I often like to use the custom games played query here on BGG to compare which games are played one week vs. which games are played the next week. This is particularly interesting for weeks where a large convention takes place (e.g. WBC or One Which Shall Remain Nameless). Well, given that a particular convention has just ended, I decided to see if the games played there (by game geeks, many of whom log their games here on BGG) would make a significant difference in the list of games most played.

Comparing the Friday-through-second-Sunday time periods of March 24-April 2 against April 7-16, we do see that games mentioned frequently in the "What I Played at The Gathering" lists do appear at the top of the list. Listed below are a smattering of games, with their number of players and sessions last week vs. this week.

Example: Ticket to Ride - Märklin_ lw:28/42(64) tw:98/151(5) indicates that during the pre-Gathering period (lw), it was played by 28 different people a total of 42 times and ranked 64th of all games tallied during that period. This past week (tw), it was played by 98 different people 151 times and ranked #5 in the overall list.