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Geek Madness
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| Year |
CHAMPION and Aldie Award Winner /pic966702.png) Gold Medal
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Certified Finalist Award /pic966704.png) Silver Medal
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Certified Semi-Finalist Awards /pic966701.png) Bronze Medal
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Certified Quarter-Finalist Awards /pic966703.png) Purple Medal
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Recap GeekList |
Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
Terraforming Mars (4) [920-803] |
Pandemic (Series) (2) |
The Castles of Burgundy (14) Wingspan (17) |
Ticket to Ride (all) (40) Carcassonne (all) (38) Great Western Trail (10) Spirit Island (12) |
2021 Geek Madness Tournament: Round 6 - CHAMPIONSHIP (No recap list produced) |
188,267 |
| 2020 |
Terraforming Mars (1) [721-603] |
The Castles of Burgundy (3) |
Ticket to Ride (series) (47) Brass (5) |
Pandemic (65) Agricola (27) Dominion (series) (45) Azul (39) |
2020 Geek Madness Tournament: Round 7 - CHAMPIONSHIP (No recap list produced) |
143,201 |
| 2019 |
Terraforming Mars (2) [690-578] |
The Castles of Burgundy (13) |
Ticket to Ride (series) (59) 7 Wonders (41) |
Concordia (21) Pandemic Legacy (3) Great Western Trail (10) Gloomhaven (1) |
2019 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
167,153 |
| 2018 |
Gloomhaven (5) [1051-772] |
Ticket to Ride (series) (3) |
Terraforming Mars (5) Power Grid (2) |
Agricola (4) Pandemic Legacy (6) Castles of Burgundy (1) Through the Ages (7) |
2018 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
150,277 |
| 2017 |
The Castles of Burgundy (14) [539-529] |
Ticket to Ride (series) (48) |
Power Grid (2) El Grande (53) |
7 Wonders (36) Dominion (54) Pandemic (57) Terra Mystica (7) |
2017 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
104,264 |
| 2016 |
Power Grid (14) [306-269] |
The Castles of Burgundy (8) |
7 Wonders (23) Ticket to Ride (series) (45) |
Puerto Rico (6) Twilight Struggle (2) Through the Ages (combo) (5) Lords of Waterdeep (33) |
MAJOR League Boards Tournament 2016 - Final Results |
40,414 |
| 2015 |
7 Wonders (17) [840-673] |
Puerto Rico (6) |
Ticket to Ride (series) (45) Android Netrunner (6) |
Agricola (5) Galaxy Trucker (46) Pandemic (41) Terra Mystica (2) |
Official 2015 Geek Madness Tournament: CHAMPIONSHIP - VOTING CLOSED (No recap list produced) |
109,302 |
| 2014 |
Android: Netrunner (5) [1,186-865] |
Agricola (3) |
7 Wonders (16) Dominion (18) |
Power Grid (8) Battlestar Galactica (23) Puerto Rico (4) Terra Mystica (6) |
2014 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
94,224 |
| 2013 |
Android: Netrunner (6) [926-727] |
Race for the Galaxy (17) |
Power Grid (7) Eclipse (5) |
Agricola (3) Puerto Rico (4) Pandemic (50) Small World (57) |
2013 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
80,911 |
| 2012 |
Agricola (2) [600-561] |
Power Grid (5) |
Puerto Rico (3) Twilight Struggle (1) |
Dominion (9) 7 Wonders (11) Pandemic (36) Caylus (10) |
2012 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
70,968 |
| 2011 |
Agricola (3) [655-586] |
Power Grid (5) |
Puerto Rico (2) Twilight Struggle (1) |
Dominion (7) Race for the Galaxy (13) Carcassonne (8) El Grande (11) |
2011 Geek Madness Tournament & Summary: Aldie Award Winner! |
54,342 |
| 2010 |
Power Grid (5) [443-434] |
Twilight Struggle (3) |
Puerto Rico (1) Agricola (2) |
Through the Ages (4) Dominion (6) El Grande (10) Ticket to Ride (56) |
2010 Geek Madness Tournament: Aldie Award Winner! |
42,399 |
| 2009 |
Twilight Struggle (4) [536-535] |
Power Grid (3) |
Agricola (1) Puerto Rico (2) |
Dominion (6) Tigris & Euphrates (7) El Grande (8) The Settlers of Catan (37) |
2009 Geek Madness Tournament: Aldie Award Winner! |
37,820 |
| 2008 |
Power Grid (2) [347-299*] |
Ticket to Ride (44) |
Puerto Rico (1) El Grande (6) |
Tigris & Euphrates (4) Age of Steam (9) Shogun (10) The Settlers of Catan (30) |
N/A |
20,345* |
| 2007 |
Power Grid (3) [121-89*] |
Puerto Rico (1) |
Tigris & Euphrates (2) Caylus (4) |
El Grande (6) The Princes of Florence (7) The Settlers of Catan (24) Amun-Re (37) |
2007 Geek Madness Tourney: Aldie Award! |
9,221* |
| 2006 |
Power Grid (4) [118-113] |
The Settlers of Catan (18) |
Puerto Rico (1) Tigris & Euphrates (3) |
El Grande (7) Die Macher (8) Age of Steam (12) Ticket to Ride (27) |
2006 Geek Madness Tourney: Aldie Award! |
7,844 |
| 2005 |
Puerto Rico (1) [78-77*] |
Tigris & Euphrates (2) |
The Princes of Florence (3) El Grande (4) |
Power Grid (6) The Settlers of Catan (10) Hammer of the Scots (21) Amun-Re (41) |
2005 Geek Madness Tounament: Aldie Award Presentations |
7,165* |
| 2004 |
Tigris & Euphrates (2) [64-44*] |
El Grande (5) |
Puerto Rico (1) Ra (19) |
The Princes of Florence (4) The Settlers of Catan (6) Power Grid (7) Age of Steam (9) |
2004 Geek Madness Tournament: Aldie Award Winner! |
2,158* |
* = Exact figures unknown due to final records being lost.
