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Posted by W. Eric Martin

10 Jul 2011

W. Eric Martin

(W Eric Martin)

United States
Apex
North Carolina

• Wired previews the next 221 Arkham Horror expansions from Fantasy Flight Games.

• Spiel Portugal "interviews" designer Michael Schacht, who spills a bit of info about future releases.

• On a related topic (site?), anyone looking for suggestions of "beefier" games following the SdJ and Kennerspiel des Jahres announcements should check out the nominee list for Spiel Portugal's Jogo do Ano (Game of the Year). Previous winners from 2006 to 2009 are Imperial, Brass, Agricola and Maria. The five finalists for the 2010 award are:

-----• Dominant Species
-----• Luna
-----• Navegador
-----• Troyes
-----• Vinhos

You might think that the 2010 winner should have been announced prior to July 2011, but check out the fancy, personalized award given to the winner of each of the previous years. I'm sure those take time to make!

• Designer Matt Leacock might be 0-for-3 in Spiel des Jahres wins, but his designs do keep being nominated: Pandemic in 2009, Roll Through the Ages in 2010 and Forbidden Island in 2011. Now Het Verboden Eiland, the Dutch version of Forbidden Island from White Goblin Games, has been nominated for Speelgoed van het Jaar (Toy of the Year) for 2011 in the 8-12 year-old category. The Speelgoed van het Jaar website hasn't been updated with the complete list of nominees for 2011, so I don't know what Leacock is up against. In 2010 the category was won by a €170 LEGO train system, while Tricoda, aka Code 777, won the 12+ category and LEGO's Minotaurus won the 6-8 category.

• At Go Forth and Game, Tom Gurganus interviews Kevin Nesbitt from Stronghold Games.

• Universal Head celebrates back-of-the-box shots.

• The Grand Rapids Press in Michigan (U.S.) profiles designing brothers Chris and Paul Nowak and their 2011 Mensa Mind Games winner Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype.

• [OT] While searching for shelving for my new home, I ran across this box in Target for one of those Ikea-ish pressboard shelving units:

Looking more closely at the box, I was surprised by the selection of games stacked on these shelves. Can you name them all from this too-blurry close shot?

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Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:54 pm

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Gil Bellemare

(Takezo Qc)

Canada

Quebec

AAAAAAAAAARRRRGGG!!!!

Nice unit, and even nicer that they would use good games in the photo...

Carcassonne, Tsuro.

Thurn and Taxis + exp
Keythedral.

Pit
Apples to apples.

Metro
Giants (Argh! It is Oasis... I was wrong.)
Vikings.

Edited Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:14 pm
Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:20 pm
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♪ Isaäc Bickërstaff ♫

(Verkisto)

United States
Greer
South Carolina

Entropy Seminar:

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I spy, with my little eye....

Carcassonne
Tsuro
Thurn and Taxis
Thurn and Taxis: Power and Glory
Keythedral
Pit
Apples to Apples
Metro
Oasis
Vikings

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:20 pm
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Dice Hate Me

(ckirkman)

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Durham
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The boardgame blog with worse luck than you! dicehateme.com

When I first bought one of those shelves at Target a couple years back, I noticed the same thing! I was very impressed at the selection. Ours is used to hold shoes in the foyer, though. Not quite as fun.

"Wired previews the next 221 Arkham Horror expansions from Fantasy Flight Games."

Hah! Sadly, I'll probably be in line for all of them.

Edited Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:35 pm
Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:21 pm
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Jed Litwiller

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I have to admit when I saw the title of the OP all I thought was "NOM NOM NOM NOM"

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:40 pm
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Ian Toltz

(Asmor)

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Revere
Massachusetts

I recall another shelf in that same line having Agricola in the picture, possibly in addition to others...

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:24 pm
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Scott Wheelock

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"Nope... back to a good year like 1626 when a good Manhattan cost a mere 24-bucks."

[quote="From the Lovecraft link:"]23 The man who would not sleep - dares not sleep - takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep - and something happens.[/q]

laugh

HP just ran out of steam that day, I guess.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:42 pm
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Steve Duff

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Quote:

The five finalists for the 2010 award are:

-----• Dominant Species
-----• Luna
-----• Navegador
-----• Troyes
-----• Vinhos

Now that's a list of nominees.

Pulling for Vinhos or Troyes, but I suspect DS will win, given their previous winners.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:46 pm
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Tiwaz Tyrsfist

(TiwazTyrsfist)

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Gladstone
Missouri

Behold in amazement as my wife demonstrates the proper way to clean your cat.

