Announcement: Recommend.Games will take a hiatus

 Posted on July 29, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  260 words  |  Markus Shepherd

Update: The hiatus is over! Recommend.Games is back, albeit with some reduced functionality. The very first commit to the project ludoj1, as I called it back then, was on December 5th, 2016. I registered the domain Recommend.Games on November 22nd, 2018. On May 15th, 2020, I published the first post on this blog. Over the years, this site attracted more than 50,000 users, which is a huge number, if you think about it. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2022 winners

 Posted on July 16, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  Markus Shepherd

The cat’s out of the bag and the winners have been announced! As mentioned before, this year was the first time the ceremony was held on a Saturday evening and I had the immense pleasure of attending it in person. In case you missed my very profesional live coverage on Twitter, here’s a summary of the event. But without further ado, here are the winners of Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2022! [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2022 predictions – Part 2!

 Posted on July 14, 2022  |  8 minutes  |  1670 words  |  Markus Shepherd

The waiting is finally coming to an end! On Saturday, July 16, the jury will announce the winners of Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2022. We’re blessed with another year of very strong games and I’m certainly very excited to learn what games will win the two awards. I’m proud to say that I’ve called both awards correctly for two years running, so there is a bit of pressure to keep up the streak. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2022 nominations

 Posted on May 24, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1105 words  |  Markus Shepherd

Nominations are out! The jury selected a total of fifteen games for their longlist, nine for Spiel des Jahres and six for Kennerspiel des Jahres. Out of these games, three games each are nominated for the two awards and can hope to get the coveted meeple added to their covers on July 16. Let’s dive straight into the nominations and recommendations, before we discuss how good (or bad) my predictions were and if the agreed with our Kennerspiel score. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2022 predictions

 Posted on May 16, 2022  |  8 minutes  |  1638 words  |  Markus Shepherd

Spiel des Jahres 2022 is around the corner! (Has it really been a year already since we last spoke with each other? 😅) We’re blessed with another strong year full of wonderful games that all compete for the most prestigious awards in board gaming. As in the previous years, I’ll try to predict what games have the best shot at ending up on the longlist (aka recommendations) and the shortlist (aka nominations) when the jury announces their picks on May 23rd. [Read More]
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Recommend.Games ranking explained

 Posted on February 22, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1123 words  |  Markus Shepherd

We have some pretty exciting news! 🤩 Since 2022-02-22, we’ve been using a new and improved ranking as the default sorting for our front page at Recommend.Games. … What do you mean, you haven’t noticed there’s a R.G ranking? You know, that thing that’s referenced in the statistics? … You haven’t ever opened that view?!? 😱 OK, let’s back up for a second. R.G’s primary purpose is a recommendation engine, that is, finding personalised game recommendations based on a user’s preferences (in this case as expressed through their BoardGameGeek ratings). [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 winners

 Posted on July 27, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  473 words  |  Markus Shepherd

The cat’s out of the bag and the winners have been announced! This article is more than a week overdue, but I’ve been on my first trip1 abroad since, you know… (In a sense that was the first time in a year and a half I wasn’t abroad. 🤷) So without further delays, here are the winners of Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2021! Spiel des Jahres 2021 MicroMacro: Crime City 1–4 players, 15–45 minutes, 10+ years, light (1. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 predictions – Part 2!

 Posted on July 14, 2021  |  11 minutes  |  2210 words  |  Markus Shepherd

It’s time! On Monday, July 19, we will finally know which games won Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2021. I really think this is an exciting year with six very strong nominees that all have a lot of arguments going for themselves (and a few against). Even after following the whole year releases very closely, I’m still torn as to who’d be the favourites to win. Algorithms won’t be much help here either – the sample is just too small. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 nominations

 Posted on May 18, 2021  |  6 minutes  |  1218 words  |  Markus Shepherd

Nominations are out! The jury selected a total of fifteen games for their longlist, eight for Spiel des Jahres and seven for Kennerspiel des Jahres. Out of these games, three games each are nominated for both awards and can hope to get the coveted meeple added to their covers on July 19. Let’s dive straight into the nominations and recommendations, before we discuss how good (or bad) my predictions were and if the Kennerspiel score is any good. [Read More]
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 predictions

 Posted on May 14, 2021  |  9 minutes  |  1830 words  |  Markus Shepherd

It’s our favourite time of the year again: time for Spiel des Jahres nominations! On Monday, May 17th, the jury will once again announce their longlist (aka recommendations) and shortlist (aka nominations) for Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres 2021. Just like last year, I’ll try to produce a list of the most promising games to land on the longlist for Spiel and Kennerspiel. (I’ll promise to get around to Kinderspiel predictions in a couple of years. [Read More]
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