Hate to see you go, @JammaTal - I can’t speak for the “favorites” but am surprised at the “old horses” comment…
Gaia is, of course, new and Wingspan, CoB, and Sagrada were new last year. So that’s 4 out of 7 right there that I feel are unfair to call “old horses”.
Neuroshima could still make it in (go vote everyone!) and currently (to my pleasant surprise) Le Havre is winning the ranked voting for Worker Placement. So we could be looking at 6 out of 7 games that are in their first or second Decathlon.
Plus 3 more games to be picked which I’ve said multiple times I’m specifically not voting on now because I want to leave room for new games at the end.
I’m not trying to argue with you (honestly! ) but rather hoping to make sure other people have an alternative viewpoint… If I manage to convince you to change your mind though, all the better!