Re: 2019 Meeples Choice Awards: The Results
"Richard Dewsbery [email protected] [spielfrieks]" <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:24:35 +0100
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--00000000000061180205a90bb85d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Barrage is probably in my top three - but I also rate Maracaibo, The Crew and Res Arcana very highly. I think it edges out The Crew, TBH. Which one would I have as #1? No idea. All three games are excellent, and have their own strengths when compared to the other two. They also each have a very good chance of being amongst the first games played when our games club meets again. Gentes and Nemesis were new to me in 2019 and could have appeared on that list, but ineligible due to publication date. Also very much enjoy Taverns, but it misses out on the top three. FWIW, whilst Wingspan is popular and I enjoy it, it's not good enough to be in the top three - or even my top five. I didn=E2=80=99t participate in the poll, but aside from arguing over the o= rder of things I=E2=80=99m very pleased that I agree with the top four games. regards Richard On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 01:30, Larry Levy [email protected] [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Jacob. I do have fun writing these the notices up. :-) > > Here are my own thoughts on the results. > > * Like many other folks, I drank the Wingspan Kool-ade. I definitely > thought it would be one of our three winners, even though the game doesn'= t > do anything for me. But once again, y'all pleasantly surprised me. > > * I figured Maracaibo, as the top-rated Euro gamer's game of the year, > would also grab one of the spots. I wasn't sure about the third game; > maybe Paladins of the West Kingdom. > > * Both The Crew and Res Arcana surprised me, although maybe they shouldn'= t > have. After all, folks got very excited about The Crew after Essen. And > Res Arcana has always been popular. They just weren't the games I though= t > of when I was speculating how this would play out. > > * My favorite game from last year is Barrage. I figured it would do well > enough, but not really have a chance to win. It was nice to see it > actually challenge for the third spot, but a fifth place finish is about > what I had in mind. > > * I haven't played Pax Pamir. The only Pax game I've played is Porfirian= a > and it's NOT my kind of game. But I understand that the second edition o= f > Pamir has tamed the chaos down quite a bit, so it's one I'd give a try, i= f > the opportunity arises. > > * I knew of Little Town and a lot of my friends are big fans of Japanese > games. Still, the support for what was essentially a write-in candidate > both surprised and delighted me. > > * All three of the winning games were in my top 10. Maracaibo got one of > my three final votes and I'd love to play both The Crew and Res Arcana mo= re > often. In fact, I'm hoping to get some online plays of The Crew in very > shortly. > > * Once again, three really good games chosen by the group. I love how we > shine the spotlight on games that are popular, but hadn't necessarily bee= n > award winning. Well, these are games that deserve that spotlight and we > gave it to them! > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 6:25 PM Jacob Lee [email protected] > <[email protected]> [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> This was great, Larry. Really enjoyed this and I am pleased with the >> results. Your writeup has good dramatic flow. I think that pulls in th= ose >> of us who are just clicking our votes. As always, there were surprises = for >> me: >> 1) I thought Pax Pamir would score higher - maybe not top 3 but higher >> than it did. >> 2) The number of people who jumped on the Little Town bandwagon surprise= d >> me because I did not hear about this game. Perhaps under >> normal circumstances I would have caught wind of it, but I totally misse= d >> this one. >> 3) I have not played Res Arcana, but way back when I studied it and >> dismissed it. It's obviously a better game than I gave it credit for an= d I >> look forward to giving it a try. >> >>=20 > --=20 Sent from Gmail Mobile --00000000000061180205a90bb85d 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><div><div dir=3D"auto">Barrage is probably in my top three - = but I also rate Maracaibo, The Crew and Res Arcana very highly.=C2=A0 I thi= nk it edges out The Crew, TBH.=C2=A0 Which one would I have as #1? =C2=A0 N= o idea.=C2=A0 All three games are excellent, and have their own strengths w= hen compared to the other two.=C2=A0 They also each have a very good chance= of being amongst the first games played when our games club meets again.</= div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Gentes and Nemesis were n= ew to me in 2019 and could have appeared on that list, but ineligible due t= o publication date.=C2=A0 Also very much enjoy Taverns, but it misses out o= n the top three.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">FWIW, w= hilst Wingspan is popular and I enjoy it, it's not good enough to be in= the top three - or even my top five.</div></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><b= r></div><div dir=3D"auto">I didn=E2=80=99t participate in the poll, but asi= de from arguing over the order of things I=E2=80=99m very pleased that I ag= ree with the top four games.