Board and Card Game Bracket and Results

[mith]

I'll post the runoff groups, bracket, and results here.

Spreadsheet of Bracket
Nomination thread

[mith]

Format

Runoff - 24 games received 2 nominations. These will be put into 8 groups of 3, with the worst in each group eliminated.

Bracket - The 16 games surviving the runoff stage will be added to the 37 games receiving 3 or more nominations for a 53 game bracket. The bracket will be seeded by number of nominations, with the top 11 games (7 or more nominations) receiving a bye in the first round.

Timing

Each poll will remain open for one week, or slightly longer; I will call the matches as soon as I am able after the week is up.

Week 1 - Runoff Groups 1-8
Week 2 - Main Bracket Round 1, Division 1-3, Runoff Tiebreaks
Week 3 - Main Bracket Round 1, Division 1-5
Week 4 - Main Bracket Round 1, Division 4, 6-8
Week 5 - Main Bracket Round 2, Division 1-4
Week 6 - Main Bracket Round 2, Division 5-8
Week 7 - Main Bracket Round 3, Divisional Finals
Week 8 - Main Bracket Quarterfinals
Week 9 - Main Bracket Semi-Finals
Week 10 - Main Bracket Final, Third Place, and Consolation

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Runoff

Group 1
Pinochle
President
Sorry!

Group 2
Carcassonne
Parcheesi
Screw Your Neighbor

Group 3
Apples to Apples
Operation
Scattergories

Group 4
Munchkin
Robo Rally
Ticket to Ride

Group 5
Suicide Chess
Taboo
Tic-tac-toe

Group 6
Battleship
Bullshit
Pente

Group 7
Arimaa
Quarto
Sheepshead

Group 8
Chez Geek
Mille Bornes
Phase 10

[HyToFry]

I thought maybe you were going to give us the results before we voted.

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[mith]

Round 1

BYE
Chess


Match 1
Klondike Solitaire
Blackjack

Match 2
Speed
Bullshit

Match 3
Taboo
Fluxx

BYE
Risk


Match 4
Arimaa
Diplomacy

Match 5
Stratego
President

BYE
Magic: The Gathering


BYE
Reversi


Match 6
Balderdash
Chinese Checkers

Match 7
Five-card Draw
Battleship

Match 8
Mille Bornes
Cluedo

BYE
Monopoly


Match 9
Snap
Canasta

Match 10
Backgammon
Suicide Chess

Match 11
Screw Your Neighbor
Euchre

BYE
Go


Match 12
Bridge
500

Match 13
Spades
Munchkin

Match 14
Sheepshead
Connect Four

BYE
Trivial Pursuit


Match 15
Scattergories
Illuminati

Match 16
Snakes and Ladders
Phase 10

BYE
The Settlers of Catan


BYE
Scrabble


Match 17
RoboRally
Boggle

Match 18
Mancala
Parcheesi

BYE
Hearts


BYE
Texas Hold'em


Match 19
Pictionary
The Game of Life

Match 20
UNO
Apples to Apples

Match 21
Pinochle
Cribbage

[mith]

5 tiebreaks, so I'm adjusting the schedule a bit to get those decided.

[mith]

Starting these early since I'll be busy tonight, last week's matches aren't closed yet though.

[mith]

Round 2

Match 22
Chess
Blackjack

Match 23
Bullshit
Taboo

Match 24
Risk
Diplomacy

Match 25
Stratego
Magic: The Gathering

Match 26
Reversi
Balderdash

Match 27
Battleship
Cluedo

Match 28
Monopoly
Canasta

Match 29
Suicide Chess
Euchre

Match 30
Go
500

Match 31
Spades
Connect Four

Match 32
Trivial Pursuit
Scattergories

Match 33
Phase 10
The Settlers of Catan

Match 34
Scrabble
Boggle

Match 35
Mancala
Hearts

Match 36
Texas Hold'em
Pictionary

Match 37
UNO
Pinochle

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Round 3

Match 38
Chess
Bullshit

Match 39
Risk
Magic: The Gathering

Match 40
Reversi
Cluedo

Match 41
Monopoly
Euchre

Match 42
Go
Spades

Match 43
Scattergories
The Settlers of Catan

Match 44
Scrabble
Hearts

Match 45
Pictionary
UNO

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Round 4

Match 46
Chess
Risk

Match 47
Reversi
Monopoly

Match 48
Go
The Settlers of Catan

Match 49
Scrabble
Pictionary

[mith]

All board games. Not a bad selection at all, but still surprising that there aren't some card games in there.

I may do an all-card-game consolation this time, rather than what I did last tourney; but we'll see...

[mith]

Round 5

Match 50
Chess
Reversi

Match 51
The Settlers of Catan
Scrabble

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Round 6

Match 52
Chess
Scrabble

[MTGAP]

Go beats chess. End of story. It was not even in the contest. That's not fair. Everyone go play Go a few (dozen, it takes a while to absorb, like chess) times, then we'll do a recount.
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[Antrax]

Go is so dull. The pieces don't really do anything, they just sort of sit there.
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[groza528]

Er... Go *was* in the contest. It made it to the quarterfinals, in fact.

[MTGAP]

[Chuck]

If you see Go pieces as just stones then it's not very interesting, but if you see them as regiments of paratroopers attempting to cut the enemy supply lines and force them to surrender then it's an exciting game.

Games with more than two players add the possibility of negotiations in addition to strategy and tactics. I think that makes them more interesting than the two player games.