The pot has grown over the past years....it's time to play "Guess the Nominations and the Winner" again. That's all you have to do.

However, since nobody ever gets everything right (the SdJ jury always seems to throw a game into the mix that nobody expects), there will be a slight change in the rules.

Rules

1) Post your answers here
2) Pick the winner - write the game title in bold
3) Pick the other 4 nominated games, and write them down as well
4) Contest ends 5PM BGG time on the 19th of May (20th of May the nominations will be announced)
5) Entries with the correct winner will go into the second round (winner will be announced on the 25th of June)
6) Out of the entries with the winner, whoever picked the most nominated games will get the
7) In case of a tie, there will be a tiebreaker question that needs to be answered (Thanks Andy Parsons)

Any questions?

Here are some helpful links

The jury....study them
http://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/cms/front_content.php?idcatar...

And some GeekLists
Essen '06
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/14995

Nuremberg '07 (still a work in progress....)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18752

SdJ Speculations
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/19856
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/20218


Pot starts @ 100 and I'll add whatever people want to donate to this contest.

Pillars of the Earth

Portobello Market
Vikings
Mr. Jack
The Thief of Bagdad

Yspahan

Pillars of the Earth
Mr. Jack
Die Saulen Von Venedig
Notre Dame
Taluva

Edit: Notre Dame seems to be a little bit heavy for SDJ. Added Taluva.

Die Säulen der Erde / Pillars of the Earth

Die Baumeister von Arkadia / Arkadia
Die Säulen von Venedig / Columns of Venice
Taluva
Yspahan

Current Euro Flavour of the Month, good for 6 whole plays!

Another Fucken Euro
We Include All Games and gamers, the Euro
Unpronouncable German Phlem
Super happy fun time cube manipulation victory track! (Aka the Asian Euro knockoff)

Die Baumeister von Arkadia

Die Saulen der Erde
Yspahan
Die Saulen von Venedig
Notre Dame
Colosseum

EDIT: Changed my mind about Notre Dame, and added Colosseum instead

Yspahan

Pillars of the Earth
Portobello Market
Die Baumeister von Arkadia
Taluva

Taluva

Portabello market
Pillars of the Earth
Notre dame
Yspahan

Yspahan
Pillars of the Earth
Taluva
Portobello Market
Arkadia

Die Säulen von Venedig

Die Baumeister von Arkadia
Tsuro
Portobello Market
Yspahan

Good luck, but I don't think you're going to win, I haven't heard much buzz about these yet.

Pillars of the Earth

Yspahan
Taluva
Colloseum
Die Baumeister von Arkadia / Arkadia

Oh I dunno, I got an insider's tip from a bookie

Yspahan

Pillars of the Earth
Portobello Market
Colosseum
Die Baumeister von Arkadia / Arkadia

I wouldn't know a Spiel des Jahres nominee from a hole in the ground, but here goes:

Die Kutschfahrt zur Teufelsburg
Yspahan
Taluva
Colosseum
Leonardo da Vinci

Notre Dame (I'd be shocked if it were even close)

Yspahan
Pillars of the Earth
Portobello Market
Wikinger

Die Säulen der Erde

Portobello Market
Die Baumeister von Arkadia
Notre Dame
Die Säulen von Venedig (sadly)

Special Award "complex game": Maestro Leonardo

Jenseits von Theben

Factory Fun
Die Säulen der Erde
Portobello Market
Yspahan

Die Baumeister Von Arkadia

Pillars of the Earth
Portobello Market
Notre Dame
Colosseum

Yspahan
The Pillars of the Earth
Die Saulen von Venedig
Die Baumeister von Arkadia
Taluva

Die Baumeister Von Arkadia
Mr. Jack
Taluva
The Pillars of the Earth
Yspahan

Yspahan

Pillars of the Earth
Mr. Jack
Notre Dame
Portobello Market

Yspahan

Portobello Market
Pillars of the Earth
Taluva
Mr. Jack

Thanks in advance.

Mr. Jack

Yspahan
Pillars of the Earth
Portobello Market
Jenseits von Theben

Portobello Market

Yspahan
Pillars of the Earth
Die Baumeister von Arkadia
Taluva