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a= uto">regards</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Richard</di= v><div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_= attr">On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 01:30, Larry Levy <a href=3D"mailto:huzonfirst= @gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> [spielfrieks] <<a= href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">spielfrieks@= yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:so= lid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);"> <u></u> =20 <div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <span>=C2=A0</span> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672ygrp-mlmsg"> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672ygrp-msg"> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672ygrp-text"> =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p></p><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks, Jacob.=C2=A0 I do have fun writing th= ese the notices up.=C2=A0 :-)<div><br></div><div>Here are my own thoughts o= n the results.</div><div><br></div><div>* Like many other folks, I drank th= e Wingspan Kool-ade.=C2=A0 I definitely thought it would be one of our thre= e winners, even though the game doesn't do anything for me.=C2=A0 But o= nce again, y'all pleasantly surprised me.</div><div><br></div><div>* I = figured Maracaibo, as the top-rated Euro gamer's game of the year, woul= d also grab one of the spots.=C2=A0 I wasn't sure about the third game;= maybe Paladins of the West Kingdom.</div><div><br></div><div>* Both The Cr= ew and Res Arcana surprised me, although maybe they shouldn't have.=C2= =A0 After all, folks got very excited about The Crew after=C2=A0Essen.=C2= =A0 And Res Arcana has always been popular.=C2=A0 They just weren't the= games I thought of when I was speculating how this would play out.</div><d= iv><br></div><div>* My favorite game from last year is Barrage.=C2=A0 I fig= ured it would do well enough, but not really have a chance to win.=C2=A0 It= was nice to see it actually challenge for the third spot, but a fifth plac= e finish is about what I had in mind.</div><div><br></div><div>* I haven= 9;t played Pax Pamir.=C2=A0 The only Pax game I've played is Porfiriana= and it's NOT my kind of game.=C2=A0 But I understand that the second e= dition of Pamir has tamed the chaos down quite a bit, so it's one I'= ;d give a try, if the opportunity arises.</div><div><br></div><div>* I knew= of Little Town and a lot of my friends are big fans of Japanese games.=C2= =A0 Still, the support for what was essentially a write-in candidate both s= urprised and delighted me.</div><div><br></div><div>* All three of the winn= ing games were in my top 10.=C2=A0 Maracaibo got one of my three final vote= s and I'd love to play both The Crew and Res Arcana more often.=C2=A0 I= n fact, I'm hoping to get some online plays of The Crew in very shortly= ..</div><div><br></div><div>* Once again, three really good games chosen by = the group.=C2=A0 I love how we shine the spotlight on games that are popula= r, but hadn't necessarily been award winning.=C2=A0 Well, these are gam= es that deserve that spotlight and we gave it to them!</div></div><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 26,= 2020 at 6:25 PM Jacob Lee <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> [spielfrieks] <<a href=3D"mailto:s= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</= a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p= x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-c= olor:rgb(204,204,204);"> <u></u> =20 <div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <span>=C2=A0</span> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672gmail-m_493306400067= 4298928ygrp-mlmsg"> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672gmail-m_4933064000= 674298928ygrp-msg"> <div id=3D"m_-9112706551152925524m_-1764359523412316672gmail-m_49330640= 00674298928ygrp-text"> =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p></p><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">This was great, Larry.=C2=A0= Really enjoyed this and I am pleased with the results.=C2=A0 Your writeup = has good dramatic flow.=C2=A0 I think that pulls in those of us who are jus= t clicking our votes.=C2=A0 As always, there were surprises for me:=C2=A0= =C2=A0<div>1) I thought Pax Pamir would score higher - maybe not top 3 but = higher than it did.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div>2) The number of people who jumpe= d on the Little Town bandwagon surprised me because I did not hear about th= is game.=C2=A0 Perhaps under normal=C2=A0circumstances I would have caught = wind of it, but I totally missed this one.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div>3) I have = not played Res Arcana, but way back when I studied it and dismissed it.=C2= =A0 It's obviously a better game than I gave it credit for and I look f= orward to giving it a try.</div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_qu= ote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bo= rder-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,2= 04);"><div 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