Tournament: The Tabletop Games -- Poker & Monopoly win! (lol)

THE RULES!

Please remember that this tournament is for you to vote using your opinion ... not that of anyone else.

This tournament is for your favourite tabletop game. The ONLY voting criteria should be that it is your favourite.

If you have never heard of one of the options PLEASE take 30 seconds to click on the link (it will take you to wikipedia) where you can find some sort of description.

This tournament will have a new vote APPROXIMATELY every 24 hours (except for the final rounds which will be extended additional days for maximum votes). You will be alerted that a new group is up to vote because the title will change. For example, on a Tuesday the title might be "Tournament: The Tabletop Games -- Round 1 of COUCH REGION" and then on Wednesday it would be "Tournament: The Tabletop Games -- Round 1 of LAUGHTER REGION". You cannot vote for a pair after the vote has been closed. I do forget and/or get detained occasionally, though, so be patient if there is some gaps in the updating.

To begin with, 4 pairs of games will be voted on for each round. This is done for time reasons. The later rounds will feature only one pair. Images will accompany voting pairs.

To vote, all you need to do is look at the most recent vote announcement (one of my posts, and it will have a coloured bar each new round for easy visual recognition) and pick one game from each pair. If you want to vote for one of the pairs but not the other, feel free to do so! But if you vote for anything other than what is up for the vote, your post will be ignored.

Please feel free to engage in some discussion, especially comments as to why you voted for what. This makes tournaments so much more interesting!

If at any time you'd like to see who has been eliminated and who is still in the running, please check the 2nd post of this thread, where I will be highlighting in red all eliminated tabletop games. Please note that the region names listed in this post and used throughout the tournament have no meaning behind them whatsoever. They are an identifier only.

As always, all the normal rules apply. If you are found to be breaking the JC rules in this thread you will receive a warning, and may be forbidden from participating in the tournament after that. No voting with socks! This has happened before. If you get caught, you will not be allowed to participate in the rest of the tournament. If you have any questions PLEASE PM me!

Discussion on the nominations list has been ongoing over the past month and everybody seems satisfied with it. No changes will now be made, and you missed your chance to complain.

All that's left is for you to vote! Please do so. Enjoy.

 

...Tournament Bracket...


Conference X

Couch Region

Carcassonne
Tic-tac-toe (all versions)
Bridge (all versions)
Snakes and Ladders
Atmosfear (formerly Nightmare)
Girl Talk
Blackjack -- Region Winner
Axis and Allies


Laughter Region

Sorry!
Guess Who?
Candy Land
Snap
Chess
Egyptian Ratscrew
Diplomacy
Monopoly (all versions) -- Region Winner


Card Region

Reversi (Othello)
Scene It? (all versions)
Speed
Shogi
Pictionary
Cluedo -- Region Winner
Euchre
Rummy (all versions)


Good Time Region

Mouse Trap
Scattergories -- Region Winner
Cheat (language warning on link)
Dominoes
Acquire
Tiddlywinks
Guillotine
Pit (Billionaire)


Conference Y

Adventure Region

Phase 10
The Game of Life
Trivial Pursuit (all versions)
Boggle
Munchkin
Checkers
Stratego
Risk (all versions) -- Region Winner


Logic Region

[link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

 

We Begin. In Conference X.


Please vote.




Couch Region



[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Carcassonne-game.jpg]
Carcassonne
vs
[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Tic_tac_toe.svg/522px-Tic_tac_toe.svg.png]
Tic-tac-toe (all versions)





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Bridge_declarer.jpg]
Bridge (all versions)
vs
[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Cnl03.jpg]
Snakes and Ladders





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Atmosfear_DVD_board_game.JPG]
Atmosfear (formerly Nightmare)
vs
[image=http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic76398_md.jpg]
Girl Talk





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Blackjack_game_example.JPG]
Blackjack
vs
[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/AxisAndAlliesBox.jpg]
Axis and Allies

 

I vote for the following in the Couch Region:

Tic-Tac-Toe, Snakes and Ladders, Atmosfear, Blackjack

 

I vote for:

Carcassone
Bridge
Atmosfear
Blackjack

 

Tic-Tac-Toe
Snakes and Ladders
Atmosfear
Blackjack

 

Carcassonne
I love Carcassonne. I believe I've only played it three times, but I love the whole idea of it, and I'd certainly rather play Carcassonne than noughts and crosses.

Snakes and Ladders
Because I've nursed an abiding grudge against (specificially Contract) bridge since my dad attempted to make me learn it at age 11.

Atmosfear
Never played either but refuse to vote, or even abstain, for any game called Girl Talk.

Blackjack
Once upon a time I was awesome at this. Sadly, no longer

 

Geh, spelling fixed.

 

Tic-Tac-Toe

Snakes and Ladders

Girl Talk...

Blackjack

 

Tic-Tac-Toe

I have to vote for the game that caused Joshua to forgo Global Thermo-Nuclear War

Chutes & Ladders

as I call it

Atmosfear

Much cooler name than Girl Talk, which sounds incredibly lame, plus this is a video board game, which gives it extra points

Blackjack

You can't win money playing Axis and Allies, unelss you're a real degenerate gambler.

 

Tic-Tac-Toe

Snakes and Ladders

Girl Talk...

Axis & Allies



And if there are so many blackjack lovers, maybe next time there's a game of it here starting you should play it *hinthint*

 

Tic-Tac-Toe
Bridge
Atmosfear - I haven't played the recent DVD version but I have The Harbingers, which is easily one of the best board games ever.
Blackjack

 

Tic-Tac-Toe,
Snakes and Ladders
Atmosfear
Axis and Allies

 

Carcasonne
Bridge
abstain
Axis and Allies

 

My vote for couch:

Tic-Tac-Toe, Snakes and Ladders, Atmosfear, Axis and Allies

I might have gone for tic-tac-toe's competitor but I've never played it.

 

Tic-Tac-Toe
Snakes and Ladders
Atmosfear
Blackjack

 

Tic-Tac-Toe
Snakes and Ladders
abstain
Blackjack

 

Tic-Tac-Toe

Snakes and Ladders

Girl Talk

Blackjack

 

Tic-tac-toe
Bridge
Abstain
Axis and Allies

 

Tic-tac-toe
? This game is better than a lot of people give it credit for.

Snakes and Ladders

Abstain

Blackjack

 

Couch Region RESULTS


Carcassonne 3 votes
vs
Tic-tac-toe (all versions) 14 votes -? WINNER

Bridge (all versions) 4 votes
vs
Snakes and Ladders 13 votes -? WINNER

Atmosfear (formerly Nightmare) 9 votes -? WINNER
vs
Girl Talk 3 votes

Blackjack 12 votes -? WINNER
vs
Axis and Allies 5 votes

 

Laughter Region



[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Sorry_diamond_edit.jpg]
Sorry!
vs
[image=http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/5/5d/250px-Guesswho1.jpg]
Guess Who?





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Candyland_boardgame.png]
Candy Land
vs
[image=http://members.iinet.net.au/~garratts/tyi/SNAP.jpg]
Snap





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/ChessSet.jpg]
Chess
vs
[image=http://www.waste.org/~oxymoron/cards/ers.gif]
Egyptian Ratscrew





[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Diplomacy_map_blank.gif]
Diplomacy
vs
[image=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_Monopoly_board_in_the_middle_of_a_game.jpg]
Monopoly (all versions)

 

I vote for:

Sorry!
Snap
Chess
Diplomacy

 

Guess Who?
Candy Land
Chess
Monopoly