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Limit 14. Can you do it?
J Jones
Vallejo
California
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 . So I tried a new exercise in list making using a combination of BGG Categories and Mechanics (of games which I like).
So I made a list of 12. Why 12? Looking at my collection, which is stored on an average sized bookcase, it appeared that just about any 12 games would fit in 1 section of the bookcase. The list is now 14(not 12) because I can't proof read and used #'s 6 and 7 2x on my list(It has now been fixed). My list is below.
This Geeklist is a little brain game for those with good sized game collections or those who play a lot of games.
Please add your own lists using the following criteria:
1. Look at your collection and choose 1 game from the following combination of categories and mechanics that you would want to keep if all the other games had to go away
Abstract Srategy Game
Area Control Game
Bidding Game
Bluffing Game
Co- operative Game
Deduction Game
Dice Game
Free Choice (Any game)
Hand Management
Racing Game
Solo Game
War Game
Worker Placement
2 Player Game
2. Each game must have the category or mechanic listed on it's BGG page
3. Expansions count as part of the base game if they fit in 1 of the game boxes they came in.
4. The Solo Game category must have 1-or more players listed for
#of players
5. 2 Player game must have 2-2 for # of players
6. The Free Choice category is open to any game. It can repeat a category or mechanic on the list, or any other not listed.
7. Please try to stick with the given categories and mechanics, otherwise it's just a "These are my favorite 12 games list"
Thanks for participating
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Martin G
United Kingdom
London
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Abstract Srategy Game: Ingenious (Travel Edition) - a Knizia classic and my wife loves it'
Area Control Game: Tikal - recently acquired but destined to become a favourite.
Bidding Game: Ra - Knizia's (and anyone's) best auction game (though Taj Mahal is close behind).
Bluffing Game: Palastgefluster - not sure it's really a bluffing game, but it is listed as such and it's a great little card game.
Co- operative Game: Die Kutschfahrt zur Teufelsburg - another brilliant but tiny card game in which you have to figure out who is on your team.
Deduction Game: Mr Jack - you could question whether this is really a deduction game, but either way it's great.
Dice Game: Risk Express - simple as they come, but tons of fun.
Free Choice (Any game): Tigris & Euphrates - my favourite board game, defies categorisation.
Hand Management: Glory to Rome - the psychedelic version of Race for the Galaxy.
Racing Game: Winner's Circle - Knizia again! More of a betting game, but a blast either way.
Solo Game: Race for the Galaxy (+ The Gathering Storm) - I've only played it solo once and don't intend to do so again, but it fills the slot nicely.
War Game: don't own any, what a Euro-wimp I am.
Worker Placement: Agricola - the only choice I'm unhappy about. I don't like worker placement, and I'm bored of Agricola. The only WP game I love is Age of Empires III, but a friend owns it so I don't need to.
2 Player Game: Battle Line - simple rules but meaty gameplay, a classic Knizia trait.
This was an interesting exercise. I managed to get in most of my favourites, with only Power Grid and Chicago Express missing from my 9s. Besides Agricola, there's nothing I'd regret keeping. Six Knizias! I'd have really liked a Route/network Building category to be added.
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Owein Hennessy
United Kingdom
Unspecified
Unspecified
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Good idea for a Geeklist!
1. Abstract Srategy Game - Chess
2. Area Control Game - 1960: Making of a President
3. Bidding Game - Power Grid
4. Bluffing Game - Game of Thrones
5. Co- operative Game - Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
6. Deduction Game - Battle Star Galactica
7 Dice Game - Perudo
8. Free Choice (Any game) - Armchair Cricket
9. Hand Management - Android
10. Racing Game - Robo Rally
11. Solo Game - Arkham Horror
12. War Game - War of the Ring
13. Worker Placement - Agricola
14. 2 Player Game - Bloodbowl: Living Rulebook
I took a slightly different tack and added in a couple of games that made my list, but which I don't currently own. I figure that if I was cutting down my collection to 14, then I would have enough funds from getting rid of 100+ games to pick them up!
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Board Game: Dune
[Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:88]
Jeremy Shelton
United States
Beaumont
Texas
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I like the idea for this list but I think you should have included a couple more categories (e.g., card game, party game). I say this not because "I want more games to keep!" but because your current list doesn't allow popular games such as Time's Up!, Traders of Genoa or even Puerto Rico. I realize any of these could be put in the "any game" category on your list, but I really feel the list should have at least one mechanic or category that captures at least the 2nd most popular game on the site without resorting to the wildcard option. Regardless, here is my list using the OP's ruleset:
Abstract Strategy - Chess
Area Control - Carcassonne
Bidding - Vegas Showdown
Bluffing - Citadels
Co-Op - Time's Up (I know this is not officially a co-op game but you are playing as a team, so I think it fits the definition) if not, then I would leave this one blank.
