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[mith]

This: "I thought this was a tournament to find the best game"
Not This: "you think its a vote to run a tournament OF that best game."

(If it were the latter, it would be in the forum games section. :))

[eHalcyon]

This: "I thought this was a tournament to find the best game"
Not This: "you think its a vote to run a tournament OF that best game."

(If it were the latter, it would be in the forum games section.

Oh! I had that confused too. I'll submit something later then.

[RichardNixon]

Imperial (it's a stock investment game with tanks, this should be no contest)
Goa
7 Wonders
Steam
Navegador
For Sale
Stone Age
El Grande
Innovation
Cyclades

[Forge!!!]

7 Wonders
Telestrations
Carcassone
Stratego
Mr. Jack
Time's Up!
Jaipur
Ticket to Ride
Word Blur
Rail Baron

[Tables]

This: "I thought this was a tournament to find the best game"
Not This: "you think its a vote to run a tournament OF that best game."

(If it were the latter, it would be in the forum games section.

Oh! I had that confused too. I'll submit something later then.

This may or may not be what I was thinking it was last night. I've (almost) played a tournament that worked a bit like that, where games are nominated and essentially you play a gauntlet of games between you. It's pretty fun, but you need certain restrictions on what games can be chosen and stuff.

[liopoil]

hey, maybe we should run a tournament of whatever game wins?

[soulnet]

Mao
Set
7 wonders
Tichu
Citadels
Pictionary
No Thanks!
Blokus
Sticheln
Bang!

This are all definitively based on different criteria, and current feelings (I get tired of games and start playing them less, while new games I can play for several hours several days in a row).

[michaeljb]

Agricola
Chess
Puerto Rico
Star Wars RPG (2002 Revised Core Rulebook)
Dungeons & Dragons
Ticket to Ride
Mafia
Texas Hold 'em
Gauntlet of Fools
Carcassonne

[Rabid]

(Magic: The Gathering if allowed)
Agricola
RFTG
Puerto Rico
Dungeon Lords
Kingdom Builder
Ticket to ride: Asia team map
Stone Age
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calender
Village
Blokus

[ipofanes]

Sticheln

I have played it several times, and still I couldn't pick up my cards and tell if I had a good or a bad hand. That was quite unique for a trick-taking game.

[eHalcyon]

7 Wonders
Settlers of Catan (especially with Cities and Knights)
San Guo Sha (which is kind of a a much-expanded rip off of Bang!)
Mao (because why not hahaha)
Spades
Hearts
Big Two

[soulnet]

Its surprising in such an usually edge-case oriented community that no-one nominated sex, any sport, any physical game (like dodge ball), any drinking game, any get-nude of a game, and such. It seems like everyone automatically agreed -or at least that consensus was quickly reached- that "game" means "something to be played mostly seating in a not-so-big room", or alternatively, something in which the abstracts of the game rules or guidelines can be rated regardless of social or material context (i.e., I would not play forum strip-poker neither online hide-and-seek, while for all the games that were named here and I know, an online version either exists or seems plausible enough).

Disclaimer: I'm not stating that implementability as a forum or online game is the basis to decide weither something is a game or not in this context, and such discussion probably deserves its own thread, if someone is interested.

[eHalcyon]

I don't think Mao would work well online.

[mith]

Nomintations still open... Was hoping for a bit more participation than this, but will get this going sometime later this week regardless.

(Currently the field is at 63 games - the next change would add two games, and I decided it would be more "fair" to the top seed to just give the bye rather than face the winner of a play-in - with everyone getting in at least their top 4, though that may change of course if we have additional nominations.)

[mith]

Oh, and also: I am exhausting some of the smaller lists before hitting the "nomination point" threshold - feel free to add to your list or otherwise edit it (just post to let me know you have done so).

[flies]

"but the idea of a Fiasco tournament is absurd"

One of us is missing the point here I think, I thought this was a tournament to find the best game, you think its a vote to run a tournament OF that best game.

yes, that was me missing the point.

I've ordered my nominations in order of preference

Fiasco
7 Wonders
Settlers of Catan

[mith]

One last call for new nominations... we haven't had any in four days, so I'm getting close to calling it closed and starting round 1.

[Watno]

Tales of the Arabian Nights
Terra Mystica
Niagara
Asteroyds

IŽdon't really have favourite games, but these are ones I like a lot.

[qmech]

It turns out I have to branch out a bit to reach reasonable numbers:

Small World
Ticket to Ride
Trans Europa
Boggle
Scrabble
Memoir 44
Innovation

[eHalcyon]

Oh, and also: I am exhausting some of the smaller lists before hitting the "nomination point" threshold - feel free to add to your list or otherwise edit it (just post to let me know you have done so).

My list was small.  What's the threshold?

[mith]

Currently the system has exhausted the lists submitted by hsaile, flies, and Ozle. (It's unlikely anyone else will join that group if we receive new entries or if those three expand their lists, unless there are a lot of repeat nominations.)

[mith]

I really like how the top of the bracket has formed in the current iteration. The 19 games which have received multiple nominations (this is more restrictive than being on multiple lists, as for most submissions only the top 4-7 games are in or at the cut line) includes the BGG top 4, the classic big three of gateway games (plus a couple newer games that arguably qualify), some new hotness, a couple of classic card games and party games... It's a really solid range of games.

[eHalcyon]

I really like how the top of the bracket has formed in the current iteration. The 19 games which have received multiple nominations (this is more restrictive than being on multiple lists, as for most submissions only the top 4-7 games are in or at the cut line) includes the BGG top 4, the classic big three of gateway games (plus a couple newer games that arguably qualify), some new hotness, a couple of classic card games and party games... It's a really solid range of games.

What are the Big Three gateway games?  My guesses would be among Settlers, Carcassonne, 7 Wonders and Ticket to Ride.

[mith]

I was including 7 Wonders in the "newer games that arguably qualify". (Personally, it's my most successful gateway game. But it hasn't been around long enough for me to consider it a "classic".)

[eHalcyon]

I was including 7 Wonders in the "newer games that arguably qualify". (Personally, it's my most successful gateway game. But it hasn't been around long enough for me to consider it a "classic".)

So were my other 3 guesses correct?