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This is pretty obsolete at this point I guess, but when just the other day the invitation arrived I was struck the other day that it's been 7 years since I last attended the Essen Spiel. Seems like just yesterday really.

And I started wondering how the various games of that year have done in the ratings, so here's a list of them, in average rating order.
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1. Board Game: Carcassonne [Average Rating:7.46 Overall Rank:87]
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by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede/Hans-im-Glück

Was to become one of the few games to go on to win both the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis.
 
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2. Board Game: Roads & Boats [Average Rating:7.69 Overall Rank:118]
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by Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga/Splotter Spellen
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I suck at Bingo .... but I don't mind
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Looking to buy it this year in Essen
 
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3. Board Game: Blokus [Average Rating:7.15 Overall Rank:200]
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by Bernard Tavitian/Sekkoia
 
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4. Board Game: Dream Factory [Average Rating:7.19 Overall Rank:218]
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I will be looking for this too.
 
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5. Board Game: Java [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:307]
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by Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling/Ravensburger
 
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6. Board Game: Meuterer [Average Rating:7.07 Overall Rank:315]
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by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle/Adlung
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7. Board Game: Lord of the Rings [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:324]
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by Reiner Knizia/Hasbro
 
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8. Board Game: Cartagena [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:464]
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Leo Colovini/Winning Moves
 
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9. Board Game: Babel [Average Rating:6.73 Overall Rank:584]
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by Uwe Rosenberg & Hagen Dorgathen/Kosmos
 
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10. Board Game: Hamsterrolle [Average Rating:6.87 Overall Rank:639]
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by Jacques Zeimet/Zoch Verlag
 
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11. Board Game: Ivanhoe [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:849]
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by Reiner Knizia/GMT
 
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12. Board Game: Attila [Average Rating:6.58 Overall Rank:901]
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by Karl-Heinz Schmiel/Hans im Glück
 
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13. Board Game: Unpublished Prototype [Average Rating:7.07 Overall Rank:1050]
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Some games were there, but only as prototypes, including:

EuroMille
Wyatt Earp

There were also some prominent games that were supposed to be at the show, but didn't make it:

Allies vs. the Reich - believe this one from the late QED Games never appeared

Apples to Apples - delayed to the next year

Industria - the disagreement between Tom Lehmann and Hans-im-Glueck

Patton in Flames - delayed to 2001

Qin by Reiner Knizia (cancelled, and apparently still has not appeared)

San Marco - delayed to Nuremberg

Solaris (from FFG and and still has not appeared? or maybe the name was changed because of trouble from the movie people?)

There are some that are not in BGG:

Das E.R.S.T.E (RPG)
Lotto-Zoo
Zahnputz-Memo
 
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14. Board Game: Bus [Average Rating:6.67 Overall Rank:1148]
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by Jeroen Doumen/Splotter Spellen
 
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15. Board Game: Doge [Average Rating:6.55 Overall Rank:1196]
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by Leo Colovini/Goldsieber
 
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16. Board Game: Empires of the Ancient World [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:1283]
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by Martin Wallace/Warfrog
 
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17. Board Game: Dragon Delta [Average Rating:6.29 Overall Rank:1364]
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by Roberto Fraga/Descartes Editeur
 
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18. Board Game: M [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:1394]
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by Martin Schlegel/Abacus
 
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19. Board Game: Kill Doctor Lucky [Average Rating:6.16 Overall Rank:1407]
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by James Ernest/Mario Truant Verlag
 
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20. Board Game: Tally Ho! [Average Rating:6.10 Overall Rank:1721]
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by Rudi Hoffmann/Kosmos
 
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21. Board Game: Ebbe & Flut [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:1737]
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by Wolfgang Werner/Adlung-Spiele
 
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22. Board Game: Way Out West [Average Rating:6.21 Overall Rank:1776]
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by Martin Wallace/Warfrog
 
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23. Board Game: Galaxy: The Dark Ages [Average Rating:6.25 Overall Rank:1813]
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by Reiner Knizia/GMT Games
 
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24. Board Game: Wongar [Average Rating:6.36 Overall Rank:1865]
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by Alan Moon & Richard Borg/Goldsieber
 
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25. Board Game: Orchard [Average Rating:6.59 Overall Rank:1882]
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Anneliese Farkaschovsky/HABA

2000 re-release of this 1986 game for kids
 
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Didn't MotorChamp debut at Essen? I certainly played it there, but I suppose it might have come out at Nuremburg.
 
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Thanks, Dan. Excellent eye and memory. I've added it and it's appearing at no. 25 in the rankings at this moment.
 
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