs and posters and the hilarious stuff to find, I truly have no words to express how much I enjoyed playing this mission! This will surely be an again and again playing mission, especially around this time of the year. I just want to say: THANK YOU ALL who participated in making this FM. You're the best!!! :thumb:
Thanks Taffers!
:angel:
P.S. Is there a way into the Ice garden?
