Contests that make you realize you spend too much time here
Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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Every once in a while some clever BGGeek decides to test his peers by seeing how much time they really do spend surfing the Geek. Below are links to 8 different contests from the past year that have given users the chance to realize just how much their brain has retained from the countless hours spent visiting this site. The contests basically come in two flavors. There were a few contests to identify the fonts used for various game titles (and you'll be surprised how familiar some of those fonts are). There were also a few contests to identify box cover art (and you might surprise yourself with how you recognize the box cover art for games you've never played or even seen in person). Even though the
 for these contests has already been claimed, they're certainly all still worth checking out. Please add any that I may have missed, and then get back to surfing the Geek so you can hone your skills for future such contests.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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Name That Game Treasure Map Contest
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/130673
Answers: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/17148
Creator: Matthan Heiselt (matthan)
The "Treasure Map Contest" was posted back in October of 2006 by Matthan (whose photo on the left symbolizes how I was left in the dark by the difficulty of this contest). When Aldie himself says "this is tough" you know you've got quite a contest on your hands. The 50 prize went to Jorge Montero (hibikir). Try you hand at the contest thread before peeking at the answers GeekList.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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This game collection is TOO HOT FOR TV!
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/126230
Creator: Dave Lartigue (Legomancer)
The "Too Hot for TV" contest was created back in September of 2006 by Dave. This contest had scores of geeks squinting to identify heavily pixellated box cover images. For once the glasses-wearing among us found themselves at a distinct advantage apparently, but even if you've got 20/20 vision, this one is worth checking out.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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The Coffee Haus Art Game
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/132351
Creator: Crypt Keeper (Gialmere)
The "Coffee Haus Art Game" ran all the way from October of 2006 until January of 2007, stretching across a 17-page thread with 411 posts! Gialmere was one creative cat in this whirlwind of a contest that kept participants guessing for months. There's no more to claim but you still ought to poke your head into the coffee haus and have a look around.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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The Font Name That Game Game
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/128324 & http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/129018
Creator: Matthan Heiselt (matthan)
In the prequel to his "Treasure Map Contest," Matthan brought us two different "Font Name That Game Games" in September and October of 2006. There wasn't any to snag, but identifying these fonts could be a good way to warm-up for the main event of the Treasure Map. Another one of Matthan's photos on the left symbolizes the speed with which these were solved.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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BGG Collage
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/126331
Creator: Dave Lartigue (Legomancer)
Dave decided to give our eyes a break from squinting when he tested our metal with this "BGG Collage" last September of 2006. This might be a good place to start in terms of the font identification challenges since it keeps the background around the text visible, but you've still got to log some serious hours on BGG before you'll be spotting all unlucky 13 of these letters.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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Spot That Game 01: Publishers
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21106
Answers: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21129
Creator: Mike Bazynski (bazik123)
Taking up the mantle of dipdragon (whose GeekList contests aren't included here because they have been deleted), Mike brought us a contest to identify publisher logos in April of 2007. This one proved tricky because even the winner only identified 19 of the 20 logos. Even if you're a fan of one particular publisher, you might surprise yourself with how many of these marks ring a bell.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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I Spy With My Geek Eye
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21192
Answers: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21283
Creator: Jonathan Crummett (KSensei)
The "I Spy with My Geek Eye" contest was the second of three recent contests from April of 2007 that gave users the chance to see whose brain had retained the most visual imagery from surfing the Geek. Aldie kicked in a Benjamin of to sweeten the pot, but even all that incentive likely won't get you to spot all 50 hidden images (even the winner only found 46). So how many can you spy with your geek eye?
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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BGG Ultimate Geek Test
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/207692
Answers: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/163854
Creator: Gerard Boom (geboom)
The "Ultimate Geek Test" was the third recent contest from April of 2007 that inspired this GeekList. This really was the contest to top all contests. If you could spot all 140 thumbnail images then you truly deserve the "I spend more time on BGG than playing games" microbadge:
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Antonio Chavez
United States
Laredo
Texas
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I don't know if this count, but ekted is running a creative writing contest that is currently on round 2.
Links to the first round stories are here: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/163272
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Randy Cox
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!
The Back Alley gets no respect.
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Win 9 games! --CONTEST--
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/4475
Answers: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/4475
Creator: Randy Cox
I created this contest way too soon, before the recent contest boom. But one lucky winner did receive her free games. Note that the answers are now in the main geek list, so if you don't want spoilers, don't read too far down.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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Wooden Bits
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/125563
Creator: Simon Hilsdorf (Zopper-Alf)
Simon created this panorama image that tested users to identify an assortment of wooden bits from 22 games. This is another contest definitely worth checking it, as it differs from the mold of the font and box cover contests, and will surprise you with how many of those pieces look familiar. Good luck placing them all though; the answers are in the contest thread if you give up.
