A Message for Aldie...

United States

Colorado

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Aldie, you probably already know this, but boardgamegeek.com rocks.
You have managed to pull this community together in a way that is revolutionizing both Boardgaming as a hobby and how gamers connect with one another. Not only has this site galvanized gaming as a legitimate passion (with that indescribable "oh cool, I'm not the only one" feeling first-timers experience), but you have also brought together a wide and diverse range of people who are actually INTERESTING in their own right.
So here's my suggestion for you. Take it or leave it as you please, but understand that at the core of this suggestion is a huge compliment. Boardgamegeek's structure and ranking system is unlike anything I've seen on the internet. It's democratic, it's capitalistic, it's fair and it lends itself to intelligent debate, whether the subject is esoteric gaming mechanics or the stupidest videos on YouTube. Have you thought about using this site's core elements in other areas of interest? Now that you have reached the million-man mark, I know you would have an army of loyal followers who would follow you to any related sites with tremendous energy.
Here's hoping I see "Scott Alden" on a Forbe's list some day,

Grant

P.S. Geeks, please feel free to add to this list as you wish.

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Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:13 pm

1. Board Game: Scene It? Movie [Average Rating:5.63 Overall Rank:5261]

Grant

United States

Colorado

Filmgeek
Imagine BGG themed around movies. Microbadges galore. A national ranking system based on YOUR votes. MovieLists. Categories. Awards.
The possibilities here are limitless, as would be the advertising (imho).

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Edited Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:11 pm
Posted Sun Mar 9, 2008 7:57 pm

Tor Iver Wilhelmsen

(JadedGamer)

Norway
Oslo
Unspecified

You mean a VERY poor man's version of the Internet Movie Database? devil

Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:32 pm
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Kenneth Bailey

(mikoyan)

United States
Ypsilanti
Michigan

The top movie would be some art flick that only 5 people have seen (including the actors and director). Anyone who complained about that movie would be told that they need to watch it at least 2 or 3 more times so that they can appreciate it's depth and complexity.

Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:25 pm
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Eugene Ko

(eugene256)

United States
Lakewood
Colorado

mikoyan wrote:

So kind of like the Academy Awards?

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Tim Seitz

United States
Glen Allen
VA

Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him. 2 Sam 14:14

Nice idea, but people go to IMDB because it's a great information resource, not because of the humor and "insightful" wit of a handful of its users.

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Kieran Quinn

(kq76)

Canada
Vancouver
BC

Phil81 wrote:

I have thought of this plenty of times too.
IMDB is a great datasbase, but if it had even a handful of BGG's cool user features it would be utterly amazing.

Every time I go to IMDB, which is a lot, I think the exact same thing. It's great, but it would be so unbelievably better if it was more like BGG.

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2. Board Game: Scene It? Music [Average Rating:5.83 Overall Rank:5986]

Grant

United States

Colorado

Musicgeek
I personally have a difficult time choosing new music. I typically hate all radio stations outside of NPR, and have only discovered recent faves like Sigur Ros and VNV Nation through pure happenstance. How awesome would this site be if it included a subdivision which allowed geeks to vote on their favorite artists/albums/songs/composers/singers/musicians in genres ranging from Classical to Industrial?

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Posted Sun Mar 9, 2008 7:59 pm

Gabe Alvaro

United States
Berkeley
California

game = album

or

game = song

?

Either way, would be awesome for Music geeks!

Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:21 pm
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(Sislar)

United States

One tinsy winsy problem. The RIAA is screwed up it would see it
as a threat and not a way to promote music and the first time someone
uploaded a song to the files section the aldie would be sued till bgg was owned by sony.

This site does rock but there certainly is some content that the orginal copyright owners could object to if they wanted to. But most of the gaming publishers seem to understand that the player aids and even the full computer versions help sell more copies of the game not less.

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Paul Boos

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Pandora.com + user commentary?

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Tim Seitz

United States
Glen Allen
VA

JadedGamer wrote:

http://www.allmusic.com

Aye. That's what I use.

