Initial Impressions - Essen 2008 Releases

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It's the time of year to start tracking our collective hit list from Essen 2008. This list is a place to collect BGG users' first impressions of the new games. My goal is to help narrow the field for those looking for the "best new games" to try.

I've done these lists for three years running now. Here are the links to the lists from years past:
Essen 2007
Essen 2006

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Please only rate games you have played. Please rate them even if you've only played once. These are just initial impressions, not final verdicts. Additional comments are welcome, but not required.

+ means positive first impression
0 means neutral first impression
- means negative first impression
Please post a comment, thumbs will not be counted.

You may indicate ++ for games that you think are outstanding, but these votes will be counted the same as regular + votes.

I will regularly update the results with running totals - see item #1.

GeekMail me if you have suggested additions for the list. I need to add the items myself so that I can edit the entries and update the totals. I don't want the list to get too long, either, so I'm leaving off many of the more obscure titles. Games with very few "users wanting" won't be making an appearance.

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:00 am

51. Board Game: Mow [Average Rating:6.34 Overall Rank:1483]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++0

Net score: +5

Percent positive: 83%

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Edited Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:09 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:39 am

Chief EGG Head

(lorna)

United States

+ Short, fun, filler with nice cows

Edited Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:17 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:17 am
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Steve Kearon

(SteveK2)

United Kingdom
Cardiff
Feeling great. How about you?

Well I don't know why I love you like I do. Nobody in the world can get along with you.

There's just one last favor I'll ask for you. See that my grave is kept clean.

+

Filler in the 6 nimmt!, uno, poison niche. Nice artwork.

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:22 am
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Humphrey Clerx

(hclerx)

Belgium
Tongeren

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:43 am
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Anthony Simons

(fellonmyhead)

United Kingdom
Royal Wootton Bassett
Wiltshire

0

Not bad, but hardly has a niche to fill when 6 Nimmt! does it so much better. I bought a copy but that was more for the people I will play it with than myself...

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:51 am
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Christian Frank

(dschises)

Germany
Freiburg

+

I just like it...

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:54 am
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Michiel Hillenius

(Michiel)

Netherlands
Hoogland (Amersfoort)

+
ligth, quick and some fun.

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:11 pm
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52. Board Game: The Name of the Rose [Average Rating:6.67 Overall Rank:1020]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++++000----

Net score: +3

Percent positive: 50%

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Edited Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:23 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:52 am

Humphrey Clerx

(hclerx)

Belgium
Tongeren

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Dvonn Yinsh

(candoo)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:03 am
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Fraser

(Karlsen)

Australia
Melbourne

Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.

Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:34 am
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Rich P

(woodnoggin)

United Kingdom
Sheffield
United Kingdom

I didn't know what to do with my UberBadge, so I left it as a GeekBadge.

Back home after a world tour. How quickly a year goes...

0

Fine. I wish it played faster.

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:35 pm
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Jörg Hopfgarten

(JoergH)

Germany
Berlin

0

quite boring

Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:33 pm
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53. Board Game: New World: A Carcassonne Game [Average Rating:6.54 Overall Rank:995]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++000--

Net score: +2

Percent positive: 44%

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Edited Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:23 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:42 am

Ubergeek

(Walt Mulder)

United States
Camas
Washington

Be Happy in your Game!

I spent 100 Geek Gold and all I got was this lousy overtext message!

+ A faster and tighter game than the regular version.

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:32 am
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Juha Linnanen

(pillar)

Finland
Espoo
Unspecified

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:59 pm
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Luca Iennaco

(Luke the Flaming)

Italy

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:39 pm
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Le Warpozio

(warpozio)

Belgium
gent

+
good mix for long term ans short term scoring

Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:26 pm
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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+

I Liked the twist of the surveyors.

Posted Tue May 12, 2009 6:26 pm
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54. Board Game: Nice Weather [Average Rating:5.58 Unranked]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: --

Net score: -2

Percent positive: 0%

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Edited Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:08 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:55 am

Alessandro Mongelli

(jelerak)

Italy
Monsampolo del Tronto
AP

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:08 am
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Artur Roszczyk

Poland
Wroclaw

0

Played it at Essen and I find it intriguing. It's quite a brainburner game about making good connections.

