# 2023 Board game challenges **URL:** \ **Category:** Boardgames\ **Created:** [27 December 2022 13:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611 "2022-12-27T13:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lalunaverde/32/28591_2.png) [@lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/lalunaverde)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2023 11:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/21 "2023-01-31T11:25:30Z")
**10x5 Challenge** | Game | Plays | | --- | --- | | Bus | 0 | | Chicago Express | 0 | | Cthulhu Wars | 0 | | Food Chain Magnate | 3 | | Glory to Rome | 0 | | The Great Zimbabwe | 1 | | Indonesia | 0 | | Innovation | 3 | | Mottainai | 0 | | Pax Renaissance | 0 | **Go 365 Challenge** 0/365 **Race for the Hundred Galaxies** 0/100 **Through the Twenty Ages** 1/20 January lookin good so far! ---
**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2023 14:28 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/22 "2023-01-31T14:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Descent 3rd Edition - 0 [0] > Star Wars Legion - 0 [0] > Heat - 0 [0] > D&D the TTRPG - 3 [3] > Xia, Legends of a Drift System - 0 [0] > Star Wars Outer Rim - 0 [0] > My City - 20 [20] > Oathsworn - 1 [1] > Twilight Imperium 4th Edition - 0 [0] > War of the Ring - 0 [0] > > _A New Challenger Appears!_ > Battletech Huzzah! I finished a game from my list for the first time in… well, since 2019 at the very least! Maybe I should replace it with a new addition… hmmm… oh! I’m going to add **Battletech** to the list. We’ll see if I can finish 10 plays of 10 games that are on the list by the end of the year. Right. **My City** was a joy to play and finish. It was pretty close up until Chapter 6 when I started having spiralling victories, so much so that I had to start playing poorly just to make sure Andy didn’t get blown out of the water. But aside from that, great fun. We’re playing D&D tonight, so I’m including it in the tally, but we usually meet every other week or so for 2-3 hours. It’s still a lot of fun, but the group is starting to mutter about playing different rule sets. I’m okay with that, but I’m curious what kind of game they want to play. I might suggest **Mouseguard** … I’ve had the box set sitting downstairs for probably 5 years now. Might be nice. But likewise Andy might want to suggest **Coyote & Crow** , which I’ll admit sounds fascinating, but I haven’t checked the rules. Oh, and of course we could play either **Blades in the Dark** or **Scum and Villainy** … anyways, the moral of that story is there are no shortage of options. Was supposed to play **Oathsworn** on Sunday, but it was snowed out. Ah well. Other than these, I managed to get an online BGA game of **Lost Ruins of Arnak** in with the folks that were snowed out of coming over for **Oathsworn** , and that was neat, plus a bunch of games of **Splendor**. And two games of **Battletech** , which it turns out is great fun (even if Nick has a somewhat annoying habit of hitting my mechs right in the cockpit with an AC20… for reference, an AC20 does 20 points of damage, and the heaviest cockpit in the heaviest mech in the game has 13 points of health. Sooooo… But you gotta laugh at stuff like that. It’s not a serious game. > [@Marx](#): > > Vindication, Eclipse 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy, Furnace, Renature, Newspeak, Stick 'Em, String Railways, Sidereal Confluence (plus expansion), The Undercity, Tyrants of the Underdark, New Salem, Dune Conquest Managed to actually play a game of **Renature** , a gift from a friend it wasn’t a good fit for. It’s… nice? A bit mean for my personal tastes, but I can see why people really like it. Good fun. Not sure it’ll stay in the collection, but I’m glad we tried it. ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2023 16:40 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/23 "2023-01-31T16:40:11Z")
Heat is _really_ easy to solo play, if you have trouble getting people to play it, and it doesn’t take very long. So you should have no problem getting 10 plays of it in the year. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2023 09:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/24 "2023-02-01T09:26:34Z")
For the 10×10: | Game | Plays | | --- | --- | | Rallyman: GT | 4 (+4) | | Tsuro | 4 (+4) | | Turncoats | 3 (+3) | | Flash Point: Fire Rescue | 2 (+2) | | Heat: Pedal to the Metal | 2 (+2) | | Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition | 2 (+2) | | Timeline: Events | 2 (+2) | | VOLT | 2 (+2) | | Xenon Profiteer | 2 (+2) | | Xia: Legends of a Drift System | 2 (+2) | and I’d be happy to play more of any of those. No progress on 52 Game. This is now a software problem and I may need to learn Prolog. ---
**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2023 15:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/25 "2023-02-01T15:01:31Z")
Wait. How do you solo-play a _race_? I think I know who is going to win… ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2023 15:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/26 "2023-02-01T15:18:51Z")
