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Pencils down, people! That=E2=80=99s all there is, and there ain=E2=80=99t=
no more! You
know, as a mathematician, I=E2=80=99m well aware of how dangerous it is to =
draw
conclusions from a small number of data points. And yet, it=E2=80=99s such=
an easy
trap to fall into. When, seemingly, one result is all you hear about, it=
=E2=80=99s
not hard to assume that that result is inevitable in *all* cases, even
though the number of instances experienced has been quite small.
Sometimes, all it takes to prove that assumption wrong is the right group,
one that might have a history of looking at things a little bit differently
than others. Say, perhaps, a group like Spielfrieks.
With that none-too-subtle introduction, I am pleased to announce that the
winners of the 2019 Meeples Choice Awards are:
THE CREW
RES ARCANA
MARACAIBO
I=E2=80=99m pretty sure that, prior to the voting, most people assumed that=
the one
game that would certainly be included in the above list was Wingspan.
After all, it was clearly very popular, had won the Kennerspiel, the DSP
award, and not only won the Golden Geeks, but also topped *six *of its
categories, pretty much every area that in any way applied. It was *the*
game of 2019 and surely the insightful folks at Spielfrieks felt the same
way. But the fact is, we=E2=80=99re *not* the same as the BGG community=E2=
=80=94not that
that=E2=80=99s good or bad, just that it=E2=80=99s so. Last year, Root jus=
t missed out in
our voting, even though it was the hot game going in, so maybe Wingspan
wasn=E2=80=99t a lead pipe cinch either.
And during the opening round, it certainly stumbled out of the gate.
Instead, the game that got off to a hot start, perhaps somewhat
surprisingly, was Res Arcana. Now this is a very much admired game, from a
very much admired designer (Tom Lehmann), and yet, it had somehow gotten
lost amidst the huge number of games that came out last year. But it
certainly seemed to have struck a chord with our group and it, and not
Wingspan, was the middleweight game that was getting the early love. In
fact, at the midway point through the opening round, it had a very large
lead. It eventually gave up that lead, but not to a title about birds that
fly, but space ships that fly. The Crew, the surprise hit of Essen, came
on like gangbusters at the end and wound up with a one vote lead over Res
Arcana, with the two of them well ahead of the rest of the field. Not to
worry, avian fans=E2=80=94Wingspan still wound up third, but only two votes=
in
front of Maracaibo, probably the most popular gamer=E2=80=99s game from las=
t year.
We Spielfrieks do love our meaty titles, so the Pfister design was a real
threat for the finals.
And that indeed is how it played out. During the finals, it was The Crew
that got off to the big early lead. By the middle of Saturday, it had
already garnered 20 votes and had a 5 vote lead on the field. At that
point, it was pretty much assured one of the final three spots. Res Arcana
started a bit more slowly than that, but by the end of the weekend, it,
too, had reached the 20 vote mark and had clinched a spot. That left just
one opening and it was a three game battle, between Maracaibo, Wingspan,
and Barrage, the design so good that it has flourished despite a disastrous
Kickstarter campaign. It was close, but at no point was Wingspan able to
nudge ahead of the other two. Maracaibo had a slight lead after Saturday
and then slowly added to it. There weren=E2=80=99t that many votes after t=
he
weekend, so that was that. Wingspan was able to inch ahead of Barrage at
the very end, but both finished reasonably behind Maracaibo. Little Town,
one of the great stories of this year, continued its fantastic showing by
finishing sixth, with The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Paladins of the West
Kingdom, Hadara, Cartographers, PARKS, and Pax Pamir rounding out the top
10.
So congratulations go out to designers Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, and
Alexander Pfister. It=E2=80=99s Sing=E2=80=99s first MCA (actually, The Cr=
ew is only his
fourth design, with the 2016 dice game Kribbeln being the only other one to
make any kind of impact). Lehmann wins his third MCA; only Knizia,
Wallace, Moon, and Rosenberg have more. And it=E2=80=99s Meeples Choice Aw=
ard #2
for Herr Pfister. Finally, congratulations as well to the publishers:
Kosmos, Sand Castle Games, and Game=E2=80=99s Up. The smaller publishers a=
re
showing that they can produce games with the same quality as the big guys,
which is terrific news for us all.
I=E2=80=99ve listed the results for the final round at the end of this note=
.. The
games are shown in the order of the votes they received during the final
election, with the number of votes received during the first round shown in
parentheses. If you=E2=80=99ll go to meepleschoice.win and click on the =
=E2=80=9CSee
Results=E2=80=9D button, you=E2=80=99ll be able to see the results of both =
rounds of voting
this year. If you click on a specific election, you can see all the
results on one page. If you click on a game title for a particular
election, you can see all the public votes for that game, so you can check
out how your buddies voted.
