OH Canada! Eh!

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Recommend

Time for some old-fashioned Canadian pride.

This is a list for games desgined by good-old Canucks

Feel free to add -- there must be MANY more.

Or comment if I have games here which do not fit

I know there are other games which have a Canadian connection, but often created by Americans or Europeans.

* NOTE as of March 27, that is the list I have access too, anyone with other insights please let me know I can add, or you can add as well.

I hope this is seen as an interesting and worthwhile resource that brings Canadian designers together in one Geeklist

BIG THANKS to Sean Ross for a designer list

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS (a list based on gut feeling):

Most Successful : Trivial Pursuit

Best game : Crokinole based on longevity, and skill needed

Biggest Surprises : A Game of Thrones and Shadowfist CCGs having a Canadian connection

Hottest games : Interest in Wasabi and Genji both appear high

Canadians like abstracts : Omega Chess, Dragon Chess, Proteus, Micropul and Par-K all VERY good abstract games, in fact Omega might be best Western Chess variant there is.

Not a surprise : We like hockey games

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Edited Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:52 am
Posted Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:51 am

1. Board Game: Omega Chess [Average Rating:7.56 Overall Rank:3933]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

My personal favourite as a western chess variant

See my review here; http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/332089

0 comments

Edited Thu Apr 2, 2009 5:03 am
Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:42 pm

2. Board Game: Par-K [Average Rating:7.83 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Taking connect five to a whole new level in terms of strategic depth

0 comments

Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:43 pm

3. Board Game: Oporto [Average Rating:8.00 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Interesting premise for sure

0 comments

Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:44 pm

4. Board Game: Haggis [Average Rating:7.26 Overall Rank:304]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A Canadian invented card game

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:48 pm

Alan Biggs

(red3)

Canada
Calgary
Alberta

2nd edition just published - and quite a hit at Essen from what I hear.
Plus it has been nominated for a Golden Geek.
Congratulations Indie Boards & Cards and Sean Ross on a great product!

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5. Board Game: Pond Hockey [Average Rating:6.86 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Hockey is Canada's game. By same designer as Haggis

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:50 pm

Joe Deschenes

(JuggaJoe)

Canada
Wallaceburg
Ontario

Hockey is Canada's game, but Lacrosse is our official national sport.

Wonder what we would get if we combined the two? Lacrosse sticks and hockey skates? Bloody ice no doubt.

Posted Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:19 pm
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6. Board Game: Crokinole [Average Rating:7.81 Overall Rank:31]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

There may be some argumaent on just where this one originated, but seems likely this side of the border

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:08 pm

Alan Biggs

(red3)

Canada
Calgary
Alberta

It's Canadian - I have proof!

Posted Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:27 pm
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7. Board Game: Trivial Pursuit [Average Rating:5.23 Overall Rank:7607]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

This one is a classic idea, and super well recieved. I won't list the 101 supplements that have come after the original

See my review here; http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/337989

0 comments

Edited Thu Apr 2, 2009 5:08 am
Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:10 pm

8. Board Game: Dragon Chess [Average Rating:7.15 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Another chess variant with great piecs from a Canadian developer

See my review here; http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/332354

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Edited Thu Apr 2, 2009 5:11 am
Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:11 pm

(Nordican)

United States

Indiana

Wait, there is another "Dragon Chess" besides the Gygax one? Not sure if I approve...

Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:29 am
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9. Board Game: Black Gold [Average Rating:3.00 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A game from a developer in a small Saskatchewan town not far from where I live

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:12 pm

10. Board Game: 220 [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

An abstract that borrows much from checkers

0 comments

Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:13 pm

11. Board Game: Sports Action Canadian Pro Football [Average Rating:8.55 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Not 100 per cent sure on this but I doubt anyone but a Canuck would design a game based on the Canadian Football League (the best football game BTW)

0 comments

Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:16 pm

12. Board Game: Canadian Checkers [Average Rating:7.33 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Too obvious EH!

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:19 pm

Mike Kollross

(MK-Ultra71)

Canada
Carvel
Alberta

Pew pew pew!!!

I'm a member of the Game Artisans of Canada

Does anyone have one of these or even a 10 x 10 that they would be willing to part with?

