[Deptheads] Re: New Board Game Categories

[Eric Burgess]

By the way, it's Gamex, not GameX... ;)


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>     I did some thinking.  If the categories remain the same, people will
> not be made aware of the changes.   I am thinking of making the changes for
> GameX, so before I start approving events, does anyone have input they
> would like to share?
>
> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
>
>
>
>
>   On Friday, February 14, 2014 1:22 AM, Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>   Hi everyone,
>
>     So Vic and I have been sitting here wasting time figuring out how to
> cut back on the number of board game categories.  Ok, so it wasn't a real
> waste of time, since we came up with some good ideas.  Originally, when I
> took over, there were only three categories which were too few (and one of
> them, was traditional card games, which don't get played much anymore)
> Sop, I took on the job of categorizing all the board games into 12 new
> categories.  Yes, 12.  Upon reflection, I see now that that is a few too
> many, so here is what I would like to do.  Below are how I would like to
> combine the twelve categories into 6 new more competitive categories:
>
> Dice Games + Card Games + Deck/Pool Building = Dice / Card Games
> Worker Placement + Tile Placement = Worker / Tile Placement
> Family/Party Games + Co-Operative Games = Social Games
> Area Control/Area Influence + Rail/Route Building = Board Management
> Hand/Resource Management + Auction/Bidding = Resource Management
> Variable Player Powers
>
>     The categories that we use on the website and paperwork will not
> change, but the annual awards will be for the above combinations.  For
> example, if you sign up for 18xx, it will be listed as a Rail/Route
> Building game, which scores you points for the annual Board Management
> Award.
>
> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
>
>
>
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