Four Thousand Games this decade
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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I've tracked games since 2001, and I've finally hit 4k games played. OK, I'm one game short, but I'll get in a few games in tomorrow. By BGG's count, I've played 553 unique titles, but that counts expansions and whatnot, so it's probably 500 or so. Needless to say, most of them got played once or twice.
So, here are all the games I've played 10+ times, as well as notable games that I've played less often ...
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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If Shadowfist is on a geeklist, it must be mine. I was playing 100+ games a year for most of the decade, but in the last two years I've fallen to a few dozen games a year. I just don't have to the time for multiple game nights during the week, and I'd rather play boardgames my one night out. (The lack of new expansions over the last year hasn't helped). Still, this game stands out ahead of the rest by a large amount.
Times Played -- 743.
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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I'm an early adopter (having gotten the chance to play the game at conventions before it was published), and the games still keep coming, a few games here, a few games there. Pretty soon, you are talking real numbers. Amazingly, there are people who have played 5x or 10x as much as I have.
Times Played -- 288 (Counting games logged under the expansion. I just got the 2nd expansion but haven't played it).
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Board Game: Bridge
[Average Rating:7.50 Overall Rank:175]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Back in college, Bridge was my premier game. But I stopped playing for a while; last year I got back into it and started playing seriously again, almost all of the plays logged are within the last 15 months. (Unlike most games, I do log online time, since I'm gaming with people I know but happen to be geographically isolated from). Since I'm logging tournament sessions (mainly), each 'game' is around 3 hours.
Times played -- 111
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Eclipsed (in my mind) by Race for the Galaxy, I still pull this out once or twice a year. If I counted online plays, the numbers would be much higher...
Times played -- 65
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Obviously 'fillers' are going to take up the top spots on any list of games sorted by # of plays, and so my dice game of choice shows up. This is also one of my daughter's favorites ....
Times played -- 63
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Two small seasons (just one home and away series versus every other team) and a handful of individual games. "Bunco for boys" says the wife. She may be onto something.
Times played -- 62
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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The first (board)game I obsessed about this decade got most of its plays in the first year of existence, but still hits the table every now and then. (Two months ago in fact).
Times Played -- 56.
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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A sleeper that went under my radar (and many other peoples) but that served as "The other Race For the Galaxy" for a while, and still gets pulled out.
Times played -- 53
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Board Game: Roma
[Average Rating:6.96 Overall Rank:374]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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I think I actually prefer this to Court the King, but a) it only plays two players, b) you need some house rules and c) it's too complicated for the kids. Still, it managed to break the 50 games mark.
Times played -- 52
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Once you count up all the various maps and expansion games, this almost hits fifty, and then there are 100-ish games on BSW. Lots of groups like this enough to play several times a year. Certainly all the groups I've ever gamed in...
Times played -- 46
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Board Game: Attika
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:252]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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I like this, but most of the plays were two player games right when it came out. 40 games in one year, three games since.
Times played -- 43
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Really just a tribute to the "[Our last player] will be here in five minutes" nature of the game.
Times played -- 40
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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O Milton Bradley! Hear my plea! Take the greatest trivia game of all time and grant us up to date questions! For we have gamers in our group who were born after this game, and many of us do not remember vice presidential candidates and minor movie stars from before WWII.
Times Played -- 35
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Board Game: Poker
[Average Rating:6.77 Overall Rank:471]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Almost exclusively hold'em. Why can't we have more 7 card stud or Raz tournaments? Or even Omaha?
Times played -- 34
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Probably the first "Flash in the pan" for the decade. After 25 or so plays, the luster wore off.
Times played -- 32
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Another game that still gets pulled out from time to time, although nothing like so much as its first year or two on the scene.
Times played -- 33 (Includes 1910, but not other boards).
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Probably my favorite auction game, and one that I'm happy that others will still play.
Times played -- 31
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Big in the rotation for a few years, then quieted down. But I just got the expansion, so I'll push for a few more games...
Times played -- 29
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Board Game: Agricola
[Average Rating:8.25 Overall Rank:2]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Having a few Agricohalics around helps.
Times played -- 29
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Two leagues in the early part of the decade. Although with the computer game coming out, there may be a push for a league soon ...
Times played -- 28
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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I doubt that I've recorded the right number of games, since often we just play for an hour and I record 2-3 games.
Times played -- 28+
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Probably the most infuriating trivia game I enjoy. We stopped playing once we went through all the cards for the base set and 1st expansion. It's probably been long enough we could play again.
Times played -- 26 (Counts expansion)
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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If I were recording games from 1990-2000, L5R would rule the list, probably with 750+. But I pretty much gave up the game for Shadowfist in late '99. Still, I played every now and then (and I kept most of my cards).
Times played -- 26.
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Board Game: Ra
[Average Rating:7.60 Overall Rank:48]
Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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Slow and steady wins the race, and Ra's earned a place in the "Games played 25+ times" list by hitting the table 1-2 times a year (after the intial burst of games).
Times played -- 25
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
Modified Limited Rampage!
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A borders near my house had a Scrabble night where the high score got a $10 gift certificate .... and for a while, no tournament players noticed. Ka-ching! (Then they noticed). My second most profitable game on the list.
Times played -- 25.
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After my first play I said I really don't want to play it again.
Apparently Cambridge Games has a problem with their printer. 
Needham Heights
Massachusetts
Portland
Oregon
Wodonga
Victoria
Unique titles stands at 384.
Of course these numbers include expansion plays and online plays (but only against real people).
I would like to dig the expansion stats out sometime and see what the real figure is.
EDIT - Look at us...we mightn't have pecks but hot damn do we have some numbers!
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Needham Heights
Massachusetts