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Sean Norville

(snorville)

United States
La Jolla
California

last.fm

Really interesting when you scrobble your tracks. Given, user input is limited to a certain extent and pandora is better for finding new music. I've managed to get a good number of friends to join.

Edit:

My user page as an example:
http://www.last.fm/user/snorville

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3. Board Game: Travel [Average Rating:5.86 Unranked]

Grant

United States

Colorado

Travelgeek
Wondering where to plan your next vacation? This site would allow members to debate the world's best beaches. The worst museums. The most expensive destinations. The toughest hikes. Imagine session reports on rail-trips through eastern Europe, GeekLists on Colorado's best skiing...

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Edited Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:11 pm
Posted Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:11 pm

Gabe Alvaro

United States
Berkeley
California

This one would seem a little unwieldy, but the name "TravelGeek" sounds very catchy to me.

Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:23 pm
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T. Nomad

(tommynomad)

New Zealand
Winnipeg/Auckland/Cheonan

Since the ThornTree has devolved into a spam/flame fest, this one I could actually imagine working.

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Erik D

(erak)

United States
Elmhurst
New York

TripAdvisor's pretty far up there.

For big cities, you can't beat citysearch.com, especially the Best Of categories split into editors' picks and reader picks.

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Paul Boos

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

In order to be truly useful the tools would be far more inticate... Let's just say I personally thought this out to a degree and believe at teh time being it can't be done adequately.

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4. Board Game: Foodie Craze [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

Grant

United States

Colorado

Foodgeek
Regional Lists. Ethnic Lists. The Best Steaks in the World. The Finest Whisky Bars. The Worst Franchises. McDonalds would be the new Monopoly and foodies the world over could come here to discover the new Agricola.

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Edited Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:11 pm
Posted Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:08 pm

Boo

(walk_softly)

Canada
Kanata
ON

Have you seen Chit Chat lately?

This place is almost BaconGeek.

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Robert Wesley

(GROGnads)

Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington

"Agricola}b Bran" Cereal! Just like Bg{GG, then what ain't fruits & nuts is flakes!

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Darryl Boone

(booned)

Canada
Coquitlam
BC

Reading your recent posts has been like dipping my bottom over and over into a bath of the silkiest oils and creams.

A friend of mine is trying to do just this, and went live with his site just recently:

MealMax

It's a similar idea -- it's user-generated content, people can add ~~games~~ restaurants to the DB and earn points for adding content.

It's a great site, but there's just not much there yet. The main problem is getting some initial content -- the starting snowball, if you will, that will encourage more to be added as it gains momentum. It's extra tough since it's city-based, so if I add content for Vancouver that won't really help someone in Denver (due to the nature of the topic).

If there is no starting content, what will encourage people to start adding content? If anyone has suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.

Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:48 pm
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Grant

United States

Colorado

GROGnads wrote:

g{"Agricola}b Bran" Cereal! Just like BGG, then what ain't fruits & nuts is flakes!

My favorite GROGnadism of all time. Hands down.

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Paul Boos

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Oooh I like this idea... I will defintiely check out MealMax also.

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5. Board Game: Booktastic! [Average Rating:2.50 Unranked]

Grant

United States

Colorado

Bookgeek
Finally, all you geeks with Kafka badges would have some place to congregate and debate the best horror, the best fantasy, the best of the classics, the worst of modern fiction, the best of modern science writing, the best editorialists, the worst journalists, the greatest authors of all time. Reviews, reading reports, BookLists, it's just too much for me to think about for long without feeling like I'm going to pass out from the weight of sheer possibility.

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Edited Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:13 pm
Posted Sun Mar 9, 2008 8:06 pm

Gabe Alvaro

http://www.librarything.com

United States
Berkeley
California

THIS should be the no-brainer of the bunch to do. A book is a book. Book = game. Easy. Genius.

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Tim Thorp

(berserkley)

United States
Granite Falls
Washington

skelebone wrote:

I've been using http://www.shelfari.com

My site of choice. For me, the closest to a BGG-esque book site.

