2025 was a real kick in the butt so I just didn’t have as much time for games, plus I’ve been playing more 40k in general which I always waffle on if I should include in here or not.

My group’s made some good progress on Frosthaven and we’re hoping to actually complete it next year, and another group and I finished Clank 2 (and also finished Clank Legacy 1 finally! But it doesn’t show on here because my wife and I had a single game left, but the couple we play with moved so it took over a year to get that last game in).

We also went to Japan this year, which ruled, and Let’s Go To Japan has been a blast to play post that trip.

What have you all been playing this year???

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    Was not the best year for boardgames here, either. But we still had fun. Fewer big games and more of the silly shorter ones in '25.

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      Ooo a full Charterstone play through, nice! That had some fun surprises each game, and really set the minimum bar for me with legacy games where I want something new every time we play.

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    what did you use to track your plays? I still haven’t settled on a nice way to do so

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      The screenshot is from BGStats. It’s fantastic and well worth the (low) price.

      Here’s mine, although I’ll be playing more games tonight.

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        Wooo No Thanks! I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else with this on their played before, and it’s one of our favorite games to take camping.

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          It’s a fantastic filler, it’s a frequent warmup while we wait for people to show up at our meetups.

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      An app called BG Stats, and I dig it. Very cost cost of entry and then the only ongoing monetization is for stuff like advanced stats and cloud sync, which I sign up to because I like the product and want him to keep developing, not even because I use that stuff.

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        I keep chucking my free Google Play credits at it when they are about to expire, for the same reason! I’m currently paid up to 2030 😀

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      I got Heat for Christmas so I’ve only played one practice lap so far. Need to play that again.

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      Nice line-up of games in here! I keep meaning to get back to StS; I’m halfway through a run with a friend and I really should just reset it and play with other folks as it’s been over a year now haha

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        I mean, I dunno.

        It’s fun, but there’s a bit too much accounting for my taste. I like the multiplayer aspect, but it’s slower than the PC version, and it’s missing a lot of content.

        And twice we played it, we finished it with absolute ease.

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    Mine.

    I’m not sure why Can’t Stop is on there as I’ve only played it on Yucata and it hasn’t been on there for a few years. Maybe some missing plays imported and have ended up being attributed to this year.

    BG Stats 2025Plays: 676H-index: 9Games: 160New: 46Players: 423Locations: 3Hours: 534Days: 304Faraway: 97Bunny Kingdom: 36Clank!: Catacombs: 24EXIT: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Intergalactic Race: 24Can't Stop: 13Sea Salt & Paper: 12Lemminge: 11Café Baras: 10Wyrmspan: 9117 mechanics:Set Collection: 33%Hand Management: 31%Tile Placement: 24%Open Drafting: 23%Dice Rolling: 20%.

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        Faraway is excellent! It also doesn’t take very long to play, so it’s the current go-to when time is limited.

        Playing cards in one order and scoring them in the other is fun!

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        Could be, but I don’t think I’ve been on it all year. I don’t use BGA much as a I find the silly time limits on taking turns annoying.