Game Metrics for 2004

I've discussed game metrics before, and listed my top games by various measures last year, so here's this years version. My favorite measures remain the Huber Happiness Heuristic and Matthew's Month Metric, and not just because they are pleasingly alliterative.

Huber Happiness Heuristic

Equation for a games "happiness units (HU)": (Rating-Offset)*Total Time

1. Goa (3300 HUs)
   
2. Power Grid (3240 HUs)
   
3. San Juan (2630 HUs)
   
4. Heroscape (2230 HUs)
   
5. Oasis (1620 HUs)
   
6. Electronic Catchphrase (1610 HUs)
   
7. St. Petersburg (1520 HUs)
   
8. 10 Days in Africa (1365 HUs)
   
9. Crokinole (1365 HUs)
   
10. Princes of Florence (1215 HUs)
    

Other games yielding at least 500 HUs: Typo, Marco Polo, Tongiaki, Ticket to Ride, Einfach Genial, Yinsh, Buy Word, Phoenix, Vinci, Adam & Eva, Victory & Honor, Attika, Geschenkt.

Month Metric

Month Metric
(distinct months in which the game was played)

1. Electronic Catchphrase (8 months in 2004, 31 ever)
   
2. San Juan (6 months in 2004, 6 ever)
   
3. 10 Days in Africa (6 months in 2004, 7 ever)
   
4. Oasis (5 months in 2004, 6 ever)
   
5. Crokinole (5 months in 2004, 20 ever)
   
6. Adam & Eva (5 months in 2004, 5 ever)
   
7. Ticket to Ride (4 months in 2004, 4 ever)
   
8. Tongiaki (4 months in 2004, 4 ever)
   
9. Typo (4 months in 2004, 4 ever)
   
10. Can't Stop (4 months in 2004, 22 ever)
    
11. Coda (4 months in 2004, 4 ever)
    
12. Einfach Genial (4 months in 2004, 4ever)
    

Most Plays Metric

See the 5sAnd10s2004 list.

Most Sessions

1. San Juan (13 sessions)
   
2. Electronic Catchphrase (9 sessions)
   
3. 10 Days in Africa (9 sessions)
   
4. Crokinole (8 sessions)
   
5. Heroscape (7 sessions)
   
6. Tongiaki (7 sessions)
   
7. Adam & Eva (6 sessions)
   
8. Oasis (6 sessions)
   
9. Power Grid (6 sessions)
   
10. Typo (6 sessions)