Year To Year Comparison2003

Last Year's Hits

Essentially all of last years hits still get played, some substantially more than others:

Still hits(5+)
ElectronicCatchphrase, TransAmerica, Crokinole, Puerto Rico, Zirkus Flohcati

3-4 plays
SpinBall, LOTR:TC, Bluff, For Sale, Battle Line

2 plays
Knockabout

1 play
Geister, Lord of the Rings, Industrial Waste

Year to Year Trend

Year	Games	New	Diff	Ses	Ppl
1997	 ~30
1998	~100
1999	~150	 63
2000	 301	112	141	126	129
2001	 712	172	266	175	165
2002	 650	161	279	163	241
2003	 552	128	272	129	180

I'm rather impressed to see that despite substantial variation in
number of games played over the past 3 years (>25% variation), the
number off different games played has been very consistent.

Year Metric

I started playing German-style games around '97-'98 then seriously in
'99, so this covers games that get played pretty much every year.
Seeral games on the "5 years" list obviously have been played every
year since I discovered them and some of those in the "4 years" list
only came out 4 years ago. It pleases me to know there's a solid core
of 25+ "perennials".

GAME			# OF YEARS 	MISSING
			PLAYED		YEARS

RoboRally		7		none

E&T			6		1997
En Garde		6		1997
Bluff			6		1997
Modern Art		6		2002

Elefantenparade		5		1997,1998
Take It Easy		5		1997,1998
Samurai			5		1997,1998
Basari			5		1997,1998
Ricochet Robot		5		1997,1998
Apples To Apples	5		1997,1998
Ra			5		1997,1998
Lost Cities		5		1997,1998
Caesar & Cleopatra	5		1997,2002
Settlers		5		2000,2002
Set			5		2001,2003

Showmanager		4		1997,1998,1999
Carolus Magnus		4		1997,1998,1999
Alladin's Dragons	4		1997,1998,1999
Zapp Zerapp             4       	1997,1998,1999
Flinke Pinke            4       	1997,1998,1999
Barbarossa              4       	1997,1998,1999
Vinci                   4       	1997,1998,1999
Space Beans             4       	1997,1998,1999
Mole Hill               4      		1997,1998,1999
Lord of the Rings       4       	1997,1998,1999
Traumfabrik             4       	1997,1998,1999
Medici                  4       	1997,1998,1999
Schnaeppchen Jagd       4       	1997,1998,1999
Carcassone              4       	1997,1998,1999
Speed                   4       	1997,1998,1999
Battle Line             4       	1997,1998,1999
Can't Stop              4       	1997,1998,1999
6 nimmt
                4       	1997,1998,1999
Wildlife Adventure	4		1997,1998,2003
Ursuppe			4		1997,1998,2003
Acquire			4		1997,2000,2003
Manhattan		4		1997,2000,2003