ESSEN PHOTO CONTEST 2009 - 522 GG + x in the pot!
Daniel Danzer
Germany
Stuttgart
southwest
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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  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 . The rest I gave to the picture I like best from the pics not yet awarded.
PRIZES: 1st: 94 (6 x) / 2nd: 47 (6 x) / Rest: 4
The pot reached 850 total! 
Participants were free to submit as many items as they wish.
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[size=13]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 ... 
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
Netherlands
Leusden
Utrecht
did a triple win! 2 x 1st prize, 1 x 2nd! Incredible!
and
jeppe christensen
Denmark
got 1 x 1st and 1 x 2nd prize. Congrats!
Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
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Ignacy Trzewiczek
Poland
Gliwice
Slask
got the other 2 1st prizes! Well done, indeed!
The other 3 2nd prizes are going to
and
Richard Mesaric
Austria
Wien
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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Board Game: Memory
[Average Rating:4.66 Overall Rank:7701]
jeppe christensen
Denmark
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category: Convention
The german championship in... Memory for adults....
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Daniel Danzer
Germany
Stuttgart
southwest
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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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Board Game: Zone X
[Average Rating:5.41 Unranked]
Henk Rolleman
Netherlands
Leusden
Utrecht
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1. The convention
Finding your Treasures in a Wall of Games
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Jesse
Norway
Stavanger
Rogaland
Tis the season...
...to be gaming!
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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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Category 1. The convention.
At the Gates of Essen09
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Henk Rolleman
Netherlands
Leusden
Utrecht
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1. The convention.
Empty You pockets after 2 days of Spiel 
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Blinky The Tree Frog
Australia
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1. The convention.
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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Sven Reuter
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen
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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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Richard Mesaric
Austria
Wien
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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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Carlos Ferreira
Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa
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Category - 1 - The Convention
Everyone is playing Dominion: Seaside
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Thomas Verstraete
Belgium
Ledeberg
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1. The convention
There live some pretty girls at the Hall 4 "arrondissement" in gaming country Essen
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Richard Mesaric
Austria
Wien
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Category 1: The convention.
You wanted everything condensed in one single shot... Well, here it is 
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Category 1. The convention: the whole atmosphere
The colours of Essen.
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Board Game: Boxes
[Average Rating:4.68 Overall Rank:7487]
Blinky The Tree Frog
Australia
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1. The convention.
Boxed in by second-hand games!
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Norman Javier Guaimare
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen
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Category 1 - The convention
There is always somebody who will buy more game than me 
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Board Game: TWRS
[Average Rating:6.59 Unranked]
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2. Game: Bits and Boards.
Closeup of glass components in TWRS.
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Category 2: Game Bits & Boards
3D board for Ghost Stories - available for play at the Repos Production booth.
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Thomas Verstraete
Belgium
Ledeberg
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2. Game: Bits and Boards
dueling in Carson City at Spiel 09
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Sven Reuter
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen
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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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Norman Javier Guaimare
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen
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Category 2 - Game: Bits and Boards
Most popular game components of Dungeon Lords
They were also a great freebie
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Category 2 - Game: Bits and Boards.
in my opinion one of the best-looking games at Essen09.
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Henk Rolleman
Netherlands
Leusden
Utrecht
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2 Game: Bits and Boards
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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Board Game: Tobago
[Average Rating:7.21 Overall Rank:207]
Richard Mesaric
Austria
Wien
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Category 2: Game Bits and Boards
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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Board Game: Tobago
[Average Rating:7.21 Overall Rank:207]
John Wilson
United Kingdom
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
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Category 2: Game Bits & Boards
Ominous looking statue soon to produce an amulet
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Posted Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:48 pm
Stuttgart
southwest
Marcellus
New York
Melbourne
Victoria
Rijnsburg
Zuid-Holland
Helsinki
HEL
California
Beverwijk
's-Hertogenbosch
Noord-Brabant
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Arlington
Virginia
Bucharest
Alphen aan den Rijn
Unspecified
Macedon
New York
Sesto San Giovanni
Milano
Wendeburg
Germany
First picture submitted. Thanks for your support in advance!
Budapest
As it's a huge prize I decided to award 1 GG to some non-awarded entries I liked for any reason.
Leusden
Utrecht
Special thanks for Duchamp how created this list.
I was surprised to win to categories of this list.
Three cheers for duchamp for hosting a great contest!