Posted Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:14 pm
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55. Board Game: Pack & Stack [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:1012]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++000--

Net score: +1

Percent positive: 38%

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Edited Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:31 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:53 am

Nils Miehe

(Threepy)

Germany

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:52 am
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Juha Linnanen

(pillar)

Finland
Espoo
Unspecified

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:04 pm
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Bo Link

(knilob)

United States
Nashville
Tennessee

0

It's just OK. I really think there could be a better way to determine how trucks are distributed. I could see my family enjoying this, but non-gamers, not-so-much.

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:23 pm
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Artur Jedliñski

(Nataniel)

Poland
Gdansk

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luckfest with no decisions at all. we've played with fake 3rd player - he was always taking the random card... and he almost win! may be good for children but too much counting.

Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:46 am
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Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

0

Fun game with a unique premise. I enjoyed playing but I didn't feel a need to go out and buy it.

-Will

Posted Wed Dec 3, 2008 4:52 pm
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56. Board Game: Piece o' Cake [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:909]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++0

Net score: +2

Percent positive: 67%

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Edited Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:53 am
Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:21 pm

Ugur Dönmez

(Game Knight)

Netherlands
Hoofddorp

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:33 pm
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Steve Kearon

(SteveK2)

United Kingdom
Cardiff
Feeling great. How about you?

Well I don't know why I love you like I do. Nobody in the world can get along with you.

There's just one last favor I'll ask for you. See that my grave is kept clean.

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:07 am
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Joe Huber

(huber)

Westborough
Massachusetts

0

Nearly a mild positive. It's _very_ light - but it's appropriately quick.

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:52 am
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Morgan Dontanville

(sisteray)

United States
Brooklyn
New York

Plate of Shrimp.

Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.

- almost a 0 or perhaps the other way around. I can't help but feel that the game plays you.

Posted Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:07 pm
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57. Board Game: Planet Steam [Average Rating:7.51 Overall Rank:260]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++000

Net score: +5

Percent positive: 62%

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Edited Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:24 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:13 am

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

0

With five players, there aren't enough turns for the market to fluctuate in interesting ways. It's probably better with fewer players, but I doubt I'll return to the game.

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:25 am
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Joe Huber

(huber)

Westborough
Massachusetts

0

Manages to turn M.U.L.E. into a boardgame quite well; it's more that goal, rather than the implementation, that I think leaves it short.

Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:30 am
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Morgan Dontanville

(sisteray)

United States
Brooklyn
New York

Plate of Shrimp.

Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.

+ Dry, heavy, brutal, abstract economic game with a pasted on theme. Perfect, I love it.

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:52 am
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Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

++

Hope it gets a U.S. reprint in a much smaller box. Great economic game with a very interesting supply-and-demand resource market. Favorite new game of BGG.CON along with Ghost Stories (my only other ++).

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David Ausloos

(ausloosd)

Belgium
Antwerp

++

Gosh, this gmaes deserves so much more love.
Hands down the best game of spiel 08.
But play with 4.

Posted Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:38 am
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58. Board Game: Powerboats [Average Rating:6.76 Overall Rank:666]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++++++++++++++++++0000---------

Net score: +12

Percent positive: 62%

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Edited Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:13 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:33 am

Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:10 am
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Jeff W

(junesen)

United States
Parker
Colorado

0
Would like to try again though.

Posted Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:24 pm
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Halesowen Boardgamer

(DaveD)

United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands

- Far too much chance of a bad roll crippling you.

Posted Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:01 pm
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Roger Ngim

(Roger Yim)

United States
New Haven
Connecticut

0 Fun for awhile, but outstays its welcome after a couple of rounds. Mechanics are similar to a paper-and-pencil race game I used to play as a kid.

Posted Tue Dec 2, 2008 3:07 pm
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Artur Roszczyk

Poland
Wroclaw

0

It plays good for me. I'd like to play it again.

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59. Board Game: The Princes of Machu Picchu [Average Rating:7.04 Overall Rank:471]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++++++++++++++++0000000000000000--------

Net score: +10

Percent positive: 43%

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:27 am

Greg Jackson

(greglios)

Canada
Calgary
Alberta

0 I wasn't overly enamoured after my first play but it does seem like one that would need a few games to make a proper judgement.

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Dave Lartigue

(Legomancer)

United States
Springfield
Massachusetts

0

Absolutely nothing innovative here, which isn't necessarily bad in itself, except the parts don't even form an overly interesting whole. Nothing to complain about, but also no real reason to play it.