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(spearjr)

United States
Saint Joseph
Michigan

I would do all the things I have ever dreamed of doing. I would love to become a professional whistler.I'm pretty amazing at it now, but I wanna get, like, even better. Make my living out of it.

Bffffttt, Pffffttt, Buuuuurtt........

skelebone wrote:

I've been using http://www.shelfari.com

I tried this a few weeks back but was disappointed. When marking a book as read, I don't care about the version of the book, if I'm marking it as owned, then version matters, but all the versions should be collated together, not spread out. Searching right now is a clumsy mess, imo. I got to less than 50 of the books I've read the stopped.

(Also you should be able to click on an author or publisher and see everything connect to them, ala how it works on BGG.)

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(spearjr)

United States
Saint Joseph
Michigan

I would do all the things I have ever dreamed of doing. I would love to become a professional whistler.I'm pretty amazing at it now, but I wanna get, like, even better. Make my living out of it.

Bffffttt, Pffffttt, Buuuuurtt........

CrocWrestler wrote:

This seems to have a good interface. I'm going to have to create and account and check it out more. (Quick glance tells me it has many of the things I felt Shelfari was missing.)

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B. Maicke

(Braydin)

United States

Tennessee

I've been using http://www.anobii.com/. It tracks the different versions of books, but when browsing through books will let you know when you have a different edition on your shelf. It also lets you click on the author's names for everything in the DB by that author. The site is also international so you aren't limited to English releases.

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6. Board Game: Super Mario Bros. [Average Rating:3.62 Unranked]

Schrodinger's Dog

(nichos)

Canada
Medicine Hat
alberta

VGG - Videogamegeek A place to talk geek about all your video game needs... a forum open to gamers from all consoles.

As a Moderator on Sony's Gamer Advisory Panel, I've been promoting BGG's ease of use and open design. Our community used to have something much more like BGG in terms of design and community pride... a redesign a few years back took alot of the feeling away... I'd love to see Aldie's take on a fan-community videogame site.

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Edited Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:43 am
Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:42 am

Grant

United States

Colorado

Here here.

Or is it Hear Hear?

Edited Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:20 am
Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:19 am
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Tim Seitz

United States
Glen Allen
VA

lestat2099 wrote:

The hype of the newest games always bias the database towards those games. There's no "all time favorite games" or a trusting database. There's virtually no community interaction and the reviews are always by the game owners or by payed reviewers (Imagine BGG filled with Tom Vasels*).

Most computer and videogame players don't play older games. Videogames don't age as well as boardgames. Changing technology has a bigger impact on their lifecycle.

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Key Locks

(Leezer)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

out4blood wrote:

Most computer and videogame players don't play older games. Videogames don't age as well as boardgames. Changing technology has a bigger impact on their lifecycle.

Why shouldn't they play older games? As in any genre, lots of crap is released all the time, but the best games should survive longer, even if the technology becomes outdated. After years of buying console after console, being assured that each successive incarnation is the end-all, I have all but given up on video games. We here at BGG complain of the "cult of the new", but in video games it's a full-blown state-sponsored religion. Some of the control has got to shift away from the corporation toward the community in order for my faith in the genre to be restored.

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Twinge

(Twinge)

United States
Berthoud
Colorado

Leezer wrote:

The "new is better" phenomenon applies to almost all aspects of capitalistic society, I think. Your car is 10 years old? Better get a new one. The graphics on that game are crappy, play this new one instead! DVD looks okay, but HD-DVD looks even better, so buy our new media player! Your computer only has 1 gig of RAM and a 1.5Ghz processor? It's time to upgrade!

Me? I still play NES games regularly, and I've also played Portal. I think the best RTS game ever made came out 10 years ago. Wii is a lot of fun, and so is Super Bomberman on the SNES.

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Ernesto Cabrera

(lestat2099)

Mexico
Mexico
D.F.

out4blood wrote:

lestat2099 wrote:

Most computer and videogame players don't play older games. Videogames don't age as well as boardgames. Changing technology has a bigger impact on their lifecycle.