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John Farrell
Australia
Aspley
Queensland
Averagely Inadequate
Buster Keaton from 'Go West'
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Newbie Geek Quiz
Creator: Friendless
My newbie geek quiz was mostly easy but a couple of questions were maybe a bit too hard to qualify as "newbie". One of these days, for sure, I'll do a non-newbie quiz.
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Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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My Eyes! My Eyes!
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21355
Creator: Scott Di Bartolo (manowarplayer)
This GeekList inspired Scott to create a brand new contest! I will happily take all the credit... and will now attempt to try to go win all the
(By the way, I am using the brand new "Gallery" function to show Scott's one and only picture in his Gallery of himself and his family, check it out, and start uploading pictures to your own Gallery everyone!)
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Nice Geeklist, Tom. I missed several of these contests. Though about a year ago I did this one:
Game Board Identification Contest
Thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/106157
It turned out to be far too easy I think.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Know Your Noses?
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/50000/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 45%
Winnner: settlerdave (24/25)
You must follow your nose to sniff out the identities of these 25 stinkers. Smell what I'm cookin'? Inspired by settlerdave's Jeepers Creepers! What Game Has These Peepers?, this contest featured 25 noses taken from the boxes of 25 games.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Microbadge Migraine
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/50132/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 77%
Winnner: ColtsFan76 (by random draw of five perfect entries)
Manage your mind like a microscope to magnify these mini merrymakers into merely moderate muddlers. This contest featured 25 box fronts reduced to the size of microbadges (~16x16 pixels).
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Scoring Track Trickery
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/50418/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 52%
Winnner: mazzame (perfect score)
Try to tag these tiny tracts of tracks truthfully to triumph and take the top treasure. This contest featured portions of 25 scoring tracks.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Classic Concentration
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/50638/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 87%
Winnner: kabrush (by random draw of 41 perfect entries)
Can you crack the code and clarify these complicated characters to claim the cash commission? This contest featured 15 rebus puzzles (pictorial clues to board game titles).
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Formidable Fronts
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/51133/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 66%
Winnner: pijll with 23/25
If you find flexing phrenic faculties a forte, feel free to forage forth, finding a feasible formula to flag these fabled funsters and fetch the fictitious fortune. Inspired by manowarplayer's My Eyes! My Eyes! II - A Photo Image Contest, this contest featured 25 distorted box fronts.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Censorship Senility
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/51444/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 76%
Winnner: cathal (by random draw of 8 perfect entries)
Skillfully scrutinize these sequestered scenes to solve their secrets and secure the simulated spoils. Inspired by the most popular photo on BGG at the time, this contest featured 25 games being played with the components blacked out.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Anagram Amnesia
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/51759/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 95%
Winnner: settlerdave (by random draw of two perfect score entries with 5 tiebreaker points)
Apply your acumen for amusements to analyze these altered abstracts and acquire the artificial allowance. This contest featured 25 fake games whose titles were anagrams of real games found on BGG. There was a tiebreaker game where you could score bonus points for recognizing real games used in the spoof box covers.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Burgled Box Art
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/52398/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 70%
Winnner: settlerdave (by tiebreaker between four perfect score entries)
Burn your brain browsing these bits of borrowed brushwork to button down their birthplaces and bag the binary bounty. This contest featured a collage made from portions of 25 box fronts found on BGG.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Tagline Teasers
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/53055/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 82%
Winnner: MikeO (by tiebreaker between ten perfect score entries)
Test your talent for trivial technicalities by tracking down these token titles and tallying a terrific total. This contest featured taglines taken from 25 box fronts found on BGG.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Class Picture Puzzle
Contest: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/53252/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 59%
Winnner: settlerdave with 23/25
This contest featured a class picture with heads taken from 25 game boxes found on BGG.
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Shaky Ulnas
Canada
Chestermere
Alberta
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
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Box Strata
Contest: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/53318/
Creator: Shaky Ulnas (Shaun L)
Difficulty: BGG users had a combined score of 63%
Winnner: Zaytor with 24/25
This contest featured an image made of layers taken from 25 box fronts found on BGG.
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Posted Thu May 3, 2007 7:36 pm
California
I tried my hand at several of these as well. I've had a few contest ideas on my own that I should get working on. This may give me that extra little bit of motivation to do them!
Oh wow! I just noticed your Admin badge! CONGRATULATIONS! It couldn't have happened to a nicer geek!
Arlington
Virginia
You should definitely post those contests that you've been thinking about when you have a chance. I love to check out these contests and I think I'm not alone in that. I'm never knowledgeable enough to win them, but it is surprisingly fun to identify fonts, box covers, game bits, etc.
California
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21355
KAIPOLA
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21722