Negotiation (non-trading)
The best negotiation games that are not trading games...- Cosmic Encounter (all versions)
- Diplomacy
- I'm the Boss/Kohle, Kies & Knete
- Intrige
- Rette Sich Wer Kann
- Santiago
For comparison, the top five games from 2002:
You may well wonder why Traders of Genoa shows up on the Negotiation (trading) list (to be published tomorrow) in 2006 - but not in 2002. Frankly, I'm not sure. :-)
Labels: Mechanisms
posted by Mark (aka pastor guy) at 10:20 AM
2 Comments:
These six games were way out in front of any of the other nominees, voting-wise.
I was sad to see Europa 1945-2030 get shuffled to the side - it's a very different kind of negotiation game that I rather enjoy playing.
Of course, I'm not a negotiation fan - Cosmic leaves me cold, Diplomacy takes too darn long to play, I'm The Boss has soured as I've played it more, and Santiago was just OK in my one playing. OTOH, while I hated my first playing of Rette sich wer kann, I've since fallen in love with it's oddball charms.
And there will always be a soft spot in my heart for Junta, which plays like Diplomacy crossed with the wonderful Falk/Arkin film, "The In-Laws".
Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this vote. You'd think a classic like Diplomacy would be a lock, but it turns off a lot of modern gamers, so I was happy to see my #1 pick get chosen. Similarly, it was good to see an older title like Intrige (the nastiest game ever) make it, as well as a newer one like Santiago. And while I'm the Boss can be fragile, it's usually great fun and is one of the great six-players around. My other final pick was A Game of Thrones, which I think is a wonderfully designed Diplomacy spinoff.
Chris, my last Cosmic game was exactly like yours, which may mean it truly will be my *last* Cosmic game. And Rette always seemed pretty arbitrary to me; some laughs, but not enough game.
My other two nominated games were Quo Vadis and Princes of the Renaissance. The former is an excellent deal-maker that scores with its speed of play, but I just don't think it makes too many appearances on most gamers' tables.
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