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Games that FIRED other Games....
Medievalbanquet
United States
Wellesley
Massachusetts
And if you never have, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.
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Happy New Year, Geeks!
I'm curious. What game basically fired/pink slipped another game for you?
I.E. You enjoyed Candyland and played it a lot but when you got Chutes and Ladders, CL was tossed out the door.
How could this happen? Well, the above example isn't that great but maybe you learned a new game that was similar in mechanics but better than the game you were playing. So, you tossed the older one out!
I'm going to list the game that did the firing and mention which game was fired in the body of the text.
6/6/11 WOW, this GL has been a ton of fun b/c of all those that have contributed thoughts. Nice going! There was a suggestion to edit the list alphabetically. I thought it a great idea at this point for searching, etc. So, done.
1/5/10 1:30pm EST EDIT: I think this geeklist is going to get me FIRED...
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Zack Stackurski
United States
Mankato
Minnesota
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... fired ...
My wife got me Wasabi! last Christmas... and developed a strong dislike for it within 3 games (which is too bad... because I rather like it). Luckily not long after I tried Ingenious at game night and decided to pick up a copy. Its now one of our favorite games, but ensures poor Wasabi won't be played anywhere but game nights anymore...
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CD Harris
United States
Louisville
KY
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Fired
and
Both had a good run in the front office, but are now relegated to the basement with no red Swingline stapler. In fact, the new guy's already been given a corner office. Supercedes both in fun and gameplay while also performing duties not in his job description as a gateway game.
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The father of the Spawn of JoshBot
United States
All a part of my kitty empire
Don't wait a moment too soon
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Fired:
Race for the Galaxy
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Glory to Rome
My group played a lot of RftG, and GtR never really took of with us for some reason, but Innovation fired them both. I think its success stems from having more direct player interaction than RftG and having a slightly longer player time.
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Fired
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Ismael Alonso
Spain
Madrid
Madrid
SIEMPRE DE UN LADO PARA OTRO...
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Fired his Prime...
Bye, bye Cavaliere
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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This game fired...
I did like Hey That's My Fish but always thought its idea should be part of a bigger game. Now it is, and I really like it now. See my detailed review here.
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Fired
Jambo
As the best card game for only-2 players
Otherwise RFTG will be unbeatable
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Tomas Lundin
Sweden
Åtvidaberg
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FIRED Lost Cities.
Listen, Lost Cities is a good game but nothing to write home about. First it got kicked in the shins by Battle Line and recently Jaipur finished it off for good. Yes siree.
To me it's more thematic and varied plus Jaipur's got more interaction overall. Looks great, plays great. For a gaming quickie, don't go searching anymore for those god-forsaken lost cities, just get on a plane to Rajasthan baby!
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Jonathan Kandell
United States
Tucson
Arizona
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Fired: , aka (Bela, also known as Klabberjass).
Culbertson's jazzed up version of the traditional european game of Klabberjass/Bela. With his modernized scoring and streamlined rules, and the built-for-excitement bridge scoring, there's absolutely no reason to play the original.
(Five ratings, two BGG entries under different names: not bad for an old game from the 30s!)
So all 3 BGG users who play Klaberjass can become 3 users who play Jo-Jotte.
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Fired
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Jim Wilde
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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Fired:
What can I say? I'm on a Martial Arts kick...
Both are fun games, but Kung Fu Fighting has better defined roles and more variety, while remaining cleaner to play. The combo's alone make it better than Bang!
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Fired
Pure speculation......... 
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Robin Stubbings
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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Fired
Warrior Knights
I get the theme with cleaner mechanics and a much reduced playtime. Fantastic!
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Wulf Corbett
Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire
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I think a lot of people agree that LNoE replaces any need for Zombies!!!
It's Zombies!!! with a plot and actual characters!
Mind you, just because I don't need Zombies!!!, I'll still keep it around just in case I want to be reminded...
