BGG Tag Frenzy
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006The new tags feature on the Geek is great and well overdue. Folksonomies seem the most natural way to order and categorise information collaboratively. There is a good MP3 about it at IT Conversations.
I went through the Spiel des Jahres site and tagged all the nominees and recommended games – which was pretty boring. Apparently in the earlier years there was a category for the most beautiful game – most do not compare well to your average Days of Wonder game.
I was surprised at how much influence the award has had since 1979. A large proportion of the older games we still discuss have been recommended. Bruno Faidutti’s Ideal Games Library is almost a showcase for the recommended games. I wonder how much of an influence the award has had on our groupthink?