Andrew Tullsen
United States
Tigard
Oregon
Game Parts, Custom prototypes, Print & Play Games
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It's actually kind of sad. I haven't played a single game on the entire list!
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Igor Kwiatkowski
Spain
Warszawa
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It's on! But, as usual, I've barely played any of the nominees.
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Dominic Crapuchettes
Spain
Bethesda
MD
NorthStarGames: Bringing Gamers and Non-Gamers Together!
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Howitzer_120mm wrote: It's actually kind of sad. I haven't played a single game on the entire list! waffel wrote: It's on! But, as usual, I've barely played any of the nominees.
You have 5 weeks and 2 days to try out Say Anything.
Now get cracken!
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Stephen Smith
United States
Columbus
Mississippi
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I am curious as to the treatment of the no opinion votes. In the wikipedia article linked, it states:
Quote: When a given voter does not rank all candidates, then it is presumed that this voter strictly prefers all ranked candidates to all not ranked candidates and that this voter is indifferent between all not ranked candidates.
Is this how the no opinon votes will be counted? That is a much different interpretation from "no opinion". Or will they be handled in some other way?
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Alfred Das
Netherlands
's-Hertogenbosch
Noord-Brabant
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 I'll have to let the full list sink in a bit. It is too daunting and yummy to digest in one sitting. But first I'll reread about the 2007 and 2006 awards on the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek wiki.
The tension is already mounting...
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Man, people dropped the ball with the "Gamers Game" nominations. Turning into a big mound of Cotton Candy in here lately.
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Chris Johnson
United States
Azusa
California
One of Alabama 3's finest songs, especially the versions on the single this image is from...
Sweet Pretty M*th*rf*ck*ng Country Acid House Music - All night long!
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seppo21 wrote: I am curious as to the treatment of the no opinion votes. In the wikipedia article linked, it states: Quote: When a given voter does not rank all candidates, then it is presumed that this voter strictly prefers all ranked candidates to all not ranked candidates and that this voter is indifferent between all not ranked candidates. Is this how the no opinon votes will be counted? That is a much different interpretation from "no opinion". Or will they be handled in some other way?
That's not how it worked last year, and when the discrepancy was pointed out, Daniel said something along the lines of either they'd fix it this year, or link to a different explanation...and since that's the *same* explanation...
I think it would be nice if the point was explicitly clarified.
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A Derk appears from the mists...
United States
Portland
Oregon
BGG for the videogame world!!
BGG for the videogame world!!
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MWChapel wrote: Man, people dropped the ball with the "Gamers Game" nominations. Turning into a big mound of Cotton Candy in here lately.
I suspect it's an Agricola dominance thing. And the games are lighter this year...? Recall that once you're nominate for this stage, you're out of contention. So some games might still be really good, but they won't be represented on this year's Geekies.
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Karl Deckard
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Thank you Aldie and Derk for running the awards again this year. Very kewl.
.k
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Randy Dreger
Australia
Sebastopol
Victoria
I love Melissa, but don't tell her. It's a secret if she can find this. Shhhhh....
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Howitzer_120mm wrote: It's actually kind of sad. I haven't played a single game on the entire list!
Oh dude. I'm sorry.
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Carl Bussema
United States
Lansing
Michigan
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This is outrageous! How did Agricola not get nominated for Card game? It's got what, like 400 cards? And how many does Race for the Galaxy have? That's what I thought.
I'm also very sad to see it not nominated on the Children's game list. I mean, how many other games on that list involve making children? Have you ever tried to win Agricola without making children?
Last, there's the party list. Look, if you're going to throw a party and you're going to play board games, we all know you're going to play Agricola. I suppose it might be more fair to allow these other warm-up games a chance to win, but still, Agricola deserves its turn in the spotlight.
Sarchasm: the (ever-widening) gap between those who get it, and those who think I'm serious.
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Wendell
Spain
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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InfoCynic wrote: This is outrageous! How did Agricola not get nominated for Card game? It's got what, like 400 cards? And how many does Race for the Galaxy have? That's what I thought.
I'm also very sad to see it not nominated on the Children's game list. I mean, how many other games on that list involve making children? Have you ever tried to win Agricola without making children?
Last, there's the party list. Look, if you're going to throw a party and you're going to play board games, we all know you're going to play Agricola. I suppose it might be more fair to allow these other warm-up games a chance to win, but still, Agricola deserves its turn in the spotlight.
Sarchasm: the (ever-widening) gap between those who get it, and those who think I'm serious.
And it was entirely omitted from the wargame category, when everyone knows Agricola is a subtle allegory on the Russian Civil War.
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Merric Blackman
Australia
Waubra
Victoria
Your mouse hovered over the badge? Congratulations! It has been immersed in acid and perished. Do you want to try again?
The monster you seek can be found somewhere in a tower in Terra Australis Ignota.
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Well, well...