Posted Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:55 pm
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Birger Hogrefe

(hbirger)

Switzerland
Rubigen
Bern

Posted Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:54 pm
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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marc magner

(easterly1)

United States
webster
New York

Posted Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:37 am
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60. Board Game: Pyramid [Average Rating:6.94 Overall Rank:724]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++00

Net score: +3

Percent positive: 60%

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Edited Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:38 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:35 am

Mike B

(MikeBwithoutadot)

Netherlands
Utrecht

0

Played it at Essen. Mildly fun family game. Sort of reversed Scotland Yard.
Probably fun for family games, especially together with kids. I didn't gave me the urge to buy it though, and if it weren't for the original playfactor of the vertical board I might have given it a -

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:30 am
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Joe Huber

(huber)

Westborough
Massachusetts

0

Eh - more interesting mechanically than as a game.

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Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

caesarbgg wrote:

P.S.: Where could you buy it in Essen? I was told at the Ravensburger stand that they had production difficulties and the demo games were the only nes available.

A used game dealer way in the back of hall 4 had a box of them for sale at 20 euro each. I was bummed when the guys at the Ravensburger booth said it didn't make the show, so this was a nice find.

-Will

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Gordon Yu

(Angry Duck)

United States
Rego Park
New York

+

Nice family game. Cool magnetic board and pieces.

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:07 am
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Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

+

Finally got a chance to play this at BGG.Con. This is a great game if you have kids. Rolling the dice, stealing treasures all while ducking the mummy makes for a good time.

-Will

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61. Board Game: Red November [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:814]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++00---

Net score: +2

Percent positive: 50%

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Edited Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:45 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:43 am

Sebastian

(TermiGator)

Germany
Merzig
Saarland

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+ only played half a game at Essen but I want to play this again for sure!

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:41 am
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Morgan Dontanville

(sisteray)

United States
Brooklyn
New York

Plate of Shrimp.

Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.

+ My favorite Coop of the bunch. Feels exciting rather than systematic.

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:07 am
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Dave Lartigue

(Legomancer)

United States
Springfield
Massachusetts

+

Very fun!

Posted Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:52 pm
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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Grog and Gnomes. What else can you want?

Posted Tue May 12, 2009 6:28 pm
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62. Board Game: Rice Wars [Average Rating:5.50 Overall Rank:6283]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +-

Net score: 0

Percent positive: 50%

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Edited Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:45 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:56 am

Dvonn Yinsh

(candoo)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:05 am
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Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

+

Not a bad game. There's more going on than it appears on the surface. Once the sides are developed, cards are in hand and advisors are around to offer sevices, some interesting decisions have to be made. The 2p scenarios is useful for only teaching the game. I'd put the sweet spot at 4.

-Will

Posted Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:21 pm
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63. Board Game: Robot Master [Average Rating:6.35 Overall Rank:2758]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++0

Net score: +2

Percent positive: 67%

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:45 am

Chief EGG Head

(lorna)

United States

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:19 am
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Eric

(Aljovin)

Canada
Gatineau
Quebec

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Interresting game, very abstract, but interresting.

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:55 pm
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Julien Vion

(scand1sk)

France
Préseau

0

Kniziesque, in the bad sense of the term.

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:53 pm
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64. Board Game: Royal Palace [Average Rating:6.96 Overall Rank:505]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++++++++00000----

Net score: +6

Percent positive: 53%

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Edited Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:17 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:37 am

Mario Pawlowski

(Mario Pawlowski)

Germany
Witten
Unspecified

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:18 am
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Luca Iennaco

(Luke the Flaming)

Italy

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:42 pm
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Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:07 am
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Artur Roszczyk

Poland
Wroclaw

0

Solid euro game.

Posted Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:18 pm
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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I liked the mechanic of only being able to activate places you could walk to. A nice twist on worker placement. Worker Movement?

Posted Tue May 12, 2009 6:29 pm
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65. Board Game: Saigo no Kane [Average Rating:6.73 Overall Rank:2829]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:39 am

66. Board Game: Saladin: The Fall of the Crusader States [Average Rating:7.75 Unranked]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +

Net score: +1

Percent positive: 100%

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Edited Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:31 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:59 am

Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

+

I haven't played (15 hour campaign!) however I think there are a lot of good ideas here. Particularly the system where each player secretly picks a "play-style". For example you could choose to be a diplomat, a defender of the faith, or a warlord. Depending on your play-style your choices will affect your scoring. (Destroying cities and burninating the pesants when your supposed to be a diplomat will earn you neg. points.)

Saladin is obviously a labor of love for the designer and it shows. Lots of detail and tons of history is in the game. My initial impression is there's a good game here but it needed a professional developer to polish it up and curb the playtime.

