Your 'Rarest' Game
Justin Morse
United States
Falmouth
Maine
http://twitter.com/quixote171
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I found the following link in the Most Useful Quickbar links meta-list (http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23782) and thought it was so neat I'd start a Geeklist dedicated solely to its glorification. If such a list already exists, I apologize - I couldn't find one, though I only spent 2 minutes searching...
Anyway, here's the link: http://www.lautapelaaja.net/bgg/collection.php
Use it to find your rarest game (in terms of how many other users claim to own it) and post your results here. Feel free to include the supplied averages too!
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Justin Morse
United States
Falmouth
Maine
http://twitter.com/quixote171
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According to the rarity checker, only 15 other people claim to have printed out this 'beer & pretzels' game.
For what it's worth, the most common game in my collection is The Settlers of Catan, at 11,269 owners.
Average owners: 1576.9
Median owners: 819
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Andrew Brannan
United States
Rockville
Maryland
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Tumblin' Dice Jr. - I am one of 12 owners of this game
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James Davis
Australia
Canberra
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Only 10 ever made and ever likely to be made. And I have a copy.
My second rarest game is Border Reivers only 100 have ever been made
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John Burt
Canada
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
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There is me... I am also one of two owners of Fielder's Choice Baseball.
Average owners: 1103.28
Median owners: 540
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Board Game: V-Gate
[Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
Peter Loop
United States
Issaquah
Washington
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I've got 16 games with less then 10 owners
Game #
V-Gate 2
Leap 2
Shahmot 3
Oska 3
Colormaze 4
Word Trek 4
Dead Lock 4
Windshifts 4
Pounce 5
Vesuvius 7
Knatsch - Das Turnierspiel 8
Hex Strategy: Making the Right Connections 8
Glyphix 8
Tocce 8
Complica 9
Zhadu: Legend of the Sharing 9
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Flying Arrow
United States
Pennsylvania
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This surprised me (12 owners). Not many people printed this one out either.
I thought for sure my rarest game would be Capes & Cowls: The Superhero Board Game (32 owners):
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David Kahnt
United States
Upper Gwynedd
Pennsylvania
It's fun, it's healthy, it's good exercise. The kids will just love it. And we put a little sand inside to make the experience more pleasant.
You know, they say there was a man who jumped from the forty-FIFTH floor? But that's another story...
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Only 27 have it.
Made specifically for a pet insurance company. This game is actually quite fun.
I only got it through a source. (Not available outside of Switzerland)
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Board Game: Orient
[Average Rating:7.00 Unranked]
Stephen Tavener
United Kingdom
London
England
The overtext below is true.
The overtext above is false.
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OK, I have:
Orient 1
Sypil 1
Entrapment 2
Hoppit! 2
Leap Frogs! 2
... but the rarest item is hexi. I programmed Octi for Richard Rognlie's Pbmserv, and while I was at it, I programmed Hexi - Octi on a hexagonal grid. In appreciation, Don Green sent me a hand-made, autographed, Hexi board; which may be the only copy in existence. And very nice it is too; Don Green is a talented carpenter in addition to his many other talents.
Average owners: 662.4
Median owners: 218
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Phil Shepherd
United States
Bristow
Virginia
Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
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Apparently, I own 25% the market on this one - at least here on the 'Geek.
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Board Game: Sextet
[Average Rating:7.50 Unranked]
Joe Huber
Westborough
Massachusetts
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Just the ones under 10 owners:
Quanta Costa? 1
Strudel 1
Sextet 1
Weg damit 1
Blueprint 2
Wolf im Schafspelz 2
Älpler-Stafette 2
Botts and Balls 2
Topfgucker 2
Collegiate Crew 3
Play Gauss 3
Zoodiak 3
Scoozie 4
Looping 4
Kopernikus 5
Münzenfund und alte Knochen 5
Über Stadt und Land - Der fliegende Musketier 5
Transportation Tricks 6
Bist Du sicher? 6
Igelwettkampf, Der 6
Goldsieber a la Carte 7
Das Prestel Säulenspiel 8
Hamstern 8
Bodycheck 8
Tactic Blue 8
Fröscheln 8
Tolstoi 9
Average owners: 680.92
Median owners: 242
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Sean Chick
United States
Hammond
Louisiana
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Only seven people admit to owning this on the geek.
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Tiago Ali de Oliveira Bueno
Brazil
Campinas
São Paulo
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This is my 10th rarest game to appear on the list. I put it instead of the the others because all of the others are brazilian games and therefore are not rare, only unknown to the geek.
