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Finnish Players' Picks 2006
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Hi! Here we are again, listing the winners of the Finnish Players' Picks. It's an informal poll I came up with in 2003. Every Finnish gamer can give five to seven votes to different games they've enjoyed within the last year. This year we had 119 gamers giving almost 800 votes to a bunch of different games.

Here I've listed the top-25. You can find the rest of the games at the result page http://www.lautapelaaja.net/aanestystulokset06.html
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1. Caylus [Average Rating:8.10 Overall Rank:7]
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46 votes. A bit of a surprise. The Finnish edition helped, but the game might've won even without it. Hard to say. I'm quite curious to see how Caylus will place next year: will it still be above Puerto Rico?
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2. Puerto Rico [Average Rating:8.40 Overall Rank:1]
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39 votes. Initially it was a real contest between Caylus and Puerto Rico (and many people voted for both), but in the end, the old champion (1st place in 2003 & 2004, 2nd place in 2005) had to go.
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3. Ticket to Ride [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:43]
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27 votes. Most voters voted for the Finnish edition specifically. I was expecting Ticket to Ride to win, but that didn't happen - still, top three as I expected.
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strange enough that the voters did not prefer the Europe edition. ;)
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strange enough that the voters did not prefer the Europe edition.

Maybe, except that Finland doesn't appear on the European map :D Maybe they aren't really part of Europe after all :wow:
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Ticket to Ride Europe didn't get too many votes. It's out in Finnish, so it could be there, but the original is what everybody knows, plays and likes.
4. Carcassonne [Average Rating:7.58 Overall Rank:51]
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23 votes. The voters were more hard-core this year, it seems, dropping Carcassonne (2nd 2003 & 2004, 1st 2005) to the fourth place.
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5. Samurai [Average Rating:7.66 Overall Rank:34]
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21 votes. I am curious, if the Finnish edition helped here... Samurai did pretty much as well as last year.
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I like the white box.
6. Bohnanza [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:126]
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18 votes. There's one thing common between the top six games: they all have Finnish edition published by Lautapelit.fi. I think that's a solid testament to their success as the number one game publisher in Finland, from gamer's point of view.
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7. Memoir '44 [Average Rating:7.69 Overall Rank:33]
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18 votes. A favourite, which lost some points from last year. The novelty has faded a bit, even with the expansions. Speaking of Commands & Colors, BattleLore should appear on the list next year, I think. C&C: Ancients got two votes this year; that's a minority game.
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8. Power Grid [Average Rating:8.24 Overall Rank:2]
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13 votes. A popular favourite that appeared two years ago with 13 votes, had 20 votes last year and now is back to 13.
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9. Thurn and Taxis [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:95]
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