Well….Day 5

  • Pandemic — Not the first co-op, but arguably the biggest. I (vastly) prefer Sentinels of the Multiverse, but will admit this was a monster.
  • 7 Wonders — I played this 25 times then stopped for a decade (and rarely saw it on the table for that time, although I think I played once last year).
  • Castles of Burgundy — Point salad gets the nod. A game I played exactly once.
  • Terra Mystica — Played a few times, and played the new simplified one last year. To be fair, I do see Terra Mystica or Gaia Project hit the table a few times a year at gaming. I just typically pick a different table.
  • Concordia — I kinda of like this, but again only played a few times and rarely see.

I think the key point is that the BGG Hall of Fame puts the emphasis on BoardGameGeek. Not Game. As user cyko noted:

Here are the Top 25 30 games released from 1995 – 2014 with the most tournament1 wins from over the years –

1. Power Grid
2. Puerto Rico
3. Ticket to Ride
4. Agricola
5. Castles of Burgundy
6. Twilight Struggle
7. El Grande
8. 7 Wonders
9. Pandemic
10. Tigris & Euphrates
11. Race For the Galaxy
12. Dominion
13. Carcassonne
14. Catan
15. Terra Mystica
16. Through the Ages
17. War of the Ring
18. Ra
19. Princes of Florence
20. Brass
21. Android Netrunner
22. Age of Steam
23. Caylus
24. Battlestar Galactica
25. Goa
26. Concordia
27. Galaxy Trucker
28. Memoir ’44
29. Stone Age
30. Twilight Imperium

Outside of one very notable exception, The BGG Hall of Fame matches up very closely with the top Geek Madness games.

So, I guess I have nothing more to say about this, except — I wonder if these games (in their next edition) will suddenly start sporting a “BGG HoF” logo (and presumably paying for the privilege).

  1. Geekmadness tournament, where BGG users rank games ︎

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