Oddly enough, however, by the terms of your initial post, Contract Bridge qualifies as a Game of the 20th Century, although it is not a Board Game so it's not contending with Acquire.
After taking a moment to remind myself that virtually all of the board games I've played and enjoyed recently were developed and published in the 21st Century, yes, this seems like a straightforward first ballot.
I've enjoyed Acquire enough, and the design is solid enough, that I'm pretty sure it makes it into an overall Board Games HoF for me too, but limiting it to the 20th Century cements it.
A no-brainer to be certain. I had to pause and think about it to wonder if it not only makes my first ballot of 20-25, but would it be in the top five games I listed first. To use the Baseball HoF as a reference, does Acquire belong in the top five the way that Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, and Johnson belong in the top five. The answer no matter how I slice it is a resounding yes.
No argument, first ballot for me.
Oddly enough, however, by the terms of your initial post, Contract Bridge qualifies as a Game of the 20th Century, although it is not a Board Game so it's not contending with Acquire.
I had mostly written the second article (on, yes, Bridge) when you posted this. It's a feature, not a bug!
After taking a moment to remind myself that virtually all of the board games I've played and enjoyed recently were developed and published in the 21st Century, yes, this seems like a straightforward first ballot.
I've enjoyed Acquire enough, and the design is solid enough, that I'm pretty sure it makes it into an overall Board Games HoF for me too, but limiting it to the 20th Century cements it.
A no-brainer to be certain. I had to pause and think about it to wonder if it not only makes my first ballot of 20-25, but would it be in the top five games I listed first. To use the Baseball HoF as a reference, does Acquire belong in the top five the way that Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, and Johnson belong in the top five. The answer no matter how I slice it is a resounding yes.