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¿Question #995?
TomVasel: Who decides what games are played?

ocdspectrum: By consensus unless someone has some new hotness that they need to play or sell.
imyourskribe: Committee
uglifruit: My partner.
perrygf: The Olympic Commission.
Neolarthytep: My wife if she's feeling decisive, otherwise it's a vote
fatum: The cards, we make a selection of games (everybody can choose three) and then we use cards to determine which game gets played.
mutantheed: The reluctant one or the Dad
Woelf: Whoever wants to play them.
MartinWin: We have a veto-system. If one player says no we choose another game.
beerbear: The people who want to play the least.
Hendal: Me - cause I bring em
vandemonium: Me. It's all about me. Always.
falloutfan: Joint decision, but someone usually suggests.
LordDarkSith: the person choosing
Stradk: the people playing the game I hope
XanderF: *sigh* Me. I think I'm the only one who actually knows what games we HAVE.
Blott: I usually ask the group for opinions. But lately I have just been deciding on my own.
datainadequate: Usually a democratic vote but people can veto a game they really hate playing
Skotte: everyone, of course
vampywife: we all sorta put in our votes, and if someone really wants to play a game, we play it.
Gialmere: Market Forces
ecobot3001: Me and my friends if they moan enough.
DHEK: The players. But usually in my game group it's me because I'm the one having the games.
msstep: committee
aleo09: when playing w/ a group we decide together, when i play w/ my kids, the kids decide
Azzarc: Sort of the person that brings something
Cthugha: If it's new or unplayed we play it. If we don't want to play an unplayed game, we suggest things, the general consensus has it.
dictator555: The players, I'd hope.
Chris Page: Inertia.
MaksimSmelchak: We discuss it and find a game that pleases everyone.
bigbadsteve: fate
rootbeer: The people playing the games.
nibuen: our group together or me if with newbies
jasta6: Me...............................................................................................
TimAllen: The Host
mlanza: Game night, my house: Me. Game club: pick up games by suggestion.
mrspank: Group consensus.
Helenoftroy: Normally my husband but it has started an argument because of it.
MitchellW: I steer, the guests ultimately decide.
brainrob: It's a group decision ... we usually settle on the newest unplayed game.
chockle: Mostly depends on the number of players. Newer stuff is more comon, but occasionally we'll just spin for it. Winner gets/has to decide.
scriptorum: There's a series of vollies back and forth "no, no, whatever you want to play, you pick" and "no, no, after you" until one person breaks and says "are you sure, because I'm happy to play anything you'd like" and the other replies "indubitably, my good sir, please pick a game."
skrutsch: It's a cooperative effort among all participants. (or Maggie if we're playing with her)
calbond: usually by consensus - time constraints and games we havent played recently usually help narrow it down to a few choices anyways
The 17th Ogre: Me, dammit.
POvidiusNaso: Usually the first one to pipe up.
yossarians: we do
Jeshko: I typically bring a couple of games out and let the others decide which one of those.
Megadev: the Gaming Gods of course
erli: puffinge?
rdmasters: Consensus. Or whoever brought something new along.
melissa: usually me
Redneon: Who owns the games, decides.
dakarp: It's a team effort, although the person who cares the most (often me) has the most influence.
Lord_Prussian: The host usually
kimapesan: "And the Lord said, 'Thou shalt playest Euphrat and Tigris, for I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt."
The Unbeliever: 42
familygaming: Generally me because most of my gaming is at my house with newbies.
Otterdance: Me. Unless my girlfriend doesn't want to play it.
puffinge: consensus, he decides everything.
Mike A: Whoever wants to play a game, suggests it, and then has someone agree to it.
meshuggener: I do. Always. None shall appose me!
Majiken: My wife (if I plan on scoring later).
Musti: The host.
BaSL: we do
Sceadeau: The host usually has biggest pull, but that's only because our hosts seem to have the most games.
WasQ: It is a democratic decision... HA!! >:P
2amp: the illuminati?
snoozefest: group
nexttothemoon: Everyone in our group...I just provide the choices by purchsing the games.
MisterCranky: God. God decides everything. She just doesn't always inform anybody about Her plans.
Jern: Mostly me
Quest22: Concensus
Nomadik: Its a group effort
pkreynolds: Mikey.
toulouse: Wait...is this a free will vs. determinism question? I guess I think I do...
rivo: it depends: my kids, my wife, xcorps or me
DenverWolf: I do
AlorielLelyn: The person who owns the house picks a number of their games, then we vote on the ones they picked. Most votes gets played.
Cal Mac: Eye of Night, unless he is feeling especially generous
Flyspeck23: Majority.
gnomehome: Mutual decision
steef: me or whoever brings them
TG Mittler: consensus
Belash: We each pick five games we want to play and then rank the picks... must have 2 people wanting to play to qualify... games with 3 or more people wanting to play have precedence over 2... or I do.
Grimwold: I often limit what games can be played by what I take, but usually throw the actual decision open to the group... often the Settlers Anonymous crowd decide!
Ryno8: The ones that own them
GuyHill: not me
onky: I do, most of the time.
viogression: Majority
Blackwind: vote
threlicus: The most decisive player.
EvilTimmy: The loudest
alfredhw: Whoever first develops a strong feeling about it. It seems like nobody wants to impose their will on the others, so there's an Alfonse-and-Gaston act before a game is picked out. This seems common to a lot of game groups I've been around...
Dave: Hasbro Corporation's Director of Creativity.
Bluenose: Democratic; venue owner picks the games.
chaddyboy_2000: That guy.
Steve Leach: I do
Reloaded: anyone and everyone
darthcliff: She Who Must Be Obeyed
wcordewiner: Group
djlg: Whoever is first to hold up a game, shout "who wants to play this?" and gets a positive reaction.
P.O.G.G.: when I'm hosting, I do. When someone else is hosting, its their call. I usually pick a game and invite players over for that game specifically.
Eric Haas: When?
Vince Londini: The person with the most interest in seeing a particular title hit the table.
dietevil: Committee
BobDodgerBlue: We used to have kind of a bidding game we devised to determine what we played.
fsumarc: group vote.
raolsson: Whoever brings the game
shumyum: Gee
Mozbink: Collective decision of the group.
geberus: group
Shakar: We vote.
cktjharris: The rule in our house is that whoever loses gets to pick the next game, or call 2 out of 3.
jaredh: Group decision.
CortexBomb: In my groups it's generally a political haggling session
skelebone: Usually I do, but I put it to the group first to see if something sounds good.
djflippy: Decide as a group and if that is too sketchy, then the person hosting decides.
CDRodeffer: My wife, usually
Mosse: The little green men living in my game-closet.
ValJor: Depends on the group: at work, I decide because I'm the one bringing them. Everywhere else, the group decides
jens_hoppe: Concensus decision or Westbank Gamers-style meta-game!
jttm: Consensus, but usually its a new game
ynnen: Usually whoever lost the last one, or via email discussion before getting together.