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I've seen suggestions that somebody make this list, but haven't seen it done yet, so here goes...

Always looking for ways to strike up a conversation about the hobby? Having an intriguing wallpaper on your monitor at work can do the trick.

I'll run some searches and find enough to get us started, but I'm counting on the rest of you to really fill this thing out.

Please add images that you have used as wallpaper to this list. Prefer images that are common screen resolutions: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1920x1200. But most importantly it should be very large and clear.

Update: Added bigger images. Did I mention this is my first Geeklist?

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[ ImageID=123456 medium]
Without the space between [ and ImageId at the beginning. Please don't use large or original, they too long to load, people here are clever enough to click through to the image page and get the full size version themselves.
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Lost Cities Wallpaper - Full Image Mosaic of All Five Expeditions (1680 x 1050)
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Carcassonne - Suitable as desktop art (1024x768)
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that's really cool
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I've used this for wallpaper in the past. Great Pic.
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Using this one, even today...
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This 1280 x 869 image by Oceano is simply amazing.
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Olivier
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That was my wallpaper at work for a long time, one of the best pics on BGG
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The Pillars of the Earth widescreen desktop wallpaper - unedited (1680 x 1050)
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Awesome! Now I can build cathedrals ALL FREAKIN DAY LONG.
Maarten Cappaert
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Hey! Nice you posted my wallpaper :cool:

I've created some others in the same format:


Princes Of Florence


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This is the one that I use:
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 I only recently found this and made it my work desktop. It has a nice space for icons on the left, with Mr Jack the object of focus on the right.
It grabs everyone's attention and high lights a cool game to boot!
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Oh great! He did upload it. I found this languishing as an external link in a forum somewhere and sent the creator a link to upload it. Glad he did.
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I just came across this yesterday and immediately set it as my desktop. I've got a dual monitor setup too, so I have the left monitor with a fade from grey to black (left to right) and the Mr. Jack image on the right monitor. Looks very cool.
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Full size is 1600x1200
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A collection of black playing pieces. (2041 x 1503)
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Nice and all, but I play Yellow...
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now you're just being difficult :), you can look at the photographer's gallery and see he hasn't taken one of red :(. Perhaps he should?
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Agreed, I am being difficult. :D

Actually I quite like the black one. Think I'll use that at work since its high enough res to fit my 1920x1200 display. Most of these images are just way too small.
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(I thought my avatar was yellow, but I think my eyes just contracted jaundice.)
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I like the black pieces, but everytime I look at the photo I think it needs the buddha piece from Samurai. A photo of black pieces just seems wrong without it.
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Through the Desert - A sea of camels (1620 x 1273)
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Puerto Rico - Reconstitution of the image from the front and side of the box. (1024 x 769)
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San Juan is available too:



As well as In The Year of the Dragon:
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In Polish edition whole Puerto Rico picture is on box front. It dosn't have to be reconstructed.
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Betrayal at House on the Hill - Wallpaper from Box and cards; its a bit dark (1280 x 1028)
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Shadows over Camelot - Galahad with yellow tunic. A bit small, but very nice. (870 x 653)
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desktop wallpaper for Killer Bunnies fans (1280x1024)
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This is probably the best one in terms of composition (certainly not for the game). A wallpaper needs to have a place where icons and docks can be readable. You'd never be able to find anything on that Carc one.
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Ticket to Ride (1024 x 683)
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Wallpaper (1280 x 1024)
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 Would be very nice if they released a larger image but it does stretch quite well to 1024x768
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It would be very nice if they released the game.
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It would be very nice if they released the game.


Can't you just use a Ouija board?
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Bootleggers - Suitable as desktop art (1024x768)
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Ra Wallpaper (1024 x 681)
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I'm currently using this one. Great picture.
Andrew Taubman
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That image is just BEGGING to be used in a caption competition.
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High quality scan sized at 1600x1200
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Chess - Knight fork (2288 x 1712)
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Wallpaper (1280 x 1024)
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This one by Typse2Fsat is also quite high res and looks great!
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Tigris & Euphrates - Mayfair edition art on the Boxfront. (2047 x 1714)
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Every time I see this image I hope that girl on the right has that funky looking phaser set to "stun".
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Mike A wrote:
Every time I see this image I hope that girl on the right has that funky looking phaser set to "stun".


No, no, no.
She offering one up for her "homies" who have been clipped.
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Race for the Galaxy - Customized Epsilon Eridani world card, as iPhone wallpaper. (1000 x 1500)

iPhone wallpapers may need their own list at some point, but here's one example for now.
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In use:
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This wallpaper makes me want an Iphone even more...
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This is a version of my rainbow bits image that I used to use as my ubergeekbadge suitable for one of my desktops at home. It's a triplehead 3072x768 system.

If anyone knows any panoramic images that are at least that resolution, I'd love it if they could post them. Other BGG members might also enjoy some dual-head options.
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 This might be good, but you need to resize it. Its by XanderF.
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It's unusual aspect ratio makes it unusually perfect for widescreen monitors (most pics on BGG are very, very 'square'). Using this on my desktop at home, right now. I usually resize it to most of the 'width' of the monitor, which on a 16:10 LCD leaves a small band on the top and bottom - so I just set my desktop color to a very dark brown (halfway between the 'coffee brown' in the photo and pure black). Looks fantastic, IMHO, kind of a 'letterboxed' effect, and it goes GREAT with Microsoft's official "Zune" desktop theme:
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Plus it says "Australia" in the middle.

Ripper! thumbsup
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 Wallpaper for a widescreen monitor at (1400 X 900).:cool:
Just click and size it up to original, then right click and set as desktop background. (That way the image will be clear).
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Drew Spencer
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Awesome idea for a list! Is there a good one for Go? Actually there's a lot I would want now that I think about it.
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Great list...

Idea: re-sort the list entries based on the number of thumbsup the entry got - a bit of work, but would make page one of the list great.
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1000rpm wrote:
Idea: re-sort the list entries based on the number of thumbsup the entry got - a bit of work, but would make page one of the list great.


Great idea! Although Lost Cities stays at the top, that's the wallpaper that started me on this mission. And I'll have to go back and promote some nice ones from the back pages. That first page sure does pop now, apologies to Aldie about the bandwidth.
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divinentd wrote:
1000rpm wrote:
Idea: re-sort the list entries based on the number of thumbsup the entry got - a bit of work, but would make page one of the list great.


Great idea! Although Lost Cities stays at the top, that's the wallpaper that started me on this mission. And I'll have to go back and promote some nice ones from the back pages. That first page sure does pop now, apologies to Aldie about the bandwidth.

You do realise that you have now changed this into a voting geeklist and that you are exposed to idiotic thumb-whore comments? :devil:

These are two other great lists of images, which could be great for wallpaper, but are definately great for adding to screensaver images:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23322
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23518
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You do realise that you have now changed this into a voting geeklist and that you are exposed to idiotic thumb-whore comments? :devil:


I'll be sure to maintain my dictator status by freely moving items around based on my judgment of their merit.

1000rpm wrote:
These are two other great lists of images, which could be great for wallpaper, but are definately great for adding to screensaver images:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23322
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23518


There are lots of great photography lists, happy to have people add links to them here. But you're right, they're screensaver fodder, not wallpaper. That isn't to say that everything on this list actually works that well as wallpaper. I don't keep any icons on my desktop, and the camels still ended up driving me nuts.
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