Not in. Thank you Captain for another creative way to engage community.

Pirate Mighty the Matey, member of "Cursed Crew"TM received strange request from his Captain when he was on vacation on the Monkey Island.

"Listen up!" said Mighty to two cannibals (Shorty and Bone) and bunch of monkeys gathered on the beach. "We need to build... a Garden Shed! Mighty is the smartest of you bunch, so he will tell you what to do and you will do it."
"Mighty does not know what the "Garden Shed" is but it sounds like should be MIGHTY!"
Three-Headed Monkey God looking at him from heavens made double facepalm (he would make a triple facepalm if he had a third hand).

"Mighty thinks we need something sticky that could be a mortar, we use that thing" Mighty pointed at piles of bubblegum, and monkeys cheerfully started to chew it. One of them made bubble that a spectacularly popped into its face. "Hey remember, no eating of building materials." He cautioned them and drew on sand large rectangle about 200 by 100 foots.

"Now monkeys will take bunch of those clay dwarfs in pointy hats (Clown Garden Gnomes) and put them one on another to the high of the palm trees and glue them together with the sticky stuff that you made before. "We will call those constructs 'coolumns' because they will look cool. We will put them in those places." Mighty drew on sand large rectangle about 200 by 100 foots. He marked corners of the rectangle and multiple points about 10 foots from each other.

Once Monkeys finished the assigned tasks, Mighty moved his gaze to a place where large Licorice Logs were supposed be stored, only to see tow overeaten cannibals taking a nap. "Shorty! Bone! I said no eating of building materials! What kind of cannibals are you!”
“Now Mighty will need to think about aleternet... alterntif... Aghh! Some other thing to build the roof out of!"

"OK, I have an idea! Moneys, take the big Circus Tenting and tie it to each 'coolumn'. Once done, gather all the floating Balloon Monsters that are now fastened to palm trees and put them under the tenting to make it hover nicely above the 'coolumns'!
Ha! I told you, Mighty is the smartest!"

"Now we will make the Inner Shed of the Garden Shed." he drew smaller rectangular inside of the area surrounded by 'coolumns'. You will all build the Inner Shed solely out of those 'Lego' bricks so that no one has stupid idea of eating it. To make it look like it is made of Popcorn Bricks and Tea Bricks, you will paint white and black stripes on it."

Once the work has been completed all the inhabitants gathered to admire what soon was to be known as "Mighty's Mighty Garden Shed"

The 'Garden Shed' looked like blatant mockery of Athenian temple, that would have been struck down by Zeus's Thunder or sunk by tide brought by Poseidon if they both were not too afraid of the Three-Headed Monkey God. The hominid god decided to take shed under his protection keeping it standing by the sheer power of his will.

I'm in. Also, because I like the idea of the challenge you have.

So let's start with the door. I want to craft a door using an excessive number of Amiga game floppy disks. Using 7'-0" height by 3'-0" wide dimensions, I need 24 floppy disk drives tall by 11 floppy disks drives wide for a minimum 264 floppy drives for a single layer. Looking up online I found a list of floppy disks per game on an amiga forum and several others. Since I have to specify the games let's use all of them.

Indiana Jones and Fate of Atlantis (11 disk
Monkey Island 2 (11 disk
Legend of Kryandia (9 disk
Bloodnet = 12 disks
Beneath a Steel Sky = 15 Disks
Willy Beamish = 12 Disks
Biiing = 19 Disks
Rise of the Robots = 13 Disks
Rise of the dragon = 9 disks
Heart of China = 9 disks
Historyline 1914-1918=7 disks
Hired Guns = 5 disks
Return to Zork = 21 disks
FlightSim 2 = 8 disks

That list gets me to 161. At that point it becomes difficult to get confirmed quantities. So let's just say that at that point I manage to find a warehouse of old boxed copies of return to zork, and that there's about 100 boxed copies to give me 2261 total floppy disks that I can layer into an inch thick door by the dimensions above. And then we're going to bind them together using the sour lemon bubble gum. And then for the door handle, we'll take Clown shoes and cut the bottoms out to braid into a thick rope-like handle, and then use the squeakers as a future door bell for anyone looking for us in the shed.

