Ever since BGstats introduced fancy ways to export images with statistics about played games, we’ve been seeing them around a lot more often and that’s nice! It’s really interesting to see what kind of games people play. And, of course, it’s not about the numbers because they will always be skewed. We can play a very short game like Tinderblox fifteen times (probably more) in the time it takes us to play one scenario of a game like Gloomhaven, for example. BUT whenever we see such a post with extremely high numbers, there’s always a part of me that goes: “WHAT NOW?!” and tries to make the calculation in my mind. Quickly followed by the realisation that lots of people play games online on platforms like Board Game Arena and Tabletopia and log those plays too, and playing a game online goes a lot quicker than IRL and people often play multiple games at once. 😀

Sky Team was still lying around in our kitchen, so we played another game of it—and we nailed it again! The next scenario will add some additional game components, so I’m curious how quickly this winning streak will end, haha.

In the digital realm of games, we had a really cool session of Pulsar. We boarded and took over a Colonial ship that was at least twice our size and then went to some shady planet to illegally transfer the ownership to our crew. If you can ignore the looks and you have a group of friends that likes Star Trek simulation games, this one is quirky but fun.

On Thursday, it was time for game night, and we played a lovely spread of games. We kicked it off with a game of Zoo Vadis. The last time we played it, we were with six players and that is a different experience than four players. It plays well with four, but I think it’s more interesting with more. Nonetheless, still a great short game with an amazing production.

Our friend hadn’t played It’s a Wonderful World yet and was curious about it – your wish is our command! Also, we’re never opposed to playing that again – it’s just such a nice comfort game. We always play the game with the expansions and we think that adds just a little more spice to it. We ended the night with a scenario of Quirky Circuits in which we successfully cleaned the room and returned to our charging station! Not without breaking a vase and taking some weird detours but we made it back in time.

On Friday, Heinze played Kill Team with a friend of which I can’t really tell you anything, except that there are new rules and ladders are now a thing and Heinze didn’t know and that would have changed everything, haha. If you have any questions about Kill Team, drop a comment below this post and I’ll make sure Heinze will reply. 😀

This week, we’ve got a night planned of Middara and a night of Agricola – I’m looking forward to both of those!