So thanks to everyone who participated in the election. 80 people voted
during the final round, with 85 voting during the first round, which is
great participation. Every game received at least one vote, which is
always nice, and all but one (L.L.A.M.A.) got at least 3 votes. As always,
I thoroughly enjoyed conducting the voting and look forward to doing it
again next year. Hopefully, at that point, we=E2=80=99ll be able to say, =
=E2=80=9CRemember
when you were afraid of strangers who *didn=E2=80=99t* wear a mask, rather =
than the
ones who do?=E2=80=9D, and have it apply safely to the past!
Here are the final results of the 2019 MCA=E2=80=99s. They differ slightly=
from
what the app is reporting, because the actual totals include the votes from
someone who didn=E2=80=99t use our voting app.
* 1. The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine=C2=AD =E2=80=93 26 (34)*
* 2. Res Arcana =E2=80=93 22 (33)*
* 3. Maracaibo =E2=80=93 19 (25)*
4. Wingspan =E2=80=93 16 (27)
5. Barrage =E2=80=93 14 (18)
6. Little Town =E2=80=93 11 (8)
7. The Taverns of Tiefenthal =E2=80=93 10 (16)
8. Paladins of the West Kingdom =E2=80=93 9 (16)
9. Hadara =E2=80=93 8 (20)
9. Cartographers =E2=80=93 8 (17)
9. PARKS =E2=80=93 9 (11)
9. Pax Pamir (Second Edition) =E2=80=93 8 (11)
13. Letter Jam =E2=80=93 7 (12)
13. Point Salad =E2=80=93 7 (10)
15. Crystal Palace =E2=80=93 6 (15)
15. It's a Wonderful World =E2=80=93 6 (14)
15. Q.E. =E2=80=93 6 (13)
15. Azul: Summer Pavilion =E2=80=93 6 (10)
15. Marvel Champions: The Card Game =E2=80=93 6 (9)
20. Tapestry =E2=80=93 4 (11)
20. Watergate =E2=80=93 4 (11)
20. Cooper Island =E2=80=93 4 (8)
20. Tiny Towns =E2=80=93 4 (8)
24. Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan =E2=80=93 3 (9)
24. Expedition to Newdale =E2=80=93 3 (8)
24. Glen More II: Chronicles =E2=80=93 3 (8)
24. Masters of Renaissance (Lorenzo Card Game) =E2=80=93 3 (8)
24. The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples =E2=80=93 3 (8)
29. L.L.A.M.A. =E2=80=93 1 (8)
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0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-=
size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Pencils
down, people!=C2=A0 That=E2=80=99s all there is, and
there ain=E2=80=99t no more!=C2=A0 You know, as a
mathematician, I=E2=80=99m well aware of how dangerous it is to draw conclu=
sions from a
small number of data points.=C2=A0 And yet, it=E2=80=99s
such an easy trap to fall into.=C2=A0 When,
seemingly, one result is all you hear about, it=E2=80=99s not hard to assum=
e that that
result is inevitable in <i>all</i> cases, even though the number of instanc=
es
experienced has been quite small.=C2=A0 Sometimes,
all it takes to prove that assumption wrong is the right group, one that mi=
ght
have a history of looking at things a little bit differently than others.=
=C2=A0 Say, perhaps, a group like Spielfrieks.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">With that
none-too-subtle introduction, I am pleased to announce that the winners of =
the
2019 Meeples Choice Awards are:</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;te=
xt-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=
=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">THE CREW</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;te=
xt-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=
=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">RES ARCANA<br>
MARACAIBO</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">I=E2=80=99m
pretty sure that, prior to the voting, most people assumed that the one gam=
e
that would certainly be included in the above list was Wingspan.=C2=A0 Afte=
r all, it was clearly very popular, had won
the Kennerspiel, the DSP award, and not only won the Golden Geeks, but also
topped <i>six </i>of its categories, pretty much every area that in any way
applied.=C2=A0 It was <i>the</i> game of 2019
and surely the insightful folks at Spielfrieks felt the same way.=C2=A0 But=
the fact is, we=E2=80=99re <i>not</i> the same as
the BGG community=E2=80=94not that that=E2=80=99s good or bad, just that it=
=E2=80=99s so.=C2=A0 Last year, Root just missed out in our
voting, even though it was the hot game going in, so maybe Wingspan wasn=E2=
=80=99t a
lead pipe cinch either.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">And
during the opening round, it certainly stumbled out of the gate.=C2=A0 Inst=
ead, the game that got off to a hot
start, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, was Res Arcana.=C2=A0 Now this is a v=
ery much admired game, from a
very much admired designer (Tom Lehmann), and yet, it had somehow gotten lo=
st amidst
the huge number of games that came out last year.=C2=A0 But it certainly se=
emed to have struck a
chord with our group and it, and not Wingspan, was the middleweight game th=
at
was getting the early love.=C2=A0 In fact, at
the midway point through the opening round, it had a very large lead.=C2=A0=
It eventually gave up that lead, but not to a
title about birds that fly, but space ships that fly.=C2=A0 The Crew, the s=
urprise hit of Essen, came on
like gangbusters at the end and wound up with a one vote lead over Res Arca=
na,
with the two of them well ahead of the rest of the field.=C2=A0 Not to worr=
y, avian fans=E2=80=94Wingspan still wound
up third, but only two votes in front of Maracaibo, probably the most popul=
ar
gamer=E2=80=99s game from last year.=C2=A0 We