Now that we have a functioning door, we need walls. Clearly, we must use the most powerful material ever made: Lego Bricks. I don't know how big a life size lego brick, but we're making a shed that Godzilla would be afraid to step on. So Let's say they're 12"x12" bricks, we will make a 12x12 shed, so for the walls and roof we have (4) 12x12 bricks, and then the entrance will be 9*12 + 5*3. That is (4*12*12)+(9*12)+(5*3) for this 12'x12' shed for 699 lego bricks.

Because our door doesn't match the walls, and because we know lego colors are never sorted in enough colors you want, we're gonna use all the clown paint colors, try to do all the walls differently, get angry because lego is too slick a plastic for the paint to easily adhere, and then just give up by throwing the paint cans across the sides, surrendering to our rainbow vomit colored shed overlord.

We'll take some licorice logs to make a door frame because having a perfectly flushed Amiiga floppy door looks kind of weird.

Now that we have our excessively garish building, let's furnish it, finally. Clown car boot trunk for tool storage. Take one unicycle, rip the wheel off, put it on the base of a tea cart and then put the head rest of a clown car seat to use as a chair. Tightrope will be used to loop and hang more tools. And then use some old iron teapots and teacups to store screws, bolts, nuts, and other crap nobody will ever use but having them makes you feel better.

Now that we have an overly complicated shed of materials used exclusively from the list, order of games.

1) Loop Hero
2) The Last Spell
3) Townscaper
4) Islanders
5) Pharoah + Cleopatra
6) First Feudal

Best of luck to everyone in the contest!

Thank you bjgamer for another nice giveaway!

It's been a while since I've tried my luck, so here I come - I'm IN.

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To start building the shed, I’ll put on a Clown Wig myself to keep the sun off my head.

I’ll use Popcorn Bricks and Life Size Legos to create some seriously sturdy walls for this shed! I’ll glue everything together with a touch of honey straight from Winnie the Pooh.

Inside, I’ll throw in a few gadgets: a Clown Car Seat, some Balloon Animals, and a Unicycle. For the roof, I’ll get creative and make it out of Cracked Teacups.. This will insulate well against the sun, and in winter, the snow will melt off easily.

Finally, I’ll toss in some Amiga Game Floppy Disks with classic games: The Secret of Monkey Island, Lemmings, and Sensible Soccer.

I hope he will enjoy his stay at the this wonderful place :)

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My list:
Banished
Synergy
Core Keeper
War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition
War Hospital
First Feudal
Terraria
ISLANDERS
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Dungeon Keeper Gold™ + Dungeon Keeper™ 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack
World of Goo

I'd like to be in as well.

My garden shed could probably be best described as a mancave for indulgence in the hobby computer and video games.

The walls are made of Life Size Legos, the roof of Licorice Logs with Sour Lemon Bubblegum to stick them together and fill the spaces between them.

The shed is powered by a battery that can hold enough electricity to use the shed for one day and is recharged by a generator that is powered by a Unicycle that is mounted to the floor like an indoor bike. Thanks to advancements in generator and battery technology you only have to work out on the Unicycle for one hour to fully charge the battery.

While there are many legacy computer and video game consoles (and even some arcade machines) in the shed the center piece is the best home computer ever created: An Amiga 4000. Which naturally requires Amiga Game Floppy Disks.

Every wall on the inside of the shed has nails hammered into in regular distances so that the entire wall is covered by the Amiga Game Floppy Disks which hang on the nails on their write-protection hole. (Yes, that's possible without damaging the disks. Check a picture of 3.5" disks to see how they looked like.)

