2006 Games Report

365 Games Played

205 titles (84 new to me)

83 sessions

216 opponents

177 hours (approx)

10+:  Um Krone und Kragen (11), Launch Across (10)
 5+:  Darter (9), Times Square (8), Werewolf (8), Toppo (7),
      Blue Moon City (7), Descent (7), Nacht der Magier (6),
      Crokinole (6), Deflexion (6), Blue Moon (6), Thurn und Taxis (6).

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
2004     470     80     212     112     216
2005	 429     92     208     124     236
2006	 365     84     205      83     216

First Derivative (year over year differential)
Years		Games		New	Diff	Ses	Ppl
2000-2001	+136%		+54%	+89%	+39%	+28%
2001-2002	-  9%		- 6%	+ 5%	- 7%	+46%
2002-2003	- 15%		-20%	- 3%	-21%	-25%
2003-2004	- 15%		-48%	-22%	-13%	+20%
2004-2005	-  9%		+15%	- 2%	+11%	+ 9%
2005-2006	- 15%		- 9%    - 1%    -33%    - 9%

Overall, a "down" year in terms of the numbers, but a new baby will do
that. Still, a good year.

Game Metrics for 2005

Here's the game metrics for 2005.

Huber Happiness Metric

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

1. Fiese Freunde Fette Feten (4826 HU)
   
2. Crokinole (4320 HU)
   
3. Battlestations (1485 HU)
   
4. Heroscape (1485 HU)
   
5. Princes of Florence (1485 HU)
   
6. Blue Moon (1462 HU)
   
7. Electronic Catchphrase (1350 HU)
   
8. 6 nimmt! (1237 HU)
   
9. Around the World in 80 Days (1080 HU)
   
10. Puerto Rico (990 HU)
    
11. San Juan (990 HU)
    

Month Metric

1. Crokinole (8 months in 2005, 28 ever)
   
2. Fiese Freunde Fette Feten (6 months in 2005, 6 ever)
   
3. Fairy Tale (5 months in 2005, 5 ever)
   
4. Heroscape (4 months in 2005, 7 ever)
   
5. 6 nimmt! (4 months in 2005, 26 ever)
   
6. Niagara (4 months in 2005, 4 ever)
   
7. For Sale (4 months in 2005, 17 ever)
   
8. Electronic Catchphrase (4 months in 2005, 35 ever)
   

Hot Games

My Games-of-the-year-2005 post covers these.

Most plays

See the 2005-Games-Report for the 5+ plays list.

2005 Games Report

429 Games Played

208 titles (92 new to me)

124 sessions

236 opponents

287 hours (approx)

25+:  Crokinole (32)
10+:  Electronic Catchphrase (15), 
      Fiese Freunde Fette Feten (13), 
      Easy Come Easy Go (11), Blue Moon (10)
 5+:  Apples to Apples (7), Fairy Tale (6), 
      Heroscape (6), Jambo (6), 6 nimmt! (5), 
      Pickomino (5), Punct (5), Techno Witches (5)

78 plays of Reiner Knizia games
19 plays of Friedemann Friese games
19 plays of Alan Moon Games

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
2004     470     80     212     112     216
2005	 429     92     208     124     236

First Derivative (year over year differential)
Years		Games		New	Diff	Ses	Ppl
2000-2001	+136%		+54%	+89%	+39%	+28%
2001-2002	-  9%		- 6%	+ 5%	- 7%	+46%
2002-2003	- 15%		-20%	- 3%	-21%	-25%
2003-2004	- 15%		-48%	-22%	-13%	+20%
2004-2005	-  9%		+15%	- 2%	+11%	+ 9%

I'll post the game metrics numbers separately.