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ESSEN PHOTO CONTEST 2009 - 522 GG + x in the pot!
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THIS WAS ESSEN 2009.

< --- This is the "additional pot" for this list. Feel free to add a bit.

For the third time now, people have shown us the best pictures they made at the SPIEL fair at Essen.

The awards: All votes (thumbs to the entries) had to be done until midnight Nov 8th / Nov 9th BGG-time.
The pot this year was made up of the following:
522 geekgold from my account.
+ the "additional pot": All tips to this list.
The total was devided by 18 into equal "parts". 6 equal "1st places" got two of these parts and 6 equal "2nd places" one part. Prizes were only full geekgold . The rest I gave to the picture I like best from the pics not yet awarded.


PRIZES: 1st: 94 geekgold (6 x) / 2nd: 47 geekgold (6 x) / Rest: 4 geekgold


The pot reached 850 geekgold total! :wow: :wow:


Participants were free to submit as many items as they wish.

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There were 6 categories:

1. The convention.
The public, the people, the whole atmosphere, condensed in one single shot. Items 1 - 15.
2. Game: Bits and Boards. Show us the most beautiful NEW game, with the bits, the box, whatever, but concentrate on the pure game as it is. Items 16 - 36.
3. Game: Play. Present us the best shot from actual gameplay. The fun, the crazy people, the concentration. But still: Show us the game they play, please, too!Items 37 - 48.
4. Designers & Presentation:
Show us the booth, costumes, designers, gadgets, 3D-giant games, but please: A good picture! Items 49 - 76
5. Funny stuff:
Make us laugh. That`s all. Items 77 - 91.
6. Picture series:
Show us a sequence that tells us a story - before & after, or the flow of a game in subsequent rounds, or whatever you like, in at least two pictures. Items 92 - 100.

Note: Votes by the photographers for their own images didn`t count ...
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This is ordered according to the categories for easier comparison. The winners are the first two items at the part of the list, where the category begins.

The WINNERS:
Henk Rolleman
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did a triple win! 2 x 1st prize, 1 x 2nd! Incredible!

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got 1 x 1st and 1 x 2nd prize. Congrats!

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got the other 2 1st prizes! Well done, indeed!

The other 3 2nd prizes are going to
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Great shots!

I managed to reach the second most votes in a category, but didn`t want to "pay myself", so the next highest votes pic (only one vote less) went up.

THANKS ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! This was a great, exciting time and my favourite Geeklist so far !!!
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1. Board Game: Memory [Average Rating:4.61 Overall Rank:5895]
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The german championship in... Memory for adults....
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Again in medium size.
DON`T THUMB THIS COMMENT! It will be deleted, when the OP has added his picture like this: [ImageID=xxxxmedium].
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Great shot! The depth of field, the expressions in the three faces ... :D
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Excellent picture!
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A bit blurry, could be rotated a bit, but an excellent shot.
2. Board Game: Roll Through the Ages: The Late Bronze Age [Average Rating:7.70 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.70 Unranked]
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1. The convention
Matt Leacock, Derk & Aldie at the Geekdo booth.
This is, what Essen is for me: Meeting people.
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3. Board Game: Zone X [Average Rating:5.67 Unranked]
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1. The convention



Finding your Treasures in a Wall of Games
4. Board Game: Patience [Average Rating:4.63 Overall Rank:5746]
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1. The convention



Beginning of day 4. Wonder how many BGG members there are in this photo?
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19 at first sight, but I am not sure about the 4th guy in the 8th row.
5. Board Game: At the Gates of Loyang [Average Rating:7.61 Overall Rank:156]
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Category 1. The convention.


At the Gates of Essen09
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I love the game you chose for this. :D
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Hey, I guess you were standing pretty close to me. This was my perspective thursday morning.

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I'd really like to know, which games were bought by this little, older lady visible in the middle of the lower border in the pic.

Fabrikmanager? Stronghold? Space Hulk? :what:
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marauder wrote:
I'd really like to know, which games were bought by this little, older lady visible in the middle of the lower border in the pic.

Fabrikmanager? Stronghold? Space Hulk? :what:


I am quite sure that she is Aunt Millie from this GeekList: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/47046
6. Board Game: Koplopers & Dwarsliggers [Average Rating:6.51 Overall Rank:3128]
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1. The convention.



Empty You pockets after 2 days of Spiel :laugh:
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7. Board Game: Faces in the Crowd [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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1. The convention

View from Hall 9 into Hall 10 on Thursday afternoon. This year it was really crowded!
Crowds, people with trollies and bags for carrying lots of games, hot dogs and a giant Uwe Rosenberg looming in the background - that was Essen this year.

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8. Board Game: Fighting Fantasy Battle Cards [Average Rating:3.86 Unranked]
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Kids having fun; I think that sums things up fairly well :).

This was taken in the gap between the halls where people tended to go to get some air or, conversly, a smoke. The kids had set up an impromptu mock battle with wooden swords and rubber arrows!