I'd like to say the disks contain every Amiga game ever made but since every collection has to start somewhere we will go with: The Turrican series, Lionheart, Great Giana Sisters, Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Island, the Lemmings series, The Settlers series, the Battle Isle series, the Civilization series, Colonization, The Last Ninja series, the Alien Breed series, the Lucasarts games, the Infocom Games, the Magnetic Scrolls games, the Cannon Fodder series, the UFO series, the Cinemaware games, Another World, Out of this World, Flashback, Pirates, the Worms series, the Simon the Sorcerer series, the Elvira series, the Bard's Tale series, Amberstar, Ambermoon, the Goldbox games, the Dungeon Master series, the Eye of the Beholder series, Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Illusions, Slamtilt, The Chaos Engine, the Populous series, Mega Lo Mania, North & South, the Elite series, Carrier Command, Starglider 2, F/A-18 Interceptor, the Gunship series, Falcon, the Cybernoid series, Hybris, Xenon 2, Banshee, Wings of Death, Apidya, the R-Type series, Katakis, X-Out and Z-Out.

Should be enough to get the shed started. :-)


The rewards I would be interested in (in order of preference):

Core Keeper
Chambers of Devious Design
Everdream Valley
Loop Hero
Synergy
ISLANDERS
Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)
Pharoah + Cleopatra
First Feudal
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack
World of Goo

Oh jee bjgamer! Thanks for another cheerful giveaway! I'm in.

Imagine a very funny garden shed. It is tall, three stories high. On the top, there is a small, playful room called a penthouse. This garden shed is not normal. It is full of fun and surprises! The walls are made from many clown garden gnomes. Each gnome is different. Some smile, some laugh, some look silly. They are all in different positions. When you look at the walls, you see many happy gnomes together. It is crazy but also very cool! To hold the gnomes together, we use bubblegum sour lemon and licorice logs. These are like candy. They fill the spaces and make the walls colorful and sweet.

Inside the shed, there are no floors. Instead, you walk on tightropes! Each story has them stretched across. Walking there is like being in a circus, it is fun and a little bit hard. The brave ones can ride a unicycle, it is faster and more exciting! Also, there is a trapeze rig, you can swing from one side to another like a circus artist.

At the entrance, there is a fountain made from a clown flower bouquet. The flowers always spray water like a fountain. Around the fountain, there are beautiful fish swimming. People throw red clown noses into the water and make a happy wish. This garden shed is not just a building. It is a fun, crazy, and happy place. It is like a small circus and candy world all in one. Everyone who visits will smile and have fun!

What do you think Doc0075, do you like it?

The games I would like are:

- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack
- War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition
- War Hospital
- Theme Hospital
- Majesty Gold HD
- Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)
- Pharoah + Cleopatra

LOL! A MIGHTY(TM) Garden Shed indeed! :D Great job, thanks, Mighty!
[A Mighty delivery of ice cream for banana splits and spiced grog arrives on Monkey Island, compliments of the admiral to Mighty and his helpers.]

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There are a lot of creative builders here with "wicked cool" imaginative designs! There is still room for a few more ... with a little over 18 hours left until the giveaway ends!

Happy upcoming Mother's Day! I'd like to join in, please.

With life size LEGO walls, a pair of clown shoes serves as door knockers, and a clown garden gnome acts as the mascot perched on the roof. Inside, cotton candy panels line the interior, perfect for jamming without disturbing the neighbors. Bubblegum INXS welcomes fans eager to listen to the band, where each can take their own clown car tire and have a seat. This shed is a tiny garage, compact but tall enough to stand and play instruments comfortably. It is a retreat for garden-loving musicians to compose, rehearse, and enjoy nature and sound.

From the amazing list of game prizes, I'd prefer:

- Theme Hospital
- Aven Colony
- War Hospital

A big thank you in advance to #bjgamer and #Doc0075! Congratulations to #gogtrial34987 too!

I'm in.

For the foundation of the structure, we will use life-sized LEGO bricks, as these are indestructible and should provide a sturdy base upon which to build. What I have in mind for the main building is less of a shed and more of a log cabin. A licorice log cabin. These will provide firm-ish defense against the elements, a pleasingly symmetrical aesthetic, and a sugary scent. Clown car tires, properly angled and reinforced with tightrope, will serve as the sloped roof, while circus tenting will cover the exterior surface, both for extra protection and purposes of decoration. Many of the garden tools--rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, chainsaws and the like--are stored on racks and hooks in this area, and apart from its Hansel-and-Gretel construction, it appears deceptively ordinary.

