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Welcome to the second round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the sequence generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming... realistically in early 2021.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.

• You have 6 total votes to distribute.
• You can only select up to 3 options.
• You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
• NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
• The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.

EXAMPLES

• You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
• If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
• If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).

This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting!

This is a pretty good bracket. I split max votes between the perfect platformer, N++, and an excellent and overlooked strategy RPG Dark Wizard. Once again, Sega CD was a dynamite system for this kind of game. Dark Wizard featured cool hex-based battle maps, and you could hire generic units into your army from the main castle, and give them names. Then they would level up and become power members of your team and you'd basically have these little backstories in your head about them. Love it. There are also 4 main characters you can choose from—two "good guys" and two "bad guys"—and their stories overlap in various ways.

Diabolical Box is probably one of the weakest Laytons, but still a good time. Lots of charm, great music/atmosphere and plenty of puzzles.