Dishbird wrote:

I have to admit when I saw the title of the OP all I thought was "NOM NOM NOM NOM"

Insert Picture of Matt Leacock holding a Cupcake here.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:52 pm
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Let The Games Begin!

(jilko)

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York
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I'm thinking that's Oasis, not Giants. (Great catch to ANYONE who noticed this level of detail on the box. Very cool...)

Edited Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:35 pm
Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:35 pm
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Jeff Wolfe

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Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan. These are 'permanent microbadges' to free up space on my microbadge row

Does the bag in the upper left compartment (in front of the vase) have a game in it? What about the two boxes on top of the shelving unit? And isn't that a game set up on the table?

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:58 pm
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Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

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Minnesota

I wonder if the Lovecraft article written by Bruce Sterling is the same Bruce Sterling that teamed up with William Gibson to write "The Difference Engine"?

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:34 pm
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Let The Games Begin!

(jilko)

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York
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jeffwolfe wrote:

Does the bag in the upper left compartment (in front of the vase) have a game in it? What about the two boxes on top of the shelving unit? And isn't that a game set up on the table?

Yeah... You're right. That's the Carcassonne draw bag in the upper left. I'd have to see super hi-res to make out anything else.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:01 pm
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Michael Pearsall

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4 8 15 16 23 42

Here was a shot from a different ClosetMaid unit from a couple years back...

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:20 pm
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Bart Nijssen

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Netherlands

Here are the other nominees for 'Speelgoed van het Jaar 2011' ('Toy of the Year 2011') from the same category as Matt Leacock's Het Verboden Eiland (Forbidden Island):
- Nerf Vortex Praxis (Hasbro)
- Vaporizr (Nikko)
- Het Grote Basisschoolspel (Noordhoff; Dutch board game for elementary school))
- Sporenonderzoek (Ravensburger; some sort of CSI box)

So these are the toys Matt Leacock is up against. In november, one of these 5 will be the winner and will be 'toy of the year 2011' in the 8-12 year old-category.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:36 pm
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Steve Duff

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fanaka66 wrote:

Here was a shot from a different ClosetMaid unit from a couple years back...

Spoiler (mouseover to reveal):

Cleopatra, Ticket to Ride, Entdecker, and ?

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:19 pm
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Michael Pearsall

(fanaka66)

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4 8 15 16 23 42

I think you got all 3. The other one looks like a box bottom.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:23 pm
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Lee Fisher

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LordHellfury wrote:

I wonder if the Lovecraft article written by Bruce Sterling is the same Bruce Sterling that teamed up with William Gibson to write "The Difference Engine"?

Yep.

Posted Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:15 pm
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Jordan Scott

(Rigolade)

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Do you come with the unit? kiss

(I was addressing the games, there. As if talking to photographs of game boxes was less worrying…)

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Douglas Carter

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I thought you were talking to the young lady reading the letter on the box of the ClosetMaid unit.

I was wondering if she was the 'maid' that came packed in the closet?

Posted Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:20 am
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Jason Lott

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Cheverly
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The color might be a little off, but if it's true to life, then wouldn't that expansion be Thurn and Taxis: All Roads Lead to Rome?

Go, Vinhos!

Posted Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:58 pm
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W. Eric Martin

(W Eric Martin)

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DancerInDC wrote:

The color might be a little off, but if it's true to life, then wouldn't that expansion be Thurn and Taxis: All Roads Lead to Rome?

Yes, sir! You have correctly identified the final game on those shelves and "win" the illustrious "prize" of helping me assemble the shelving that I purchased.

Posted Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:32 pm
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Jason Lott

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W Eric Martin wrote:

DancerInDC wrote:

The color might be a little off, but if it's true to life, then wouldn't that expansion be Thurn and Taxis: All Roads Lead to Rome?

Yes, sir! You have correctly identified the final game on those shelves and "win" the illustrious "prize" of helping me assemble the shelving that I purchased.

Woo hoo! I assume this includes an all-expenses-paid trip to New Hampshire? Dreams do come true!

Posted Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:26 pm
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W. Eric Martin

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DancerInDC wrote:

Woo hoo! I assume this includes an all-expenses-paid trip to New Hampshire? Dreams do come true!

Thanks for the reminder that I needed to change my address here on BGG. Man, too many addresses online and in the real world. Need...fewer...databases...