Re: 2019 Meeples Choice Awards - Opening Salvo
"Clay Blankenship [email protected] [spielfrieks]" <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:11:18 -0500
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--000000000000ee374305a7a8fa6c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Although I'm not inclined to give out awards to reissues or new versions, I'm OK with letting the voters decide if they are worth voting for. I guess it's hard to draw a firm line anyway. Clay On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:32 AM Larry Levy [email protected] [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As you've probably figured out, Clay, these are just titles I pulled down > from the list of the Geek's top-rated 2019 games. I'm aware of the small > changes in some of them, but not all of them. Whatever differences there > are from the originals, they were enough for the Geek to list them as > separate designs from their original titles. For example, the 2019 version > of Love Letter has added some new characters which let the game be played > by 6. Is that enough for it to be included in this year's voting? Hard to > say, but I do know that there's a current trend to release "bigger" > versions of successful games, with some added content. Rather than > reviewing these on a case by case basis, it might be better just to include > them all (assuming that they're listed independently on BGG) and accept the > direction that the hobby is heading towards. Is this something that anyone > finds objectionable? I'd be happy to discuss it if it bothers some people. > > Larry > -- Clay Blankenship [email protected] "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." --Helen Keller --000000000000ee374305a7a8fa6c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> =20 <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Although I'm not inclined to give out aw= ards to reissues or new versions, I'm OK with letting the voters decide= if they are worth voting for.=C2=A0 I guess it's hard to draw a firm l= ine anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>Clay</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:32 AM La= rry Levy <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [= spielfrieks] <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">spielfrieks= @yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);"> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 <div> <br><br> <div dir=3D"ltr">As you've probably figured out, Clay, these are just t= itles I pulled down from the list of the Geek's top-rated 2019 games.= =C2=A0 I'm aware of the small changes in some of them, but not all of t= hem.=C2=A0 Whatever differences there are from the originals, they were eno= ugh for the Geek to list them as separate designs from their original title= s.=C2=A0 For example, the 2019 version of Love Letter has added some new ch= aracters which let the game be played by 6.=C2=A0 Is that enough for it to = be included in this year's voting?=C2=A0 Hard to say, but I do know tha= t there's a current trend to release "bigger" versions of suc= cessful games, with some added content.=C2=A0 Rather than reviewing these o= n a case by case basis, it might be better just to include them all (assumi= ng that they're listed independently on BGG) and accept the direction t= hat the hobby is heading towards.=C2=A0 Is this something that anyone finds= objectionable?=C2=A0 I'd be happy to discuss it if it bothers some peo= ple.<div><br></div><div>Larry</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear= =3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">C= lay Blankenship=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a><br>"Life is either a daring adven= ture or nothing."=C2=A0 --Helen Keller</div></div> </p> </div> =20=20=20=20=20 <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style=3D"color: #fff; 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