Seven years! It seems like just yesterday I last was doing this pointless blogpost nonsense. Oh, it was this morning. Anyway here are the most-played games of the GNN blog, as of today.
1st So Clover 166 new entry!
So Clover's numbers are crazy. It appeared at the end of August 2021 and has featured, on average, .66 times every week since then, introducing the word ustensil into the GNN lexicon.
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2. 7 Wonders 121 🔻
The longevity of this game can't be argued with, although its numbers were significantly bumped by a lockdown year where we were spared all the shuffling.
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Lesser-seen these days, but still seen enough to hold onto third.
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4. Biblios 🔻 88
Down from second place, Biblios has only hit the table 8 times since 2019. Sad face.
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5. For Sale 🔼 78
Whereas For Sale has literally doubled its numbers and jumps up from 11th.
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6. Love Letter 🔻 73
At one stage it looked like Love Letter would unseat 7 Wonders, but alas the passion has faded. Only seven plays since 2019.
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7. No Thanks 🔻/ Push it 🔻 59
Dropping from 6th and 5th respectively.
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8. Ra 🔼 55
Ra continues to steadily climb, like an album by Meatloaf that just stays in the charts year after year because there are just enough old duffers to keep buying/playing it. Up from 13th.
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9. Pairs 🔻 53
Down from 7th, possibly in part to Flip 7 being the greatest card game in the world.
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10. Fuji Flush 🔻 51
Poor Fuji Flush. It was once our default evening-opener, hosting as it does up to eight dick-moving players. However it's now faded from view, like a polaroid pinned to a wall that gets the afternoon sun.
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11. Lords of Waterdeep 🔻 50
But Fuji Flush has more colour than this game, which has been played only thrice at GNN since it occupied the giddy heights of 8th. I can still enjoy it at 2 or 3, but more than that makes it a grind.
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12. Quantum 49 🔼
Like Ra, Quantum is in it for the long haul. It can't hold a candle to For Sale (or the newbies So Clover and Cross Clues), but elsewise has claimed the most plays on this list since 2019, pushing it up from 14th.
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13. Take it Easy 🔻 48
Take It Easy's couplets aren't the regular feature they once were: previously edging into the top ten, the lists of people Chris would like revenge on aren't enough to sustain it.
14. Tinners' Trail 🔻 / Tsuro 🔻 44
Tinner's Trail is nearly flatlining, with just a single play in seven years (apparently). Even Tsuro managed six.
15. Raj 🔻 43
Raj racks up seven plays, which means it only drops one place from 14th.
16. Lords of Vegas ⏩⏪/ Railways of the World 🔻 42
Steady Eddie Lords of Vegas holds onto 16th; Railways surprisingly drops three positions to join it there. I'm sure it's been played more than the four times the blog suggests in seven years - maybe they were all at games weekends though. Blogger gets funny about too many tags. And I recently played it with Adam on a non-tagged evening of delights.
17. Azul 40 🔼
Twelve plays for Azul gets it up from 20th
18. Cross Clues 39 new entry!
The little sibling of So Clover has had a similar impact: not on quite the same scale but 39 plays in five years is some going when you plough through the newbs like we do.
19. Alhambra 🔻/Las Vegas new entry! 38
Alhambra drops, Las Vegas rises. It's a surprise to see it here though - I thought it mostly got played years ago. So either it's been seen enough to belatedly appear now, or I erroneously missed it out last time. It's not an exact science, as much as I like to pretend I'm spending this time wisely.
20. Kingdom Builder 🔻 37
Kingdom Builder's seven plays are enough for it to cling on with grasping fingers.
GONE FROM THE LIST:
Incan Gold and Timeline - nestling at 21st
Stone Age - once seventh, now no more
The Mind - 33 plays puts it on a par with Stone Age, and it's not enough
Trans-Europa/Trans America - even cheating and combining their numbers, they fail
Ticket to Ride - astonishing really. In 2015 it was fourteenth, but hasn't troubled the list since.
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