Games Played in 1998
Hero93
hands or type of poker game.
Cribbage 'skunks' were counted as 2 games. (no double skunks for '98)
Bridge was counted by sessions, not hands.
• = played for the first time in 1998
67 Settlers of Catan, The [52 of these games were played between Jan
- July!]
48 Poker
36 Can't Stop
35 Cribbage
18 • Bohnanza
14 Hearts
14 • Medici
12 • Euphrat & Tigris
12 • For Sale
10 • Caesar & Cleopatra
10 • Guillotine
10 Settlers Kartenspiel
10 • Take It Easy
9 • Abenteuer Tierwelt/Wildlife Adventure
9 • Big Boss
9 Hare and Tortoise
8 Nertz! (Fast)
7 • Kohle, Kei$, & Knete
7 Liars Dice
6 • Kill Dr. Lucky
6 • Mississippi Queen
6 • Mue [all at the Gathering - can't find Mue players here:( ]
6 (six) 6 Nimmt!
6 • Zum Kuckuck!
5 Acquire
5 Daytona 500
5 • Katzenjammer Blues
5 • Spinball
5 • Sunset Blvd.
5 Up The River
4 • Condottiere
4 • Gold Connection
4 • Loewenherz
4 • Members Only
4 Midnight Party
4 Raj
4 • Rasant
4 • Showmanager
4 • Titan: the Arena
4 • Tutanchamun
3 • Convention!
3 • Das Super-Blatt
3 • Exit
3 • Kage
3 • Metropolis
3 Modern Art
3 • Palmyra
3 Stay Alive
3 • Survive!
3 Taboo
3 Trouble
3 Under Cover
2 • Auf Heller und Pfennig
2 • Ausbrecher AG
2 Bridge (rubber)
2 • Bulls & Cows (Jotto?)
2 • Buy or Sell
2 • Cafe International
2 Charades
2 Crude/McMulti
2 • Der Ausreisser
2 • Detroit/Cleveland Grand Prix
2 • Domination
2 Dominoes
2 • Elefantenparade
2 • Lost Treasure
2 • McDonald's Game, The
2 • Mind Maze
2 • Minister
2 • Montgolfiere
2 • Musketiere
2 • Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
2 Outpost
2 • Pass the Bomb
2 Password
2 • Pig Pong
2 • Quandary
2 • Quicksand
2 • Restaurant
2 • Schnappchen-Jagd
2 • Shanghai
2 Sleuth
2 • Solitaire Dice/Choice/Einstein
2 Split Second
2 • Switchboard
2 • Tornado Rex
2 • Twenty-five Words or Less
2 • Viva Pamplona
1 Adel Verpflichtet
1 • Airlines
1 • Amazing Labyrinth, The
1 • Anarchy
1 • Assembly Line
1 • Babble On
1 • Basari
1 Battleship
1 Bazaar
1 • Ben Hurt
1 • Bermuda Triangle
1 Big Boggle
1 • Brainwaves
1 Bridg-It
1 Broadway
1 • Call Letters
1 • Canyon
1 • Caper
1 • Caravansérail
1 Connect Four
1 • Controlling Interest
1 • Cosmic Encounter
1 Dallas
1 • Das Borsenspiel
1 • Dead Stop
1 Drunter & Drüber
1 • Durch die Wüste
1 • El Caballero
1 • El Grande
1 • Elfenland
1 • Enchanted Forest
1 • Entdecker
1 Evening of Murder, An: Last Kiss
1 • Exxtra
1 • Family Business
1 Family Fued
1 • First to Reverse
1 • Formula Dé
1 • Fossil
1 Gin
1 • God Game, The
1 • Great Dalmuti, The
1 • Grusel & Wusel
1 Happiness
1 • Hattrick
1 Headache
1 • High Gear Game, The
1 • Hotels
1 • Humor Rumor
1 • Ido
1 Igel Ärgern
1 • Junta
1 • Just Wait
1 King Oil
1 • Last Action Hero
1 • Long Shot
1 • Magnificent Race, The
1 Master Labyrinth
1 • Montage
1 • Mystery Mansion
1 • Next President
1 North American Rails
1 • Octrix
1 Personal Preference
1 Pit
1 • Pole Position
1 • Prize Property
1 • Prospecting
1 • Razzia
1 Really Nasty Horse Racing Game, The
1 • Rette Sich Wer Kann (The Lifeboat Game)
1 • Robin Hood
1 • Robo Rally
1 • Settlers: Cheops
1 • (Sixteenth) 16th Ninny, The
1 • Spider Wars
1 • Square Mile
1 Stage II
1 Stock Market Game, The
1 • Stop, Thief
1 Stratego
1 Streetcar
1 Tabletop Paper Football [!! - what a kick to play this again]
1 Think-Thunk
1 • Tonga Bonga
1 • Trade Winds
1 • Trust Me
1 • Tyranno Ex
1 • Ursuppe
1 • Wabbit Wampage
1 • Win, Place, and Show
1 • Wizard
1 You Don't Know Jack
1 • You Don't Know Jack Movies
1 • Zoff in Buffalo
TOTALS
183 games, played 648 times.
