UPDATE: Nice job, we rallied and beat Suburbia in Round 1! Now we're up against Robinson Crusoe, we're behind again, but let's get some more votes in!

You can vote at the following link by pressing the green thumbs up button below X-wing:

Round 2: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/188828/item/3797204#item3797204

The annual Geek Madness board game brackets started today and X-wing is already behind in it's round 1 match up vs Suburbia.

Round 1: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/188491/official-2015-geek-madness-tournament-round-1/page/2?.

Let's see if we can go all the way this year!

This is interesting. A really telling figure of merits is the total votes that each game gets in this Geek Madness Tournament, divided by the total # of votes that the game has on Board Game Geek. It basically tells you the "loyalty factor" that the game has, which is probably a really good indication of how good a game is, accounting for its niche factor.

Voted! Wth is 'Suburbia'?
(yes I can google it - rhetorical question...)

This is interesting. A really telling figure of merits is the total votes that each game gets in this Geek Madness Tournament, divided by the total # of votes that the game has on Board Game Geek. It basically tells you the "loyalty factor" that the game has, which is probably a really good indication of how good a game is, accounting for its niche factor.

And then you have the Netrunner Reddit swarm...

Unfortuneately, X-wing is on the real tough side of the bracket. It would be nice to get more than one win, though.

Suburbia is a really great board game. I'm afraid, on a board game site, that X-Wing is going to have a tough go of it.

Suburbia is a really great board game. I'm afraid, on a board game site, that X-Wing is going to have a tough go of it.

I find your lack of faith...disturbing.

So how do you vote in this poll?

So how do you vote in this poll?

You have to be a member of the site, and then click on the green thumb of the game you are voting for.

Just don't underestimate the power of the frowny Eurodude.

So how do you vote in this poll?

Have or create an account, the. Hit the green thumbs up by the entry

Had the same problem. You have to scroll down to the X-wing Icon. then click the green thumbs up.

Also, don't just vote for X-wing. Participate in the full tournament. It is pretty fun.

So far X-wing is losing. I've never even heard of Suburbia.

Thus is the power of the frowny Eurodude.

Thus is the power of the frowny Eurodude.

Having played a fair number of the most popular Eurogames on BGG, because I wanted to understand what the fuss was, I came to the conclusion that Eurogames (and their American adaptations/clones/wannabes) are designed to appeal to people who don't want to enjoy their games.

Thus is the power of the frowny Eurodude.

Having played a fair number of the most popular Eurogames on BGG, because I wanted to understand what the fuss was, I came to the conclusion that Eurogames (and their American adaptations/clones/wannabes) are designed to appeal to people who don't want to enjoy their games.

Suburbia is a lot of fun, and it has an app so you can play online, but it's no x-wing.

Thus is the power of the frowny Eurodude.

Having played a fair number of the most popular Eurogames on BGG, because I wanted to understand what the fuss was, I came to the conclusion that Eurogames (and their American adaptations/clones/wannabes) are designed to appeal to people who don't want to enjoy their games.

Suburbia is a lot of fun, and it has an app so you can play online, but it's no x-wing.

Suburbia is fine, although it's nothing I'm fired up about. But that's the problem I'm thinking about with Castles of Burgundy, Settlers, Puerto Rico, or (I'd argue) Ticket to Ride: I can enjoy the puzzle aspect of worker-placement games, and I can enjoy the geometric aspect of tile-placement games, but my tastes run heavily toward Diplomacy, Resistance, 4X-style games, wargames, minis games, etc.

In other words, direct conflict and (a moderate and carefully controlled amount of) randomness are necessary spices in my boardgame-kitchen.

We're closing in on them, good job, keep it up!

Suburbia is a really great board game. I'm afraid, on a board game site, that X-Wing is going to have a tough go of it.

Somehow Android: Netrunner brings in a ton of people from outside regular boardgame community to vote. Their matchups the last couple of years have always magically had way more votes than any other matchup.

