Finnish Players' Picks 2007
Mikko Saari
Finland
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Another year, another round of voting. The Finnish Players' Picks highlights the best games of the year. Every game is eligible, even the old ones, as long as people vote for games they have actually played during the year. Each voter gets seven votes and must vote for at least five games.
This year we had 144 voters and about 950 votes, which is more than ever. Here's the top 25, see the whole list at http://www.lautapelaaja.net/aanestystulokset07.html
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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36 votes. After two years on spot two, Puerto Rico is back on the top.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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29 votes. Best score for Power Grid so far. The game has enjoyed steady popularity for four years now: it's safe to say Finnish gamers love the game.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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29 votes. More than doubled the votes from last year. The Finnish edition won the Finnish Game of the Year award recently. Well done, but I think Thurn und Taxis will drop a bit next year.
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Board Game: Caylus
[Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:11]
Mikko Saari
Finland
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26 votes. Last year's number one couldn't hold the throne. While people like the game, it doesn't have the staying power of Puerto Rico - new games have come to take over.
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Board Game: Imperial
[Average Rating:7.72 Overall Rank:43]
Mikko Saari
Finland
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19 votes. Best new game on the list. Finnish gamers like Imperial a lot, it's been talked about quite a bit on the Finnish Board Game Society forums.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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18 votes. Carcassonne was the winner few years ago, but has lost votes a lot. The expansions have eaten some, and people are moving on to new games. Also, I think we've had more serious gamers and less casual gamers voting for the last two years.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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18 votes. Another new game on the list, this one has been rather well-received as well.
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Board Game: Samurai
[Average Rating:7.49 Overall Rank:76]
Mikko Saari
Finland
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18 votes. The Finnish edition has kept Samurai floating, the game has enjoyed steady popularity for three years now.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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17 votes. I'm rather surprised Alhambra got a bit of a boost in the voting. I suppose the good availability and the Game of the Year award it got two years ago still help it.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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17 votes. The biggest surprise! Princes of Florence has received some votes each year, but this year it got a huge boost. The last time the game was this popular was four years ago. I wonder why...
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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16 votes. Another old favourite with a new boost - the game was on a downward slope, but not anymore.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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14 votes. Catan is slowly going down. It did get a small nudge up from last year, but I think the trend is still going down. Still, I expect the game to hold some steady popularity.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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14 votes. Going down, but this one is dragged down by its children: all Ticket to Ride expansions and spinoffs got a total of 29 votes.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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13 votes. A bit of a sleeper, not talked about a lot, but has a nice, steady support from voters.
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Board Game: Shogun
[Average Rating:7.70 Overall Rank:42]
Mikko Saari
Finland
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13 votes. Wallenstein has enjoyed very steady popularity, but now Shogun came and with support from Wallenstein fans, collected a rather nice number of votes. It'll be interesting to see if Wallenstein will disappear (it got six votes this year; before it had a steady 10-vote support).
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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12 votes. A classic, certainly not hindered by a Finnish edition.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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10 votes. Another new game on the list. I expect Yspahan to do fairly well next year as well.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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9 votes. Surprisingly few votes. Perhaps the game is too expensive or just too new? It hasn't been available all the time, either. I'd say next year it'll get more votes.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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9 votes. Railroad Tycoon keeps on trucking, with the same number of votes as last year.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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8 votes. This one seems to be on rise, helped by the Finnish edition.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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8 votes. Magna Carta probably stole some votes from its big brother. Next year it'll get even more, I believe.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/ - the best Finnish board game resource!
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8 votes. The Finnish edition ensures some popularity, but I'm not sure it'll last.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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8 votes. Memoir '44 had 25 votes two years, 18 last year and now eight - it's coming down.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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8 votes. This one's a small surprise, perhaps supported by casual gamers? The Finnish edition certainly helps.
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Mikko Saari
Finland
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8 votes. This one has a small, but faithful audience, I think.
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