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TAU CETI ~ New Designer and Top 20 Anticipated Game for 2016

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Sat, 01/09/2016 - 22:31
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BGDF Colleagues!

I'm proud to announce that a new designer, Mike Strickland from Outer Limit Games will relaunch his game, TAU CETI in the months ahead and tonight will be voted upon as a Top 20 Anticipated Game for 2016!

As a member of the Development Team, I'm excited to be part of an enterprise which has been lauded by many individuals in our board game community, including Stonemaier Games' Jamey Stegmaier.

I invite you to check out the game, 'thumb' the entry, Print & Play TAU CETI, and please check out the Kickstarter project.

Cheers,
Joe

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Sun, 01/10/2016 - 06:30
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Thank you Joe! I'm honored to

Thank you Joe! I'm honored to be introduced to this site, and I'm looking forward to joining in on the discussion of game design with fellow game designers.

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Sun, 01/10/2016 - 18:11
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Nominations CLOSED/ Voting SOON

Thanks to those who PM'd me. Here's the URL so you don't have to hunt for it:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/201632/item/4336314#item4336314

Cheers,
Joe

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Tue, 01/12/2016 - 10:10
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Not in Top 20 Anymore

Sorry, guys. I really wish you all the best, but I looked the other night and TAU CETI has slipped to around 150 or so.

Thought that was crazy how fast the ranks changed. I guess once people got wind they all started to vote.

Surprised at some of the voting results though.

--DarkDream

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Tue, 01/12/2016 - 19:54
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Curious...

DarkDream,

I'm not sure where you found the information, but we were nominated as one of the Top 50 (actually #15!).

See "Update" below.

Cheers,
Joe

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Wed, 01/13/2016 - 00:23
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TAU CETI UPDATE!

Well for those who nominated TAU CETI, thank you, as we earned the #15 position, and now the Voting has begun to choose among 50 Nominations and select the Top 20 Most Anticipated Games for 2016.

TAU CETI (a/o 7:00 p.m. on 1/12/16):

• #10/50 Overall
• #4 for Economic
• #6 for Sci-Fi

We look forward to the relaunch along with any and all support from our fellow designers, developers, and members of the gaming community.

Cheers,
Joe

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Wed, 01/13/2016 - 00:30
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Sorry, Misread

You are correct.

I guess I must have read the nomination number that had nothing to do with the number of votes for a nomination.

--DarkDream

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Wed, 01/13/2016 - 00:54
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No worries!

DD,

That's not a problem, at all...when I first checked out the blog post it wasn't particularly intuitive.

Anyway, let us know if you have any questions. While we have many folks posting their ideas, it's great to see someone from our community doing well with their game.

Cheers,
Joe

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Wed, 01/13/2016 - 00:59
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No problem

No worries DarkDream, BGG can be a bit confusing at times.

Thanks Joe for the clarifications, and I'm beyond humbled to see our creation in the final poll!

As of 1/12/16 12:00am EST we are #2 in Economic and #4 in Sci-fi!

~Mike

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Thu, 01/21/2016 - 23:02
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TAU CETI Update ~ a/o 1/21/2016!

TAU CETI ~ one of our BGDF colleague's game is firmly entrenched in the Top 20 Most Anticipated Game of 2016...Currently, at #9 Overall!

I encourage you to check it out and please vote for it., in specific categories, it's currently:

- Top 5 for Solitaire!

- Top 5 for Strategy!

- #7 (out of 25) for Thematic!

- #2 for Economic out of 36 games!

- #3 for Sci-Fi out of 25 games, behind Scythe and Star Wars : Rebellion!

Cheers,
Joe

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Sat, 01/23/2016 - 12:59
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TAU CETI Update ~ a/o noon EST 1/23/16!

With only 24 hours left to cast your vote, TAU CETI remains in 9th place securing itself as one of the Top 20 Most Anticipated Games of 2016!

- #5 (out of 25) for Solitaire!

- #4 (out of 25) for Strategy!