Deduction - Scotland Yard
Dice - Illuminati
Pick ANY - Puerto Rico
Hand Management - Acquire
Racing - Daytona 500
Solo - NONE (I play games to play them with other people)
War - Dune
Worker Placement - Kingsburg
2-Player - Lost Cities
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glen phillips
United States
Castro Valley
California
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1. Abstract Strategy Game= Chess
2. Area Control Game= Java
3. Bidding Game= Princes of Florence
4. Bluffing Game= Havoc
5. Co- operative Game= Pandemic
6. Deduction Game= Timbuktu
7 Dice Game= Princes of the Renaissance
8. Free Choice (Any game)= Ra
9. Hand Management= 1960 Making of a President
10. Racing Game= Robo Rally
11. Solo Game= Agricola
12. War Game= Shogun
13. Worker Placement= Age of Empires III: Age of Discovery
14. 2 Player Game= Battle Line
I love that I get to fill "Dice game" with my favorite game, but I don't really think of it as a dice game.
Great List!
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Todd N.
United States
Medford
Oregon
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After some thought here we go:
Abstract Srategy Game: Hive
Area Control Game: Samurai
Bidding Game: Power Grid
Bluffing Game: Heimlich & Co.
Co- operative Game: Pandemic
Deduction Game: Inkognito
Dice Game: Can't Stop
Free Choice (Any game): Silberzwerg
Hand Management: Tigris and Euphretes
Racing Game: Formula D
Solo Game: Zombie in my pocket
War Game: Shogun
Worker Placement: Kingsburg
2 Player Game: Mr. Jack
Deciding between Kingsburg and Stone Age would be really tough as far as worker placement games go.
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Lo Ma
United States
Oakland
California
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Hmmm, the most important 14 games in my collection do not fit these categories, so this one is real tough and a little cheaty...
1. Abstract Srategy Game - Steam (this one feels totally abstract to me, so I'll call it an abstract)
2. Area Control Game - Domaine (an enclosure game which is a type of area control)
3. Bidding Game - Siena
4. Bluffing Game - Cleopatra and the Society of Architects (man, you're even bluffing with yourself when the corruption starts working its power over you...)
5. Co- operative Game - Lord of the Rings
6. Deduction Game - Caylus (you have to try and deduce your opponent's strategy..)
7. Dice Game - Helden in der Unterwelt (a pick up and deliver fantasy game that uses dice.)
8. Free Choice (Any game) - Yspahan
9. Hand Management - San Juan (more properly a variable role selection game, but you also have to manage your hand...)
10. Racing Game - Gloria Mundi (under-rated race game with resource management as an added complexity)
11. Solo Game - Antiquity (okay, this is not a solo game, but since everyone is afraid to play it, I mostly just play against myself playing all the opponents' parts... so sad...)
12. War Game - Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization (well, you CAN wage wars in this game, though it's really a civ game...)
13. Worker Placement - A Castle for All Seasons
14. 2 Player Game - Backgammon
These are the real categories for me...
1. A Castle for All Seasons - simultaneous role selection
2. Caylus - worker placement/real estate development
3. Cleopatra and the Society of Architects - corruption mechanic/heavy chrome
4. Domaine - abstract area enclosure
5. Gloria Mundi - racing with resource management
6. Helden in der Unterwelt - fantasy/role playing
7. Lord of the Rings - cooperative
8. Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age - civ meets yahtzee dice game
9. San Juan - card game/variable role selection
10. Siena - social climbing/vastly under-rated
11. Steam - THE train game
12. Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization - civilization
13. Ticket to Ride: Europe - network building/family fare
14. Yspahan - area control/game with most interesting use of dice
The categories or selections might have to be added or changed after Omega Centauri (civ-ish sci fi) and Havana (card game/simultaneous role selection) get published, or after I get the chance to play Endeavor (expansionism category), or as I sit here thinking longingly of Antiquity (exploitation of the land resulting in death and pollution category) and Vinci (area control/slavery in games issue), oh and Railroad Tycoon (The OTHER train game)... and my spouse would sure miss Backgammon (old school category)...
I guess I suffer from having too many good games - I think I probably need 24 categories to keep me very very fat and happy in games...
