Matthias' annual what did you play last year. Once again remember that I am not much of a Euro player at all. If I'm playing one it's usually because I lost a bet or it's somebody's birthday etc. To put things into perspective my top 10 games are:
1. Heroscape
2. Dragon Dice
3. LotR LCG
4. Descent
5. Pathfinder ACG
6. Joan of Arc
7. Too Many Bones
8. Altar Quest
9. Street Masters
10. Marvel Champions
Now my bottom 5 fluctuate but my top 5 have been pretty solid for years.
Now on to the list, these don't include any electronic gaming over Ipad or anything like that.
1. LotR LCG - 232 plays, This is my go to solo game. My oldest and my son enjoy it so it gets to the table a lot. The currrent iteration is "taking a break" for now. Obviously no Con of the Rings this year but the last 2 years have been a blast.
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lonewolf
played this with me quite a few times at Ken Con.
2. Marvel Champions LCG - 60 plays, Hmm, same designer as LotR, interesting. My go to superhero game for a long time was Sentinels of the Multiverse. I'm prety sure this has usurped it. If you're a Marvel fan you need to check this out. Caleb is a great designer and and overall good guy.
3. Heroscape - 56 plays, That's probably the most heroscape I've played in decades and yes that was without Gen Con or TTO. I had a big event for my birthday and a smaller one for Ken Con and a game or 2 with
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Cleon
over Skype and some local games with
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Raider30
otherwise the majority was with my kids, all 6 of them...
4. Pathfinder ACG - 39 plays, A little lower than previos years. My game group and I are always working through one of the sets. Quarantine ate in to that a bit this year. My son and oldest daughter almost always play this on our own as well but they just weren't as interested this year. I still think it's a very solid game and like the 2nd edition even more.
5. Magic the Gathering - 30 plays, Sigh I just can't get away from this game because my son and oldest like it so much...
6. Dungeon Mayhem - 24 plays, A fast and fun little card game that my whole family enjoys playing, and yes they always go after dad first...
7. Altar Quest - 19 plays, This just came in November so that should tell you quite a bit about how much I enjoy it. I really do like the Sadler brothers design approach to games. Street Masters is a favorite of mine and this is more of the same but in a dungeon crawl atmosphere with a throwback to HeroQuest terrain. How could anyone not like this game??
8. 5 minute Marvel (13 plays) and 5 minute Dungeon (8 plays) - 21 plays total, Just a fun race against the clock game that my family enjoys playing.
9. Godtear - 17 plays, This is
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Raider30
's fault. He wanted a competitive game for our group to get in on together and there was this black Friday sale and well see what had happened was (even
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OrcElfArmyOne
got sucked in)....Anyway, it's got some things in common with scape so I was definitely interested. There's a lot more postioning involved than scape because the dice are rolled way less. I do think the yellow guys are way overpowered but my sample size is still small yet.
9. Ashes 1st ed - 17 plays, When I heard Plaid Hat was retooling Ashes I decided to break out the old sets.
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OrcElfArmyOne
sent me some old school promos and my son and oldest daughter do a variation of a dark draft from Epic and we enjoy drafting like that quite a bit. It does sound like the next version will fix a lot of stale mates which I definitely think is a postivie direction for this game. I'll probaby get in on the next version eventually, when I get my kids away from Magic...
11. Sherman Leader - 15 plays, DVG is often a bit overpriced for what you get, but they make great solo war games. Sherman Leader is a great WWII ground battle experience.
12. Marvel Legendary (6), Legendary Encounters Aliens (4), Legendary Encounters Predator (2) 12 plays total - Not a big fan of the Marvel version because I think there's better games out there (Sentinels, Champions etc) but I enjoy both the Predator and Aliens version immensely but that could be just because I really like the movies.
12. Israeli Air Force Leader - 12 plays, Another great Leader game from DVG. It goes all the way back to the post WWII days to present day with the missions you can run.
14. Hornet Leader - 11 plays, Yep a DVG leader game. Want to know how Maverick felt in Top Gun, try out this game.
9 plays each
Hero Realms - A favorite of my son. The campaign is pretty cool and adds a little different aspect to the game.
Maximum Apocalypse - A great apocalypse game. It can play up to 6 player which is a big bonus. The different character choices, missions, and apocalypses give it great variety.
Arkham LCG - I like the Arkham universe quite a bit. I like the style of this game. However I'm just not a huge fan of what seems to me be a lack of cards for good deck building. Maybe I'm just spoiled with LotR and Marvel.
Undaunted Normandy (7) and Undaunted North Africa (2) - A solid deck builder war game. I like the mechanics of this game a lot.
8 plays each
Hexplore It - Definitely a game that needs the hit the table more. The Sands of Shurax should be here early this year. It's just the right amount fo light RPG for me. The character classes and roles are great fun to combine. You can set up some massive combos.
Street Masters - From the Sadler brothers. A great old school fighting game ala Double Dragon, Final Fight, etc. A game that needs to get played more, though I've played it a ton on the Ipad app.
7 plays each
Jaws of the Lion - I like most of this game except for the card flipping combat part of it.
Joan of Arc - Another great game that needs to hit the table more. I am looking forward to the 1.5 version coming out fixing a few things here and there and making the scenarios more balanced.
