Wednesday, January 02, 2019

It's Still Personal: My Five & Dime Game Lists for 2018

Hey, campers... I may have stopped collecting the Five & Dime stats for everyone else - but I haven't stopped collecting my own!

Here's my own personal Five & Dime list (the games I played 5+ and 10+ times in 2018).

As always, I include only face-to-face games and games played with human opponents over apps/online.

Games with an asterisk [*] were on my Five & Dime list last year, games with two asterisks [**] have been on my list for the past two years, games with three asterisks [***] have been there for three years, games with four asterisks [****] have been there for 4 years, games with a plus [+] have been there 5 years, games with a plus and an asterisk [+*] have been there 6 years, games with a plus and two asterisks [+**] have been there 7 years... and games with a plus and three asterisks [+***] have been there (wait for it) for the past 8 years!

If you're curious, here's the games that have been on my Five & Dime list for 5+ years

  • Race for the Galaxy (8 years)
  • Sentinels of the Multiverse (6 years)

Quarters
  • Star Realms 26 ****


Dimes
  • Clank! In! Space! 21 *
  • Jump Drive 21 *
  • Race for the Galaxy 20 +***
  • Sentinels of the Multiverse 19 +*
  • DC Comics Deck-Building Game (includes Multiverse, Teen Titans & Forever Evil): 18 ****
  • Team Play 17
  • Ticket to Ride 16 *
  • Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar 13
  • 7 Wonders Duel 12 **
  • Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure 12 *
  • Powerships 12
  • DC Deck-Building Game: Confrontations 11
  • Memoir '44 11


Nickels
  • Flamme Rouge 9 *
  • Hero Realms 9
  • Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 9
  • 7 Wonders 8 ***
  • Magic Maze 8
  • Alien Artifacts 7
  • Archaeology: The Card Game 7
  • Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 7 *
  • Rhino Hero: Super Battle 7
  • Space Beans 7
  • The Quest for El Dorado 7
  • Wasteland Express Delivery Service 7
  • Zirkus Flohcati 7 *
  • Betrayal Legacy 6
  • Broom Service: The Card Game 6
  • Catan 6
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd edition) 6 **
  • Dungeon Alliance 6
  • Favor of the Pharaoh 6
  • Las Vegas 6
  • Nations: The Dice Game 6
  • Novo Dice 6
  • Ticket to Ride: New York 6
  • Downforce 5
  • Eminent Domain 5
  • Escape from 100 Million B.C. 5
  • Fast Food Franchise 5
  • Roll for the Galaxy 5 **
  • Sequence 5
  • StreetSoccer 5
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game 5
  • Tiny Epic Quest 5
  • Trains 5 *
  • Wurfel Bohnanza 5

Just Missed (with 4 plays)

A caret [^] denotes that they were on the Five & Dime list last year... and a pound sign [#] marks games I'm pretty sure will return in 2019.
  • Bohnanza #
  • Bounce-It-In Game
  • Colt Express
  • Fabled Fruit ^
  • Fast Forward: Fortune
  • Gingerbread House #
  • Hit Z Road
  • Hotshots ^
  • Karuba
  • Liar's Dice
  • Mystery Rummy: Al Capone
  • Neuroshima Hex
  • Port Royal ^#
  • The Colonists
  • The Resistance
  • Tiny Epic Defenders (2nd edition) 

After All These Years

These are game that fell off the list... after years of repeated play. I felt compelled to say a few words at their passing.
  • Codenames *
    • We had a couple of years of playing this a lot - but now it only comes out at family gatherings.
  • DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Rivals - Batman vs The Joker *
    • Teen Titan Go! Deckbuilding and Shards of Infinity are the new 2 player flavors of the month... we've probably played out Batman v Joker (though it's still a really good game).
  • Skip-Bo *
    • My oldest has had a number of bad experiences playing this - so, despite the pleading of his mother & girlfriend, I don't think this one will see the light of day any time soon.
  • Summoner Wars +*
    • Probably the saddest loss - this was a staple game for myself and the boys... but our huge collection sits there at 2-3 plays a year now.

1 comment:

Joe Huber said...

FWLIW, my long time 5+ play games are:

Bridge - 23 straight years
Race for the Galaxy - 15 straight years
Merchant of Venus - 13 straight years
1846 - 10 straight years
For Sale - 10 straight years
Geschenkt - 10 straight years
Saint Petersburg - 9 straight years
Neos - 5 straight years