Joe Huber did a great job of summarizing the impressions of games from the Gathering. Below is the summary of his work. The rating system: + = thumbs up, 0 = neutral, and - = thumbs down. Based on everything I've read, I'm most interested in Power Grid, St Petersburg, and Goa.
Alexandros 000----Blue Moon ++000--Boomtown +++0Buyword ++++Cargo 00--Coda +0---Dawn Under 000--Die Steven Seagal +00-Dos Rios ++++000000000------Egg Dance ++00Einfach Genial +++++++++00000000-Employee Of The Month +++++000000--Fifth Avenue ++++++0000000---Goa ++++++++++++++++++00000Hansa +++++++++++++++000000000---Immer Oben Auf! 00----MaNiKi ++++Marco Polo ++++00000-----------Memoir '44 +++++++++Oasis +++++++++0000000000---Oh Pharoah ++000000---Power Grid ++++++++++++++++++++++0-Saga +++++000000000-----St. Petersburg +++++++++++++++++++00000000000San Juan ++++++++++++++++++++000000Santiago ++++++++++Spy +0-----Sunken City ++00000-----------Tahuantinsuyu ++++0Ticket To Ride +++++++++++++++++++++++++++00-Tongiaki +++0----
Sorted by approval ratings (assuming everyone who didn't rate a game would give it a 0 - thanks to Randy Cox for doing this last time!):
Ticket To Ride 68%Power Grid 55%San Juan 53%St. Petersburg 50%Goa 47%Hansa 32%Santiago 26%Memoir '44 24%Einfach Genial 21%Oasis 16%Buyword 11%MaNiKi 11%Tahuantinsuyu 11%Boomtown 8%Employee Of The Month 8%Fifth Avenue 8%Egg Dance 5%Blue Moon 0%Die Steven Seagal 0%Saga 0%Oh Pharoah -3%Tongiaki -3%Cargo -5%Coda -5% Dawn Under -5%Dos Rios -5%Alexandros -11%Immer Oben Auf! -11%Spy -11%Marco Polo -18%Sunken City -24%
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