-Will

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:48 pm
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Walter

(Deeevorce)

Netherlands
Maartensdijk

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:41 pm
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Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Bulwyf wrote:

I haven't played (15 hour campaign!) however I think there are a lot of good ideas here.

Remember, please only rate games you've played. Thanks for contributing your thoughts, though.

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Hajo Peters

(Hajo P)

Germany
Muenchen

Bulwyf wrote:

My initial impression is there's a good game here but it needed a professional developer to polish it up and curb the playtime.

Thank you for the positive impression you passed on here and - agreed - as a first timer I would be happy to accept the help of a professional designer - if one steps-up

. I hope for some feedback from first rounds once the game is out in full, but surely there will be a lot to streamline.

Hajo

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Michael Debije

(mi_de)

Netherlands
Eindhoven
The Netherlands

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67. Board Game: Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas [Average Rating:7.00 Overall Rank:857]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++++++0

Net score: +8

Percent positive: 89%

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:29 am

Daniel Danzer

(duchamp)

Germany
Stuttgart
southwest

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:05 am
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Federico G

(vetinari7878)

Italy
Firenze

http://www.gruppoludico.it/

+
Good game, if a little prone to analysis paralysis.

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Julien Vion

(scand1sk)

France
Préseau

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:56 pm
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Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:07 am
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Christine Biancheria

(Christine Biancheria)

United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Posted Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:22 am
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68. Board Game: Snow Tails [Average Rating:7.03 Overall Rank:308]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++++++++++++++++++++000

Net score: +23

Percent positive: 88%

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Edited Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:20 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:19 am

Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:11 am
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Jason Cheng

(Zalasta)

United States
Catonsville
Maryland

0

Racing games are becoming a dime a dozen for me.

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:07 pm
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Luca Iennaco

(Luke the Flaming)

Italy

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:42 pm
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Christine Biancheria

(Christine Biancheria)

United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Posted Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:23 am
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marc magner

(easterly1)

United States
webster
New York

Posted Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:38 am
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69. Board Game: Space Alert [Average Rating:7.65 Overall Rank:57]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++000--

Net score: +30

Percent positive: 86%

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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:11 am

Chief EGG Head

(lorna)

United States

+ can't wait to try again

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Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:07 am
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Jeff W

(junesen)

United States
Parker
Colorado

+
Kind of borderline for me. Seems like it takes too long to get newbies up to speed. I don't want to be forever playing the training missions.

Posted Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:27 pm
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Roger Ngim

(Roger Yim)

United States
New Haven
Connecticut

+ Tense and funny. Tried this a BGG.con and had a blast, although a lot of the hilarity was due to our complete ineptitude at operating a space ship.

Posted Tue Dec 2, 2008 3:09 pm
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Artur Roszczyk

Poland
Wroclaw

0

Have to play more..

Posted Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:19 pm
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70. Board Game: Steel Driver [Average Rating:7.13 Overall Rank:372]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++++++++++++++++++++00000

Net score: +22

Percent positive: 81%

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Edited Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:26 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:13 am

Tom Rosen

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:11 am
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Werner Bär

(Werbaer)

Germany
Karlsruhe
Baden

+ (0)

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:39 am
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Jeff W

(junesen)

United States
Parker
Colorado

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I wish there was a little more correlation between making the connections in the game and the end of game payoffs. The taking cubes is just too chaotic.

Posted Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:29 pm
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Artur Roszczyk

Poland
Wroclaw

Posted Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:21 pm
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marc magner

(easterly1)

United States
webster
New York

- not as good as chicago express and they are about the same game/style

Posted Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:40 am
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71. Board Game: Strozzi [Average Rating:6.83 Overall Rank:882]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++000000000-

Net score: +4

Percent positive: 33%

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Greg Jackson

(greglios)

Canada
Calgary
Alberta

0 Only played one quick part of a game but it didn't grab me or offer anything new really.

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Juha Linnanen

(pillar)

Finland
Espoo
Unspecified

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Rich P

(woodnoggin)

United Kingdom
Sheffield
United Kingdom

I didn't know what to do with my UberBadge, so I left it as a GeekBadge.

Back home after a world tour. How quickly a year goes...

0

OK, but only worth buying if you don't already own Medici.

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Steve Kearon

(SteveK2)

United Kingdom
Cardiff
Feeling great. How about you?

Well I don't know why I love you like I do. Nobody in the world can get along with you.

There's just one last favor I'll ask for you. See that my grave is kept clean.

Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:04 am
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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Nice light Medici variant. Wife really enjoyed it.

