Game Report for 2011

I tried to be diligent about recording the games I played last year using boardgamegeek’s stats functions. Here’s a breakdown of my gaming for 2011.

Most played games: Okay, no surprise here: Magic is my most played game with 55 plays. This is similar to the number of plays that I recorded for it last year as well. In second place, I recorded 38 plays of Dominion, including 11 plays of its various expansions. (If I set up a game specifically to use a new expansion, say Hinterlands, I record that as a play of the expansion: otherwise, I record it as a play of the base game. Yes, it’s probably too nuanced to really bother with.) Last year, the number was 26 for Dominion, and I think the greater number this year is due to the availability of isotropic.net. Or, it could be that I just wasn’t as good at recording plays in 2010.

Other games I played more than twice this year included

• Race for the Galaxy (8 plays)
• Forbidden Island (7)
• 7 Wonders (6)
• Settlers of Catan (5)
• The Secret Door (4)
• Cosmic Encounter (3)
• Star Fleet Battle Force (3)

The only new game (new to me, anyway) that is on this list is 7 Wonders: all the rest are games that I previously owned.

New games: Ignoring new Magic decks and new Dominion expansions, I played only five new games this year: 7 Wonders, Survive!/Escape from Atlantis, Thunderstone, Quarriors, and S’quarrels. Only two of these (7 Wonders and Thunderstone) are games that I own, and only the first two received more than one play. I played 7 Wonders 6 times in a two month period, which is an indicator of the regard that I have for it. I was given a copy of the Lord of the Rings card game, but I’ll have to get to it in 2012.

Occasional visitors: I played several games I own only once or twice, including Federation Commander, Gosu, Catan: Cities and Knights, Munchkin, Niagara, Thebes, and Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers.

Thinking about it, the one aspect of my gaming life that isn’t captured by these stats is computer board gaming. The Dominion stats include games on isotropic.net, and the Race for the Galaxy plays include on-line games with Kiddo #1, but I haven’t been recording computer games that I play against the AI. I’ve played many, many games of Puerto Rico on the iPad, and look forward to more games of both it and Titan on the iPad in the coming year. I also bought Tigris and Euphrates but have yet to sit down and learn it.

I’m not sure what the next year holds for gaming. Perhaps I’ll actually use the iPad to play against humans next year. Kiddo #1 and I now both own Ticket to Ride for the iPad, and I think we’ll probably play some games during 2012. And while I don’t know specifically of any paper games that I’m awaiting in 2012, I am hoping to see iPad versions of both Dominion and Race for the Galaxy next year. I plan to use the stats above to either help suggest games that should see play with the kids, or to suggest games that haven’t been played in a while that I might consider selling.

My thanks to the few of you who will read this post. While this blog is largely my own record-keeping, I hope that it is occasionally useful or entertaining to others. I wish you good gaming in 2012 and beyond.

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