Golden Geek Awards: Winners

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

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Apparently the BGG Golden Geek awards were handed out this weekend ninja

. And the winners are....

* Added for content/comment: BGG Alternative Awards: The Golden Mirror Awards

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:46 pm
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:27 am

1. Board Game: Dune Express [Average Rating:6.07 Overall Rank:3794]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Felbrigg Herriot
# of Players: 2 − 5

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Print & Play, winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:46 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:25 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, Jonny No Mates Award (Best Game Played by Less Than 5 People), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:25 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:15 am
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Scott Everts

(ScottE)

United States
Foothill Ranch
California

MITCHELL!!!

Push the button, Frank!

Congrats to Felbrigg for an outstanding game and well deserved award.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:22 pm
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2. Board Game: Pandemic: On the Brink [Average Rating:8.15 Unranked] [Average Rating:8.15 Unranked]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designers: Matt Leacock, Thomas Lehmann
# of Players: 2 − 5

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Expansion, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:46 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:24 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, Magnification of Mediocrity Award (Best Expansion For Most Average Game of the Year), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:09 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:18 am
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3. Board Game: Space Hulk (third edition) [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:83]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Richard Halliwell
# of Players: 2 − 2
Art By: Adrian Smith, Alex Boyd, John Blanche, Dave Gallagher, Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Dainton, Robin Carey

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Artwork & Presentation, Winner

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Edited Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:53 pm
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:51 pm

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Golden Scintilla Award, (The Game with the Most Nonsensical Number of Unpainted Fiddly Plastic Bits Award), Winner

Update (25.11), also won GG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Golden Big Middle Finger Award, (Total Disregard of Customer Base Lifetime Award), Winner

Edited Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:33 pm
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:03 pm
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Chester Ogborn

(cornjob)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

Although the applause was tepid, I was glad to see Space Hulk get recognized. I think the BGG.con crowd tends to be much more Euro-phile than the BGG general populace. This win was a bit of a surprise to me, but a pleasant one.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:09 am
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Dan B

(beerandpretzel)

United States
SF Bay Area
California

Its a well done game. Lots of attention went into this one. It certainly deserves it. Like the Oscars that finally went to Peter Jacksons' Return of the King you have to acknowledge it.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:27 am
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Dan B

(beerandpretzel)

United States
SF Bay Area
California

Its a well done game. Lots of attention went into this one. It certainly deserves it. Like the Oscars that finally went to Peter Jacksons' Return of the King you have to acknowledge it.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:27 am
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Chester Ogborn

(cornjob)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

Quote:

Thanks for the award guys. Now delete all your content or we'll sue you!

Posted Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:41 am
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4. Board Game: Space Alert [Average Rating:7.64 Overall Rank:57]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Vlaada Chvatil
# of Players: 1 − 5

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Innovative Game, winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:47 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:52 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, Dunkirk Award (Best Stress Causer Award), Winner
Runner-up: Your workplace

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Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:26 am
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5. Board Game: Sorry! Sliders [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:672]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Craig Van Ness
# of Players: 1 − 4

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Children's Game, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:48 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:07 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, Best Game Suited for Single Pasty White Males that Can Also Occasionaly be Played by Children, Winner

Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:28 am
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6. Board Game: Time's Up! Deluxe [Average Rating:7.80 Overall Rank:493]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Peter Sarrett
# of Players: 4 − 18

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Party Game,Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:48 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:11 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, 500th Implementation of Pantomime Lifetime Award, Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:31 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:31 am
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7. Board Game: Dominion [Average Rating:7.95 Overall Rank:11]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino
# of Players: 2 − 4

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Card Game, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:49 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:10 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Five Knuckle Shuffle Award (Solitaire Game of the Year), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:51 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:34 am
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8. Board Game: Combat Commander: Pacific [Average Rating:8.20 Overall Rank:116]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Chad Jensen
# of Players: 2 − 2

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, War Game, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:49 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:12 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Brown Feather Award (Most Dysfunctional Rules Set of the Year), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:46 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:36 am
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9. Board Game: Space Hulk (third edition) [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:83]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Richard Halliwell
# of Players: 2 − 2

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, 2-player Game, Winner

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Edited Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:53 pm
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:55 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The BGG Storm in a Golden Teacup Award (Most Uninteresting Controversy of the Year), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:44 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:39 am
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60th Regiment O'Foote

(Slabcity)

United States
Claremont
New Hampshire

Devotium Popcornicus

Wow, didn't see that coming.

Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:39 pm
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Dane Barrett

(db-one)

New Zealand
Henderson
Auckland

Space Hulk is an old favourite of mine (I have the first edition), but I think this shows not only the type of gamers that actually took the time to vote this year, but also how weak the overall 2 player category really was (that a remake out-did all the new 2 player games out there).

Edited Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:32 pm
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:30 pm
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Chester Ogborn

(cornjob)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

To be fair, the rules changes are all significant improvements on an already very solid previous iteration. I'm not sure what was more deserving.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:11 am
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Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

nsolitander wrote:

Also: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The BGG Storm in a Golden Teacup Award (Most Uninteresting Controversy of the Year), Winner

I'm awarding myself the 'Clairvoyant of the Year Award' as I called this 2 days before it happened.