- #8 (out of 25) for Thematic!

- #2 for Economic out of 36 games!

- #3 for Sci-Fi out of 25 games, behind Scythe and Star Wars : Rebellion!

Other games which make up the Top 10 (# of votes) include:

- #1 Scythe (2,046)
- #2 7th Continent (1,764)
- #3 Gloomhaven (1,130)
- #4 Seafall (970)
- #5 Star Wars: Rebellion (915)
- #6 Dead of Winter Expansion (892)
- #7 Conan (808)
- #8 T.I.M.E. Stories (674)
- #9 TAU CETI (644)
- #10 Tiny Epic Western (626)

So many great games planned for release this year...get the Gaming Table ready!

Cheers,
Joe

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Sat, 01/23/2016 - 22:53
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Congratulations

That is very cool. Keep up the grwat work. You (Tau Ceti) team deserve this .

Stormy.

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Sun, 01/24/2016 - 00:28
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Thanks!

Stormy,

It's quite a thrilling ride! We certainly hope that many of the voters are there on Day 1 of the Kickstarter, slated for the not-too-distant future.

TAU CETI has everything required in a 4X game, and does a better job of Exploration than Twilight Imperium; Exploitation than most other 4X games due to the TAU CETI Exchange and the use of comparative advantage; and Extermination, by not actually eliminating the other factions, but damaging their economic influence or through combat with their sole ships...very exciting!

Cheers,
Joe

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Sun, 01/24/2016 - 16:52
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This is it...FINAL HOURS OF VOTING!

BGDFians,

This is the last day of voting...more specifically, the last few hours of voting and while we're excited to bring this game to all of you, we're especially pleased that it's been so well received across the entire community of gamers.

Here's how TAU CETI compares to other games across a range of genres:

- #5 (out of 25) for Solitaire!

- #4 (out of 25) for Strategy!

- #7 (out of 25) for Thematic!

- #2 for Economic out of 36 games!

- #3 for Sci-Fi out of 25 games, behind Scythe and Star Wars : Rebellion!

Here's how the Top 10 stack up on the voter count among nearly 7,000 voters (yesterday/today) within the Top 20 Most Anticipated Games of 2016!

- #1 Scythe (2,046/2,062)
- #2 7th Continent (1,764/1,793)
- #3 Gloomhaven (1,130/1,145)
- #4 Seafall (970/979)
- #5 Star Wars: Rebellion (915/926)
- #6 Dead of Winter Expansion (892/897)
- #7 Conan (808/820)
- #8 T.I.M.E. Stories (674/680)
- #9 TAU CETI (644/645)
- #10 Tiny Epic Western (626/632)

I'll have one Final Update as we wrap up this event!

Cheers,
Joe

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Sun, 01/24/2016 - 23:43
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We're in the Top 10! FINAL VOTING COMPLETE

I realize your excitement must be overwhelming as you've not been able to comment...I understand. I, too, am simply ecstatic at the final results, as well.

Let's look at the numbers...

Here's how TAU CETI compares to other games across a range of genres:

- #5 (out of 25) for Solitaire!

- #4 (out of 25) for Strategy!

- #7 (out of 25) for Thematic!

- #2 for Economic out of 36 games!

- #3 for Sci-Fi out of 25 games, behind Scythe and Star Wars : Rebellion!

Here's how the Top 10 stack up on the voter count among 7,300 voters (yesterday/today) within the Top 20 Most Anticipated Games of 2016!

- #1 Scythe (2,063)
- #2 7th Continent (1,794)
- #3 Gloomhaven (1,145)
- #4 Seafall (979)
- #5 Star Wars: Rebellion (927)
- #6 Dead of Winter Expansion (898)
- #7 Conan (820)
- #8 T.I.M.E. Stories (680)
- #9 TAU CETI (646)
- #10 Tiny Epic Western (632)

As one of the Developers, I couldn't be happier! I look forward to seeing, hopefully, many of you among the Backers.

Cheers,
Joe

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