Scott Alden
United States
Dallas
Texas
Aldie's Full of Love!
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And the winners are...
Game of the Year
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Winner - Agricola
First Runner Up - Race for the Galaxy
Second Runner Up - Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Gamer's Game
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Agricola
2-Player Game
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Card Game
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Race for the Galaxy
Family Game
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Thebes
Children's Game
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Chateau Roquefort
Party Game
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Say Anything
Wargame
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Artwork/Presentation
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Jamaica
Congratulations to the designers and publishers of this year's winning games.
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Ben Lott
United States
Mason
Michigan
It's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights...
Wocka Wocka Wocka!!
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Wow! Advertising really does work.
Hurray! I guess I can retire this poster now:
These seem like some excellent choices. Well done, geeks!
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
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Congratultions to the winners!
I don't recall if this is how I voted, but it is how I expected it to all fall into place.
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Dave Kudzma
United States
Gumboro
Delaware
Muffins.
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Yep. Pretty much as I expected.
I expected it to be good.
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Jonathan Morton
Canada
Kitchener
Ontario
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The 2008 Golden Geek Winner in the categories of 2-Player Game and Wargame is... a game released in 1996. Yup, that makes a lot of sense.
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Doug Faust
United States
Malverne
New York
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I'd like to know how close Hannibal and 1960 were in the 2-player game category...
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Conor Sipe
United States
Troy
Virginia
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Jonny5 wrote: The 2008 Golden Geek Winner in the categories of 2-Player Game and Wargame is... a game released in 1996. Yup, that makes a lot of sense.
I was trying to figure this one out too.
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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cwsipe wrote: Jonny5 wrote: The 2008 Golden Geek Winner in the categories of 2-Player Game and Wargame is... a game released in 1996. Yup, that makes a lot of sense. I was trying to figure this one out too.
Just wait till Titan wins next year. 
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
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cwsipe wrote: Jonny5 wrote: The 2008 Golden Geek Winner in the categories of 2-Player Game and Wargame is... a game released in 1996. Yup, that makes a lot of sense. I was trying to figure this one out too.
Because it was re-released within the past year by Valley Games. And that made it eligible.
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Phil McDonald
England
Staffordshire
UK
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Predictable, logical, and makes the Spiel des Jarres awards look ridiculous.
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Joe Huber
Westborough
Massachusetts
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philmcd wrote: Predictable, logical, and makes the Spiel des Jarres awards look ridiculous.
??? The Spiel des Jahres aims to award a game with broad appeal; in practical terms, a family game. The 2007 Golden Geek Family game winner was Zooloretto - the 2007 SdJ award winner. The 2008 GG Family game winner was Thebes - nominated for the 2007 SdJ.
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Scott Alden
United States
Dallas
Texas
Aldie's Full of Love!
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Phrim wrote: I'd like to know how close Hannibal and 1960 were in the 2-player game category...
Really really close.
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Carlo Gozzi
Canada
Sherbrooke
(QC)
Chief says: Save Kobol, kill the humans!
Ïa! Ïa! Cthulhu fthagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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Congrats to Uwe and Agricola as well as every other game and designers
Does that mean that Uwe is gonna issue a W-deck for Agricola for his win on the 2008 Golden geek survey?
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Dave Lartigue
United States
Springfield
Massachusetts
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At last Agricola and Race for the Galaxy have gotten some attention!
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Adam Smiles
United States
Dedham
Massachusetts
The ratio of people to cake is too big.
Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler...
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Aldie wrote: Phrim wrote: I'd like to know how close Hannibal and 1960 were in the 2-player game category... Really really close.
I bet 1960 would have won if we used an electoral college instead of a popular vote.
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Utah BGGer
United States
Sandy
Utah
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Legomancer wrote: At last Agricola and Race for the Galaxy have gotten some attention!
Heh... nice one.
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Mark Jackson
United States
Fresno
California
Am I a man or am I a muppet? If I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet!
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Wow... this year, I'm 100% positive about this list. Something is VERY, very wrong.
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Randy Cox
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!
The Back Alley gets no respect.
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The story here seems to be that the only games truly in the running for Game of the Year are the three top Gamers' Game vote getters.
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Huzonfirst
United States
Manassas
Virginia
For the second time in five years, the G-Men are Super Bowl champs! Woo hoo!!!!!
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Maybe I've been out of the loop on this one, but I consider the results of the two-player game category to be a shocking upset. 1960 is a Top 20 game, for goodness sake, and while Hannibal is equally highly ranked, it is a 12-year-old design. I guess the original had been so hard to get that the remake allowed a lot of people to experience it for the first time. Still, it was very surprising; I'd considered a 1960 victory to be in the "sun rises in the east" and "Agricola wins GotY" category. That, as they say, is why they play the games.
Of course, this means that 1960 is now eligible to win the award next year! Kookie, no?
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David McLeod
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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First award for Valley Games I believe? Congratulations go out to them.
They seemed to have had quite the journey in getting Hannibal out so it looks like the effort was worth it.
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Dominic Crapuchettes
Spain
Bethesda
MD
NorthStarGames: Bringing Gamers and Non-Gamers Together!
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Aldie wrote: Phrim wrote: I'd like to know how close Hannibal and 1960 were in the 2-player game category... Really really close.
But was it really, really, REALLY close?
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Jerome
Netherlands
Eindhoven
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And what was the runner-up in the wargames category?
Btw: congrats to valley games for Hannibal, even though I think a new game should have won. Maybe a new category: Best Rerelease?
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Iain K
United States
Arvada
Colorado
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Larry Levy wrote: Maybe I've been out of the loop on this one, but I consider the results of the two-player game category to be a shocking upset. 1960 is a Top 20 game, for goodness sake, and while Hannibal is equally highly ranked, it is a 12-year-old design.
No ... Hannibal is ranked at 15, 5 higher than 1960 ... and after 12 years that's a hell of a rank.
It's rank rose after the Valley Games re-release (IIRC)
They're both good games, but 1960 sits on the shelf after a year ... Hannibal doesn't.
Don't disrespect Hannibal, if you're a gamer, seek it out and give it a try. You'll be glad you did.
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Andrew Lazar
United States
Lisle
Illinois
SLAVES! Built America.
This is your song. Thank you slaves.
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domcrap wrote: Aldie wrote: Phrim wrote: I'd like to know how close Hannibal and 1960 were in the 2-player game category... Really really close. But was it really, really, REALLY close?
I demand a recount!
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Tom Vasel
United States
Homestead
Unspecified
Top 100 Games of all Time
Dice Tower Convention, July 2012!!!!
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O NOES!! A WARGAME GOTZ AN AWARD!
NOOOOOOO!
I mean, really - must a Eurogame win every award?
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