For the final time until the end of the month here is the last “look at what I played” post.
And as usual this is just a bare bones, no frills post.
Here you go…
December 2022 Gaming Stats
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Flashback to December 2016
Before I bore you with the December 2022 stats post it’s time to bore you with yet another post looking back to 2016.
As per usual for this post we start off with the top 9 games played that month.
Love Letter Batman, sadly no longer available for folks to buy. But it is my favourite version of Love Letter still. I love the theme, and the extra point for guessing what another player has in their hand when playing a Batman card, a nice rule change. Probably my favourite introduced by any version.
Ah yes Pandemic Iberia. The game ZMan was a limited printing. Yet somehow gets reprinted! It’s not a bad version of Pandemic. Don’t think I’ve played it since. However it is the version I’ve kept in the collection.
Braggart was a fun card game. But not one that held up to repeated plays over a short period of time. I gave this away in the end iirc.
We all know how I feel about Scythe. Nuff said.
Viticulture and Alien Frontiers both great worker placement games. Which I’m looking forward to getting back to the table as part of one of this year’s challenges.
I do need to get The Others (a great one vs many game, which soured how I feel about CMoN and will never back a project of theirs again), and Cry Havoc back to the table. I do really like both these games and they deserve more love.
Robinson Crusoe possibly the most brutal co-op game on the market. Also probably the most fiddly to setup also. Still a fun game with the right people.
Ok let’s wrap this post up with the raw stats for December 2016.
Naturally the next post in these look backs will move into 2017. See you then.
My GOTY 2022
It’s that time of year once again when content creators of all types throw top 10 lists of this and that at you.
I’m not one to avoid jumping on a bandwagon.
This post is all about me choosing my game of the year for 2022 from the 54 new to me games that I played.
Now the caveat is that this is new to me. Which means that the games may or may not have been published in 2022. In fact one of them is approximately 40 years old! But until this year I had not played them.
But first here are some stats from that really great app, bgstats.
First my top 9 new to me games based on the number of game plays.
Next up the bgstats insights for those 54 new to me games.
Roll & Writes
I’ve played a few roll and writes this year. That side of the collection has grown considerably also. So I think it’s safe to say it’s a genre I enjoy playing.
There is one shown above, it’s not only my least favourite roll and write, but probably my turkey of the year also. That game is Super-skill Pinball: 4 Cade. The least said about this game the better.
Out of the remaining 8 roll and writes if I had to choose one to be the roll and write for 2022 it’d have to be…
the combotastic Three Sisters.
I really like all the others. They are great, fun roll and writes. But wow Three Sisters just blows the mind, especially when the combos kick off. The use of the rondel and die selection introduce a bit of decision making whether to take a die to deny an opponent that die and action, or go for one you really need.
A great roll and write that really does stand out.
Expansion of 2022
My expansion of the year is the Rise of Fenris expansion for Scythe.
I had a blast playing the 8 game campaign. Which can be reset and played again. However you can also add it as modules to the main game. Adding more options, variability, replay ability to the game.
But that first play through. The twists and turns. The big reveals. Epic.
Also this was the last game I played with my friend Ben before he left us. Ben will be missed. But it’s the fond gaming memories that remain behind. Rise of Fenris will be one of those memories.
Honourable mentions: Dune Imperium: Rise of Ix (I won’t play without this expansion), Tapestry: Arts and Architecture
Ok onto the main event.
54 games to choose from.
Some incredible games played.
A very very hard choice. However I did come to a decision.
My GOTY 2022 is…
Drawn to the game by comparisons to Scythe, but apart from a mechanic or two it’s not really like Scythe.
I loved this game. From the variable board setup, to the era cards, power ups via paintings, variable leader powers and player boards, being able to tailor the maps to encourage or discourage combat.
It’s a really great game.
Honourable Mentions: Survive Escape from Atlantis, Libertalia Winds of Galecrest, Portal: the uncooperative cake acquisition game, The Thing boardgame.
Obviously I’ll be returning at the start of 2023 with the monthly round up plus the stats for for 2022.
November 2022 Gaming Stats
Well here are once more with the brief but graphical look at the games I played in November.
Finally how I’m doing on my challenges.
October 2022 Gaming Stats
It’s that time of month to once again summarise using the bgstat app what games I got to the table in October.
And now for the “raw” bgstats data!
