Board Game Challenge Update

   A year ago, we decided to do a board game challenge. We were going to attempt to play ten games, ten times, during the year. We picked some of our favorites that we figured we would play ten times and some we knew would be a little more of a challenge.

   Sometimes we would play a game on the list, and then forget to add the play. This happened often when we would play the games on game night at our friends house.


   However, some of the games were played ten times throughout the year, even if they didn't get marked off. Scoville, Shadow Run Crossfire, and Trains all made it to the table at least ten times.

   Some were pretty close. Carcassonne,  Lords of Waterdeep, Smash Up, and Tiny Epic Kingdoms all passed the five plays mark.

   Others weren't even close. Dice Masters, Seasons, and Volt only had a few plays each.

   As time went on, we would look at our list of games we chose to play and then decide we didn't want to play any of them. We had newer games that we enjoyed playing more than the ones on our list. Some of them we played a lot more than ten times even. Splendor and Machi Koro became part of mine and hubby's nightly routine after the kids were in bed. Our five year old fell in love with King of Tokyo and that became a game we played often as a family.

   Overall, I suppose we didn't do too well on our board game challenge. I think it's a lot more enjoyable to play the games you are in the mood to play. Plus, you never know what shiny new games you may buy throughout the year.

   Have you done a board game challenge or something similar? How did you do?

Board Game Challenge

   Hubby and I have decided to do a board game challenge that we heard about amongst the board game community. The challenge: Play ten games ten times this year. We both made our list of ten games, put the ones that were the same on a new list, picked the one off of our list that we wanted to keep and then took turns crossing off games until we were down to ten. Here is our list! I've linked them all up to Amazon, if you are interested in checking any of them out.

Carcassonne - A fun tile laying game. Build cities, make roads and farm for points.

Marvel Dice Masters - Who would win, Hulk or Thor? Battle it out with this dice rolling draft game.

Lords of Waterdeep - Build buildings, gather resources and complete quests in this worker placement game.

Scoville - Plant peppers, farm and try and make the best recipe before the afternoon harvest is done.

Seasons - Collect energy tokens, complete power cards and earn crystals.

Shadowrun Crossfire - a progressive co-op game. Use cards to fight the bad guys, earn points and buy power-ups. Can you get through three scenes before you run out of health?

Smash Up - Take two factions, mix them together and try and score the base before your opponents.

Tiny Epic Kingdoms - Gather resources, research, build towers and grow. Watch out, your opponents may start a war to take over!

Trains - Buy cards to help you build tracks and stations in different locations.

VOLT: Robot Battle Arena - Program your robot and then take turns moving. Collect points while trying to push your opponent down a hole or off of the board.

   I am going to keep a running game total on our progress below. Feel free to check back and see how we are doing. I will put a link on the right side of the blogs homepage for easy access. If you'd like to join in on the challenge, I would love to know what you choose to play!

Carcassonne:
   1/15  Score: A-94    W-125
   1/16 Score:  A-105  W-117
   5/10 Score:  A-99    W-96
   5/29  1st- S, 2nd A, 3rd C, 4th W

Dice Masters:
   2/14   Winner: W
   5/02   Winner: W
             Winner: A

Lords of Waterdeep:
   3/24  Score: A-191  W-230
   4/11  Score: A-128  W-129  C-105  S-117
   5/30  Score: A-143  W-138  J-115

Scoville:
   1/10  Score:  A-102 W-81
   1/11  Score:  A-71   W-78
   1/22  Score:  A-84   W-87
   5/25  Score:  A-83   W-90   C-70   S-75
   5/30  Score:  A-92   W-92   C-66   S-78
   7/04  Score:  A-90   W-77   J-63

Seasons:
   2/02  Score:  A-74  W-82
   6/26  Score:  A-149  W-199  C-219  S-136

Shadowrun Crossfire:
   1/11 (x3) Lost in 3rd scene, Aborted in scene 2, Aborted in scene 3
   3/25 (x3) Lost in 3rd scene, WIN, Lost in 3rd scene
   4/17 Win
   7/04 Win

Smash Up:
   2/04  Score: A-14   W-15
   4/18  Score: A-6    W-15
   6/13  Score: A-11  W-15
   6/14  Score: A-11  W-15  J-11

Tiny Epic Kingdoms:
   1/22  Score: A-11   W-10
   2/04  Score: A-11   W-13
   7/03  Score: A-14   W-15  

Trains:
   1/11  Score: A- 31  W-47
   1/28  Score: A-23   W-22
   2/13  Score: A- 45  W- 50
   2/22  Score: A-30   W-44
   4/11  Score: A-20   W-18   C-15   S-15
   7/02    Score: A-41   W-36
   7/02    Score: A-46   W-50

Volt:
   2/13 Score: A- 2  W- 5  J- 3  E-  1
   5/01 Score: A-5   W-4   J-2