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Board Game: Zendo
[Average Rating:7.31 Overall Rank:282]
Spencer C
United States
New England
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1. Abstract Srategy Game= Go
2. Area Control Game= I apparently know none. Does Power Grid count, even a little?
3. Bidding Game= Modern Art
4. Bluffing Game= Settlers of Catan
5. Co- operative Game= Saboteur
6. Deduction Game= Zendo [and use the pieces to play loads of other games]
7 Dice Game= Boggle
8. Free Choice (Any game)= Hive
9. Hand Management= San Juan
10. Racing Game= Robo Rally
11. Solo Game= Micropul
12. War Game= Scrabble
13. Worker Placement= Agricola
14. 2 Player Game= Cribbage (deck of cards coming in handy  )
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Joe Wyka
United States
Walnut Creek
California
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Strange choices for mechanics/categories. Some of the biggest ones are omitted...
Abstract Srategy Game = Go
Area Control Game = El Grande Decennial
Bidding Game = Power Grid + all expansions I can fit
Bluffing Game = Pow Wow? (not a big fan of this genre...)
Co- operative Game = Arkham Horror + all expansions I can fit
Deduction Game = Mr. Jack + all expansions I can fit
Dice Game = Age of Steam + all expansions I can fit
Free Choice (Any game) = Through the Ages
Hand Management = Tigris & Euphrates
Racing Game = Mississippi Queen + Exp
Solo Game = Silent War
War Game = Combat Commander: Europe + all expansions I can fit
Worker Placement = Agricola + all expansions I can fit
2 Player Game = Blood Bowl 3rd Edition + all teams I can fit
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Jonathan Pillow
United States
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
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This was a really helpful geeklist for me,even though I don't even own enough games to properly participate. Instead, I used this list to figure out which of the games I am interested in I should buy first so as not to overlap in categories too much.
First, I will attempt to fit my meager game collection into this list:
Abstract Srategy Game Quoridor
Area Control Game Carcasonne: Hunters and Gatherers
Bidding Game Lost Cities
Bluffing Game B.S. (Normal deck of cards)
Co- operative Game None
Deduction Game Battle Line
Dice Game Street Soccer
Free Choice (Any game) Space Hulk
Hand Management Magic: The Gathering
Racing Game Survive! Last one to the boat gets eaten by a sea monster!
Solo Game Go (I usually end up playing myself or replaying old games bc no one wants to play)
War Game Wiz War (Title explicitly states this is a war game.)
Worker Placement None
2 Player Space Hulk (Even newbies got bit by the bug.)
TO BUY:
Abstract Srategy Game Hive
Area Control Game Chaos in the Old World
Bidding Game For Sale
Bluffing Game Bang!: the Bullet.
Co- operative Game Pandemic
Deduction Game Mr. Jack
Dice Game Settlers of Catan
Free Choice (Any game) LOTR: Confrontation
Hand Management Glory to Rome
Racing Game Ticket to Ride
Solo Game Dungeon Twister 2
War Game Twilight Struggle
Worker Placement Agricola
2 Player Game Blood Bowl
Thanks geeks!
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Tanner Griffin
United States
Layton
Utah
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Abstract Srategy Game--Hey, That's My Fish!
Area Control Game--Small World
Bidding Game--Power Grid
Bluffing Game--Liar's Dice
Co- operative Game--Hokm
Deduction Game--Werewolf
Dice Game--Can't Stop
Free Choice (Any game)--Bohnanza
Hand Management--Hearts
Racing Game--PitchCar Mini
Solo Game--Race for the Galaxy
War Game--Memoir '44
Worker Placement--Puerto Rico
2 Player Game--Dominion
So I cheated. I don't own some of them. But I'd pick those ones. And does PR count as worker placement? Does RftG count as solo? (because that's most of the way I play it. My family dislikes that game.)
And I know I have several traditional card games. I'd want all of those. I would need several decks of cards to survive for the rest of my life. And those would be the games I'd play.
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Board Game: Hex
[Average Rating:6.78 Overall Rank:1427]
ronaldinho @boardspace.net
Taiwan
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Abstract Srategy Game: Hex
Area Control Game: Tower of Babel
Bidding Game: Modern Art
Bluffing Game: Bullshit
Co- operative Game: Roborally team
Deduction Game: Dixit
Dice Game: Sushizock Gockelwock
Free Choice (Any game): Imperial
Hand Management: Bottle Imp
Racing Game: Powerboat
Solo Game: Pandemic
War Game: Napoleon's Triumph
Worker Placement: Cuba
2 Player Game: Wuziqi (Gomoku)
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Board Game: Tikal
[Average Rating:7.40 Overall Rank:107]
Jan-Willem Schmidt
Netherlands
Biddinghuizen
Flevoland
Yeah, a new Muppet movie..............................................................
