I’m glad to see there’s some interest so quickly.
As Hardco suggests the first thing to consider should be the games line up. Last time we had a public consultation followed by me exercising executive control and picking the games. This had a few pros and cons.
Personally I consider that one of my biggest achievements in picking the games list. It was one of my highest priorities when choosing which games to pick.
- The whole games list process resolved quickly.
While a democratic process may have ended up with a fairer result, democracies are not renowned for their efficiency.
- My bias undoubtedly impacted the games list
By picking games I knew worked, I naturally had to pick games that I knew. I did add a couple of games I had never played, but ultimately I didn’t get any of the surprises at finding a new game like some of the other players did.
Then theres the issue of which platform to play on. I focused entirely on picking games that were iOS universal so more people could play. While we would have the widest range of games by playing iPad only, I suspect we would cut out a good chunk of our players.
I also didn’t consider that we might have players that were android only. Unfortunately I think including android players would restrict our list significantly. If there were enough android players perhaps we could have a segment of the tournament with all the cross platform games, and treat it as a tourney in a tourney.
There’s also the option of widening our game selection by including web based board games like on boteajeux.
I’ll start compiling a games list with the view of creating a multiple choice poll. I don’t know how many poll options you can have on discourse but I suspect we will find out