Which of my boardgames deserves a professional photoshoot with our son? (win 140 GG)
Peter Van de Voorde
Belgium
Schoonaarde (Dendermonde)
Oost-Vlaanderen
Have a Dikke Knuffel (A Big Hug for you non dutch speaking people :) )
Stepping out on the road is a dangerous business. You have to keep your feet under you, or before you know it you'll be swept off to who knows where!
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The title says it all
My wife and I have entered our son Leander his picture into a contest. The 10 pictures with the most votes on March 30th win a professional photo shoot.
This is the picture we used :
We would love to win this, so I'm asking for your help.
Just go here : http://canderel.icemedia.com/gallery.aspx?image=122895 and click on "Stem op deze foto!" (Vote for this picture!). You can vote multiple times if you have a dynamic ip address because the site allows one vote per ip. No login on the site is required!
The purpose of this geeklist is to get you to decide which of my games should be used in some of the pictures if we win one of the professional photo shoots.
Just take a look at my collection and add your favourite to this geeklist. The game with the most votes ( ) will be the winner.
To make this even more interesting for you I'll throw in some  reward.
I'll randomly select one of the people who thumbed any of the items or this geeklist and give him/her all of my current (standing at 21.73 at the moment)
Thanks to some generous donations I'll be giving away 140
This will be evenly divided across 2 winners (each will win 70 )
And all of you get a Dikke Knuffel from Leander for free!
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Sean Messina
United States
Sacramento
California
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.”
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I'd select Ticket to Ride Europe for the future traveler and he can point to future destinations on the colorful map, or at the people on the colorful box top
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Jandome Schryvers
Belgium
Bilzen
Limburg
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I would choose Memoir 44, and dress Leander up with a cool army-helmet or so...
Here I am with my dad (so the little one is me ), in the early days (about 27 years ago) I was looking a bit strange in this picture, but I assure you all turned out well
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Board Game: Niagara
[Average Rating:6.59 Overall Rank:646]
Klaus Brune
United States
Torrance
California
HEY! That TICKLES!
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A tricky one. I'm torn between a theme that would be cute/funny and which games would be the most picturesque.
I'd envision your son in a wooden barrel close to the table, playing this one.
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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I would chose this one for the little adventurer
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Stymie says, "No Fidgets"
United States
California
"Betcha can't throw that donut on my finger"
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The box isn't too big, I love the art and it's a fun family game!
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Board Game: Jenga
[Average Rating:5.46 Overall Rank:7202]
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* Voted *
It's tempting to go with a euro or complex modern game, and the kind of picture that would get lots of thumbs on BGG, but how about something a little more recognizable even to friends and family outside the gaming hobby?
You could get some great action shots of young Leander knocking over Jenga blocks and playing around with them! As an added advantage, you won't need to worry about him swallowing game bits, or accidentally damaging your game.
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Board Game: Agricola
[Average Rating:8.25 Overall Rank:2]
Neil Parker
United Kingdom
London (west)
Aham Brahmasmi
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Agricola. There i've said it - not my favourite game at all, but it is yours and therefore as your only 10 rated game i think it deserves to be at top spot.
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Board Game: Pandemic
[Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:43]
Archibald Longdale
Hungary
Budapest
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As this little guy may be one of the most clever men who could help the World to be a better place for everyone.
At that time he might be a scientist or a doctor, we will be around 10 billion.
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T. R.
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow inevitable drift of their movements out of the unknown past into the unknown future. H.G. Wells
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle
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Great looking game, with components that will be easy to pose with, especially with an imaginative photographer.
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Pol Michiels
Belgium
Brussels
Brussels
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Galaxy trucker! He looks like a sweet kid, buy him a trucker cap, strap some engines and a sewer drill laser to it, and see how he does in life!
Also, when he's older, I can guarantee he'll love this game. All boys love building spaceships and watching stuff blow up, right?
Also also: WOOOO Belgium!
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Matt L
United Kingdom
London
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You've got to dress your baby as the game. And its got to be Power Grid. Babies were made to professionally photographed in serious adult work gear for fun effect, if only to keep the stock photography industry in business. And what could be more serious than the bloke with the long white coat and clipboard checking the dials on what is meant to be some great coal burning behemoth of a power plant somewhere in northern europe, but in fact looks like some sort of vintage Fisher Price toy.
Edit: er...something like this...
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Jon Henderson
United States
Chesterfield
Missouri
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Believe me, it's what all hungry babies are thinking about.
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Willy Adam
United Kingdom
Co. Down
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If you're not worried about the small parts, why not going for one of the embodiments of modern boardgames, yes you, Mr Meeple: 
You could have a stack of tiles and a stack of meeples in all colours for him to play with. Or build a tower like that on the pic for him to studiously ravage 
All the best with the contest!
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T'Leynti
Netherlands
Oud-Beijerland
Zuid-Holland
Live long and prosper RPG Geek
Challenge your preconceptions or they will challenge you.
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Because we had a blast playing it. It stands for love, friendship and fun! Ofcourse I voted.
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Ron
Austria
Vienna
ASL ... yes, this is my Desert Island Game. If I have to give up all my 3000+ games and only allowed to keep one, this would be it. This bloody game stood the test of time. Around for more than 25 years - simply the best.
Devote follower of the most holy church of the Evil Bob. Possessed and down the road to become chaotic, evil & naughty. All hail the Evil Bob and his stargate.
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(I never thought that I will add this to a Geeklist - Busen Memo, ok, but game of life???)
Ok, this game is highly popular (for whatever reasons) and therefore will be recognized everywhere. And the baby has its whole life in front of him - I hope he rolls well
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Board Game: Attila
[Average Rating:6.58 Overall Rank:916]
Ken Dean
United States
Athens
Ohio
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I suggest Attila because all babies look cute in big metal helmets. A viking helmet would be best but the Huns didn't wear those.
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Little Neddie Knickers
United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Cute little old-timey carriage driving postman??
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I'd give the prize to people who thumbed the header or any of the entries.
Schoonaarde (Dendermonde)
Oost-Vlaanderen
I'd give the prize to people who thumbed the header or any of the entries.
You are probably right.
I'll change the header to reflect this
Oxford
Oxon
Schoonaarde (Dendermonde)
Oost-Vlaanderen
So thank you very much.
After some random.org magic the two winners (each 70
Burcht
Antwerp
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Budapest
Congratulations!
Also a big thank you for all the suggestions, we'll take Ticket to ride, memoir and Jenga to the photoshoot
Budapest
And let us have a look at the picture.
Burcht
Antwerp