2023 Board game challenges

[yashima]

I have played solos:

• Cascadia 22/10
• Grove 12/10
• It‘s a wonderful World 10/10
• Naturopolis/Agropolis/Sprawlopolis 27 + 10 + 8 /10
• Sagani 10/10
• Terraforming Mars (App) 10/10
• Trailblazers 20/10
• Ark Nova 7/10
• 51st State 6/10
• Food Chain Island 6/10
• Spirit Island 5/10 (this is #11, it might well overtake one of the others)
• Red Rising 4/10 (I‘ve been having some fun with this recently, it might make it in yet, games are quick)

Multiplayer is just not happening enough. I had to cancel a game-night just yesterday because I don‘t want to spread my runny nose to anyone. Maybe next year… things will finally calm down. For now I am so glad I have solos to play.

Oh and because it came up elsewhere on this forum recently: only 2 of these solo modes are automas: 51st State has a very simple opponent. And Red Rising has one of the easier automas I have encountered without edge cases or complications that so make so many of these stressful to handle.

[Kat]

November Results

? X ? = 100 Challenge

Game	Month	Total	Status
Wingspan	-	[21/10]
Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn	-	[10/10]
Dune: Imperium	-	[8]
Baseball Highlights: 2045	5	[7]
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game	1	[7]
Radlands	-	[5]
MicroMacro: Crime City	-	[3]
Biblios	-	[2]
Res Arcana	-	[2]
Alchemists	-	[1]
Flamecraft	-	[1]
The Isle of Cats	-	[1]
Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road	-	[1]
Terraforming Mars	-	[1]
Total (excluding exceedances)	6	59

Probability of 100% completion = very low, with 41 plays in one month required

Keyforge 4 x 25 Challenge

Deck	Month	Total
Unruly “The Wiper” Dmitrii	-	[28/25]
Elias, Geologist of the Grasping Clubhouse	-	[26/25]
Autoene, the Baron of Information	1	[24/25]
Rumpleadder, the “Protector” of Curses	1	[9/25]
Total (excluding exceedances)	2	83

Probability of 100% completion = high, motivated to fully achieve at least one of the three challenges!

Opportunity 50 x 2

Game	Month	Total	Status
Grove: A 9 card solitaire game	1	[18/2]
Palm Island	-	[12/2]
Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn	-	[10/2]
The Fuzzies	-	[9/2]
Sunset Over Water	1	[9/2]
Dune: Imperium	-	[8/2]
Baseball Highlights: 2045	5	[7/2]
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game	1	[7/2]
Lady Richmond: Ein erzocktes Erb	-	[5/2]
Illiterati	-	[4/2]
Avenue	1	[3/2]
Cascadia	3	[3/2]
Crumbs!: The Sandwich Filler Game	-	[3/2]
La Crypte de Sedlec	-	[3/2]
MicroMacro: Crime City	-	[3/2]
Mini Rogue: A 9-Card Print-and-Play Game	-	[3/2]
Valletta	-	[3/2]
Agropolis	2	[2/2]
7 Wonders Duel	-	[2/2]
Birdscaping	2	[2/2]
Champions of Midgard	-	[2/2]
Fallen Angels	-	[2/2]
Final Girl: The Haunting of Creech Manor	-	[2/2]
Journey to the Center of the Earth	1	[2/2]
Mindbug: First Contact	-	[2/2]
Mint Delivery	-	[2/2]
Punto	-	[2/2]
Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition	-	[2/2]
Res Arcana	-	[2/2]
Suburbia	-	[2/2]
Tiny Towns	-	[2/2]
A Game of Thrones Catan: Brotherhood of the Watch	-	[1/2]
Au Griffon fonffon	-	[1/2]
Bohnanza	-	[1/2]
Concordia: Gallia / Corsica	-	[1/2]
Fury of Dracula	-	[1/2]
Mystery Rummy: Jekyll & Hyde	-	[1/2]
Pluckin’ Pairs	-	[1/2]
Terraforming Mars	-	[1/2]
Progress		70%

Probability of 100% completion = low, ain’t nobody got time for another game of Fury of Dracula this year.

Have a dazzling December of gaming and festive fun everyone!

[RogerBW]

In the end, missed my soft 10×10 by two Xias… or three Just Ones or Nokosu Dices or Tsuros.