All-time medal table
| Game |
Gold Medal
|
Silver Medal
|
Bronze Medal
|
Purple Medal
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Grid |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Terraforming Mars |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Agricola |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Android: Netrunner |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| The Castles of Burgundy |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Puerto Rico |
1 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
| Tigris & Euphrates |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Twilight Struggle |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| 7 Wonders |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Gloomhaven |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Ticket to Ride (series) |
0 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
| El Grande |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Pandemic (series) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
| The Settlers of Catan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Race for the Galaxy |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Dominion (series) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| The Princes of Florence |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Caylus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Wingspan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Brass |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Eclipse |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Ra |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Through the Ages (series) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Terra Mystica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Age of Steam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Great Western Trail |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Carcassonne |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Amun-Re |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Spirit Island |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Azul |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Concordia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Lords of Waterdeep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Galaxy Trucker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Battlestar Galactica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Small World |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Shogun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Die Macher |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Hammer of the Scots |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
History
Stansbury Park
Utah
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Founder
Inspired by Chuckles', The Friday Night Fights: Game vs Game Geeklist, Dane put together a head to head tournament structured like the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament.
2004 included the top 32 games. At the time, expansions were listed in the BGG rankings, so they were included in the tournament. BGG members cast votes by posting comments. Dane had to go through every comment for every game and check for duplicates or incorrect votes and such. It took a massive amount of time. We voted to name the championship award the Aldie Award, in honor of a very, very great man.
2005, we bumped up the tourney to 64 games. The first two years of the tournament, Fawkes ran a Bracketology geeklist coinciding with the Geek Madness Tournament, and users got to fill out prediction brackets. The winners received truckloads of geekgold.
2006, Friendless, with assistance from mkgray, came to Dane's rescue and created a program that tallied the votes and removed duplicates. It saved Dane a ton of time. We also decided to roll all of the expansions into the ranking of the base game, so expansions were eliminated from the tournament.
2007, the new BGG rankings system was in place, omitting expansions. So, Dane was able to simply include the top 64 ranked games as ranked by BGG. If you remember, the thumbs system was still going through changes. At the start of the tourney, thumbs down icons were still available. Dane decided to go with comments again as the official voting method.
2008, the thumbs system was solid. For the first time, the official voting method was to give a thumbs up. Please feel free to leave comments. It was also the first time all 64 games were included in the first round under one geeklist.
Long-running Organizer
2009, the tourney will be run the same way. We just have a new manager and are a bit behind schedule. But hopefully you will enjoy it just as much!
2010, the tourney gets more interaction with the return of the Bracket contest. BGG Members can submit a sheet for 1 GeekGold and predict the winners!
2011, a couple modifications were made. First, all common games were grouped together. Only one Dominion, one Ticket to Ride, etc. were allowed to compete but represented the entire line. Second, only the top 60 were guaranteed with write-in nominees filling the vacancies. A preliminary round was introduced to select games from outside the top 60. Finally, an actual award was designed to pass out to all winner finishing in the Elite 8.
2012, followed the same format except in the seeding. All of the guaranteed games were resorted by their current rank the week the tournament started and all write-in nominations were seeded by current rank in the bottom spaces.
2013-2015, followed the same format except in the seeding. All of the guaranteed games were resorted by their current rank the week the tournament started and all write-in nominations were seeded by current rank in specified slots.
2016, No official Geek Madness was run, but tiagoVIP ran MAJOR League Boards as a replacement (along with his Minor League Championship)
Current Organizer
2017-2021, 1000rpm ran a Geek Madness with a number of changes, including expanding it to 116 games by adding another round and introducing "Superseeds" - 4 games which entered at the Last 32 round. The main idea was to let in more wilds and then not just kill wilds immediately by putting them up against Geek Madness vote machines. A number of other minor changes were made. The Final and Summary geeklists had a poll where people could vote and comment on these changes to see how popular they were (to inform future years)
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