A bump-out will be Doc's man-cave (mouse-cave?), constructed entirely from tea bricks using bubblegum for mortar. This addition will house the balloon animal zoo, the retrofitted clown car seat/gaming chair, Doc's fabulous collection of cracked teacups, and of course, the clown garden gnome--wearing sunglasses--standing guard. There are also the usual accoutrements; television, computer, stereo, pinball machine. Also a large gumball machine that always appears to be full; either Doc isn't using it much, or he's keeping it well-supplied.

A trophy of a balloon-moose's head is affixed to one wall, dominating the room. It wears the ringmaster's top-hat, as well as a monocle and a cigarette-holder. A plaque beneath it reads, simply, "LUXEMBOURG, 1885."

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Builder awards, in order of preference:

1. Dungeon Keeper Gold + Dungeon Keeper 2
2. SimCity 3000
3. Civilization III
4. Afterlife
5. Aven Colony
6. ISLANDERS
7. Banished
8. Majesty Gold HD
9. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
10. Pharoah + Cleopatra
11. Zeus + Poseidon
12. War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition

I'm in!

A garden shed is the base of operations for good garden maintenance. But alas, in a big garden the shed is often very far away, forcing the poor gardener to trudge back and forth to retrieve and deposit the tools they need, but no longer! Presenting the Clownmobile Garden Shed Mecha!

The shed itself is a structure made out of circus tenting, held in the shape of a circular shed by stacks of tea bricks fastened together by sour grape bubblegum. The roof of the shed is held together at the center by a "Big Top" top hat which also lends it a distinguished air. The tent is painted on the sides with clown paints to simulate a garden, with a blue sky and white clouds at the top and a bed of red-yellow flowers at the bottom.

The shed stands in the air atop a pair of spindly legs. On the ground, the legs stand on a pair of clown shoes, from which they rise up as joints made of life side Legos, which are attached together with bendy licorice logs. The licorice logs between the joints are in turn tied to tightropes that lead up into the shed itself.

Inside the shed, the tightrope passes through the wheel of a unicycle atop which the operator sits on a clown car seat. Pedaling the unicycle causes the tightrope to cyclically move and pull and release the joints on the legs, making the garden shed move forward on a lumbering gait.

To control the direction of shed, the operator balances a clown garden gnome on the tightrope. By pressing down on the garden gnome at different positions of the tightrope, the operator can attenuate the movements of one of the legs, making the shed turn.

On the outside the shed is decorated with several different balloon animals fastened to the shed by sour lemon bubblegum. This is in order not to alarm any animals that see the shed lumbering about, because then for example a rabbit would simply see the moving balloon rabbit and would immediately be reassured that this is nothing to worry about. Rabbits have not been consulted about this yet but the theory is sound.

As the shed moves about, it also doubles as a watering system for the garden! On the outside of the shed, cracked teacups have been placed to catch rainwater, which is then fed through the cracks into hollowed licorice logs leading to an old iron teapot inside the shed. The teapot is balanced atop the unicycle and the operator can honk a red clown nose below the teapot to topple it forward and pour the gathered water to refill a clown squirting bow tie situated at the front of the shed. This will cause the bowtie to spray its water onto the plants below the shed (or alternatively, to give a drink to a passing rabbit or other animal). The bowtie is carefully hidden among a clown flower bouquet in order not to scare any garden animals. The operator can further honk a blue clown nose and pink clown nose placed on the left and right edges of the bowtie to turn it in either direction and target the water blasts.

Order your Clownmobile Garden Shed Mecha today!

I'm in for the following builder awards in order of preference, most preferred first:

- Synergy
- Chambers of Devious Design
- Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)
- Pharoah + Cleopatra
- Banished
- War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition
- Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
- Core Keeper
- War Hospital
- Craft The World + Craft the World - Abandoned Mines
- Aven Colony
- Everdream Valley

God bless you bjgamer for another impressive giveaway, I am in.