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Board Game: Cubeword
[Average Rating:4.67 Unranked]
I suck at Bingo .... but I don't mind
Belgium
Mol
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Actually the game I own is a little bit different.
I also got http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/26679.
Both of them have two owners.
If you have standard deck of cards you own Klaverjassen. It is a decent cardgame.
Only 5 users have listed this as owning. Check it out if you like cardgames.
I also have dutch variant of Cluzzle that is called "klei het maar". i don't think anyone else has it.
Average owners: 1468.68
Median owners: 898
Game #
Cubeword 2
Urlaubsländerquiz 2
Sorteper 5
Klaverjassen 7
Black Stories 24
Sjoelen 28
Snap 32
Whist 46
Toru 71
Monstermaler 71
Game of Goose 74
Marbles 84
Traditional Card Games 85
Yali 87
Terra Turrium 92
Big Boss 113
Oshi 114
Carcassonne 11205
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Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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Where's the Ostrich? 2
Crazy Casino 6
Ping Win 9
Viersprong 13
Stratego Tournament 21
Siedler von Catan, Die - Kartenspiel: Handel & Wandel 33
Siedler von Catan, Die - Kartenspiel: Wissenschaft & Fortschritt 33
Siedler von Catan, Die - Kartenspiel: Ritter & Händler 34
Siedler von Catan, Die - Kartenspiel: Politik & Intrige 34
Siedler von Catan, Die - Kartenspiel: Zauberer & Drachen 39
Game of Authors, The 64
Traditional Card Games 85
Of course more people own the Settlers Cardgame expansions - separate they're fairly new in the DB.
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United States
Columbus
Ohio
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Sneeze 12
Original Sudoku Game, The 15
Ice Pirates of Harbour Grace 16
Nertz 37
Chaos Tiles 56
Lexio 107
Glory to Rome 109
Himalaya - The 5-6 Player Expansion 123
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Mike Jones
United States
Gainesville
Florida
Yeah it's here! Really it's right here.
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Picked it up to play with my daughter.
There are two owners listed in the US, niether of us really know how to play it. We've got a general idea, but I keep thinking we've missed something.
Oh, did I mention it didn't come with English rules and I haven't been able to find a translation? I did get someone at work to translate it for me. But, I asked her to just give a summary. (And then I found out she doesn't like baord games AT ALL and even though she's a native of Germany and lived a lot of her life there yet she feels she's been away long enough to have 'forgotten a lot of it')
(Tied is also Battle for Tromaville, but that's not as interesting of a story. But I did add it to the database.)
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W M Shubert
United States
Portland
Oregon
KGS is the #1 web site for playing go over the internet. Visit now!
Yes, I really am that awesome.
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I'm the only listed owner of this miserable children's game.
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Board Game: Cubicado
[Average Rating:6.36 Unranked]
Daniel Cain
United States
Olympia
Washington
Board Game Villian
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I finally got a copy of this after a long time of drooling.
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Rich Shipley
United States
Baltimore
Maryland
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My 5 rarest items are all small press miniatures rules. I'm the only registered owner of this one.
Celebrity Head is my rarest boardgame at 6 owners. I brought it to the WBC auction store and had no takers at $1 so I still own it.
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Charles Hasegawa
United States
Mesa
Arizona
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I am the only person on the BGG listing this in their collection. Whooopee-do. My Dad got this for me for Christmas (he works for Union Pacific - as do I now).
The rarest game I have in my collection on purpose is Payoff Machine. The most interesting thing about this game is that I sniped it away from Bobby4th off ebay 
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Board Game: Archos
[Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
Eric Hymowitz
United States
Elkridge
Maryland
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I am listed as the only owner of this game.
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Eric Hymowitz
United States
Elkridge
Maryland
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I was so desparate for GeekGold that I bought this game for the sole purpose of adding it to the database.
Since then, nobody else has admitted to owning a copy.
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Avri Klemer
United States
NYC
New York
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Only one other listed owner. I wonder if that other BGGer and their sibling used to have sceaming rows over this one, too. . .
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Board Game: Signs
[Average Rating:7.50 Unranked]
pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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200 copies? 1 listed on BGG
I also have Silly Soup as the only one on BGG, but that is mass produced.
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Seattle
Washington
Gainesville
Florida
Kent
Ohio
For boardgames... hmmm... Rumme from 1914? maybe my Talisman collection, I've got the 2nd edition in English, German, and Hebrew.
Nobleton
Ontario
Same here. It must not be being maintained any longer.