The single feature on the Wii that had most weight when I was thinking of getting it, was the fact that you can play a lot of old games with a controller that resembles the old ones (and even the opportunity to play leftover games of Game Cube). I don't have enough money to buy all the consoles I got rid of during my adolescence, but playing Super Metroid, Mario Bros 3 or TNMT on the Wii is as fun (and challenging) as playing Mario Galaxy or the newer games for Xbox or PS(insert number)

Also, apparently boardgames don't "age as well" for the community: Always the newest game is praised as "the ultimate" and "the best" game in it's genre (read: Agricola, Pandemic, Through the Ages, Starcraft..)

Edit: In no way I'm trying to attack you or your post, I'm just completing my thoughts about videogames...

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7. Board Game: The Batman Jigsaw Puzzle Game [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]

Steve Cates

(ironcates)

United States
Visalia
California

PuzzleGameGeek

For all those solitare gamers out there. This would be a big hit with the current users just as RPGGeek will be.

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:01 am

Erik D

(erak)

United States
Elmhurst
New York

I wouldn't mind combining this with videogame geek: Tetris, Bust-a-Move, Lumines, etc etc.

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8. Board Game: Dweebs Geeks & Weirdos [Average Rating:5.32 Unranked]

Paul Denhup

(PAYDIRT)

United States
Stratford
Connecticut

Here it comes:

www.SweetOnGeeks.com

The good, the bad and the... well not all of them!

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:18 am

9. Board Game: Whack a Catgirl [Average Rating:5.89 Overall Rank:5658]

フィル

(sbszine)

Australia
Newtown
NSW

AnimeGeek
There are a million anime database sites out there, none of which are even a tenth as useful as BGG.

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:56 am

Robert Wesley

(GROGnads)

Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington

There ARE any that are 'useful'? surprise

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Tim Seitz

United States
Glen Allen
VA

Maybe they are if you know Japanese?

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10. Board Game: Busen Memo [Average Rating:4.94 Overall Rank:7634]

ocean

(bark)

United States
fayetteville
Arkansas

PORNGEEK

sorry had to add a favorite. blush

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:31 am

Darren M

(nexttothemoon)

New Zealand
Nelson

www. adultdvdtalk.com has a pretty good site with a lot of useful features... but even there I could see the BGG "engine" being applied to good effect.

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Schrodinger's Dog

(nichos)

Canada
Medicine Hat
alberta

nexttothemoon wrote:

www. adultdvdtalk.com has a pretty good site with a lot of useful features... but even there I could see the BGG "engine" being applied to good effect.

...but could you imagine the fuss that would surround the whole User Submission/GeekMod system? Ouch... some hurt pride there... and well, there's only a few solo variants... god, I better end this post before I get any worse...

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HMS Iron Duke

(Mike Sisson)

United States
Bartlett
Tennessee

The only problem I can see with this idea is somebody would post Puerto Rico in all of the Geeklists.

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(Osiris Ra)

United States

New York

When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.

The only problem would be that eventually all the users would go blind. And have hairy palm pilots.

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11. Board Game: The Chick Game [Average Rating:7.00 Unranked]

Give Me Gas In My Ford

(ipgyst)

United States
Elkhart
Indiana

HotChicksWithGeeks.com (for the guys)
HotDudesWithGeeks.com (for the ladies)

Of course these would be celebratory websites ("Way to go, man! Nice picture! Who's the hottie?"), unlike their inspiration, which exists solely to make fun of DBs:

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

(edited to add bold formatting)

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:52 am

Jason Cavallari

(cavallaj)

United States
Newton
Massachusetts

Thank you for introducing me to the lovely procrastination tool that is HCwDB.com. I just lost an hour looking at way too many faux-hawks and neon-orange spray-on tans.

Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:47 pm
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Give Me Gas In My Ford

(ipgyst)

United States
Elkhart
Indiana

The level of douche-baggery on HCwDB is amazing. It is everybody's duty to be aware of the problem.

Posted Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:46 am
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Sound Preacher

(soundpreacher)

Pennsylvania

I think hotchickswithgeeks.com already exists. Of course, the content is currently zero...

Posted Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:55 am
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12. Board Game: Roller Coaster Tycoon [Average Rating:6.02 Overall Rank:3220]

Bob Hansen

(kixdsky)

United States
Menomonee Falls
Wisconsin

CoasterGeek.com

Unfortunately, the name is already taken by some hack that has his personal picture collection on the net.

There is a huge group of people on the net that go to get info on amusement parks and roller coasters. I've often been tempted to ask Aldie for permission to use his format for a coaster site like this site.

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:23 pm

Erik D

(erak)

United States
Elmhurst
New York

#1 on my list of things to do before I die is ride X in Magic Mountain. Too bad it's 3,000 miles away.

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13. Board Game: BrewMaster: The Craft Beer Game [Average Rating:5.68 Overall Rank:5342]

Kevin H.

(dysjunct)

United States
Crescent City
California

BeerGeek.com

Site is taken but currently inactive (no posts since Aug 2007).

ratebeer.com and beeradvocate.com are both okay, but they lack the BGG charm, openness, and accessibility.

Besides, I can't wait to start a split in the community over Euro vs. Ameribeer. devil

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:01 pm

Gene Baker

(gbaker59)

United States
Ocean Springs
Mississippi

Games with dragons, spaceships, and bears aren’t wargames. Call them conquest games or strategy games or crap but they aren’t wargames.

It wouldn’t be a very interesting split. Basically the Europeans telling us that their beer is better and we Americans agreeing.

Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:55 pm
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Grant

United States

Colorado

BelgianBoardGamer wrote:

ulyssus wrote:

OOohh great idea. And as for EUROtrash beer, the only good stuff comes from the Czech's and Germans. Outside of that it's all rubbish...especially that Emerald Isle garbage.

I feel sorry for you, as you must be one of those people who have never tasted a great belgian beer.

Just try them and you will see the light.

There are only 2 kind of people in the world: those who have tasted belgian beer and are now in love with it, and those who will soon fall in love with it.

Best regards from belgium

BBG

Well, admittedly I don't recall trying a Belgian beer. I've had Dutch, is that close enough?

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Tony Ackroyd

(1000rpm)

United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex

Still not up to BBG's (stunning) level of functionality, but there is:
www.pubjury.com
For rating pubs and bars....

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Jim O'Neill (Established 1949)

(oneilljgf)

Scotland
Motherwell
I aten't dead yet...

Scottish Beers

And light beers are like making love in a canoe...

#$%@ing close to water

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Peter Van de Voorde

(BelgianBoardGamer)

Belgium
Schoonaarde (Dendermonde)
Oost-Vlaanderen

Have a Dikke Knuffel (A Big Hug for you non dutch speaking people :) )

Stepping out on the road is a dangerous business. You have to keep your feet under you, or before you know it you'll be swept off to who knows where!

ulyssus wrote:

BelgianBoardGamer wrote:

ulyssus wrote:

OOohh great idea. And as for EUROtrash beer, the only good stuff comes from the Czech's and Germans. Outside of that it's all rubbish...especially that Emerald Isle garbage.

Well, admittedly I don't recall trying a Belgian beer. I've had Dutch, is that close enough?

The Horror!

Don't you every compare dutch and belgian beer, that's like comparing radioactive waste with fine chocolate

If you ever come to Belgium I'll introduce you to our finest quality beers, afterwards I'm sure that you'll never want to drink anything else

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14. Board Game: Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game [Average Rating:6.77 Overall Rank:1115]

Stefan Lopuszanski

(Stexe)

United States
North Wales
Pennsylvania

So hear me roar! RAWR!

Her Serenity, The Lady of Pain.

RPG Geek.com

We all know it is in the works, but COME ON ALREADY!