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:04 pm
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Mark Waenink

(kanoe)

New Zealand
Whangarei
Northland

Few Canadians used to laugh at my 10 by 10 board saying that it wasn't checkers, but then my parents brought the board with them from Holland and we called it Dutch Checkers.

Posted Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:53 am
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Mike

(SurfinDecoy)

United States
Maple Valley
Washington

MK-Ultra71 wrote:

Does anyone have one of these or even a 10 x 10 that they would be willing to part with?

Not interested in the full 12 x 12?

A couple of ideas for you:

I'm sure you've encountered a few Scrabble boards in you thrifting adventures that could use new covers.

And if you want to go all crazy with a heavy board, tiles from a hardware store are pretty cheap. And if you don't glue them down to anything they can be rearranged and reused for other games or projects.

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Keng Ho Pwee

(Keng Ho)

Singapore
Unspecified
Unspecified

Cheap 12X12 sets are available here. They have cardboard boards and plastic draughtsmen.

If anyone wants to trade for a set in exchange for some unusual dice, I'd be amenable.

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Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:04 pm
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Randall Bart

(Barticus88)

United States
Granada Hills
California

I love you

David asked Don to draw this pretty picture of me

MK-Ultra71 wrote:

Does anyone have one of these or even a 10 x 10 that they would be willing to part with?

10x10 is a normal Checkers (Drafts) board in some countries. I have never seen 12x12. It seems to me it's a waste. 10x10 is already a long way from one side to the other. I think 12x8 or 12x9 would make a good size.

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Rob Stai

(Tallguy2241)

California

Finally, a board for Barsoom Chess!

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13. Board Game: Dragons [Average Rating:5.50 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A tic-tac-toe variant

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:22 pm

14. Board Game: War of 1812 [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:872]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A Canadian company and Canadian War so I assume Canadian developer

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 pm

(Nordican)

United States

Indiana

I'm reluctant to call British colonial masters real Canadians.

Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:31 am
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Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

I still assume the designer is

Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:50 am
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Jeff Childs

(Feidh)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

Nordican wrote:

I'm reluctant to call British colonial masters real Canadians.

An interesting point. However, as a whole the people who lived in Upper and Lower Canada most likely considered the burning of their homes to involve them. Sir Isaac Brock and Laura Secord (mmmm...chocolate) are considered to be Canadian heroes. Moreover, the study of the War of 1812 is tought in Canadian history classes.

History Geek moment: When the U.S. invaded in 1812, they sent out broadsheets saying that they were not at war with the Canadians, but with the UK.

Edited Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:25 pm
Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:23 pm
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Ben Foy

(BFoy)

United States
Ellicott City
Maryland

Feidh wrote:

Moreover, the study of the War of 1812 is tought in Canadian history classes.

Lol, its taught in Maryland too, wonder why?

Posted Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:46 pm
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Georg von Lemberg

(gvonl)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

BFoy wrote:

Feidh wrote:

Moreover, the study of the War of 1812 is tought in Canadian history classes.

Lol, its taught in Maryland too, wonder why?

But do they teach the right answer to the all important question:

"Who won the war?"

In any case, love what you've guys done with DC since that little barbeque

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15. Board Game: The Last Spike [Average Rating:6.31 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A Canadian company and Canadian rail event so I assume Canadian developer

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 pm

16. Board Game: Quebec 1759 [Average Rating:6.97 Overall Rank:913]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A Canadian company and Canadian event so I assume Canadian developer

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:25 pm

C J

(elgin_j)

Germany

hmm...

Wolfe and his men were as Canadian as I am - that is, not at all.

Posted Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:41 pm
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Bill Eldard

(Eldard)

United States
Burke
Virginia

elgin_j wrote:

hmm...

Wolfe and his men were as Canadian as I am - that is, not at all.

The Canadians spoke French back then, and their descendents still do.

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Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:52 am
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Jacob Russell

(JonJacob)

Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia

Bullshit!

elgin_j wrote:

hmm...

Wolfe and his men were as Canadian as I am - that is, not at all.

Really?? You helped forge a nation across the sea by abandoning your homeland? Wolfe may have been English (like all of Canada back then) but I doubt he was "as Canadian" as you are.

