My Essen booty - 2007

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

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No, I didn't get to Essen this year - but I was there in spirit, aided and abetted by my gaming twin, the lovely 7ofAnn.

Ann and Ageeth kindly offered to pick up some games for me and Fraser. Here's our shopping list - and here's what we got

Even better, here's Ann's list of what she played and bought: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25454

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:22 am

1. Board Game: Agricola [Average Rating:8.25 Overall Rank:2]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

First, the "big" Essen game. Ann didn't pick this one up (rumours that it was too heavy to lift are apparently unfounded), but Lookout Games are kindly sending me a copy ... somehow

Ann did, however, play the game - and reports good stuff

From Essen reports here at BGN and boardgame.de and - particularly - at Fairplay, it sounds like this is one of the real hits of the show. There has been cheering in Australia.

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Edited Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:25 am
Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:14 am

Iain K

(citizen k)

United States
Arvada
Colorado

By all accounts you've done a wonderful job translating this Mel. IMHO Lookout should send you a free copy of every game they make

Hell, anyone playing outside of Germany will be using your translation.

Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:03 pm
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Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

citizen k wrote:

By all accounts you've done a wonderful job translating this Mel. IMHO Lookout should send you a free copy of every game they make

Hell, anyone playing outside of Germany will be using your translation.

Thanks, Iain.

It still needs a little polishing, I think. Klemens must have worked through the night to get those cards laid out!

And William deserves at least as much praise for doing the French translation, too. He's just less noisy about it than I am

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:17 pm
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Mark Brown

(dracomjb)

Australia
Melbourne
VIC

This is a game I really want to play, the weight issue scares me from ordering more than the need to use lots of paste ups.

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:13 am
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2. Board Game: Liebe & Intrige [Average Rating:6.00 Overall Rank:3960]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Not only did she take my wish list to Essen, she even responded to my email after day 1, saying "Ann, if you read this, please pick up the pink game for me!!!" Now that is service above and beyond the call.

Ann, if you read this, feel free to open and play it before shipping

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:16 am

Ann De Haes

(7ofAnn)

Netherlands
Doorwerth

Can we do that? Ageeth wanted to open it right the evening after we bought it, because she thought it looked fantastic...

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:35 pm
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Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Of course you can! Enjoy

Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:50 pm
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Mike Siggins

(sumo)

England
Cambridge

Melissa

Please let me know how this one plays. It looks very interesting.

Thanks.

Posted Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:20 pm
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Robin

(Helenoftroy)

United States
Wilmore
Kentucky

This game sounds so great and funny. It's added to my want list. I love your Jane Austen reference in the comments.

Posted Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:33 am
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3. Board Game: Power Grid: The New Power Plant Cards [Average Rating:7.86 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.86 Unranked]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

I think all our other Power Grid expansions came from Essen (thanks Stefanie) so it stood to reason that this one should, too. Icing on the cake was that it was bought from two such huge Power Grid fans, who we have played the game with on BSW.

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:19 am

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Received, played and enjoyed.

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:04 am
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4. Board Game: Schrille Stille [Average Rating:6.57 Overall Rank:1222]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

This was high on my wish list, after too many very silly games on BSW. Ann found me a copy for 10 Euros

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:15 am

Tom Thingamagummy

(arkibet)

United States
Oakland
California

Don't make me bust out the drama!!

Panda is a Werewolf. The Village wins!

Nice! It's quite fun even in person.

Just be careful to spin the dial VERY slowly. If you do it too fast, the numbers from the next slot will roll out.

Posted Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:30 pm
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5. Board Game: Dream Factory [Average Rating:7.19 Overall Rank:217]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

This was high on Fraser's list - but he wants the original Traumfabrik. He seems to have missed the boat though - this was not available at Essen at all this year, and the copies that appear on eBay are fetching higher and higher prices.

Didn't get this one.

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Edited Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:01 am
Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:18 am

Iain K

(citizen k)

United States
Arvada
Colorado

Too bad, Traumfabrik used to be as common an Monopoly in Germany.

The strength of the euro isn't helping prices either.

Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:04 pm
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6. Board Game: Ziegen Kriegen [Average Rating:6.21 Overall Rank:1713]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Me: Ummm, and some small card games, please. Up to 3.
Me, next day: Umm, and some small card games, please. Up to 5.

Not only did they get us some games, Ann even looked at my wishlist to see what games I wanted! Now there's commitment.

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:22 am

7. Board Game: Sticheln [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:408]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Haven't tried this but it seems to be a stayer

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:43 pm

Gregor McNish

(gmcnish)

Australia
Melbourne
VIC

I havent played it either; I got it to play umpteen other games while travelling; the deck is very useful.

Posted Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:19 pm
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Dave Wilson

(daw65)

United States
Pleasanton
California

It's one of my favorites, Melissa. I'm not seeing many trick takers on your rating list, but if you like them, I think you'll find this fascinating.

Note that I'm not saying necessarily that you'll like it. It'll either be really exciting how it takes many of the trick-taking game conventions and stands them on their ear, or really annoying. But either way, it'll be a fascinating exploration.

Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:53 pm
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Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

I love trick-taking games, Dave. We usually play Oh Hell when we're looking for a trick taker - we don't have time for Bridge, these days.

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8. Board Game: Relikt [Average Rating:6.01 Overall Rank:2778]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

Last of the little card games.

Ann, you are amazing. Thankyou again! (and again and again and again)

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:44 pm

Rob

(Sinister Dexter)

United States
30° 12′ 38″ N, 95° 45′ 2″ W

We are, all of us, ill-equipped to deal with a duck.

How did they get Sean Connery for the cover?

Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:09 pm
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9. Board Game: Antler Island [Average Rating:6.26 Overall Rank:1934]

Melissa

(melissa)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx

Mostly offline, but trying.

How could I forget this one!

Answer: I had filed it in the part of my brain that is labelled "pre-orders" as opposed to the part that is labelled "Essen. Must Go!!!!!! OMG Too Fun!!!!!!!!!!" (yes those are the correct numbers of exclamation marks).

This arrived today.