[spielfrieks] 1998 Retrospective

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So we’ll finish off this year’s retrospective with 1998. 25 games were nominated for the original election that year. Here they are, in alphabetical order:

Basari
Carat
Cheops
Circus Flohcati
David and Goliath
El Caballero
Elfenland
Europa 1945-2030
Finale
Fossil
Freibeuter
Gipf
Hornochsen
Katzenjammer Blues
Medieval Merchant
Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
Samarkand
Samurai
SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter
Through the Desert
Tichu
Tonga Bonga
Tycoon
Verrater
Wettstreit der Baumeister

Note that Tichu was originally nominated for 1998, even though it’s a 1991 title, but the game really didn’t take off (particularly in the English-speaking world) until it was re-released by RGG and Amigo in ’98. Tichu lovers should definitely vote for it here if it’s one of their three favorites of the year. Also note that I added Bargain Hunter to the SchnÀppchen-Jagd entry, since the original is so hard to find and the remake is essentially the exact same game, in case folks are only familiar with the new title.

There were five games from 1998 that didn’t get nominated that are currently in the top 1500 on the Geek. Here they are; if anyone seconds them, they’ll get added to the list:

For the People
Kahuna
Guillotine
Mamma Mia!
TurfMaster

And as always, feel free to nominate any other 1998 game that you think you’ll put in your top 3. If someone else seconds it, the game will be added to the list.

Let’s see what suggestions and seconds people have, then I’ll put together the list and vote on it. Thanks!


Larry

[Jamieson Cobleigh [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

I'll second Kahuna.

Jamie

Post by ***@comcast.net [spielfrieks]
So we’ll finish off this year’s retrospective with 1998. 25 games were
nominated for the original election that year. Here they are, in
Basari
Carat
Cheops
Circus Flohcati
David and Goliath
El Caballero
Elfenland
Europa 1945-2030
Finale
Fossil
Freibeuter
Gipf
Hornochsen
Katzenjammer Blues
Medieval Merchant
Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
Samarkand
Samurai
SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter
Through the Desert
Tichu
Tonga Bonga
Tycoon
Verrater
Wettstreit der Baumeister
Note that Tichu was originally nominated for 1998, even though it’s a 1991
title, but the game really didn’t take off (particularly in the
English-speaking world) until it was re-released by RGG and Amigo in ’98.
Tichu lovers should definitely vote for it here if it’s one of their three
favorites of the year. Also note that I added Bargain Hunter to the
SchnÀppchen-Jagd entry, since the original is so hard to find and the
remake is essentially the exact same game, in case folks are only familiar
with the new title.
There were five games from 1998 that didn’t get nominated that are
currently in the top 1500 on the Geek. Here they are; if anyone seconds
For the People
Kahuna
Guillotine
Mamma Mia!
TurfMaster
And as always, feel free to nominate any other 1998 game that you think
you’ll put in your top 3. If someone else seconds it, the game will be
added to the list.
Let’s see what suggestions and seconds people have, then I’ll put together
the list and vote on it. Thanks!
Larry

[Tedcheatham [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

Larry, ditto to the last list. Except I still own 7 of these. Played them all and owned a lot. I am just going to call myself an s fart at this point. I sure am not keeping up today.

Ted Cheatham

Post by ***@comcast.net [spielfrieks]
Basari
Carat
Cheops
Circus Flohcati
David and Goliath
El Caballero
Elfenland
Europa 1945-2030
Finale
Fossil
Freibeuter
Gipf
Hornochsen
Katzenjammer Blues
Medieval Merchant
Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
Samarkand
Samurai
SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter
Through the Desert
Tichu
Tonga Bonga
Tycoon
Verrater
Wettstreit der Baumeister
Note that Tichu was originally nominated for 1998, even though it’s a 1991 title, but the game really didn’t take off (particularly in the English-speaking world) until it was re-released by RGG and Amigo in ’98. Tichu lovers should definitely vote for it here if it’s one of their three favorites of the year. Also note that I added Bargain Hunter to the SchnÀppchen-Jagd entry, since the original is so hard to find and the remake is essentially the exact same game, in case folks are only familiar with the new title.
For the People
Kahuna
Guillotine
Mamma Mia!
TurfMaster
And as always, feel free to nominate any other 1998 game that you think you’ll put in your top 3. If someone else seconds it, the game will be added to the list.
Let’s see what suggestions and seconds people have, then I’ll put together the list and vote on it. Thanks!
Larry

[[e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

I’ll second Mamma Mia!

