Following a good tradition, this post will conclude and summarize our New Year’s tourist and board game trip. Access to all posts from this event is available with a single click. Now it is time for a handful of statistics. Welcome!
General Statistics
- Number of games played: 62 (vs 36 in 2024) – an increase of 72%!
- Game variety: 26 titles (vs 21 in 2024) – an increase of 19%!
- Average games per day: 10.5 (vs 6.0 in 2023) – an increase of 75%!
- Duel for Cardia – a super simple but engaging card game with the “I’ll try one more time” syndrome. With two decks and a few optional rules, it becomes really interesting.
- Ecosystem 3: Savannah – this is another title from the series and every time it is a really nice board game with some new idea. Here it was mainly about hunting and then the actions of scavengers – definitely the most advanced title so far (and yet simple).
- Games with a “war” element also held up well – among them the fast Punica, the beautiful Lords of Hellas, the fresh Bretwalda, or the always exciting (this time too!) Total Domination.
- There were also a few interesting novelties presented by Jarek – the biggest surprise was… Capybara Tea Party bought at Dino! Splendor Pokemon also landed on the table.
- Of course, it wasn’t just chasing new releases – Refuge, Forest Deal, Nova Luna – these are still the core of our games.
How Much We Played
Looking at the above data and considering the element of chaos – children running around almost at any time of day – we played really a lot and quite regularly, while also being significantly more intense than in previous years. This was achieved in a relatively small group, counting only seven adults. Moreover – which is not visible in the statistics – the distribution of games was quite uneven: out of the six days, most games took place at the very beginning and towards the end.
The huge number of games played and the high number of games per day are a reason for satisfaction!
What We Played
Below is a table with titles played at least three times – there were also many single/double sessions, but including them would make the list too long:
Here are a few subjective comments from me:
The number of games played between players was quite even. For the second time, I managed to take first place, but this was mainly due to shorter board game forms. It is enough to say that most war titles took us the whole evening, so to “make up for it,” we had to play intensively during the day.
Attention: As usual, I remind you that all numerical data are subject to risk of error. This results from whether the author had access to all information and whether they were correctly recorded. This applies in particular to numerous children’s games, often unfinished and played in the corners of rooms or at unusual times. In addition, not every title was reported to me.
Attention 2: Those willing to compare statistics from last year can do so here: Sylwester 2024 – summary.
And finally, warm thanks to all participants of the board game convention. It was wonderful! See you again!
