Month in Review – July 2016

Summer is in full swing here in Traverse City, Michigan.  This means festivals, beaches, boats, and less indoor activities.  This includes things like board games.  I can’t really blame anyone as if you live in Michigan then your aware of how short the summer months can feel.  I have also found myself catching some sun instead of playing games.  Enough about not gaming and lets talk about what happened in July.

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Tier 1 (1-10 Plays)

Player	Plays	Won	Lost	Most Played Game	Win Percentage	Achievement Pins Attained in July	Total Achievement Pins
Aaron	1	0	1	7 Wonders: Duel	0	0	0
Abigail	5	0	5	Animal Upon Animal	0	0	0
Adam	4	1	3	Flash Point: Fire Rescue	25	0	1
Amy	2	0	2	Pirate’s Cove	0	0	0
Caroline	1	0	1	Stone Age	0	0	0
Drew	7	1	6	Coloretto	14	0	0
Eric H.	9	3	6	Animal Upon Animal	33	0	0
Greg	1	0	1	Stone Age	0	0	0
Jessica	4	2	2	Flash Point: Fire Rescue	50	0	5
Jordan	7	2	5	Flash Point: Fire Rescue	29	0	0
Kenz	3	1	2	Sushi Go Party!	33	0	1
Matt	7	2	5	Coloretto	29	0	0
Mike	1	0	1	Stone Age	0	0	0
Ramon	6	4	2	Nippon	67	0	4
Erika	1	0	1	Stone Age	0	0	0

 

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Tier 2 (11-20 Plays)

Player	Plays	Won	Lost	Most Played Game	Win Percentage	Achievement Pins Attained in July	Total Achievement Pins
Andrew	19	9	10	Ticket to Ride: Europe	47	1	2
Eric B.	13	6	7	Qwirkle	46	1	1
Esther	16	8	8	Sushi Go Party!	50	1	13
Harrison	16	5	11	Flash Point: Fire Rescue	31	0	0
James A.	17	7	10	Discoveries	41	0	0
Kate H.	11	3	8	Splendor	27	0	0
Sophia	17	3	14	Ticket to Ride: Europe	18	0	3

 

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Tier 3 (21+ Plays)

Player	Plays	Won	Lost	Most Played Game	Win Percentage	Achievement Pins Attained in July	Total Achievement Pins
Amanda	22	5	17	Ticket to Ride: Europe	23	0	2
Candice	22	2	20	Splendor	9	0	0

 

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Changes from Last Month (June 2016)

Player	+/- Games Played Change from Last Month	+/- Win Percentage Change from Last Month	Biggest Nemesis (Player lost to the most)
Aaron	+1	NA	Kyle
Abigail	-6	-36%	Kate and Eric H.
Adam	+1	-41%	Jessica
Amanda	-2	-19%	Andrew
Amy	0	0%	Esther and Andrew
Andrew	-5	+18%	Kyle
Candice	+10	-24%	Andrew
Caroline	-3	-25%	Esther
Drew	+7	NA	Matt
Eric B.	-6	+20%	Harrison
Eric H.	-8	-2%	Eric B.
Esther	-7	+15%	Ramon and Kyle
Greg	-3	-25%	Esther
Harrison	+2	+12%	Andrew
James A.	+11	+24%	Amanda
Jessica	-6	-20%	Mysterium and Flash Point
Jordan	-6	-3%	Eric B.
Kate	-6	+3%	Amanda
Kenz	+3	NA	Kyle and Esther
Matt	+3	+29%	Drew
Mike	+1	NA	Esther
Ramon	-4	+17%	Andrew
Sophia	-8	-26%	James A. and Amanda
Erika	+1	NA	Esther

 

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The Games of July 2016

Game	Quantity of Plays
Splendor	5
Sushi Go Party!	5
Animal Upon Animal	3
Blokus	3
Flash Point: Fire Rescue	3
Ticket to Ride: India & Switzerland	3
Ticket to Ride: Europe	3
Animals on Board	2
Coloretto	2
Discoveries	2
Mysterium	2
Pirate’s Cove	2
Qwirkle	2
13 Dead End Drive	1
7 Wonders: Duel	1
Above and Below	1
Artifacts, Inc.	1
Biblios	1
Bohnanza	1
Cacao	1
Catan	1
Caverna: The Cave Farmers	1
Champions of Midgard	1
Checkers	1
Chess	1
Concept	1
Deus	1
Elysium	1
Five Tribes	1
Forbidden Island	1
GEM	1
Liar’s Dice	1
Love Letter	1
Nippon	1
Pandemic: The Cure	1
Patchwork	1
Shakespeare	1
Snake Oil	1
Spyfall	1
Stone Age	1
Timeline	1
Tsuro	1

 

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Weight of Games Played (Boardgamegeek.com Stats)

Weight (Complexity) of Game	Number of Games Played
Light	17
Medium / Light	18
Medium	4
Medium / Heavy	3
Heavy	0

 

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July 2016 Overview

 

Total Plays:     66

Total of Different Games Played:     42

Most Played Games:     Splendor and Sushi Go Party!

Heaviest (Complex) Game Played:     Caverna: The Cave Farmers

Lightest (Simpliest) Game Played:     Animal Upon Animal

Average Number of Pokemon Go Breaks per Game Night:     32

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We saw less attendance during our normal game night but saw an increase in separate game nights.  I’ve looked at this as evidence of the season.  Summer means summer time fun and game nights are better if it can be worked around the weather.  This isn’t to say that we will be moving into the realm of requested game nights because consistency means everything going forward.  Players need to know the time and the place so their is never a question.

The amount of games we played did fall a bit but the amount of different games played seemed to stay consistent with last month.  This was very interesting when looking at this statistic with the lower attendance.  I think players are moving toward some new horizons and getting comfortable with the “staple” games that come to every game night.  Though games like Splendor and Ticket to Ride both get played more than many other of the games, they also see quicker game time so moving to newer games comes faster.  This may be completely off the mark but warrants further analysis in future months.

The idea of the request book is slowly catching on as players are requesting games of past game nights in higher frequency.  I’m also looking at posting monthly statistics in the book as to increase interest.  Something simple yet effective as players will often reference these statistics when talking about the games they play on game night.  It’s a great meta game experience that I love can be apart of game night.

The later start time of game night seems to be for the most part a good thing for summer.  I have heard that some gamers are not able to show with the game time that late but most of the others don’t want to be there that early in the day with summer activities taking up most of their days.  I will keep this the time until the Fall when I’ll adjust it back to 2 pm.

Happy Gaming!

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