I suggest a garden shed sized 12'x24' with walls using licorice logs as structural frame. their log shape makes them ideal for vertical posts and horizontal beams, mimicking traditional timber framing. Between the licorice log frame, fill the wall cavities with tea bricks and popcorn bricks in an alternating pattern. Tea bricks provide a solid, dense texture, while popcorn bricks add a lighter, airy contrast. Cover the outside of the walls with large, flattened panels of sour grape bubblegum, which can be softened and shaped to form smooth, colorful cladding. This acts like painted wood or siding. Line the interior walls with thin sheets of sour lemon bubblegum, providing a bright yellow, slightly translucent finish that contrasts with the exterior and adds a sweet aroma inside the shed. Extend the licorice logs from the walls upward to form rafters and beams for the roof structure, ensuring a strong support system. Use life size Legos as the roof decking material. Their interlocking nature makes them perfect for creating a flat, sturdy surface, preventing leaks. Spread a thick layer of compressed cotton candy over the life size Legos decking to act as insulation and a soft, fluffy roof finish.
Inside the shed, there is a clown car boot placed near one of the shorter 12' walls, close to the entrance for easy access. It is the main storage chest for clown wardrobe. It contains inside a clown flower bouquet stored upright, a set of clown noses kept in a small pouch, several pairs of clown shoes arranged neatly, and a classic clown squirting bow tie stored in a waterproof compartment. Adjacent to the clown car boot, slightly angled, there is a clown car seat, a comfortable spot to sit while getting dressed or putting on clown shoes and accessories. On a small shelf near the seating area, there is a long hair clown wig on a wig stand, and a short military haircut clown wig hung on a hook. The farthest corner from the entrance stores two unicycles upright secured with candy cane hooks. A small flat area nearby provide enough assembly space where beginners can join the unicycles to form a bicycle. That area is marked on the floor made of life size Legos for easy cleaning and durability.

The games I choose, are
Aven Colony
War Hospital
War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition
Majesty Gold HD
Synergy

Thank you bjgamer and Doc0075.

So many lovely garden sheds to store my victi... I mean stuff!

Thank you very much for this giveaway, I am in.

I would build four outer walls from the Life Size Legos, and then use the Circus Tenting as a roof And tightly strung up Tightropes to keep the structure of the tenting. I would use Tea Bricks as the floor, should work since the rain will be kept out by the Circus Tenting. I would paint the walls with White Clown Paint.

In for following BUILDER AWARDS:
- ISLANDERS
- Townscaper

ROFL! Yes, there is quite a selection. The Gog Builder community did a very creative job. Happy UK Garden Day, Doc!

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Our Builder's Garden Party GA has now come to an end. I'd like to thank all of our participants for their wonderful designs. Quite innovative and imaginative! I'm sure several of you will be ready when the Shadowy Figure returns to demand his own "wicked cool" garden shed. In the meantime I'll submit your designs to the Random.org architectural board while Doc plans how to store all his vic ... um, stuff. Distribution of Builder Awards will follow shortly!

Congratulations to the following Builders, your builds have been approved by the Random Architectural Organization.
Enjoy your awards!

BUILDER AWARDS: (Game Prizes)
- Aven Colony ~~~ BJMcKay
- Banished ~~~ matterbandit
- Chambers of Devious Design ~~~ gogtrial34987
* Core Keeper ~~~ kultpcgames*
- Dungeon Keeper Gold™ + Dungeon Keeper™ 2 ~~~ srhill
- Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom ~~~ DiffuseReflection
- Everdream Valley ~~~ Geralt_of_Rivia
- First Feudal ~~~ aCyborg
- ISLANDERS ~~~ pawel-t
- Loop Hero ~~~ QC
- Majesty Gold HD ~~~ sm5
- Pharoah + Cleopatra ~~~ Snizzle012
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack ~~~ FPS2023
- Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete ~~~ ConsulCaesar
* Synergy ~~~ KillingMoon*
- Terraria ~~~ ppavee
- The Settlers® 2: 10th Anniversary ~~~ servobeupstry
- Theme Hospital ~~~ Provide_A_Username
- War for the Overworld: Underlord Edition ~~~ Dawnsinger
* War Hospital ~~~ altosy*
- Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis) ~~~ 4thDown

* Please thank Doc0075 for his donation of your prize!

Your awards will be sent via PM shortly.