Game	Plays
Ensemble	38
Rallyman: GT	28 (+2)
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition	24 (+1)
Rallyman: DIRT	14
Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game	13
Astro Knights	12
Piepmatz	11 (+2)
Rallyman	11
Project L	10 (+1)
Xia: Legends of a Drift System	8 (+1)

2022: 381 plays of 326 games
2023: 415 plays of 323 games

and I’m up to Eddington 22 overall.

[lalunaverde]

@lalunaverde

Through the Twenty Ages
3/20

I only went up to 5/20 of TTA. Oh well! Not an issue but tackle TTA at Medium difficulty was very fun

[Kat]

End of Year Report

? X ? = 100 Challenge

Game	Month	Total	Status
Wingspan	1	[22/10]
Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn	-	[10/10]
Baseball Highlights: 2045	3	[10]
Hadrian’s Wall	10	[10/10]
Dune: Imperium	1	[9]
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game	1	[8]
Radlands	-	[5]
MicroMacro: Crime City	-	[3]
Biblios	-	[2]
Flamecraft	1	[2]
Res Arcana	-	[2]
Terraforming Mars	1	[2]
Alchemists	-	[1]
The Isle of Cats	-	[1]
Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road	-	[1]
Total (with 10 cap)	17	76
[ Total (no cap)		88 ]

A big finish to the year, helped by loving Hadrian’s Wall from the first play. Hard to get ten plays of anything that doesn’t have a solo mode, so will learn from that when deciding on the list for 2024.

KeyForge 4 x 25 Challenge

Deck	Month	Total	Status
Unruly “The Wiper” Dmitrii	-	[28/25]
Elias, Geologist of the Grasping Clubhouse	-	[26/25]
Autoene, the Baron of Information	1	[25/25]
Rumpleadder, the “Protector” of Curses	2	[11/25]
Total (excluding exceedances)	3	86
[ Total plays of these decks		90 ]

Only a few games of KeyForge in December but, overall, a good result for the year. Rumpleadder is the best of the four decks, so will get plenty more plays in 2024.

Opportunity 50 x 2

Game	Month	Total	Status
Grove: A 9 card solitaire game	-	[18/2]
Palm Island	1	[13/2]
Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn	-	[10/2]
Baseball Highlights: 2045	3	[10/2]
Hadrian’s Wall	10	[10/2]
Dune: Imperium	1	[9/2]
The Fuzzies	-	[9/2]
Sunset Over Water	-	[9/2]
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game	1	[8/2]
Lady Richmond: Ein erzocktes Erb	-	[5/2]
Illiterati	-	[4/2]
Agropolis	1	[3/2]
Avenue	-	[3/2]
Cascadia	-	[3/2]
Crumbs!: The Sandwich Filler Game	-	[3/2]
La Crypte de Sedlec	-	[3/2]
MicroMacro: Crime City	-	[3/2]
Mini Rogue: A 9-Card Print-and-Play Game	-	[3/2]
Valletta	-	[3/2]
7 Wonders Duel	-	[2/2]
Behind the Iron	2	[2/2]
Birdscaping	-	[2/2]
Champions of Midgard	-	[2/2]
Fallen Angels	-	[2/2]
Final Girl: The Haunting of Creech Manor	-	[2/2]
Finca	2	[2/2]
Journey to the Center of the Earth	-	[2/2]
Mindbug: First Contact	-	[2/2]
Mint Delivery	-	[2/2]
Punto	-	[2/2]
Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition	-	[2/2]
Res Arcana	-	[2/2]
Suburbia	-	[2/2]
Terraforming Mars	1	[2/2]
Tiny Towns	-	[2/2]
A Game of Thrones Catan: Brotherhood of the Watch	-	[1/2]
Au Griffon fonffon	-	[1/2]
Bohnanza	-	[1/2]
Concordia: Gallia / Corsica	-	[1/2]
Final Girl: Camp Happy Trails	1	[1/2]
Fresco	1	[1/2]
Fury of Dracula	-	[1/2]
Mystery Rummy: Jekyll & Hyde	-	[1/2]
Pluckin’ Pairs	-	[1/2]
Total		79%
[ Total plays		170 ]

Quite chuffed with these results: 44 unplayed games now played, and some new favourites found.

Good fun all round

Well done everyone! Now to choosing the challenges for 2024…

[lalunaverde]

Wow well done! you even got a graph!!