The Spielfrieks user group has finished their first week of voting for the Meeples Choice Awards. 27 games have received nominations. During the coming week, the voters will select their favorites from that group and the top three vote getters will be crowned as the MCA winners for 2017.
Here is the list of nominated games, in alphabetical order.
Altiplano
Azul
Barenpark
Charterstone
Clans of Caledonia
Codenames Duet
Dinosaur Island
Ethnos
Gaia Project
Gentes
Gloomhaven
Heaven & Ale
Jump Drive
Keyper
Lisboa
Magic Maze
NMBR 9
Nusfjord
Photosynthesis
Pulsar 2849
Rajas of the Ganges
Riverboat
Sagrada
Santa Maria
Sidereal Confluence
The 7th Continent
The Quest for El Dorado
I’m amused to see that 1/3 of the finalists – exactly 9 of the games – are ones I rate as Not For Me. And another 7 I’ve intentionally avoided…
Of the 27 games listed, I like Jump Drive.
Here would be my ranking based on what I have played. As I said in an email to my friends, I am afraid it is a ranking based on “weight”.
I believe it was a great year, with SO MANY new releases of quality.
1. Lisboa
2. Clans of Caledonia
3. Sidereal Confluence
4. Pulsar 2849
5. Heaven & Ale
6. Gentes
7. Rajas of the Ganges
8. Ethnos
9. Altiplano
10. Azul
11. Sagrada
12. The Quest for El Dorado
13. Photosynthesis
14. Barenpark
15. Magic Maze
16. Codenames Duet
-Neil