[Clay Blankenship [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

Kind of a snoozer of a year for me.

Post by ***@comcast.net [spielfrieks]
So we’ll finish off this year’s retrospective with 1998. 25 games were
nominated for the original election that year. Here they are, in
Basari
Carat
Cheops
Circus Flohcati
David and Goliath
El Caballero
Elfenland
Europa 1945-2030
Finale
Fossil
Freibeuter
Gipf
Hornochsen
Katzenjammer Blues
Medieval Merchant
Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
Samarkand
Samurai
SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter
Through the Desert
Tichu
Tonga Bonga
Tycoon
Verrater
Wettstreit der Baumeister
Note that Tichu was originally nominated for 1998, even though it’s a 1991
title, but the game really didn’t take off (particularly in the
English-speaking world) until it was re-released by RGG and Amigo in ’98.
Tichu lovers should definitely vote for it here if it’s one of their three
favorites of the year. Also note that I added Bargain Hunter to the
SchnÀppchen-Jagd entry, since the original is so hard to find and the
remake is essentially the exact same game, in case folks are only familiar
with the new title.
There were five games from 1998 that didn’t get nominated that are
currently in the top 1500 on the Geek. Here they are; if anyone seconds
For the People
Kahuna
Guillotine
Mamma Mia!
TurfMaster
And as always, feel free to nominate any other 1998 game that you think
you’ll put in your top 3. If someone else seconds it, the game will be
added to the list.
Let’s see what suggestions and seconds people have, then I’ll put together
the list and vote on it. Thanks!
Larry

[G Russell [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

I’ll second Mama Mia.

Sent from my iPad

['Sharon Khan' [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

I’ll second Turfmaster.



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So we’ll finish off this year’s retrospective with 1998. 25 games were nominated for the original election that year. Here they are, in alphabetical order:



Basari

Carat

Cheops

Circus Flohcati

David and Goliath

El Caballero

Elfenland

Europa 1945-2030

Finale

Fossil

Freibeuter

Gipf

Hornochsen

Katzenjammer Blues

Medieval Merchant

Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper

Samarkand

Samurai

SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter

Through the Desert

Tichu

Tonga Bonga

Tycoon

Verrater

Wettstreit der Baumeister



Note that Tichu was originally nominated for 1998, even though it’s a 1991 title, but the game really didn’t take off (particularly in the English-speaking world) until it was re-released by RGG and Amigo in ’98. Tichu lovers should definitely vote for it here if it’s one of their three favorites of the year. Also note that I added Bargain Hunter to the SchnÀppchen-Jagd entry, since the original is so hard to find and the remake is essentially the exact same game, in case folks are only familiar with the new title.



There were five games from 1998 that didn’t get nominated that are currently in the top 1500 on the Geek. Here they are; if anyone seconds them, they’ll get added to the list:



For the People

Kahuna

Guillotine

Mamma Mia!

TurfMaster



And as always, feel free to nominate any other 1998 game that you think you’ll put in your top 3. If someone else seconds it, the game will be added to the list.



Let’s see what suggestions and seconds people have, then I’ll put together the list and vote on it. Thanks!



Larry

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1998 is back in the era when my group was still playing a lot of miniatures games.

So, though there are several games on the list I bought back in 1998, the 1998 game I actually played the most that year was Crimson Skies.I remember it fondly, still have all the rules and many miniatures, and I’m surprised to see that it has an average rating of 7.05.

Bill

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Nominate Cosmic Eidex.

[Jonathan Franklin [e-mail] [spielfrieks]]

I second Cosmic Eidex

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Nominate Cosmic Eidex.

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Okay, let’s finish things off for the year with the 1998 retrospective voting. There are 29 games in the poll, all set up at http://meepleschoice.win/ http://meepleschoice.win/. As usual, vote for three or fewer games. I’ll shut things down on Friday, August 17, and give the results. The games are given below. Thanks to everyone for participating!

Basari
Carat/The Gardens of the Alhambra
Cheops
Circus Flohcati
Cosmic Eidex
David & Goliath
El Caballero
Elfenland
Europa 1945-2030
Finale
Fossil
Freibeuter
GIPF
Hornochsen
Kahuna
Katzenjammer Blues
Mamma Mia!
Medieval Merchant
Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
Samarkand
Samurai
SchnÀppchen-Jagd/Bargain Hunter
Through the Desert
Tichu
Tonga Bonga
TurfMaster
Tycoon
Verrater
Wettstreit der Baumeister