Posted Tue Dec 1, 2009 8:01 am
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10. Board Game: Pandemic [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:42]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Matt Leacock
# of Players: 2 − 4

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Family Game, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:58 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:13 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, Special Pharmaceutical Industry Award: Best Capitalization of Human Suffering Award 2009

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:11 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:42 am
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Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!

The Back Alley gets no respect.

I guess it's the difference between families of boardgame geeks and the other 99.9% of families out there. If BGG is going to brand their own award (and maybe even some day, put little stickers on games in stores that manufactures pay good money for the opportunity to do), then a "family" game should be one that is suitable for...yes, the 99.9% of families out there who are not boardgamegeeks. The "gamers game" is already the geeky game.

Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:05 pm
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Sean Todd

(greyareabeyond)

United States
Bloomington
Minnesota

Randy Cox wrote:

I sympathize but disagree. My 9 yr old son loves this game, we've played it with my father-in-law and I've introduced it to friends and their kids to great success. I think a BGG award for a family game should mean: a game that gamers would enjoy and could play with their kids, in-laws, etc.

There's a lot of blur available between Gateway, Children's, Family, etc. If this is solely supposed to be purely a gateway category, then Pandemic might be a stretch. But I think your anger is better placed toward some of the other nominees. (I'm looking at you Dominion and Stone Age.) I thought Family D and Pandemic were perfectly reasonable nominees and Pandemic a deserving winner.

Edited Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:27 am
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:26 am
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Dane Barrett

(db-one)

New Zealand
Henderson
Auckland

I love Pandemic, however I think it winning the family category reflects that a lot of voters (who may or may not be fans of Pandemic) knew Dominion would likely take out the Best Game category, so threw the family vote to another game that (in many eyes) deserved to get an award.

Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:28 pm
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Bill Allen

(GeminiWeb)

Australia
Ngunnawal, Canberra
ACT

rynelf wrote:

Pandemic is one of the easiest games for me to get to the table with my family. My children (7, 9, and 14) all find it amusing. Now while it seems firmly in "Family Game" territory to me, I can understand that other families might not find it quite so entertaining or compelling. ...

My 9 year old and 7 year old sons and my wife also enjoy this game (as do my parents). The 5 year old and 1 year old sons are yet to fully appreciate it though ...

In fact, I was reading the 7 year old's school work the other night and he had written about playing a game of Pandemic in his schoolwork!

Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:55 pm
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11. Board Game: Le Havre [Average Rating:8.08 Overall Rank:7]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
# of Players: 1 − 5

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, Gamers' Game, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:58 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:14 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Golden Half-Pie (Best Testimony of an Average Game Year Award), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:48 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:43 am
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12. Board Game: Dominion [Average Rating:7.95 Overall Rank:11]

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino
# of Players: 2 − 4

* Golden Geek Awards 2009, GAME OF THE YEAR, Winner

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Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:59 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:10 am

Nico Solitander

(nsolitander)

Finland
Helsinki
HEL

Also won: BGG Golden Mirror Awards 2009, The Coldplay Award (Most Predictable, Safe and Bland Game That People Voted For So That They Could Feel That They Can Predict the Game of the Year Award Award), Winner

Edited Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:43 am
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:44 am
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James King

(ShreveportLAGamer)

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

In terms of their release dates, I don't understand how "Pandemic", released back in the first quarter of 2008, won Best Family Game of 2009, while its just-recently-released expansion, "Pandemic: On The Brink", won Best Expansion of 2009.

What specific window of time was used to determine whether a game's release date fell within the window of eligibility to be considered for nomination for this year's Golden Geek Awards?

Based on the example of the release dates of "Pandemic" and "Pandemic: On The Brink" above, that window of eligibility seems to be at least a year and a half long.

Edited Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:01 am
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:57 pm
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Yours Truly,

(JohnnyDollar)

United States
Gainesville
Florida

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

I don't understand how "Pandemic", released back in the first quarter of 2008, won Best Family Game of 2009, while its just-recently-released expansion, "Pandemic: On The Brink", won Best Expansion of 2009.

What specific window of time was used to determine whether a game's release date fell within the window of eligibility to be considered for nomination for this year's Golden Geek Awards?

Based on the example of the release dates of "Pandemic" and "Pandemic: On The Brink" above, that window of eligibility seems to be at least a year and a half long.

I love Pandemic, but I was surprised as well to see it as a nominee this year, just due to the timing of release.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:01 am
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Chester Ogborn

(cornjob)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

It was really cool, the games that won where someone was present to accept the medal. Maybe in the future more game designers will be invited to be present for their presentations.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:12 am
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James King

(ShreveportLAGamer)

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

JohnnyDollar wrote:

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

I love Pandemic, but I was surprised as well to see it as a nominee this year, just due to the timing of release.

By the same token, wouldn't this year's "Small World" (released in the first quarter of 2009) be eligible then to be nominated for the 2010 Golden Geek Awards for Best Family Game?

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:56 am
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Jonathan Morton

(Jonny5)

Canada
Kitchener
Ontario

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

By the same token, wouldn't this year's "Small World" (released in the first quarter of 2009) be eligible then to be nominated for the 2010 Golden Geek Awards for Best Family Game?

Nevermind 2010 Family Game... by the criteria used by the Golden Geek Awards, Small World stands a good chance of winning the 2018 War Game award.

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:27 pm
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