Lightweight bots. One of the best systems I’ve seen (though the simplicity of the core gameplay loop certainly helps). ---
**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2023 15:32 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/27 "2023-02-01T15:32:15Z")
_smacks head_ Bots. Duh. I am not braining very well today ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/kat/32/1336_2.png) [@Kat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2023 23:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/28 "2023-02-01T23:53:46Z")
### January Results **? X ? = 100 Challenge** | Game | Month | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game | 2 | 2 | | Dune: Imperium | 2 | 2 | | The Isle of Cats | 1 | 1 | | **Total** | **5** | **[5/100]** | It’s a start. **Keyforge 4 x 25 Challenge** _No progress_ 😞 **Opportunity 50 x 2** | Game | Month | Total | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Dune: Imperium | 2 | [2/2] | ✅ | | The Fuzzies | 5 | [5/2] | ✅ | | Grove: A 9 card solitaire game | 4 | [4/2] | ✅ | | Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game | 2 | [2/2] | ✅ | | Mint Delivery | 1 | [1/2] | | | Pluckin’ Pairs | 1 | [1/2] | | | Tiny Towns | 2 | [2/2] | ✅ | | **Progress** | | **12%** | | Plenty of opportunities taken in January. All were enjoyed, even the dubious looking Pluckin’ Pairs, which arrived in a rather disappointing mystery box last year. Have a flamboyant February of gaming everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whistle_pig/32/1052_2.png) [@Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Whistle_Pig)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2023 15:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/29 "2023-02-04T15:52:30Z")
**Play at least once:** Since this only applies to my own copy of the game, I have managed none of these ☹ - Antiquity - Escape Plan - Yokohama - Troyes - Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar - Gaia Project - Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space - Scythe - Tiny Epic Dinosaurs - Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile - Food Chain Magnate - The Great Zimbabwe - Teotihuacan: City of Gods - The Taverns of Tiefenthal - Root - SHASN - Burano - Sidereal Confluence: - Mottainai - On Mars - Altiplano - New York 1901 - Quadropolis - Bosk - Fields of Green - Awkward Guests - Bärenpark - Forks - Import / Export: Definitive Edition - Caverna: The Cave Farmers - TOKYO METRO - Pipeline **Play all my unplayed games:** Changed slightly due to some trades. - 1775: Rebellion - Airship City - Canopy - Cloud City - Concordia - The Crew 2 - Flying Colours - Ginkgopolis - The Great Fire of London 1666 - IKI - Imhotep - In a Grove - ~~Inkling~~ - John Company 2E - Kodachi - Loot - Napolean’s Imperium - Pendulum - Polarity - Super-skill Pinball: Ramp it Up! - Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down - Twins ---
**Author:** ![lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lalunaverde/32/28591_2.png) [@lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/lalunaverde)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2023 21:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/30 "2023-02-04T21:36:41Z")
I thought we played **TGZ** at UK Games Expo last year? ---
**Author:** ![Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whistle_pig/32/1052_2.png) [@Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Whistle_Pig)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2023 21:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/31 "2023-02-04T21:48:43Z")
We did. The first list is play at least once in 2023 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mintochris](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/mintochris/32/20609_2.png) [@Mintochris](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Mintochris)\ **Post date:** [11 February 2023 19:33 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/32 "2023-02-11T19:33:25Z")
My 2023 goals are pretty much the extended goals I upgraded to last summer for 2022. Hopefully I’ll be able to boost some of them up a touch again this summer. Also aiming to make a bigger dent on the unplayed (at start of year) list this time. Already made good progress. ![Screenshot_2023-02-11-19-30-41-97_5a766881b7ec48d16080cc35876683e1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/8/a/8a8b3b84e81ef2dfbe68fbde2691970a5ed32098.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/kat/32/1336_2.png) [@Kat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 03:23 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/33 "2023-03-02T03:23:51Z")
