Since it’s release in 2002, the top game on Board Game Geek, the world’s largest social network of gaming geeks, has been the game Puerto Rico by Andreas Seyfarth. Just this week, the game was dethroned (perhaps temporarily) by Agricola, a game from last year by Uwe Rosenberg.

Learn more about the game with video reviews by an Aussie game lover:

Part 1

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3fymglnS_s]

Part 2

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH1TjKCKLh4]

Or from Scott Nicholson, from his vlog Board Games With Scott. (video here, can’t embed here, sorry.)

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Patrick Jarrett writes in the latest Escapist on the “three people who have built their reputations” on the Magic: the Gathering franchise: Mark Rosewater of Wizards of the Coast, Jon Finkel, a well respected tournament player, and Mike Long, a tournament player with a reputation for ill-spirited play.

Funny, I would have thought that Richard Garfield would have figured into this list, somewhere.

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The Ennies Awards for RPG items were announced here. Best Game: Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition, Wizards of the Coast. Product of the Year: Changeling: The Lost, White Wolf Publishing. Best Publisher: Paizo Publishing. See the rest at the source.

The Dice Tower Awards for board games were announced here. Best Game: Race for the Galaxy. Best Family Game: Zooloretto. See the rest at the source.

David would list all of the winners, but I didn’t win a Dice Tower award, so I’m going to make you click on the links to get more information.

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