Added March 21, 2000
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Aaron D. Fuegi, who maintains a list of the Top 100 Games as chosen by Internet users, recently released the most recent version of the list. The winner of the 1995 Spiel des Jahres as Germany's Game of the Year, The Settlers of Catan (aka Die Siedler von Catan), maintained the top spot with a diffused average of 8.002.
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At #11 is Reiner Knizia's Durch die Wuste (Through the Desert), which I recently obtained and hope to play soon. The pastel-colored camels have raised some eyebrows, but obviously the game has significant appeal. Sid Sackson's Acquire, recently reissued by Avalon Hill, checks in at #24.
Other selected games: Go placed at #34, Cosmic Encounter (to be reissued by Avalon Hill later this year) at #35, Torres (Games magazine's 2000 Game of the Year) at #54 (and moving up quickly, if i understand the scoring system properly), and Hare and Tortoise (the first winner of the Spiel des Jahres, to be reissued soon by Rio Grande Games) at #63.
Fuegi uses diffused average to determine a game's rank so that a handful of high votes don't skew the list and push a game that doesn't enjoy widespread popularity to the top. The system is based on a formula posted at his site. For information on how to vote, visit his site.
Fuegi also posts a complete list of all the games anyone has ever ranked, currently totalling 2,029 games. Last on the list is a game called Mind Duel, for which no additional information is available.
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