10 x 10 for 2017

karl_b wrote:Like Sam, I'm willing to help people reach their goals. Speaking of which, Paul/Sam/Sam - it's International Dungeon Lords Day soon!

Wooohooo! It truly is the finest day of the year.

Aneurin wrote:I'm logging my games this year - so will see. So far Ive played 14 'times' (I would say games - but some of the games are multiplied) in the 16 days of January. Pretty good going. I can see Junk Art and Cottage Garden making 10 plays easily... then things like Imperial Assault... it's easy to rack up games when you play in competitions.

The thing is with new games I always find myself racking up lots of early plays and then I get other new games and play them more often, and then more new games and so on and so on.

The games that Agata is a fan of or the ones that get requested by either friends or family when they visit seem to be the games I can confidently say will get to 10 plays easy.


I've had a slow January in terms of getting through my collection, missing the Sunday session and having real life things taking up all of my weekends so far has impacted gaming time. I've only managed 10 plays of 8 different games so far, and I think they've been spread over 3 nights of gaming (Last Tues at the club, Tuns the Tues before, and 1 night early on in Jan with Agata). Kanban and Robinson Crusoe the only real heavy ones in there. See how the rest of the year goes I guess.

Oh, Terra Mystica is awesomeness. We should play loads more of that!

paulyg wrote:

karl_b wrote:Like Sam, I'm willing to help people reach their goals. Speaking of which, Paul/Sam/Sam - it's International Dungeon Lords Day soon!

Wooohooo! It truly is the finest day of the year.

karl_b wrote:In terms of games I'd like to play more (without expressly setting a goal), I want to get more plays out of what I already own:

Baseball Highlights
Russian / German Railroads
Manhattan Project + expansions
Zooloretto (which is still unplayed after 18 months)
Cthulhu Realms

I would be very interested in playing Zooloretto. Last year I began a tradition of taking a game or two to the US when I visit, as a gift for my sister's kids (ages 8 and 6). Last year it was Monster Laundry and My First Stone Age, but Zooloretto is high on my list of possibilities this year so it would be great to try it out.

Baseball Highlights still definitely appeals as well. Is it the original Manhattan Project you're looking to play, Karl, or MP: Energy Empire? I'm interested in both, but I know the latter in particular has been getting a lot of buzz of late.

Andy - let's try Zooloretto and Baseball Highlights soon!

It's the original MP I'm keen to play but with the Second Stage expansion. Evan also has the card game, which I'd ike to try but if anyone needs help playing their new copy of Energy Empire then I'm a willing assistant!

Well I played king of Tokyo ten times yesterday so that's one down

karl_b wrote:Andy - let's try Zooloretto and Baseball Highlights soon!

I've got Zooloretto unplayed so I'd be up for playing that too (as might Kat - I think our copy was her purchase originally!)

Kes wrote:Well I played king of Tokyo ten times yesterday so that's one down

And you didn't get bored?

It got very competitive. Only three of us so they didn't take long most of the time

BeardyTom wrote:I don't think I'll ever manage a 10x10 but I'd like to aim for maybe a 5x5 of fairly substantial games. Fillers would just be cheating.

Terra Mystica is one I'd love to play more of. I think I've only had the one game of it, ever.
Agricola should be played as often as possible, so that's on the list.
For the other three, maybe Tigris & Euphrates, La Granja and Guilds of London, although I could happily go for Power Grid, Caylus or Castles of Burgundy instead.

One month later and I have got a little way towards my modest target. I've played one game of Agricola and one of T&E.

How's everyone else going?

My current numbers in the top 10 spot (8,7,6,6,4,3,3,3,2,2)...
I expect Imperial Assault, Junk Art, Oh My Goods and Pokémon will easily reach above 10 this year. So I would say I'm on track... considering it's only February.

My alphabet challenge is currently at C,D,E,F,I,J,K,P,R,S,T,V,Y... half way in 2 months... Anyone for Zombicide soon?

My top ten numbers are currently 27, 24, 7, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1. I guess I need a bit more diversity in my plays

I'm finding it weirdly satisfying to track all my plays on BGG. The unofficial Android app is excellent. Wish somebody had told me about it in January so I didn't have to transfer from my notes app.

Here are my results so far for this year:

https://boardgamegeek.com/plays/thumbs/user/Sam250/subtype/boardgame/start/2017-01-01

Uh oh, I'm getting into the Codenames and The Resistance trap I wanted to avoid. Almost all games I've played multiple times are games of that type. The only others are the Legacy games I'm playing. More plays of serious games needed.

I have at least played over 10 games 1 time, which at this point of the year isn't too far off target.

What's the 24, Paul?

What's the Pokemon game, Aneurin? TCG?

Yeah - Noah is into it now so I expect to be playing more and more with him... not recently as been moving house - but soon... think he is coming to Patriot on Saturday with me...

Sam wrote:What's the 24, Paul?

What's the Pokemon game, Aneurin? TCG?

The 24 is Star Realms. The 27 is Netrunner.

I'm at 25, 6, 6, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1

Guess what's top for no prize.

Which Android app do you use Sam?

This is the one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boardgamegeek&hl=en

Yeah - stupid iOS making my life difficult...

Sam wrote:This is the one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boardgamegeek&hl=en

Cool, that's the one I use.

Aneurin wrote:Yeah - stupid iOS making my life difficult...

Have you tried the Board Game Stats app on iOS? It's amazing!

Only game I've got north of 5 games on is Santorini so I'm a ways off yet

Although I'm not counting digital plays.

24,10,8,7,6,3,2 (14x 1s)
Need to play another couple games if king of New York which should happen naturally. Mechs vs minions will definitely happen. Another 3 games of Avalon.

I've really been enjoying tracking my plays though. Gotta love data

93 plays of 52 games.

13 Flip City (2 solo),
7 Santorini,
6 Oh My Goods,
6 Ghost Blitz,
6 AFAGTNY


Alphabet:
BCDEFGHIJKMNOPRSTVZ (need ALQUWX)

just my alphabet:
BCDEFGHIJKMNPRSTZ (need above plus OV)

Almost halfway through the year now so how's everyone doing?

I'm on 314 plays of 83 different games. Top list:

75 Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
40 The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
37 Android: Netrunner
24 Santorini
14 Crokinole
11 Mechs vs. Minions
7 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
6 Gloomhaven
5 Star Wars: Imperial Assault
4 Codenames (6 if you include Pictures)
4 King of New York

LOTR has only just taken over from Netrunner, but since I'm now playing two seperate run throughs it might even threaten X-Wing by the end of the year. Crokinole is an odd one; only takes a few minutes to play so I counted sets of three to stop it getting ridiculous.

What I'd like to get on the list is more Ashes. I've only played one game so far this year and I definitely want to play that more.