The Opinionated Gamers Prognosticate the Spiel des Jahres Lists
Each year since 2011, the OG writers have tried to sit in the seats of the SdJ jury and choose which games we think that will be on the lists. The actual unveiling of the lists will happen this coming Monday in Germany – so now seems like a good time for us to talk about our guesses. As our habit, we will do this in two parts. This first survey is done prior to the actual release of the lists, and just about any game was open for consideration. Once the lists are out, we will then do a second round of voting – this time limited to only the games on the list.
Last year, the group did moderately well.
We managed to correctly predict Colt Express as the winner of the Spiel des Jahres, and our second place game – Machi Koro – was one of the two nominated games. However, we did fall a bit short with the other nominated game – The Game – which we didn’t even mention. Our next three games were three of the six recommended games (Kakao, Loony Quest and Patchwork), but then we completely missed the other three recommended games (Abraca-wha?, Ugo!, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf). Continue reading →
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The Opinionated Gamers Prognosticate the Spiel des Jahres Lists
The Opinionated Gamers Prognosticate the Spiel des Jahres Lists
Each year since 2011, the OG writers have tried to sit in the seats of the SdJ jury and choose which games we think that will be on the lists. The actual unveiling of the lists will happen this coming Monday in Germany – so now seems like a good time for us to talk about our guesses. As our habit, we will do this in two parts. This first survey is done prior to the actual release of the lists, and just about any game was open for consideration. Once the lists are out, we will then do a second round of voting – this time limited to only the games on the list.
Last year, the group did moderately well.
We managed to correctly predict Colt Express as the winner of the Spiel des Jahres, and our second place game – Machi Koro – was one of the two nominated games. However, we did fall a bit short with the other nominated game – The Game – which we didn’t even mention. Our next three games were three of the six recommended games (Kakao, Loony Quest and Patchwork), but then we completely missed the other three recommended games (Abraca-wha?, Ugo!, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf). Continue reading →
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