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We are almost there. After much voting the final list of games to line up to receive the 2007 Golden Geek Awards is done.



You may see the nominations here:

2007 Golden Geek Awards - Children's Game Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Card Game Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Party Game Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Artwork / Presentation Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Family Game Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - 2-Player Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Wargame Nominees
2007 Golden Geek Awards - Gamer's Game Nominees


And now the final lap begins!!!

Who do you think is the winner in each category? Why or Why not?
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1. Board Game: Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery [Average Rating:7.79 Overall Rank:33]
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2. Board Game: Imperial [Average Rating:7.81 Overall Rank:30]
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Although all three of these are great games, I feel that Imperial has the most to offer.
3. Board Game: Shogun [Average Rating:7.82 Overall Rank:24]
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4. Board Game: BattleLore [Average Rating:7.70 Overall Rank:38]
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a.k.a. Battle Cry 4th Edition?
5. Board Game: Commands & Colors: Ancients [Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:15]
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a.k.a. Battle Cry 3rd Edition?
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Randy Cox wrote:
a.k.a. Battle Cry 3rd Edition?


Definitely not!
6. Board Game: Mr. Jack [Average Rating:7.35 Overall Rank:97]
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Ah, a new game. Let's hope this one gets it.
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I hope not because any of the other games is much better.
7. Board Game: Caylus Magna Carta [Average Rating:7.21 Overall Rank:169]
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8. Board Game: Great Wall of China [Average Rating:6.43 Overall Rank:835]
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9. Board Game: Iliad [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:590]
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10. Board Game: HeroScape Marvel: The Conflict Begins [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:479]
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The only thing remotely close to a children's game in the Children's Game category.
11. Board Game: Qwirkle [Average Rating:7.04 Overall Rank:315]
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Great game!

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12. Board Game: Zooloretto [Average Rating:7.06 Overall Rank:197]
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13. Board Game: Ca$h 'n Gun$ [Average Rating:6.85 Overall Rank:307]
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Silly? Yes. Light? Definitely. Party? No, not at all.
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It fits my idea of a party game. How do you define party game?
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Frank Burbach wrote:
It fits my idea of a party game. How do you define party game?
To me, a party game is for non-gamers at a party. Not for game geeks late at night at a convention. Loosely, I'd say that if where you sit is important, then it's never a party game. A party game, in my mind, has to be something you can do at a party which includes your boss, their boss, your kid nephew, your grandmother, Mother Theresa, and Colonel Sanders. They're at a party together and you introduce a game. That game needs to appeal to all of them and not have "geek" or "dweeb" or "comic fanboy" or "niche group" written all over. If it fits those conditions, there's a chance it can be a party game in my book.

There are lots of great silly / fun games (Diamant, Cash 'n' Guns, Coyote, etc) that are good for gamers and they'll likely call them a "party game" because to gamers parties are very different affairs. :) But I just call those light games. A party game needs broad appeal and a target audience of Wal-Mart shoppers and Target shoppers, not game enthusiasts.

Much as people hate to think of it, Trivial Pursuit is the benchmark of party games. If a game appeals to that group, it's probably a party game. If not, it probably isn't.
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14. Board Game: Santy Anno [Average Rating:6.43 Overall Rank:1359]
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From reading about it here, this too is not a party game. Just a light game, which seems to confuse otherwise intelligent BGGers. :)
15. Board Game: Wits & Wagers [Average Rating:7.12 Overall Rank:191]
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16. Board Game: Combat Commander: Europe [Average Rating:8.01 Overall Rank:28]
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17. Board Game: Commands & Colors: Ancients [Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:15]
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18. Board Game: Here I Stand [Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:56]
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19. Board Game: Thebes [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:100]
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20. Board Game: Yspahan [Average Rating:7.33 Overall Rank:111]
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21. Board Game: Zooloretto [Average Rating:7.06 Overall Rank:197]
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22. Board Game: BattleLore [Average Rating:7.70 Overall Rank:38]
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23. Board Game: Cleopatra and the Society of Architects [Average Rating:6.90 Overall Rank:290]
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24. Board Game: The Pillars of the Earth [Average Rating:7.41 Overall Rank:83]
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