Once again, it’s time for the statistical breakdown of last year’s gaming! I continued to keep a record of games played throughout the entire year and present my 2012 retrospective (2011 retrospective here, 2010 here, 2009 here):
Games played: 98 (down from 121 in 2011, a 20% drop)
Wins: 41 (41%, down 1% from 2011)
Losses: 57
Average time between games: 3.7 days
Best game month: March with 17 games played (mainly due to a Metro Game Day)
Worst game month: June and July with 3 games played each month (due to teaching summer school)
Two player games: 45 (45% of all games played)
Two player wins: 26 (58%, a 3% increase from last year)
Multiplayer games: 53 (55% of all games played)
Multiplayer wins: 17 (32%, an 9% increase from last year)
Multiplayer second place finishes: 20 (37% of all multiplayer games)
Most regular two player opponents
1. Sara (21 plays, 11 wins)
2. Rick (7 plays, 4 wins)
3. Russ (3 plays, 2 wins)
4. Joe (3 plays, 1 win)
Most popular games of the year
1. 7 Wonders (16 plays, 4 wins)
2. Commands & Colors: Napoleonics (11 plays, 9 wins)
3. Hive (9 plays, 8 wins)
4. Cribbage (8 plays, 4 wins)
5. Ingenious 6 plays, 1 win)
Games played for the first time: 12 (12%, the exact same as last year)
Most of these statistics came out as expected. My wife is stillmy most regular opponent and continues to be a very challenging adversary in our favorite games.
As I stated last year, I’m less concerned with winning than I used to be, though I will still be keeping up the yearly retrospective. My new year’s gaming resolution is simple: once again, try to get recently unloved games to the table. Here I Stand…wow, it’s been a while.
Happy New Year! I’d love to hear about your slightly less obsessive personal gaming retrospectives in the combox.
Yikes. We only played three games head to head? Just Wilderness War? Or what else did we play? Shocking.