Wednesday 16 September 2020

Boardgame Year 6 Summary

A collated list of games we have played is tabulated below. The list is primarily aimed at providing me with a detailed record of my boardgaming activity, so that I can spot and understand trends and favourites. It also sparks my enthusiasm for games I overlooked and want to play more of. The first figure is the number of times a game made it to the table, whereas the superscript number is the number of actual games played.

No Games played

Boardgame

1230

Carcassonne

722

Castles of Burgundy

11

69

Brass – Birmingham

Brass - Lancashire

511

Ganz Schon Clever (& twice as clever)

58

Palazzo

11

24

13

17

Ticket to Ride – Europe

Ticket to Ride – Japan/Italy

Ticket to Ride – Pennsylvania

Ticket to Ride - UK

411

Targi (& expansion)

410

NMBR 9

48

Quadropolis

47

Jaipur

47

The Networks

310

Glen More II

35

Lost Cities

34

Onitama

33

Strozzi

13

110

Machi Koro

Machi Koro Legacy

28

Mah-Jong

25

Patchwork

25

Quacks of Quedlingburg

24

Western Legends

23

Parade

22

Citadels

18

Dominion

15

Oh, My Goods!

15

Sewer Pirats

14

Keyflower

14

Azul

14

Galaxy Truckers

13

Santorini

13

San Juan

13

Schotten Totten

13

Maharaja

13

Transatlantic

13

Mr Jack

12

Scotland Yard

12

High Society

12

Timeline

12

Tsuro

12

Fleet

12

Flamme Rouge

12

The Crew

12

Five Tribes

11

Sushi Go!

11

Catan

11

Wingspan

11

Bohnanza

11

Abalone

11

Love Letter

11

Sheriff of Nottingham

11

221B Baker Street

11

King of New York

11

Dice Hospital

11

Dice Forge

11

Irish Gauge

11

Tiny Towns

11

Mexica

11

Ecos

11

Everdell

 

In sharp contrast to my wargaming activity, this year has seen a bumper crop of boardgames played and a wide range of differing games. Elaine and I have played many more two player games due to COVID19  and these feature strongly in the above list.

There were a number of ‘stand-out’ games this year. My favourite must be the classic; Castles of Burgundy. The mechanisms work nicely and the pace of the game accelerates, so that by the later rounds players struggle to achieve all they want. A close second place Glen Moree; the roundel system works really well and the game scales nicely for 2-4 players. The next game that deserves mention is ‘Western Legends’ with the ‘Ante Up’ expansion, which just adds more of the good stuff. Finally, we got ‘Targi – the Expansion’, which is not really an expansion but a version 1.5 of the original Targi. I’m not sure which I prefer as both are excellent.

So, a very busy and good boardgame year, and I’m looking forward to the coming year.

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