Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Five & Dime 2009: The Up Escalator

More interesting facts culled by "mi compadre," Senor Joe Huber:

There are 26 games that a higher percentage of respondants list in 2009 than 2008, and a higher percentage in 2008 than 2007. As expected, none of these games are getting a lot of responses, but the steady increase is interesting to note:
  • Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball
  • Bananagrams
  • Glory To Rome
  • Lexio
  • Container
  • Scepter of Zavandor
  • Warhammer 40K
  • Start Player
  • Cosmic Cows
  • Twister
  • Kakerlakensalat
  • Merchant of Venus
  • Outpost
  • Ligretto/Espresso/Dutch Blitz
  • Bongo
  • Duck, Duck, Bruce/Kleine Fische
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Rummikub
  • Viva Topo
  • Code 777
  • Oceania
  • Indonesia
  • Sticheln
  • Chinatown
  • Wildlife Adventure/Expedition
  • Guillotine

Most of these have just the two straight years of increases, but a couple have more:

  • Start Player - 3 years
  • Ligretto - 4 years
  • Guillotine - 3 years

Guillotine is particularly interesting - after a fairly standard decline from 1998-2001, there were actually a higher percentage of people reporting 5+ plays in 2010 than in 2002.

I would add that the resurgence of some of these games is due to re-release in a new edition and/or language:
  • Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball
  • Scepter of Zavandor
  • Cosmic Cows
  • Merchant of Venus (actually the splendid redesign available on the Geek rather than a reprint)
  • Duck, Duck, Bruce/Kleine Fische
  • Chinatown
  • Wildlife Adventure/Expedition

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