Re: 2008 Retrospective - Results

I really like Wealth of Nations, but it doesn't get to the table much.
If I had more votes it might have made my list though

Thanks,
Anye M. Freer
[email protected]


On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:55 AM Jacob Lee [email protected]
[spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I love Dominion!  But it's time for the designer to stop changing the game
> so much with each new expansion and just give us new "regular" cards if you
> know what I mean.  I just want more of the same.  I think it would sell.
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> 2003? . . . The years don't mean much to me, but bring it on!
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> Jacob
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> On 20 July 2018 at 09:16, [email protected] [spielfrieks] <
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>> So 50 people voted in our latest retrospective, which is great support.
>> The results showed much less change than they did for 2013.  Here's the top
>> 10, together with their vote totals, and with the original place given in
>> parentheses (n/a means that the game wasn't nominated the first time
>> around):
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>> 1. Dominion - 24 (1)
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>> 2. Pandemic - 20 (2)
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>> 3. Le Havre - 11 (3)
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>> 3. Stone Age - 11 (4)
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>> 5. Dixit - 10 (n/a)
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>> 6. Chicago Express - 7 (5)
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>> 6. Tinners' Trail - 7 (9)
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>> 8. Battlestar Galactica - 5 (6)
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>> 8. Snow Tails - 5 (6)
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>> 10. Nefertiti - 4 (n/a)
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>> 10. Time's Up! Title Recall - 4 (n/a)
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>> As you can see, not much shifting around.  Dominion and Pandemic remain
>> the two dominant titles of the year, probably to the surprise of no one.  8
>> of the original top 10 are still in the current top 10 and the other two
>> (Ghost Stories and Diamonds Club) finished tied for 12th.  There were two
>> interesting developments.  Even though Le Havre once again finished third,
>> it dropped down quite a bit from the original election--back then, it gave
>> Dominion and Pandemic a run for their money, but this time around, it wound
>> up tied with the original fourth place finisher, Stone Age, on which it had
>> a big lead during the first election.  The other item of note is Dixit,
>> which wasn't even nominated originally, but which just missed finishing in
>> the top three, and which had a nice lead on the rest of the field.  I
>> haven't seen or heard of a game of Dixit in 7 or 8 years in my games
>> groups, but it's obviously popular elsewhere.
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>> 31 games got at least one vote.  The only ones which were shut out were
>> Municipium, Preussische Ostbahn, Say Anything, and Wealth of Nations.  You
>> can check out all the results, together with who voted for what, on the app.
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>> Next on the dance card is 2003.  I'll check out the potential nominees
>> and get back to you in a little bit.  Thanks to everyone who participated!
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>> Larry
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