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Boardgame Babylon's Must Play at BGG.con 2008 list
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As referenced on BGB v59, here is my list of must-play games for BGG.con next week. I'd love to get a chance to play with BGB listeners so if you see something on the list that you want to play, too, post a comment and I will look for you or you can look for me in the Boardgame Babylon t-shirt or the very cool GameInk.net RA shirts (which will be available at the show in a very limited supply!)

Thanks for downloading and listening to Boardgame Babylon. I really look forward to hanging out with all BGG.con attendees but especially those lovely folks that listen to the show.

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1. Board Game: Space Alert [Average Rating:7.64 Overall Rank:55]
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Top of the list is a game that sounds too cool for school, Space Alert. A cooperative game and a quick one, this sounds like it will work well for me but we shall see!
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This is top of my list on new releases to try, pull me in if you see me around when you start this one. Thx!
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:03 pm
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I'm sure this will be top of many people's lists, as it was mine when I played it at Essen, but I think it will soon fall to the bottom of people's "must buy" lists once they find out how chaotic it is trying to get 4 people to agree what they are going to do, whilst the fifth player attempts to keep track of the real time events. At BGGcon the background noise will make this almost impossible! I think there will be many disappointed people!
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:27 pm
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Count me in.
 
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2. Board Game: After the Flood [Average Rating:6.97 Overall Rank:674]
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Long for me but it sounds very intriguing. Plus, I love Tinners' Trail so Treefrog is batting 1000 at the moment.
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would def be up for a game of this
 
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  • Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:34 am
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On my short list as well, would be up for game.
 
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  • Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:16 am
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I would love to play a full game!
 
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  • Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:01 pm
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It sounds like you already have a few takers, but if you have trouble finding them, I'd love to try this one with you too. It sounds like it would be right down my alley.
 
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3. Board Game: Steel Driver [Average Rating:7.14 Overall Rank:356]
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Ditto the comments from After the Flood except I tend to think this one has a better chance to work for me.
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Count me in on this as well! I can teach if anyone is interested.
 
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  • Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:02 pm
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4. Board Game: Le Havre [Average Rating:8.09 Overall Rank:6]
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Agricola's follow-up? I'm there.
 
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James Fehr
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This is one of 3 must-play-if-at-all-possible games for me. I'm very interested to see what you think of it.
 
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  • Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:30 pm
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Would love to get in on this one!

Cheers,
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  • Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:02 pm
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5. Board Game: Strozzi [Average Rating:6.82 Overall Rank:889]
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Playtested this when Reiner visited last year and fell in love with it quickly. Hope a copy will be available to try the finished product.
 
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I also playtested this at ORCcon and was very pleased to see the final product. It played just as good as I remembered, although there have been subtle changes. I still think that this is the best of the trilogy!
 
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6. Board Game: Ghost Stories [Average Rating:7.39 Overall Rank:126]
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Pandemic had such an effect on our game group and me that I'm quite keen to try this one, too. Gorgeous artwork and a sensible play time helps.
 
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looks like fun.
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:41 am
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7. Board Game: The Princes of Machu Picchu [Average Rating:7.03 Overall Rank:456]
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Mac Gerdts impressed me with Hamburgum (still need to do Imperial but it sounds a bit long) enough to jump on this one.
 
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8. Board Game: A Castle for All Seasons [Average Rating:6.86 Overall Rank:487]
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Straightforward-sounding game but it looks good to me.
 
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9. Board Game: Zooloretto XXL [Average Rating:7.02 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.02 Unranked]
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Try before you buy is my motto for this one. Not sure we REALLY need more but the kids do love Zooloretto.
 
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10. Board Game: Municipium [Average Rating:6.82 Overall Rank:912]
 
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Been waiting on a copy of this one. Hope it will be there...
 
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It will be -- Jeff and Will picked up a copy for the library. I'm eager to try this one out too!
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:24 am
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11. Board Game: Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age [Average Rating:7.06 Overall Rank:249]
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Really hoping a pre-release copy might be floating around there...
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I playtested this and at that time it was pretty good. I intend to buy a copy.
 
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12. Board Game: Saint Petersburg: New Society & Banquet Expansion [Average Rating:7.51 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.51 Unranked]
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Would like to see if it is $18 for 48 cards...
 
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It also has 3 small pieces of wood!
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:11 pm
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13. Board Game: Sylla [Average Rating:6.93 Overall Rank:563]
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Ystari anything is worth a try. Most are worth a buy.
 
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Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.
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Well worth a try, only played it 3 player so far.
 
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  • Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:51 pm
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And I want those special gold coins...but must play the game first.
 
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  • Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:39 am
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After 2 plays, I am looking forward to a third. I will make sure to look over the rules so that I can teach this one as well.
 
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14. Board Game: Wasabi! [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:629]
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Gotta try it - it's quite pretty and my wife would love to play a game with this theme.
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Chad Rutt
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Ditto on all accounts...

"Gotta try it - pretty and my wife would love to play"
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I'm in. Also, if anyone is up for a real sushi run one evening during the Con, I'm game for that as well...
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15. Board Game: Chicago Express [Average Rating:7.34 Overall Rank:145]
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Oh, all right! I'll try this one even though I'm not so sure about it. But people around here won't stop telling me how wonderful it is. We shall see...
 
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16. Board Game: Comuni [Average Rating:6.83 Overall Rank:810]
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Sky-high Fairplay ratings and a good design team means this is high on the list.
 
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Also looking to try this one out myself.
 
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17. Board Game: Fast Flowing Forest Fellers [Average Rating:6.57 Overall Rank:966]
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Friedemann Friese is a must-try.
 
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Agreed!
 
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Not bad but seemed chaotic with full quota of players. I would recommend Powerboats or Snow Tails as better race games than this.
 
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18. Board Game: Heads of State [Average Rating:6.16 Overall Rank:2209]
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Strong opinions both ways on this one make me want to give it a go.
 
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The strong negative opinions I've heard on this one are from people that either only played the first part of the game, or played with 3 players (and apparently it's a lot better with 5). If you're looking for another player to try this one with, I'd love to be there!
 
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19. Board Game: Cavum [Average Rating:6.84 Overall Rank:775]
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This one sounds like another winner but we shall see.
 
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I think that I would have liked this game, but the use of dynamite made it too much of a "take that" game for my taste, but I suspect others may really like it.
 
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20. Board Game: Powerboats [Average Rating:6.76 Overall Rank:663]
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I won't let my disappointment with the Cwali 2007 release affect my interest in trying Powerboats.
 
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My wife and I would be happy to play this one with you.
 
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21. Board Game: Diamonds Club [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:365]
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Mr. Dorn always deserves attention.
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22. Board Game: Viamala [Average Rating:4.55 Unranked]
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Looks like good fun.
 
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I'd love to give it a try as it looks like a game I could easily introduce to the my non-gaming friends.
 
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A nice simple dice game that I had explained to me. I'll be interested to see how well it actually plays. Could be promising.
 
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23. Board Game: Fund Manager [Average Rating:6.15 Unranked]
 
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Yeah, I like these kind of games...
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I'm vaguely interested just based on the cover. If I click on the game that interest may or may not wane meeple
 
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24. Board Game: Witch of Salem [Average Rating:6.71 Overall Rank:844]
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Another must try
 
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Agree, this looked interesting when I had an overview description at Essen, but it's quite language dependent and no English version is released as yet as far as I'm aware, so unless someone has a pasted up copy, I wouldn't like to try playing it.
 
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25. Board Game: Pack & Stack [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:1000]
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Silly but could be fun. Need SOME fillers, after all.
 
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