Finally my challenge progress (if any).
Flashback to October 2016
Hard to think it’s been a month since the last one of these jumps back in time to look at what I was playing six years ago.
Time sure flies when you are going from one challenging situation to another.
So let’s get right to it and look at what my top nine played games were back in October 2016.
Looking at the top nine, it looks like Netrunner was still a thing at my FLGS. FFG hadn’t started nerfing Anarchs or NBN at this point.
I was also getting some games in of Ashes. Although I was still using the pre-con decks, and hadn’t gotten into the deck building side.
If memory hasn’t failed me my games of Star Wars Imperial Assault were from one of the rare organised play events at my FLGS. Which means these were skirmish games not campaign games.
With Tiny Epic Western being played the Kickstarter for it must have just arrived. I know this didn’t sit with everyone who played it, but I did like the mix of worker placement and poker. Plus I loved the playmat they did for the game.
Karmaka is a great card game that deserves seeing the table again. I really liked the mechanic that attracted me to the Kickstarter where cards you play can be used by your opponent. The theme really does come through in this game.
Zombicide hit the table. I’m shocked that happened.
7 Wonders Duel, an instant two player classic. One I need to play again. Nathan loves this game too. That’s how good the game is.
Still enjoy playing Splendor, although no longer in my collection, I do have the Marvel version.
Star Wars Timelines. A lovely quick Star Wars game that does test your knowledge of the original trilogy.
Finally for this type of post here are the raw stats for the month.
September 2022 Gaming Stats
I hope you like the new image for these posts. Don’t worry that’s the only change. I’m not going to start changing the current no thrills, just the data format.
No onto the data.
Ok here are the stats and games played for the month.
Finally here is my current challenges progress.
Flashback to September 2016
It’s time to quantum leap back to September 2016 and the games I was playing that month.
It’s an interesting top 9 this month. Four of the games played were Kickstarter editions.
It’s nice to see I was getting Android Netrunner to the table. I think this was the time that it started to get some traction at a local gaming group and the FLGS. So games were easier to come by.
I don’t remember much of the game play for Thief’s Market. I vaguely remember dice and I think I split you choose mechanic. But I might be wrong on the mechanic.
I’m always going to remember Saloon Tycoon as the first game I ever played with Diego. It’s also the game he earnt the reputation as points monster. First time he ever played the game he wiped the floor with Jonathan and myself.
Grifters was a very cool card game with an interesting cool-down mechanic that I backed on Kickstarter. I even backed the follow up to this. I loved the cyberpunk theme that might be connected to the Resistance universe if I remember correctly. The art is pretty cool.
Talking of theme Hit Z Road just oozes it’s post zombie apocalypse theme. It’s a nice light dice based game too. Jonathan even enjoyed this one!
I really need to get Spectre Ops back to the table. I think we have the play group for this now. The promised app for it never did appear. And I really should get the follow up. I see the basis of another bgstat challenge here.
The Great Heartland Hauling Co. is a nice light pick up and deliver game. Pretty small box also. I liked it so much I got my own copy.
Here are the full bgstats for the month.
August 2022 Gaming Stats
It’s that time of month once again to share with you my gaming stats for the month just gone.
As I write this post I am in my third week of the new job role. Which I am enjoying. But I’ll talk more about that in other posts I’m sure.
In the meantime let’s just get on with the post.
Now for the stats.
The full list of games played.
Finally the progress (if any) on the current challenges.
Flashback to August 2016
I’ve parked the delorean back in August of 2016. So let’s look at what games I played back then.
Well it looks like I was still playing the lcg Ashes Rise of the Phoenix Born.
I love the worker placement game The Manhattan Project. So it was a no brainer that I got the card game based on it The Manhattan Project Chain Reaction. It’s fairly light and quick to play.
I’ve also been known to enjoy a game of 7 Wonders. Despite being able to play 7 Wonders as a two player game, it’s a kludge at best. Now 7 Wonders Duel is an amazing two player game. So good that Nathan loved it, and has his own copy.
Continuing the two player game theme this month seems to have I got the great two player hand management game Odin’s Ravens to the table.
And a big surprise I actually played a couple of physical games of Star Realms. That is such a rarity.
I enjoyed New Bedford but can I ever forgive it for bringing Nantucket (the worst game ever) into my life?
And here is the complete list of games played I played back then.