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:13 pm

15. Board Game: History of the World [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:262]

Big Guy

(sbarrera)

United States
Cary
North Carolina

There has to be HistoryGeek.com. A monstrous events and persons database you can add to for GeekFame. GeekNarratives to list events according to your favorite historical model.

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:07 pm

16. Board Game: The Big Idea [Average Rating:6.40 Overall Rank:1388]

Big Guy

(sbarrera)

United States
Cary
North Carolina

How about InventionGeek.com? You would only need a few million IDs to track all known inventions. Users could submit their own invention ideas for community review. Patent rights would be guaranteed by the site Terms of Use. And you could have GeekConnections!

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:16 pm

17. Board Game: Dealer's Choice [Average Rating:5.82 Overall Rank:5074]

Just call me Erik

(unixrevolution)

United States
Waldorf
Maryland

AutoGeek or CarGeek

Cars are a complex hobby. With all the stuff you can do to a car, all the different models of car, with variations in engine, transmission, etc, a user generated DB of automotive knowledge would be ideal.

EDIT: Apparently Autogeek.com exists, but I'm not sure how analagous it is.

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Posted Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:54 pm

Eric Franklin

(Gamethyme)

United States
Everett
Washington

He sees you when you're sleeping; he knows when you're awake ...

He knows if you've been bad or good.

My former employer, CarDomain.com, is trying to do this.

They've got forums (mostly on SoundDomain.com, but they're there) and are trying to encourage an active community.

Good group of people, too.

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Eric L

(inscrutable hahn)

United States
Seattle
Washington

When I explained Math Trades to my Father In Law, his first words were "auto parts."

He's 63, he's fully networked, and he's ready to join up and spend his retirement years browsing the corvette forums.

If you build it, he will come.

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18. GeekList: Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 8 - 14 May 2005

Paul Boos

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

ThriftGeek.com (I have no idea if it is taken - too lazy to find out...)

Forums = tips or tricks
Games = stores/sites
Session reports = Shopping Sprees

Blah, blah...

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19. Board Game: Pimps and Hos [Average Rating:3.31 Unranked]

Tim Seitz

United States
Glen Allen
VA

Something Elliott Spitzer might find useful...

A Geek version of the International Sex Guide, where the term "session report" takes on a new meaning.

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Gabe Alvaro

United States
Berkeley
California

This same thought occurred to me a couple weeks ago when I was perusing some music review site. Thanks for making this geeklist. Aldie should consider it and think BIG!

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Dominic Crapuchettes

(domcrap)

United States
Bethesda
MD

This overtext is brought to you by the abstract strategy game Battle of LITS and the number 20.

rootbeer wrote:

Not to diminish what Aldie has done, nor to sound elitist, but I think a large part of why BGG has such an excellent community...

Part of the charm of the BGG is our ability to continually converse intelligently about new and old board games. Part of this is due to the passionate people who come here EVERYDAY to interact respectfully and part of it is due to our wonderful sense of humor (pats ourselves on the back).

I bet something similar could be replicated for book lovers. This would be the easiest cross-over in my opinion.

I think it could also be replicated for music and film, as long as there was a way to keep people from starting silly flame wars. To begin with, I think music and film would have to be divided into several genres. But it would be more difficult since a lot of young people have their egos entangled in the type of music they listen to. The conversations could easily turn into silly posturing.

Anyhow, I love the idea of replicating the model in places where it would work. There is obviously great value in what Aldie has done.

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Grant

United States

Colorado

domcrap wrote:

rootbeer wrote:

Not to diminish what Aldie has done, nor to sound elitist, but I think a large part of why BGG has such an excellent community...

Here's a thought...open the new site(s) to BGG members exclusively at first, so as to separate the wheat from the chaff. Then you could make it invitation only (similar to gmail's early days) before incorporating some means of allowing members to police themselves democratically. So the anticipated numbers of idiots pouring in could be cut back via thumbs, flags, molotov's, etc.

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Tim Seitz