5 plays each
Mage Knight - Slightly Euro for me but I still like the leveling up and it's great solo. I don't like the vs or coop versions of the game.
Cloudspire - A tower defense game done Chip Theory style. They have the best components out there. I enjoy the vs mode 1 on 1. I don't like the 4 player version because once your fortress is defeated even though you keep playing, you can't win any more.
Thunderstone - Definitely my favorite old school deck builder. We play 2nd edition and enjoy it quite a bit.
Star Wars Destiny - It's fine. Not my favorite but just another take on the whole card vs game.
Roll for Adventure - A fun little coop dice rolling game with a fantasy theme. My buddies and kids both enjoy it.
Too Many Bones - I know I've said this already but this game is the one that needs to hit the table the most. Amazing game, amazing components. Just a great fantasy character building game with quirks here and there. I highly recommend this game.
4 plays each
Eternal Card Game - The ios game is just another take on hearthstone. The card version is just another take on Magic. It's fine, but that's it.
TMNT Shadows of the Past - I got this real cheap and my son really likes it. It has some cool mechanics where you can share dice with your neighbors. It captures the TMNT universe well.
Myth - My first ever kickstarter. A fun dungeon crawl that just needs a bit more work on the rules in my opinion.
Key Forge - I like this because it takes the vs card game in a pretty fresh direction.
Dragon Dice - Without Gen Con nobody really wants to play this with me...sigh
3 plays each
Hive - an abstract strategy game
D Day Dice - A fun little dice rolling WWII game
Tiny Epic Defenders - Probably my favorite in the Tiny Epic series, though I haven't played all of them yet
The Dungeon Adventure Game - A super cool choose your own adventure style game. Biggest drawback is it's hard to play more than once.
UNO - With the kids
Set A Watch - Another take on a tower defense game. I like the game but it can be swingy if you get crappy rolls.
Aventuria - I've played through most of the scenarios, my kids like it, and so does my game group. Not sure why it doesn't get more play time.
2 plays each
Battle Cry - Civil war version of Richard Borg's series.
Forbidden Island - My go to intro game for non-gamers.
Bang! the dice game - A fun party dice rolling game
King of Tokyo - Still a favorite dice rolling game of mine
Mage Wars - I'm not really sure where the game is at market-wise but my son and I enjoy breaking this one out from time to time. It's a great vs card game.
Warfighter (Modern) - I do like all the options of enemies, soldiers, weapons, scenarios, etc in this game. I backed the fantasy version on kickstarter.
Oregon Trail the card game - Yep you just die like the old school computer game
Pass the pigs - A game my 4 and 5 year old like playing
Warhammer Quest - My son and I like this one. It's a character progression style campaign card game.
Agricola Family - Sigh the things I do for my kids...
One Deck Dungeon - A puzzle dice game with a fantasy theme. I play this more on the Ipad.
Battle for Hill 218 -
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Hendal
got me on this game way back in the day. Still a good one to pull out from time to time
Dominion - My wife's favorite game.
Darkest night 1st edition - This game is tough. The theme is great, the game play is quick.
Mistfall - It's like a mix of Warhammer Quest, LotR LCG, and PAthfinder ACG. It's pretty mathy though which can turn off quite a few people.
Dos - Like UNO, but not really
1 play each
Citadels - Old school screw your neighbor game.
Colt Express - Wild West style of screw your neighbor game.
Space Cadets - I played this with
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Raider30
and we got stomped pretty hard, but I'd play it again. Old school aliens game.
Spot it - 4 and 5 year old enjoy it and let me play with them occasionally
Gears of War - With
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Raider30
once again. Fun little game. I never played the video game but I hear it's pretty similar.
Quicksand - A fun little race to the finish line game with the family
Drako - My son enjoys this game. We played the knights vs Trolls.
Song of Blades and Heroes - I forget who got me on this ruleset years ago but it was someone from this site. My son enjoys this. I'm just not much of a tabletop skirmisher.
Chess - I used to play with my dad back in the day
Port Royal - Euro card game....sigh
Zombicide - Played this at Ken Con. I typically enjoy it but am glad I don't own it
Ghost Stories - We won!! Probably the hardest co-op game at the time it came out. It's pretty old at this point.
Aeon's End - Really ike this game but since it came out for ios I play it less and less in real life. A great take on deckbuilders.
Marvel Codenames - Codenames, but Marvel...
Sabotuer - Another who is the traitor game
Gruff - Mutant goats fighting each other, how can you not like this game?
This War of Mine - Man this is a good game, but I felt utterly exhausted after I played it. It was like a marathon of well this is a bad choice but the other choices are way worse.
Death Angel - I still enjoy killing genestealers when possible
Boss Monter - Throw back to 8 bit old school video games
Throw Throw Burrito - You know when your wife buys you a game for your camper...
Dozen's Doughnuts - Wait is that a fat joke? Matching game with the kids
Gloom of Kilforth -
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Raider30
has this. I enjoyed it. It was slightly Euro but not too bad. I'd play it again.
Fairy Tile - A fun tile laying, story telling (kind of) game with the kids
Rifles in the Pacific - A solo war game. The rules are a little ambigious and I haven't taken the time to investigate enough on this game yet.
Sorry - Old school game with the family
That's it. 86 different games at 760 plays total. I always shoot for 1000 but have only ever made that once. It's always a good time to game!