Spielfrieks do love our meaty titles, so the Pfister design was a real thre=
at
for the finals.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">And that
indeed is how it played out.=C2=A0 During the
finals, it was The Crew that got off to the big early lead.=C2=A0 By the mi=
ddle of Saturday, it had already
garnered 20 votes and had a 5 vote lead on the field.=C2=A0 At that point, =
it was pretty much assured one
of the final three spots.=C2=A0 Res Arcana
started a bit more slowly than that, but by the end of the weekend, it, too=
,
had reached the 20 vote mark and had clinched a spot.=C2=A0 That left just =
one opening and it was a three
game battle, between Maracaibo, Wingspan, and Barrage, the design so good t=
hat
it has flourished despite a disastrous Kickstarter campaign.=C2=A0 It was c=
lose, but at no point was Wingspan
able to nudge ahead of the other two.=C2=A0
Maracaibo had a slight lead after Saturday and then slowly added to it.=C2=
=A0 There weren=E2=80=99t that many votes after the
weekend, so that was that.=C2=A0 Wingspan was
able to inch ahead of Barrage at the very end, but both finished reasonably
behind Maracaibo.=C2=A0 Little Town, one of
the great stories of this year, continued its fantastic showing by finishin=
g
sixth, with The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Hadara=
, Cartographers,
PARKS, and Pax Pamir rounding out the top 10.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">So
congratulations go out to designers Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, and Alexander
Pfister.=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s Sing=E2=80=99s first MCA
(actually, The Crew is only his fourth design, with the 2016 dice game Krib=
beln
being the only other one to make any kind of impact).=C2=A0 Lehmann wins hi=
s third MCA; only Knizia,
Wallace, Moon, and Rosenberg have more.=C2=A0 And
it=E2=80=99s Meeples Choice Award #2 for Herr Pfister.=C2=A0
Finally, congratulations as well to the publishers:=C2=A0 Kosmos, Sand Cast=
le Games, and Game=E2=80=99s
Up.=C2=A0 The smaller publishers are showing
that they can produce games with the same quality as the big guys, which is
terrific news for us all.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-repeat:initial;">I=E2=80=99ve l=
isted the results for the final round at
the end of this note.=C2=A0 The games are shown in the order of the votes t=
hey
received during the final election, with the number of votes received durin=
g
the first round shown in parentheses.=C2=A0 If you=E2=80=99ll go to meeples=
choice.win
and click on the =E2=80=9CSee Results=E2=80=9D button, you=E2=80=99ll be ab=
le to see the results of
both rounds of voting this year.=C2=A0 If you click on a specific election,=
you
can see all the results on one page.=C2=A0 If you click on a game title for=
a
particular election, you can see all the public votes for that game, so you=
can
check out how your buddies voted.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-repeat:initial;">So thanks to e=
veryone who participated in the
election.=C2=A0 80 people voted during the
final round, with 85 voting during the first round, which is great
participation.=C2=A0 Every game received at
least one vote, which is always nice, and all but one (L.L.A.M.A.) got at l=
east
3 votes.=C2=A0 As always, I thoroughly enjoyed
conducting the voting and look forward to doing it again next year.=C2=A0 H=
opefully, at that point, we=E2=80=99ll be able to
say, =E2=80=9CRemember when you were afraid of strangers who <i>didn=E2=80=
=99t</i> wear a mask,
rather than the ones who do?=E2=80=9D, and have it apply safely to the past=
!</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-repeat:initial;">=C2=A0</span><=
/p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-repeat:initial;">Here are the f=
inal results of the 2019 MCA=E2=80=99s.=C2=A0 They differ slightly from wha=
t the app is
reporting, because the actual totals include the votes from someone who did=
n=E2=80=99t
use our voting app.</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:A=
rial,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A01. The
Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine=C2=AD =E2=80=93 26=C2=A0 (34)</span></b></p=
>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:A=
rial,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A02. Res
Arcana =E2=80=93 22=C2=A0 (33)</span></b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:A=
rial,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A03. Maracaibo
=E2=80=93 19=C2=A0 (25)</span></b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A04. Wingspan
=E2=80=93 16=C2=A0 (27)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A05. Barrage
=E2=80=93 14=C2=A0 (18)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A06. Little
Town =E2=80=93 11=C2=A0 (8)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0=C2=A07. The
Taverns of Tiefenthal =E2=80=93 10=C2=A0 (16)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0 8. Paladins of the West Kingdom =E2=80=93 9=C2=A0 (16=
)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0 9. Hadara =E2=80=93 8=C2=A0
(20)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
l,sans-serif;">=C2=A0 9. Cartographers =E2=80=93 8=C2=A0 (17)</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Aria=
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(8)</span></p>
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