Of the 15 games in each category, I've played:
11 of the Gamer's Games
8 of the 2-Player Games
7 of the Wargames
5 of the Family Games
None of the Children's Games
3 of the Party Games (But Pandemic and Galaxy Trucker... Party Games? Really?)
2 of the Card Games
11 of the Artwork/Presentation list.
Cheers!
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Chaddyboy
United States
Olathe
Kansas
Bloooooop.
Bluuuuuurp.
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Cool! Lots of voting to do other than wargames! I've played:
Gamers Game - Played 14, Own 14
Wargame - Played 2, Own 6
Two Player - Played 9, Own 12
Family Game - Played 13, Own 13
Artwork/Presentation - Played 15, Own 13
Children's Game - Played 10, Own 7
Card Game - Played 9, Own 10
Party Game - Played 7, Own 6
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All Hail Knucklebeard!
Australia
Wodonga
Victoria
Thanks International SS for A Few Acres of Snow!
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domcrap wrote: Howitzer_120mm wrote: It's actually kind of sad. I haven't played a single game on the entire list! waffel wrote: It's on! But, as usual, I've barely played any of the nominees. You have 5 weeks and 2 days to try out Say Anything. Now get cracken!
That's awesome Dom. You can post my free copy of Say Anything to...
Sorry, I have to be cheeky on this site at least once a day or else I have my 'Cheeky Aussie Bugger' Microbadge taken away. 
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Gabe Alvaro
United States
Berkeley
California
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Fun!
Gamers Game - 14 out of 15
Wargame - 0 out of 15
2 Player - 4 out 15
Family - 10 out of 15
Artwork/Presentation - 11 out of 15
Children's - 2 out of 15
Card Game - 8 out of 15
Party - 9 out of 15
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Surya Van Lierde is pure Eurosnoot and proud of it!
Belgium
Gijzegem
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There's only one of the gamers games I haven't played. Some of the other categories: not so many. I didn't vote for games I haven't played, except for the Best Artwork category.
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Björn Hansson
Sweden
Jakobsberg
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WHAT???
Where is Case Blue??? If it managed to win a Charles S. Roberts award for best WW2 wargame it should at least be nominated... 
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Eric Flood
United States
Sunnyvale
California
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Very disappointed Wabash and Container are not on this list.
That the gamer's games category is full of non-gamer's games is indicative of the failures of the deomocratic process as it currently exists.
I actually think this would be a perfect place to test out a weighted voting system, where each person gets a vote based upon their actual knowledge.
Otherwise, Settlers or Ticket to Ride might win "gamer's game" next year.
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Eric Dodd
New Zealand
Martinborough
Wairarapa
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OK, let's get all my credentials out there:
..........Played.........Watched/Opened Box.....Own
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Gamer's Game...............6.......................2.............3
Wargame.....................1*......................0.............0
Two-Player...................5.......................2.............0
Family...........................6.......................2.............4
Presentation.................6.......................5.............3
Kids...............................2.......................2.............0
Card Game....................6.......................2.............1#
Party.............................3.......................2.............2
* Yes, it's Duel in the Dark and no, it's not a wargame.
# Yes, it's Cutthroat Caverns and I don't think it's a card game - but I can understand this one more.
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Julien Vion
France
Préseau
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Mmmh here:
Gamers Games: played 11, own 4
Wargames: played 1 (that's Starcraft), own 0
2 Player: played 5 (I do not play heavy 2-player games), own 4
Family: played 10, own 2
Artwork: played 11 (nice-looking games are kinda magnetic in game conventions), own 4
Children: played 3, own 0
Card Game: played 4, own 3 (I actually own Mü and never played it)
Party: played 2, own 0
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David Larkin
England
Brighton
Sussex
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Slightly confusing, rate from 1 to 15 with 1 highest, wouldn’t 1 to 10, 10 highest like normal game ratings be easier? Or is it deliberate to stop people just copying their game ratings?
Oh and
Gamers game 10
Wargame 0
2 player 3 (but only 2 as 2 player games!)
Family game 6
Artwork/Presentation 6
Children’s game 1
Card game 2
Part game 3
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All Hail Knucklebeard!
Australia
Wodonga
Victoria
Thanks International SS for A Few Acres of Snow!
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Ok here we go -
 Gamer's Games - Played 4 / Own 3 (must admit some are looking lightish)
 Wargames - Played 0 / Own 2
 2 Player - Played 5 / Own 4
 Family Game - Played 8 / Own 7 (guess that sums me up)
 Artwork / Presentation - Played 8 / Own 6 (I do like a pretty game too)
 Children's Game - Played 4 / Own 4
 Card Game - Played 5 / Own 5
 Party Game - Played 5 / Own 4 (Some strange ones in there too)
All in all middle ground I guess.
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Philip Reed
United States
Kyle
Texas
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MrSkeletor wrote: Last night on earth is a party game?
Do people just throw random shit out there?
Most of the games on the party games list felt wrong. Pandemic? Red Dragon Inn? How can games that support up to four players be "party" games? They're both fun games, but they're not party games.
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