Suburbia is one of my favorite boardgames, but it isn't even in the same universe as X-Wing as far as I am concerned.

I voted, but the only thing on the list I've ever played is X-wing. I was looking for FFG's Gears of War, but it didn't make the list. Android Netrunner seems really popular, I've never tried one of those card games, some one tried to teach me magic back ing the early 90's but it I didn't get the appeal. I tried watching the Netrunner demo FFG made but I got bored and it lost me, its to bad because I love the theme.

So how do you vote in this poll?

You have to be a member of the site, and then click on the green thumb of the game you are voting for.

Just don't underestimate the power of the frowny Eurodude.

So how do you vote in this poll?

Have or create an account, the. Hit the green thumbs up by the entry

Okay, got it, thanks.

I voted, but the only thing on the list I've ever played is X-wing. I was looking for FFG's Gears of War, but it didn't make the list. Android Netrunner seems really popular, I've never tried one of those card games, some one tried to teach me magic back ing the early 90's but it I didn't get the appeal. I tried watching the Netrunner demo FFG made but I got bored and it lost me, its to bad because I love the theme.

It had a good following of the first wave of CCGs. When there was some real innovation with the format. It remained a cult following after it was cancelled. So, combine the cult following with the popularity of FFG's LCGs, and you had the mixture for success.

X-wing is now ahead by 8 votes, keep it up!

Thus is the power of the frowny Eurodude.

Having played a fair number of the most popular Eurogames on BGG, because I wanted to understand what the fuss was, I came to the conclusion that Eurogames (and their American adaptations/clones/wannabes) are designed to appeal to people who don't want to enjoy their games.

Suburbia is a lot of fun, and it has an app so you can play online, but it's no x-wing.

Suburbia is fine, although it's nothing I'm fired up about. But that's the problem I'm thinking about with Castles of Burgundy, Settlers, Puerto Rico, or (I'd argue) Ticket to Ride: I can enjoy the puzzle aspect of worker-placement games, and I can enjoy the geometric aspect of tile-placement games, but my tastes run heavily toward Diplomacy, Resistance, 4X-style games, wargames, minis games, etc.

In other words, direct conflict and (a moderate and carefully controlled amount of) randomness are necessary spices in my boardgame-kitchen.

That's also why I prefer ameritrash games.

When I invite friends at home to play some boardgames, I want to actually interact with them and have a good laugh (Resistance, Cuthroat Caverns, Love Letters, City of Horror, Cosmic Encounters, Zombicides, Mutant Chronicles, etc).

Eurogames can be fun from time to time, but I get bored fast by the lack of interaction: we're all just running our own game until we see who got the more points at the end. The impact of your decisions on the other players are limited, generally being taking his worker spot or choice of action before him, or some ressource trading.

From a gaming mechanic aspect though, Eurogames tends to be much more intricate. They can be a real puzzle, and luck doesn't impact your game as much. (That's why I'm not sure I would say Settlers of Catan is an Eurogame, you interact a lot with your ressource trading and luck (rolling for ressource) has a huge impact on the game). But in the end, there is not enough laugh shared during the evening for me to buy into them. Try them sure. But you won't see them on my gaming shelves.

I'm sometimes okay with a lack of direct competition, particularly if there's a drafting mechanic or something clever going on with hidden information. But yeah, for the most part I want to be interacting with my friends, not playing quietly and soberly in parallel with them.

Where Settlers is concerned, there has come a point in literally every game where I wonder aloud why I have cities and seaports but no real military to defend them from my unfairly expansionist, resource-hogging neighbors. Because nothing says "you know, it would be mutually beneficial if you offered to sell me some bricks at a reasonable price" like an infantry division in snazzy uniforms massing just on my side of the border.

So you're right that there's more conflict and randomness in Settlers than in a typical Euro, but not enough conflict.

Did my part. Also found out that I had an unopened email from 2013 there. Oh how the time flies.