127 games new to me in 1998.
Got in more games than ever before last year. This was due not only to
attending my first gathering of Friends (plus Early Days), but also finding yet
another games group about halfway through the year - three groups and I still
don't play weekly!
I also kept track of who won games last year, and though I was pleasantly
surprised to discover that I won more games than I thought I had, I'm not
tracking this stat this year. I found that I actually cared more about winning
when I was keeping track of it, and that took some of the fun out of gaming for
me.
Here's a little year-end wrap-up:
FAVORITE NEW (TO ME) GAME OF 1998
For Sale - light, but ingenious. The king of the fillers. Always willing to
play juuust one more.
Runners-up:
Big Boss
Kohle, Kei$, & Knete - Sackson figures out how to make the negotiation game
work correctly
25 Words or Less
Showmanager
FAVORITES I WOULD PLAY MORE IF HAD THE RIGHT GROUP:
Airlines - how have I avoided this wonderful game for so long?
Mue - I could play this weekly
Euphrat & Tigris - half of my games last year were 2-player
GAME MOST LIKELY TO BE PLAYED LESS NEXT YEAR
Settlers of Catan - after playing 52 games between January and July 1st, the
53rd game wasn't played until August. Then a run of games through November,
then not a game from mid-November through the end of the year. So, in fact, I
played 67 games of Settlers in, like, 10-and-a-half months. Wouldn't be
surprised to see this stay under 10 next year. Still enjoy it, mind you, it's
just that we've acquired so many other games to play these days.
Runner-up:
Guillotine - it was fun while it lasted, now off with its head.
GAME I DON'T REMEMBER AT ALL
Caravansérail - I know I played it 'cause it's on my list. Can anyone help me
out here? What is this game?
DOPIEST SURPRISES
Lost Treasure - slightly clever game put over the top with it's battery
operated 'treasure locator/diving tank.' Silly fun, but not as silly as....
The McDonald's Game - played this at a friend's house with his kids. After the
kids went to bed, the grown-ups played it again. Amazingly simplistic,
wonderfully stupid fun. Plus there is an actual - albeit simple - game in
there.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
Rette Sich Wer Kann - forget the animosity of negotiation, by the time we got
to the end, it didn't feel like anything we did up to that point made much
difference. That is also looked wonderful and cost so much made this a big
let-down.
Runners-up:
Mississippi Queen - Oooooh, that endgame!
Ausbrecher AG - anyone got a fix? I want to like this one.
Shanghai - GREAT bits, bad Sackson game
Magnificent Race, The - wonderful roulette wheel game system buried in tedious
game
GAMES I'VE HAD FOR ALMOST ALL OF LAST YEAR (LONGER IN SOME CASES) BUT STILL
DIDN'T PLAY
Air Empire
Der Fliegende Hollander
Grass
Quo Vadis?
Vernissage
PLAN TO PLAY MORE OF NEXT YEAR
Airlines
Drunter & Druber
El Grande
Euphrat & Tigris - with 4 players
Modern Art
Mue!!
Titan: the Arena
25 Words or Less
-Dave