2024 in boardgames

Like last year, I noticed that I just don't play enough music to make a worthwhile overview of my year in music. This year also, weird things happen in my playlists. Hans Zimmer is my top artist of the year because I played one session of D&D with a Hans Zimmer essentials playlist in the background.

So why not share my boardgames? I record every game I play (via an app) and therefore I know exactly what I played last year.

I have recorded 400 plays this year, of 150 different games, of which 107 were new to me. I have played with 219 different people at 25 locations, and my H-index is 7, meaning that I played 7 different games at least 7 times. Tuesday is the day of the week I play the most, but that doesn't surprise me.

My top games, in terms of times played, are:

  • Cheese Thief (21 times), a staple at Boardgayming
  • Hanabi (19 times), as A. stayed over during January and we aimed for a perfect score, which we got once
  • Codenames (16 times), also a staple because you can play it with big groups that change shape
  • Skull (15 times), great starter of the evening, bluffing game, easy to explain to beginners
  • Secret Hitler (12 times), because they love it at Boardgayming
  • Hidden Leaders (9 times), cute game I bought for the 'social deduction', even though it is not really that
  • Cat in the Box (7 times), cool twist on the normal trick taking game, where cards have no color until you play them
  • Cubitos (7 times), nice push-your-luck racing game
  • Frosthaven (7 times), because yes, I am in a campaign
  • Mascarade (7 times), a game about remembering everybody's role and bluffing about your own

But I also really want to mention:

  • Root (6 times), because I would love to play it right now to push it to the top 10
  • Scout (4 times), another cool twist on trick taking games (also see 9 Lives)
  • Crash Octopus (1 time), very physical game, which is great after a very heavy strategy game
  • Super Kawaii Pets (3 times), cute combo game in a small box, about making pets happy
  • Sky Team (2 times), the best two player game of the moment, makes me sad for not having a partner
  • Blood on the Clocktower (2 times), only played this this week, and I don't like social deduction that much, but this is a really good one (kuddos to G., our fabulous host and story teller)

Looking forward to play more games in 2025!