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The Well-Rounded Player
Fri Mar 12 17:36:15 PST 2004

Are you a well-rounded player? Have you played at least one game from each of the following categories? Print and use this as a checklist if you like.

[] Go

[] Backgammon

[] Monopoly

[] Scrabble

[] Chess

[] Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation / Hera and Zeus / Octi / Stratego / Animal Chess / Knightmare Chess [lighter capture]

[] Zèrtz / Dvonn / Halma / Gipf / Quoridor [pure abstract]

[] Tamsk [timed abstract]

[] / Ninety-Nine / Oh Hell / Where's Bob's Hat? / Bridge / Skat / Spades [trick-taking with bids]

[] David & Goliath / Sticheln / Mit List und Tücke / Njet! / Hattrick / Hearts [trick-taking without bids]

[] Tichu / Das Grosse und das kleine A / Frank's Zoo / Olé! / Alles im Eimer / The Great Dalmuti / Corporate Shuffle [climbing]

[] Schotten-Totten / Lost Cities / Gin Rummy / Babel / Kahuna / Hera & Zeus / Caesar & Cleopatra / Die Pyramiden des Jaguar / Up Front / Druidenwalzer [two-player card]

[] Shark / Stephensons Rocket / Airlines / Union Pacific / Acquire [shares with board activities]

[] Black Vienna / Code 777 / Sleuth / Murder in the Abbey / Clue / Schwarzarbeit [logical deduction]

[] Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective / Gumshoe [free-form deduction]

[] Inkognito / Bang! [identities and missions both secret]

[] Traders of Genoa / Chinatown / Quo Vadis / Kohle, Kies & Knete [negotiation]

[] Republic of Rome / Illuminati [bidding and negotiation]

[] Diplomacy / Machiavelli / Colonial Diplomacy / Africa 1880 [backstabbing and negotiation]

[] Pit / Zaubercocktail / Nodwick / Wheedle [turnless trading]

[] Africa / Source of the Nile / Safe Return Doubtful / Entdecker / Die Neuen Entdecker / Goldland [exploration]

[] Sindbad / Source of the Nile / Safe Return Doubtful / Legend of the Lost Dutchman / Talisman / Entenrallye [narrative experience]

[] Tales of the Arabian Nights / Citadel of Blood / Barbarian Prince / Ambush! / Mosby's Raiders / State of Emergency / The Stainless Steel Rat / The Voyage of the Pandora / The Wreck of the Pandora / Star Trek: The Adventure Game / City of Chaos [paragraph system]

[] The Great Balloon Race / Liar's Dice / Poker / Top Secret Spies / Drunter & Drüber / I Doubt It / You're Bluffing / Aladdin's Dragons [bluff]

[] Can't Stop / Exxtra / Octo / Fill or Bust [dice jeopardy]

[] Yahtzee [dice category]

[] The Fantasy Trip / Champions / Dungeons & Dragons / GURPS / Runequest / Traveller [role-playing]

[] Hare and Tortoise / Die Seidenstraße / Cartagena [abstract racing]

[] Napoleon at Waterloo / Quebec 1759 / Breakout: Normandy / many more [full out military]

[] Wallenstein / History of the World / Britannia / Vinci [light military]

[] Hannibal / We the People / For the People / Successors / Paths of Glory [card-driven military]

[] World in Flames / War in Europe / Campaign for North Africa / The Longest Day / Terrible Swift Sword [monster]

[] Civilization / Advanced Civilization [civilization-building]

[] 1830 / 1825 / 1856 / 2038 / Ur: 1830 BC [18XX]

[] Titan

[] Nuclear War / Infinity? / Burn Rate / Plague & Pestilence / many more ["take that" cards]

[] Bang! [identities and missions secret with take that cards]

[] Deep Space Navigator [drawing]

[] V.O.C. [blind drawing]

[] Cosmic Eidex / Cosmic Encounter / Wiz War [variable powers]

[] Formula De / Daytona 500 / Formula 1 [auto racing]

[] Lunatix Loop / Circus Imperium / Circus Maximus / many more [racing with violence]

[] Expedition / Streetcar / Carcassonne / Santa Fe / Santa Fe Rails / Clippers / Kontor / Wildlife Adventure / Metro / The Very Clever Pipe Game /Legemax / Fahrradtour [cooperative connection]

[] Expedition / Streetcar / Santa Fe / Ulysses / Wildlife Adventure [geographical uncertainty]

[] Empire Builder / Eurorails / Iron Dragon / Funkenschlag / TRAiNSPORT: Austria / TRAiNSPORT: Switzerland [crayon rails]

[] Pacific Northwest Rails / Fische Fluppen Frikadellen / Auf Achse / Empire Builder / Sindbad / Samarkand / Marchands d'empire / Fugger, Welser, Medici / Bean Trader / Distant Seas / Die Flößerei [traveling merchant]

[] Silverton

[] Take It Easy

[] Die Macher / Web of Power / El Grande / Vendetta [region dominance]

[] Capitol / Manhattan [regional stacking]

[] San Francisco / Adel Verpflichtet / Basari [outguessing]

[] Magic: the Gathering / Mythos [collectible]

[] Settlers of Catan / Abenteuer Menschheit

[] Euphrat & Tigris

[] Bohnanza

[] Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition / Kill Dr. Lucky / Save Dr. Lucky [variable turns]

[] For Sale / Montgolfière / Raj / Dolce Vita [light card bidding]

[] American Megafauna / Urland / Evo / Ursuppe / Wildlife [mutation]

[] Ricochet Robot / Boggle / My Word / Flickwerk [timed puzzle]

[] Roborally / Dragon Delta / Warhamster Rally / RAMbots (Icehouse) [simultaneous programmed movement]

[] Ricochet Robot / Roborally / Boggle [around the corner thinking]

[] Cairo / Carabande / Elchfest / Carroms [flicking]

[] Jenga / Bamboleo / Bausack / Villa Paletti [stacking]

[] Elfenland / King of the Elves / Elfenroads [race and obstacle]

[] Merchants of Amsterdam / RA / Medici / Modern Art / Pizarro & Co. [auction]

[] Tikal / Mexica / Java / Torres [action points]

[] Citadels / Meuterer / Verräter / Hoax [changing roles]

[] Eleusis / Democrazy / Banana Republic / Fluxx / Nomic / Das Regeln Wir Schon [uncertain rules]

[] Trivial Pursuit / Chronology [trivia]

[] Balderdash / Pictionary / Apples to Apples / Time's Up! / Barbarossa / What Were You Thinking [party]

[] Tales of the Arabian Nights / Once Upon a Time [storytelling]

[] Filthy Rich

[] Ebbe & Flut

[] Troia

[] Extrablatt / Princes of Florence [space management]

[] Kanaloa / Time Pirates / Captain Park's Imaginary Expedition [movement to collect sets]

[] San Marco

[] Lord of the Rings

[] Strand-Cup

[] Old Town

[] Puerto Rico

[] Vom Kap Bis Kairo

[] Beest


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