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:18 pm
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Pat McLaughlin

(snog)

Australia
Canberra
A.C.T.

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Besides, you did not make any claim about the "Canadian-ness" of the protagonists. Just that it was a Canadian event - seeing as it took place in Canada that would seem to be indisputable!

Bloody poms, they like pooh-poohing the colonials so much they sometimes get a little "post-hoc ergo propter hoc" and occasionally just loose the plot in an argument completely. kiss

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Georg von Lemberg

(gvonl)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

JonJacob wrote:

elgin_j wrote:

hmm...

Wolfe and his men were as Canadian as I am - that is, not at all.

Really?? You helped forge a nation across the sea by abandoning your homeland? Wolfe may have been English (like all of Canada back then) but I doubt he was "as Canadian" as you are.

Actually at that point Canada was for the most part French and Native. It was the Conquest of Quebec by Wolfe and company that set Canada on an English course.

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17. Board Game: Canadian Armchair Football [Average Rating:6.50 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Another CFL game that is most likely a Canuck design

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:29 pm

Jason Wiebe

(canucklehead)

Canada
Edmonton
Alberta

I've played this more than a few times - it's good!
J

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:41 pm
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Randall Bart

(Barticus88)

United States
Granada Hills
California

I love you

David asked Don to draw this pretty picture of me

Point of information: How does a Canadian armchair differ from an American armchair?

Posted Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:50 am
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Gudjon Torfi Sigurdsson

(Xelforp)

Iceland
Isafjordur

It's made from maple?

Posted Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:57 am
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18. Board Game: Canadian Football Game [Average Rating:4.75 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

See above

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:30 pm

19. Board Game: Pentagonia [Average Rating:6.71 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A Nine Men's upgrade

See my review at;

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/401710

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Edited Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:55 am
Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:33 pm

ian o

(RedArmyIan)

Canada

This is from my hometown. I me the designer at a trade show and played a couple games with him. Its pretty fun.

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:44 pm
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20. Board Game: Santorini [Average Rating:7.47 Overall Rank:1510]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A highly recommended abstract I have sadly not yet played

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:34 pm

Rob Bartel

(RobBartel)

Canada
Edmonton
Alberta

Designer Gord Hamilton is also a member of Game Artisans of Canada, a Calgary-based design group.

Posted Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:15 pm
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T. Nomad

(tommynomad)

New Zealand
Winnipeg/Auckland/Cheonan

Great game. The best pure 3-player abstract I've played.

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:31 am
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21. Board Game: Brainstonz [Average Rating:6.11 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A tic tac toe variant with nice looking board

See my review here;

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/389194

0 comments

Edited Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:34 am
Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:35 pm

22. Board Game: Vesuvius [Average Rating:5.83 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

By the same desiner as Santorini

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:38 pm

Lorenzo Carnevale

(Solaris)

Italy
Roma

Seems quite obsessed by volcanoes.

Posted Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:48 am
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23. Board Game: Calculus [Average Rating:6.98 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A third design from Santorini originator

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:40 pm

T. Nomad

(tommynomad)

New Zealand
Winnipeg/Auckland/Cheonan

This one might be the game of Gord's they talk about in 100 years. It turns what you think you know about gaming inside-out. We're not worthy.

Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:32 am
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Brian Cole

(Moosehead)

Canada
Saskatoon - or near enough
Saskatchewan

This looks really interesting.

Posted Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:19 am
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24. Board Game: Munro Tabletop Hockey Game [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

Vintage Canadian EH!

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:42 pm

(Nordican)

United States

Indiana

Woah, this looks cool!

Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:33 am
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25. Board Game: Cross Board Hockey [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

A newer hockey offering

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Posted Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:44 pm

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Jeff Paul

(TnT!)

Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba

Nice list

You have missed all the wargames done by Grenier Games

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/3393

Have not played any of them, but have come across them occassionaly

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Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

I will certainly add those as time allows, there are more but time is a problem eh! lol

note got the grenier games added

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Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:03 am
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ian o

(RedArmyIan)

Canada

Hmm, imagine that. a lot of hockey-themed games

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Posted Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:45 pm
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