Posted Tue May 12, 2009 6:30 pm
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72. Board Game: Sushizock im Gockelwok [Average Rating:6.52 Overall Rank:965]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++++++++0000---

Net score: +8

Percent positive: 61%

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Edited Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:47 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:13 pm

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

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Try Yahtzee Free for All instead.

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Jeff Curtis

(jcurtis55)

United States
Plainfield
Indiana

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Just above 0, but it's quick and it's better than Pickomino, although the tiles are not quite as nice as Pickomino's.

Posted Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:19 pm
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Will DeMorris

United States
El Paso
Texas

0

A fun filler but nothing I feel a need to go out and buy.

-Will

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Christine Biancheria

(Christine Biancheria)

United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Posted Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:23 am
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Justin Moore

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

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Blah.

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73. Board Game: Sutter's Mill [Average Rating:6.25 Overall Rank:2444]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +++++00--

Net score: +3

Percent positive: 56%

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Nils Miehe

(Threepy)

Germany

0

interesting mechanics but too fast; too many things change between your turns so it's hard to apply any strategy

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:51 am
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Robbie

(John Doe)

Belgium

+ This could be a 0, but I liked it although the game is not that fantastic.

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:05 pm
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Andy Parsons

(Andy Parsons)

United Kingdom
Chelmsford
Essex

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:38 pm
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Rich P

(woodnoggin)

United Kingdom
Sheffield
United Kingdom

I didn't know what to do with my UberBadge, so I left it as a GeekBadge.

Back home after a world tour. How quickly a year goes...

0

So-so. A bit dry. Hard to form any workable strategy.

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:42 pm
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Artur Jedliñski

(Nataniel)

Poland
Gdansk

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very chaotic, nice general idea (a town growing and collapsing, gold rush) but too abstract mechanics

Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:30 am
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74. Board Game: The Swarm [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:1594]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: ++++0-

Net score: +3

Percent positive: 67%

tallied through pjly

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Edited Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:38 am
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:46 am

Houserule Jay

(jayjonbeach)

Canada
Mississauga
Ontario

+

I'm giving this a very hesitant nod, could be a screwage fest more so than Sunken City, I need a full play to know for sure

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:35 am
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Dirk Liekens

(hincapie)

Belgium
hechtel

+ Appearantly most 'gamers' are not so fond of this game, but I must say that this is again a good Kramer/Kiesling game.

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:40 am
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Andreas Maszuhn

(Mazoon)

Germany
München
Unspecified

0

Actually not bad, but I can´t see myself playing it again in the future because there are enough better games around.

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:37 am
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Dvonn Yinsh

(candoo)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:56 am
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Le Warpozio

(warpozio)

Belgium
gent

Posted Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:46 pm
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Per Johan Lysberg

(pjly)

Norway
Rasta

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This is a fast and exciting game that actually reminds me of the key elements of the novel. Good design work by Kramer & Kiesling. I can understand that Gamers might be a little cold to this title, but remember this is not designed as a pure strategy game, it should also reflect the theme and story from the novel.

Posted Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:04 pm
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75. Board Game: Switch: Secrets of the Temple [Average Rating:4.88 Overall Rank:6446]

Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Current tally: +0

Net score: +1

Percent positive: 50%

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Edited Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:18 pm
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:44 am

Gunther Schmidl

(gschmidl)

Austria
Linz
OÖ

+
Sleeper hit. Luckfest, though, so Eurogamers had better stay away

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:23 pm
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Manos Velivassakis

(ManOfSorrows)

Greece
Athens
Attiki

0

I played a 2-player Switch and it was somehow dissapointing until the Chime was found and the chase begun. I believe it will be more enjoyable with more than 3 players.

Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:58 am
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Tony Ackroyd

(1000rpm)

United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex

Idea for next time: use polls for the +/0/- then people can add comments as they like on top of that

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:09 pm
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Massimiliano della Rovere

(masdero)

Italy
Pisa
Tuscany

djflippy wrote:

How depressing to live in the US and only have access to two of these, currently.

cry

But you have GMT there!!!

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:50 am
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Huzonfirst

(Larry Levy)

United States
Manassas
Virginia

David Wright is hitting over .400 and has an OBA of over .500. He is a young god!

Josh, would you consider adding an Overall Rating = (Net Score/Total Ratings) for each game? The other measures are useful, but this is the one that would be most meaningful to me.

Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:51 pm
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Joshua Miller

United States
Holland
Michigan

Added by request:

Aber bitte mit Sahne

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:22 pm
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