### February Results **? X ? = 100 Challenge** | Game | Month | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | Wingspan | 3 | 3 | | Dune: Imperium | 1 | 3 | | MicroMacro: Crime City | 2 | 2 | | Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game | - | 2 | | Alchemists | 1 | 1 | | Radlands | 1 | 1 | | Terraforming Mars | 1 | 1 | | The Isle of Cats | - | 1 | | **Total** | **9** | **14** | Good progress for the short month. Loving all these games. **Keyforge 4 x 25 Challenge** | Deck | Month | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | Unruly “The Wiper” Dmitrii | 4 | 4 | | **Total** | **4** | **4** | Dmitrii is up and running, and has proven jolly good fun so far. **Opportunity 50 x 2** | Game | Month | Total | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Fuzzies | 2 | [7/2] | ✅ | | Grove: A 9 card solitaire game | - | [4/2] | ✅ | | Dune: Imperium | 1 | [3/2] | ✅ | | Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game | - | [2/2] | ✅ | | MicroMacro: Crime City | 2 | [2/2] | ✅ | | Tiny Towns | - | [2/2] | ✅ | | Terraforming Mars | 1 | [1/2] | | | Mint Delivery | - | [1/2] | | | Pluckin’ Pairs | - | [1/2] | | | **Progress** | | **15%** | | A few more added to the total. Very satisfying to finally play Terraforming Mars. Have a merry March of gaming everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whistle_pig/32/1052_2.png) [@Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Whistle_Pig)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 05:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/34 "2023-03-02T05:48:58Z")
**Play at least once:** Antiquity Escape Plan Yokohama Troyes Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar ~~Gaia Project~~ Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space ~~Scythe~~ Tiny Epic Dinosaurs Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile Food Chain Magnate The Great Zimbabwe Teotihuacan: City of Gods The Taverns of Tiefenthal Root SHASN Burano Sidereal Confluence: Mottainai On Mars Altiplano New York 1901 Quadropolis Bosk Fields of Green Awkward Guests Bärenpark Forks Import / Export: Definitive Edition Caverna: The Cave Farmers TOKYO METRO Pipeline **Play all my unplayed games:** 1775: Rebellion Airship City Canopy Cloud City Concordia The Crew 2 Flying Colours Ginkgopolis The Great Fire of London 1666 IKI Imhotep In a Grove Inkling John Company 2E Kodachi Loot Napolean’s Imperium Pendulum Polarity ~~Super-skill Pinball: Ramp it Up!~~ Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down Twins Some progress! ---
**Author:** ![Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/captbnut/32/21513_2.png) [@Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Captbnut)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 07:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/35 "2023-03-02T07:19:28Z")
IKI is another one that I fancy. How long is AireCon? ---
**Author:** ![lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lalunaverde/32/28591_2.png) [@lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/lalunaverde)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/36 "2023-03-02T09:31:57Z")
**February** **10x5** (28% complete - ahead of schedule) | Game | Plays | | --- | --- | | Bus | 1 | | Chicago Express | 0 | | Cthulhu Wars | 1 | | Food Chain Magnate | 4 | | Glory to Rome | 1 | | The Great Zimbabwe | 1 | | Indonesia | 0 | | Innovation | 3 | | Mottainai | 1 | | Pax Renaissance | 2 | **Go 365 Challenge** 0/365 **Race for the Hundred Galaxies** 3/100 **Through the Twenty Ages** 1/20 ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 10:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/37 "2023-03-02T10:26:33Z")
Anything but the solo challenge is unrealistic this year. - Agropolis: 7/10 - 51st State: 6/10 - Cascadia: 5/10 - Turing Machine: 5/10 - Food Chain Island: 3/10 - Ark Nova: 2/10 - Evergreen: 2/10 - Long Shot: The Dice Game 2/10 - Oranienburger Kanal: 2/10 - Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition: 2/10 But this one is looking pretty good and it is not all small games but all games are quick playing with significantly reduced playtime as a solo. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 10:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/38 "2023-03-02T10:45:28Z")
| Game | Plays | | --- | --- | | Rallyman: GT | 5 (+1) | | Tsuro | 5 (+1) | | Flash Point: Fire Rescue | 4 (+2) | | Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition | 4 (+2) | | Xia: Legends of a Drift System | 4 (+2) | | Heat: Pedal to the Metal | 3 (+1) | | Timeline: Events | 3 (+1) | | Turncoats | 3 | | VOLT | 3 (+1) | and then all the 2-plays… | Game | Plays | | --- | --- | | Just One | 2 (+2) | | Morels | 2 (+2) | | Mysterium | 2 (+1) | | Rallyman | 2 (+2) | | SCOUT | 2 (+1) | | Xenon Profiteer | 2 | ---
**Author:** ![mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/mistercrayon)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 14:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/39 "2023-03-02T14:02:12Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve played ten games of Joan of Arc. Not that I planned on this or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/captbnut/32/21513_2.png) [@Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Captbnut)\ **Post date:** [2 March 2023 15:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611/40 "2023-03-02T15:31:45Z")
I’ve just opened an async Just One table (link on the Async recruiting thread). It works pretty well async [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611.md?page=1) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/2023-board-game-challenges/4611.md?page=3)