Naturelich Games

I had recently started to collect statistics on the games I play. I am using the excellent BoardGameGeek - Games Played feature for this purpose and it continues to be a lot of fun to keep this history. A while back, I had reported on the Five and Dimes of the first quarter of 2006 (see Five & Dime List - Q1/2006). After the first six months, the first games have become Dimes (in Q1 we were only looking at Fives). Interestingly enough, both Dimes have been authored by Andreas Seyfarth (or at least co-authored by him). The Ticket to Ride series continues to be very strong for me with a total of 21 plays (adding the totals of all games from the series)

I will leave you with the statistics (showing totals for the entire first half year of 2006) and a short comment...

Dimes

• Puerto Rico (10): I started playing Puerto Rico in 2006. Having played the game 6 times in the first quarter and now 4 times in the second quarter seems to prove that I like the game considerably. However, I shall still think of myself as being a novice in this game.


• Thurn und Taxis (10): After I had seen the advertisement in Spielbox I immediately pre-ordered the game from Amazon. I think I liked it right from the beginning after opening the game box. If you are interested, you can read my very fresh (and enthusiastic) first thoughts in this post or an extensive review, here. For me, Thurn und Taxis is really one of the best games of 2006.

Fives

• Ticket to Ride - Märklin Edition (8): Ticket to Ride and all its clones have been rather popular with me. The Märklin edition is a sure candidate to become a dime before the end of the year.


• Ticket to Ride Europe (7): A little bit older but only slightly less popular. Considering that this game is a little bit older than Märklin, I guess the seven plays are even more solid...


• Memoir '44 (7): Great game. Rumor has it that publisher Days of Wonder is working on an online version of the game. In this case, expect the numbers to go uuuuup...


• Ticket to Ride (6): The one with the original US map. Expect an rejuvenating game with the upcoming Essen 2006 extension


• Die Dolmengötter (6): This game has seen four plays in first quarter but only two in the second. It will be interesting to see, if this one makes it to a dime...

Follow-Ups

• Carcassonne (4): The classic and ever so popular. Simple and still good...


• Jenga (4): One evening has brought you here, dear.


• Mah-Jongg (4): That's four entire full Mah-Jongg games. Yes, these are looong...


• Power Grid (4): Next to Thurn und Taxis this is probably my personal favorite discovery of the second quarter


• Seeräuber (3): Buccanner / Seeräuber is a quick and nice little game. Bought this one as it was nonminated for SdJ 2006. Seeräuber might make it to a five (70% chance) or a dime (20% chance).

Recurring

• La Città (2): Although it is pretty long we managed to play a second game this quarter. Hope to bring it to four by the end of the year (once each quarter).


• Torres (1): Not played in a loooong while. Still a great game. Thanks to Shelak and Raven for picking it.


• Elasund - The First City of Catan (1): Played last in 2005 directly after Essen. I personally played like a disaster. Need to improve here (out of personal ambition).

First plays

• Power Grid (see above)


• Seeräuber (see above)


• Age of Napoleon (1): Actually, we played it maybe 0.25 times. Not sure whether we will try again...


• Carcassonne - The Discovery (1): Not among my favorite Carcassonne games. Would like to give it another try...

Expansions

• Memoir '44 - Eastern Front (3): We like this one...


• Caracssonne - Inns & Cathedrals (2): Still a good expansion...


• Caracssonne - Traders & Builders (1): Still a good expansion...


• Carcassonne - The Tower (1): This year's Carcassonne expansion. The card tower is nice...


• Power Grid - Italy/France (1): Actually, we have tried Italy but not France. Considering that Italy won the FIFA Worldcup I wish we had played France ;-)