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eric hogan
United States
Oregon
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Last of the Independents is faster moving, compared to the plodding tech. tree type approach to Automobile which gives few tactical choices once you set your course. In LOTI there are surprises at every turn. Hard choices abound, but limited amounts of money keep the pace quick. While luck is a big factor,it can be mitigated in several tactical fashions. Sacrifices here and there can reap great benefits somewhere else. Power plays can do their duty when necessary. The three ways to win tokens keep you on your toes both offensively and defensively. It just sort of cuts to the quick the essentials of hard core competition on an economic level.
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Neuro Gamer
United States
Grand Prairie
Texas
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Sorry Checkers, we've decided there is a better use for your set.
I thought long and hard about a game that had "fired" another game, and this one fills the bill. Not that I was a Checkers enthusiast, but after discovering Lines of Action, I will never pass up the opportunity to demonstrate how someone can make better use of a checkers set.
Gg
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Matthew Marquand
United States
Columbus
Ohio
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Long Shot Fired Winner's Circle
I like the ability to play with more players. I like the cards. I like the ability to own horses. I like the ability to bet on horses until they're in the no bets zone. I like the ability to reroll once in the game. I like the decisions as to how best to use the money you earn throughout the game. However, I like the fat ponies of WC much better.
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james elmore
United States
California
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The Looney Bin fired Give Me the Brain Both games have great off beat themes and GMTB has full color cards. But the comparisons end there: Not only is there more to do in LB with the "treatments" but the card play is just better all around.
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Justin Jeffers
United States
Santa Rosa
California
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Fired:
Pandemic
LOTR is a much better cooperative game to me since everyone's fate is not necessarily tied together, and there is reason for players to help each other as individual characters instead of just doing whatever is best for some big end goal without any threat to themselves as an individual player.
Pandemic has a lot of "directing" that goes on and in LOTR there is definitely some of that but I find it is often more consulting than directing: "What risk are we going to take? Can you discard this or that?" etc. In Pandemic the choices are generally pretty clear, and things only get tense and complicated late in the game, where LOTR gets complicated really fast, and stays at this level of complication through most of the game.
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Chris
United States
Newark
Delaware
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... fired Stratego.
A smaller board makes for quicker and more intense play, and the powers keep you from the terrible upsets of hitting exactly the wrong character. Very fun game!
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aaron belmer
United States
St. Louis
Missouri
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...fired Chinatown.
I love love love Chinatown. I dunno what it is about the game that's so much fun. But there's really never a reason to play it again. Lords of Vegas is basically Chinatown with a better theme, more options (take risks to build out), and better than that, if you need a lil extra money, you can gamble at an opponents casino!
Great game. Sorry Chinatown.
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Michael Purser
United States
Utah
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Fired
LoV has the same majority control and hostile takeover aspects of Acquire, but corporations pay out constantly and ownership is more fluid. There is a lot more luck involved than Acquire, but that is only fitting for a Vegas game. Overall, I think it provides a tense, engaging game until the last card is drawn.
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Andrew Breitenbach
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
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FIRED Skip-Bo as the two-player card game I played with my spouse. This was important, as no matter where we traveled, we always packed a card game just in case. For quite some time that was Skip-Bo, until that fateful day I discovered BGG and dug up some wonderful-sounding alternatives. Of all the ones we tried, Lost Cities clicked with us the best, and now, years later, it's still the one we tuck away into our suitcase. Bless you, Reiner Knizia. Bless you.
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Brian Pilnick
United States
Santa Clara
California
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FIRED: Lost Cities
It has the same mechanic but supports more players, has easier score tracking, and throws in the bonus items on the map. Especially when played with the variant to allow increasing or decreasing expeditions, this game is strictly better in all but portability.
(Note: I know not everyone agrees on the variant. It does make discarding more difficult and unlikely but it almost entirely solves the huge issue I had with the starting hand randomness.)
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Stéphane Bourdeau
Canada
Granby
Québec
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This game fired:
I bought Louis XIV in 2008... After one play, I knew it was the end for mykerinos...
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They are both games I really like.