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Category 1:
This was taken at the BGG stand on Sunday afternoon. I feel this picture condenses a lot of what constitutes BGG.

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10. Board Game: Dominion: Seaside [Average Rating:8.46 Unranked] [Average Rating:8.46 Unranked]
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Category - 1 - The Convention



Everyone is playing Dominion: Seaside
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There live some pretty girls at the Hall 4 "arrondissement" in gaming country Essen
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Category 1: The convention.

You wanted everything condensed in one single shot... Well, here it is :devil:

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The colours of Essen.
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14. Board Game: Boxes [Average Rating:4.57 Overall Rank:5726]
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Boxed in by second-hand games!
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15. Board Game: Miscellaneous Game Accessory [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:2002]
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Category 1 - The convention

There is always somebody who will buy more game than me :shake:

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16. Board Game: TWRS [Average Rating:6.50 Unranked]
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2. Game: Bits and Boards.



Closeup of glass components in TWRS.
17. Board Game: Ghost Stories [Average Rating:7.35 Overall Rank:117]
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3D board for Ghost Stories - available for play at the Repos Production booth.
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If you vote for this picture, do you vote for the photographer of that image or for the designer of that 3D version?
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Good question.

I gave this a vote because
- I missed this at the fair so I'm glad to see it in a picture
- It's something special
- The photograph itself is sharp over the whole range
- In general it caught my eye browsing all the photos
18. Board Game: Carson City [Average Rating:7.48 Overall Rank:233]
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2. Game: Bits and Boards




dueling in Carson City at Spiel 09
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19. Board Game: War of the Ring [Average Rating:7.92 Overall Rank:15]
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2. Game: Bits and Boards.

The beautiful upcoming collector's edition of War of the Ring at the Nexus-booth. For me the most "shiny" piece of the whole show. Extra large map and cards, hand painted miniatures and a hardcover rulebook - just impressive. The huge "book" on the right is acutaly the box.

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I deleted my item from the list, as yours is obviously of much better quality. Grats!
My image for reference:

Funny how we chose nearly the same angle :D
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Plus you share almost the same avatar - are you maybe "seperated twins"?
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Plus you share almost the same avatar - are you maybe "seperated twins"?


Geez...before Essen we even had the same Ubergeek-badge *and* he even is a Savage Chicken-Fan. This is getting creepy... :p

@ Camelorn: Thanks. You're a good sport. I think that this angle was the best possible way to take a picture of this baby. Lacking the capability to take a frontal shot (you'd need a strong wide angle-lense for this) a shot from the right seemed like the best option: You get a closer look at the box and the storage trays.
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Plus you share almost the same avatar - are you maybe "seperated twins"?

I actually was so thrilled by Tanakor's avatar that i looked into his profile and there found out where he got it from...: As i like medieval and fantasy genres most right now, i chose a cthulhu-at-arms as my avatar: Fhtagn!

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Geez...before Essen we even had the same Ubergeek-badge

After reading all those Unspeakable Vault comics ( http://www.macguff.fr/goomi/unspeakable/vault316.html) there was no real choice, FHTAGN! had to be my badge!

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he even is a Savage Chicken-Fan. This is getting creepy... :p

Savage Chickens rule: I even designed the microbadge!

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Lacking the capability to take a frontal shot (you'd need a strong wide angle-lense for this) a shot from the right seemed like the best option

My concern with a frontal shot was primarily my lack of strong elbows: that table was crowded any time i was near!

Thank you for your tips, much appreciated!
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20. Board Game: Dungeon Lords [Average Rating:7.87 Overall Rank:49]
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Category 2 - Game: Bits and Boards

Most popular game components of Dungeon Lords



They were also a great freebie :laugh:
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3D board for Stronghold - available for play at the Portal Games booth.




more views:
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in my opinion one of the best-looking games at Essen09.
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After a very clear explanation of the Autor I bought this game on his words and made om picture of the game. This is a closeup during the demo.
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In Tobago, after raising hidden treasures, amulets appear at the coast, in direction of view of the holy stone statues.
You can almost feel this one watching out for the next amulet site...

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Ominous looking statue soon to produce an amulet
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First picture submitted. Thanks for your support in advance!
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I know it's unlikely I'll get many thumbs for them, but is it too late to add some pictures now? I meant to add them but didn't subscribe to the thread and forgot about it!
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Thank you all for your thumbs ups and thank you Daniel for this great contest!

As it's a huge prize I decided to award 1 GG to some non-awarded entries I liked for any reason.
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I Wanna thanks everyone of participated and votes on this nice geeklist!
Special thanks for Duchamp how created this list.

I was surprised to win to categories of this list.
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Thanks everyone! :D This contest was alot of fun, all the way back before Essen with preperations, during the fair and also following the contest as it developed afterwards.

Three cheers for duchamp for hosting a great contest!
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