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Flashback to June 2016

Blast from the past, flashback, gaming stats, stats

Stepping out of that ol’ Tardis vacated by some time lord or other that I borrowed it from. It looks like we’ve arrived at June 2016 to see what I was playing then.

My Top 9 Played Games of June 2016

I’m not sure if June was our last month of playing the Pandemic campaign but I think we were at least getting close to its conclusion.

Guilds of London was picked up at UKGE (my copy was signed by the designer) and was a pretty solid game. It’s only real drawback was the steep learning curve with the iconography.

Marco Polo a great dice placement game, and those game breaking variable player powers. Great fun.

It’s interesting that five of the months top played games are “pocket” sized games that finished in under forty minutes. That filler game bracket.

Ashes is a great lcg, with unique mechanics such as picking your starting hand from your deck, and the use of dice. It’s such a shame that the publisher screwed it up which relegated it to a niche game in that space.

June 2016 Stats

Here is the full list of games played in June.

Games played in June 2016

That’s the trip to the past over and done with. Time to pop back into that police box and try to return to the present day.

May 2022 Gaming Stats

by the numbers, gaming stats, stats

A new month and time for that brain dump of useless info about my gaming for the previous month.

As per usual for these posts I’ll just post the info with no waffle.

Here we go…

My Top 9 Played Games for May 2022 as a 3×3

Now the “raw” data.

List of games played

Finally an update on the progress made on my gaming challenges.

My Challenges Progress

Flashback to May 2016

Blast from the past, flashback, gaming stats, stats

Another month nearly gone, which means I’ll be sharing the monthly gaming stats with you in an imminent post. But before then it’s time to jump in that ol’ Delorean and revisit May 2016.

My Top 9 Played Games in May 2016

Yep we were still working our way through the Pandemic Legacy Season 1 campaign. Still enjoying its twists and turns.

The stand out game of this month looks like a game only a select few have played and that’s Ladybug Lunch. An enjoyable little card game. For the record the game was designed by Jonathan so contractually I have to say that. If I remember correctly his daughter has a card named after her in it. Which is scant consultation for knowing I am and will be forever the reigning Fenland Gamers Bohemian Villages champion.

And that’s a nice segway into saying we played Bohemian Villages this month. For some reason this game never got the love it deserved. It definitely flew under the radar. Which is a shame. It’s a great little game.

Nations the dice game I enjoyed (it’s still in the collection) and was part of a small trend at the time of producing dice versions of a particular game.

Traders of Osaka was a purchase after seeing Wil Wheaton and pals play it on a Tabletop episode if memory doesn’t fail me. Once again a nice game that should get to the table more often.

Ok time for some stats…

Stat Insights for May 2016

And now for those that like lists here is one.

That’s about it for this post see you around the same time next month for another flashback.

Flashback to April 2016

by the numbers, flashback, gaming stats, stats

It’s getting close to the end of the month and time once again to look back to days of old and see what I was playing way back when.

My Top 9 Played Games In April 2016

So it looks like we were still working our way through the Pandemic Legacy Season 1 campaign.

I’ve not played any Fluxx game in years. They are fun. Might have to dig one out and get it to the table. Mustn’t forget the house rule that if the game hasn’t ended within 30 mins to stop playing. Else it will go on forever.

I miss Android Netrunner. It is a great game, just oozing theme. Shame it joined that long list of dead games (yes I know fans are doing new stuff for it).

Not sure when I last played a physical copy of Star Realms. All my game play is with the digital version. But that won’t stop me backing this years Kickstarter for it!

Ok here are the months gaming stats.

Stats Insights For April 2016

Here’s that complete list of everything I played in April 2016.

Complete list of games played in April 2016

See you in next months flashback.

Flashback to March 2016

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I had this idea this morning as I drifted in and out of sleep to do a series of posts that look back at yesteryear and the games I was playing that month.

Obviously there is only so far I can go back as I have only been recording game plays in the bgstat app since December 2015.

I thought I’d start the flashbacks with that first full year of data that I have, which is 2016.

I’m not going to do news headlines for the month. But the mess that is Batman v Superman hit the cinemas in March 2016. As did the dire sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen (which I took Nathan to see).

So what were my top 9 games that I played back in March 2016?

My Top 9 Played Games In March 2016

Only Android Netrunner from those 9 is no longer in my collection. I still have very fond memories of playing the game. In fact I still use it as a measuring stick that I judge similar games by. I still rate the game very highly. Still love the Android universe.

Obviously I play a lot of Star Realms and Epic the Card Game but digitally. I just don’t get the opportunity to play either as physical games. It might even seem a little odd if I did!

Batman Love Letter still gets to the table. Still a great version and my favourite Love Letter.

Five Tribes, 7 Wonders, and Discoveries need a bit of gaming love with a return to the table. Maybe that could be a new challenge at some point, games that haven’t been played in over a certain number of years.

Let’s look at the stats summary for the month.

Stats Insights For March 2016

For those with even less of a life than me, and wish to see the complete list of games I played that month. Here you go.

Complete list of games played in March 2016

That was a cool little exercise. Let’s do it again real soon.

January 2022 Gaming Stats

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It’s a new month, and it means it’s time to share my gaming stats from the bgstat app for last month.

I’ll stick to the “new” format of just presenting the stats with no rambling commentary that was just waffle anyway.

3×3 games played

Here are the “raw” stats for the month. Don’t forget the time stat is b.s. as I don’t record this. It’s what ever the app uses as a default.

January bgstats

Now for the challenges summary.

Summary of progress or lack of for my gaming challenges

My Gaming Year 2021

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In my previous blog post I waffled on about the game challenges I’d set up in the bgstat app I use, and how I fell just short of achieving the Play 15 New Games to Me challenge.

You may have also noticed in that post and later on in this one the 3×3 or 4×4 image grid of game covers. I used to produce these using an app called Diptic and having to do a Google image search to find each relevant game box image. But now the bgstat generates these for me with out all that extra effort! What a great new (well to me, not sure when it was added) feature.

2021 has been an interesting year to say the least gaming wise. It wasn’t until the later half of the year before world events allowed in person gaming to become a thing again. I have to say I missed playing with others a lot. So it was really great to be doing that again.

Fenland Gamers has grown in size! By that I mean those that attend gaming sessions on a regular basis. This has been amazing, and the new members have been really great to game with. Because of this success we ended the year saying good bye to our hosts The Luxe.

We still live in uncertain times. Who knows what 2022 has in store for us. Hopefully despite what it decides to throw at us we can continue to meet up, play games, and share good times.

As with more recent stat posts I’m not going to attempt to analyse the data. I’m going to just put the data out there and let it speak for itself.

But first for those that aren’t interested in anything other than my top 9 played games of 2021, here is a snazzy 3×3 image grid of those games.

My Top 9 Most Played Games of 2021

And now for those that want more details here are the stats for my gaming in 2021. The only thing you have to ignore from these stats is the time and days figures. I don’t record that data so those figures are basically gibberish. I’d also call bs on the number of players. It’s much much lower than that, less than 20 would be my guess. But this is due to me not adding everyone I play with as a named player. They only usually get added after I’ve played against/with them on a regular basis.

My Gaming Stats for 2021