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BoardGameGeek is a website started in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko as a resource for the board gaming hobby. The database holds reviews, articles and session reports for over 25,000 different games, expansions and designers, including card games and other tabletop games, as well as German-style board games, wargames and traditional board games. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (765x1003, 237 KB) Summary Sample game entry (for Settlers of Catan) from BoardGameGeek (www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (765x1003, 237 KB) Summary Sample game entry (for Settlers of Catan) from BoardGameGeek (www. ... Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game invented by Klaus Teuber, first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). ... A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ... The term database originated within the computer industry. ... // For the game on The Price Is Right, please see Card Game (pricing game). ... Tabletop game is a general term used to refer to card games, board games, parlor games, role-playing games, miniature wargames, tile-based games and other games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface. ... German-style board games, also known as Euro games, designer games, family strategy games or hobby games, are games designed to appeal to both older children and adults. ... Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as wargames. ...

The site includes bulletin boards and a marketplace, together with a gamer database to match up board gamers in the same location. The site also features online playing of some of the board games. Well-used bulletin board on the Infinite Corridor at MIT, November 2004. ... A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. ... A gamer is, in a general sense, one who plays games. ...

Game rankings

The site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale. The average and Bayesian average rating is presented for each game. The latter is used to generate a ranked list of games. [1] Only games with at least 30 users rating them are included in the ranked list. Bayesian refers to probability and statistics -- either methods associated with the Reverend Thomas Bayes (ca. ...

As of December 2006, the top 10 highest ranked games on BoardGameGeek are:

1. Puerto Rico by Andreas Seyfarth, 2002
2. Tigris & Euphrates by Reiner Knizia, 1997
3. Caylus by William Attia, 2005
4. Power Grid by Friedemann Friese, 2004
5. El Grande by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, 1996
6. The Princes of Florence by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, 2000
7. Die Macher by Karl-Heinz Schmiel, 1986
8. Age of Steam by Martin Wallace, 2002
9. Ra by Reiner Knizia, 1999
10. Commands & Colors: Ancients by Richard Borg, 2006

Tic-Tac-Toe has long remained at the bottom of the rankings list. Received for the #1 game of 1994, Manhattan Andreas Seyfarth (November 6, 1962) is a German-style board game designer, most notably he created Puerto Rico, consistently ranked as the best board game ever [1]. In 2002 the game was awarded first place for the prestigious Deutscher Spiele Preis (German... Tigris and Euphrates is a German strategy board game designed by Reiner Knizia and published in 1997 by Hans im Glück in German (as Euphrat und Tigris) and by Mayfair Games in English. ... Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. ... Caylus is a strategy- and building-oriented German-style board game designed by William Attia and independently published in 2005 by in France and England and Rio Grande Games in North America. ... Power Grid is a multiplayer board game invented by Friedemann Friese, published by Rio Grande Games. ... Friedemann Friese is a German board game designer, currently residing and working in Bremen. ... El Grande is a German-style board game designed in 1996. ... Wolfgang Kramer (born June 29, 1942 in Stuttgart) is a German game designer. ... Richard Ulrich is a German board game designer. ... Princes of Florence (German: Die Fürsten von Florenz) is a renaissance-themed German-style board game designed by Richard Ulrich and Wolfgang Kramer, and published in 2000 by Alea in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. ... Martin Wallace is a game designer from Manchester, England. ... RA is a board game for three to five players designed by Reiner Knizia based on ancient Egyptian culture. ... Tic-tac-toe, also called noughts and crosses and many other names, is a paper and pencil game between two players, O and X, who alternate in marking the spaces in a 3×3 board. ...

In 2006, an additional list of top-ranked wargames was created, in part due to the typically small number of ratings these games receive, causing them to be lost in the overall rating list. At the top of this list is DAK2 (2004) by Dean Essig. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as wargames. ...

Only 721 wargames are ranked, as opposed to the 3290 games ranked on the whole site, and the 26965 games listed on the site.

Community

BoardGameGeek is a large community, with a variety of traditions and in-jokes that have emerged over the years. One major activity is the creation of GeekLists, which are lists of games based on a particular theme, or games that people want to trade. There are also forums in which members argue over such issues as the merits of theme versus mechanics, European versus American design, and how to best calculate game rating statistics. One lasting joke is a recurring reference to the game Busen Memo, which is a variant of memory using breasts. There is also a large community of Werewolf players, and online games are frequently arranged on the forums. A rotating, game related cartoon is featured on the front page. Variously themed cards are available for children of all age groups. ... Mafia (also known under the variant Werewolf or Village) is a party game modeling a battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority. ...

GeekGold

The site uses a virtual currency, GeekGold, to reward users who provide site content (images, reviews, rule translations or other information about games) as well as those who peer-review that content. GeekGold can be spent to obtain permission to display an avatar, different types of badges, voting privileges in the "Geekies" (annual awards given to the best games for their category in the year, as voted by the users) or to buy games or accesories that are being auctioned off by other users of the site. The ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, copyright BBT In Hindu philosophy, an avatar, avatara or avataram (Sanskrit: , IAST: ), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a higher being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth. ...

Generally, GeekGold is not available for direct purchase, however in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it was briefly made available for direct purchase, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Red Cross. [2] A total of $36,403 was raised between September 1, 2005 and September 9, 2005. Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

GeekGold is achieved in many ways, and players may choose to give some of their GeekGold to another user, for a review or other item that they enjoyed. GeekGold has also been traded for money many times, a type of trade that the admins do not discourage, although no official exchange rate has been reached.

External link

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