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Abstract Srategy Game: Take four
Area Control Game: Tikal
Bidding Game: -
Bluffing Game: Citadels
Co- operative Game: Arkham Horror
Deduction Game: -
Dice Game: Yahtzee!
Free Choice (Any game): The settlers of Catan
Hand Management: Memoir '44
Racing Game: -
Solo Game: Valor and Victory
War Game: Conflict of Heroes
Worker Placement: Caylus Magna Carta
2 Player Game: Lost Cities
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Peter Chilton
United Kingdom
West Midlands
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1. Abstract Strategy = Hive.
2. Area Control = Carcassonne + Inns & Caths, Traders & Builders, River II, Abbey & Mayor, and Cult, Siege & Creativity.
3. Bidding = O Zoo Le Mio.
4. Bluffing = Chrononauts I suppose. Even though I haven't gotten around to playing it, I don't feel enamoured by my other games that fit.
5. Co- operative = Scotland Yard, though I'd probably buy Pandemic and keep that instead.
6. Deduction = Identity Crisis - fills the party void too.
7. Dice = Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot, with all the expansions crammed in (I might need to reinforce the box).
8. Free Choice (Any) = Originally I chose Pick and Pack, but thinking about it I technically brought it for my fiancee, so I'll have Spinergy.
9. Hand Management = Ticket to Ride, and would try and cram in Nordic Countries and Switzerland if possible.
10. Racing = Ice Flow.
11. Solo = Ingenious.
12. War = Perikles, though I'd probably replace it with one of the Wings of War games.
13. Worker Placement = Don't have any, and there doesn't seem to be many games in this category. Oh well, this could give me an excuse to go out and buy Agricola or Stone Age. Hmm...
14. Two-Player = Carcassone the Castle.
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Mike B
Netherlands
Utrecht
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This is a hard thing to do for me. I'm missing quite a couple of categories I like:
Economic game (my favorite category!)
Route/network building game (another favorite!)
Building/tile placement game
Dexterity game
But I'll try anyway.
Abstract Strategy Game - Yinsh
Area Control Game - Revolution: the dutch revolt
Bidding Game - Funkenschlag (Power Grid)
Bluffing Game - Dune
Co- operative Game - Red November
Deduction Game - Scripts & Scribes
Dice Game - Tinners Trail (it has dice rolling, and my list needs more than one Wallace!)
Free Choice (Any game) - Through the Ages (doesn't fit any of the given categories)
Hand Management - Brass
Racing Game - Pitch Car
Solo Game - Agricola
War Game - Nexus Ops is the only game besides Battlelore in this category I managed to play a lot (more than 10 times), but I like games like Friedrich/Hannibal/Twilight Struggle better)
Worker Placement - not my favorite category. But Dungeon Lords fits nicely.
2 Player Game - 2 de Mayo
Amongst other favorites I'd be missing the rest of my Martin Wallace, Splotter and Vlaada Chvatil collection too much to be a happy game camper.
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Brian Forsythe
United States
Kettering
Ohio
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Methinks my collection is too small for this list!
1. Abstract Srategy Game: meh. n/a (Neuland is probably about as close as I can get.)
2. Area Control Game: Small World (though Vinci is on its way and likely to steal that spot)
3. Bidding Game: n/a (though I hope the new improved Goa will take this place one day)
4. Bluffing Game: n/a
5. Co- operative Game: Red November (no competition, only one I've got)
6. Deduction Game: n/a (though Mr. Jack is calling to me)
7 Dice Game: Settlers of Catan  seriously, Yspahan (and seriously, if someone's got a good trade for me for Settlers + 5-6 player expansion + event deck, all barely used, let me know)
8. Free Choice (Any game): Caylus Magna Carta
9. Hand Management: Bohnanza (the kids would be heartbroken if I let this one go)
10. Racing Game: RoboRally
11. Solo Game: Busen Memo (It's the closest to the only solo 'game' I play (That's 'trying to remember things', you naughty git!), and it's about time it showed up on this list. No, I don't have it.)
12. War Game: BattleLore
13. Worker Placement: Agricola
14. 2 Player Game: Jambo
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Madison
Wisconsin
Area Control Game
Bidding Game
Co- operative Game
Free Choice (Any game)
Hand Management
War Game
Worker Placement
2 Player Game
Turnhout
I would even go so far as to say:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Urbana
Illinois
Pueblo
Colorado
Brighton
E Sussex
Limit 14: What Did People Choose? What Would You Choose?
As part of that I have also added in some of the extra categories that people seemed to miss the most.