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BGTG #136 - 100 Great Games, part 3 (with Stephen Glenn and Mark Jackson)

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100 Great Games

24 May 2013

Mark Johnson

(MarkEJohnson)

United States
Santa Clarita
California

That's a Palm Pilot on the left, and a pink iPod mini on the right. Yes, I've been doing BGTG that long!

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Stephen Glenn

(Stephen Glenn)

United States
Virginia Beach
Virginia

Mark Jackson

(gamemark)

United States
Goodlettsville
Tennessee

Am I a man or am I a muppet? If I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet!

Stephen Glenn and Mark Jackson rejoin me (Mark JOHNson) to continue this series. In 2012, the two guys polled a number of experienced gamers (a few designers, many reviewers, all enthusiasts) for their top games, consolidated the results, and asked to come on my podcast to count down the results. I was pleased to be part of the poll, and doubly pleased to have them on Boardgames To Go. I really like how Stephen describes this:

"a fun list to discuss over coffee & pie."

The poll was for our favorite games, not necessarily the best games. We even got to submit a top fifteen, which took the usual tough request for a top ten and gave us more breathing room for five more titles. I know in my case, it made it easier to add some very recent games to my longstanding favorites. On each podcast we're counting down 15 titles until we get to a final show with the Top Ten. I'll be interspersing 100 Great Games countdown episodes with my other podcast episodes.

Here are #56-60 on the list, counted down in reverse order as we discuss them on the podcast.

Stephen Glenn's designer page at BGG (Balloon Cup/Piñata, 1st & Goal, You Must Be an Idiot!)

Mark Jackson's personal blog

Tao of Gaming's "8 Layers of Crap"

-Mark

P.S. If you want to see the original version of the list these guys made it in 2005, it's still available at 100 Great Games, 2005 Edition (THE ONE HUNDRED).

#70 - Notre Dame
Designer: Stefan Feld
Artist: Harald Lieske
Publisher: Alea/Rio Grande Games
Year: 2007

#69 - Goa
Designer: Rüdiger Dorn
Artist: Oliver Freudenreich
Publisher: Hans im Glück/Rio Grande/Zman
Year: 2004

#68 - Take it Easy!
Designers: Peter Burley
Publisher: FX Schmid/Ravensburger
Year: 1983

#67 - Dixit
Designer: Jean-Louis Roubira
Artist: Marie Cardouat
Publisher: Asmodee
Year: 2008

#66 - Caylus
Designer: William Attia
Artist: Cyril Demaegd
Publisher: Ystari
Year: 2005

#65 - Tikal
Designers: Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher: Ravensburger/Rio Grande Games
Year: 1999

#64 - Entdecker
Designers: Klaus Teuber
Artists: Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher: Goldseiber
Year: 1996

#63 - Mare Nostrum
Designer: Serge Laget
Artist: Franck Dion
Publisher: Eurogames
Year: 2003

#62 - RoboRally
Designers: Richard Garfield
Artist: Phil Foglio
Publisher: Avalon Hill (Hasbro)
Year: 1994

#61 - Outpost
Designer: James Hlavaty & Timothy Moore
Publisher: TimJim Games/Stronghold Games
Year: 1991

#60 - Eclipse
Designer: Touko Tahkokallio
Artists: Ossi Hiekkala & Sampo Sikiö
Publisher: Lautapelit.fi
Year: 2011

#59 - Die Macher
Designer: Karl-Heinz Schmiel
Publisher: Hans im Gluck/Valley Games
Year: 1986

#58 - Thebes
Designers: Peter Prinz
Artist: Michael Menzel
Publisher: Queen
Year: 2007

#57 - Summoner Wars
Designer: Colby Dauch
Publisher: Plaid Hat Games
Year: 2008

#56 - Schotten Totten/Battle Line
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: ASS/GMT Games
Year: 1999

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