2007 Golden Geek Awards - Finalists

Manuel Pombeiro

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Sao Joao do Estoril

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 4:06 pm

1. Board Game: Glenn Drover's Empires: The Age of Discovery [Average Rating:7.70 Overall Rank:43]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Gamer's Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:50 pm

2. Board Game: Imperial [Average Rating:7.72 Overall Rank:42]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Gamer's Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:51 pm

Tom Hancock

(hancock.tom)

United States
Charleston
West Virginia

Although all three of these are great games, I feel that Imperial has the most to offer.

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 4:30 pm
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3. Board Game: Shogun [Average Rating:7.70 Overall Rank:41]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Gamer's Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:52 pm

4. Board Game: BattleLore [Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:73]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

2 Player Game Nominee

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Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:58 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:53 pm

Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

a.k.a. Battle Cry 4th Edition?

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:19 pm
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5. Board Game: Commands & Colors: Ancients [Average Rating:7.90 Overall Rank:21]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

2 Player Game Nominee

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Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:58 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:53 pm

Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

a.k.a. Battle Cry 3rd Edition?

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:19 pm
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Joshua Miller

(Glamorous Mucus)

United States
Holland
Michigan

Randy Cox wrote:

a.k.a. Battle Cry 3rd Edition?

Definitely not!

Posted Tue Nov 6, 2007 6:28 pm
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6. Board Game: Mr. Jack [Average Rating:7.23 Overall Rank:167]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

2 Player Game Nominee

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Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:58 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:53 pm

Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

Ah, a new game. Let's hope this one gets it.

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:19 pm
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Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

I hope not because any of the other games is much better.

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:25 pm
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7. Board Game: Caylus Magna Carta [Average Rating:7.11 Overall Rank:263]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Card Game Nominee

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Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:58 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:54 pm

8. Board Game: Great Wall of China [Average Rating:6.36 Overall Rank:1128]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Card Game Nominee

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Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:59 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:55 pm

9. Board Game: Iliad [Average Rating:6.66 Overall Rank:784]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Card Game Nominee

0 comments

Edited Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:59 pm
Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:55 pm

10. Board Game: Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins [Average Rating:6.96 Overall Rank:581]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Children's Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:56 pm

Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

The only thing remotely close to a children's game in the Children's Game category.

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:20 pm
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11. Board Game: Qwirkle [Average Rating:6.89 Overall Rank:403]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Children's Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:56 pm

David Kahnt

(DKahnt)

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...

Great game!

-DK

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 8:06 pm
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12. Board Game: Zooloretto [Average Rating:6.96 Overall Rank:290]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Children's Game Nominee

0 comments

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:56 pm

13. Board Game: Ca$h 'n Gun$ [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:451]

Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

Party Game Nominee

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Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 3:57 pm

Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

Silly? Yes. Light? Definitely. Party? No, not at all.

Posted Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:22 pm
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Frank Burbach

(Frank Burbach)

United States
Asheville
North Carolina

It fits my idea of a party game. How do you define party game?

Posted Mon Nov 5, 2007 4:40 am
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Randy Cox

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Clemson
South Carolina

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The Back Alley gets no respect.

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.

Edited Mon Nov 5, 2007 4:35 pm
Posted Mon Nov 5, 2007 4:34 pm
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