2018 Gaming Challenges

It's a new year, time to make and break some new goals!  You can check out last year's ideas and results here for those of you still playing along.

I'm gonna keep going on my set of goals, they seem to work for me.

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1) 15x5 Challenge - play 15 games 5 times in the upcoming year in any order.

2) Un-played Games Challenge - you list all the un-played games that you own and pledge to play them all. 

3) Play Your Collection Challenge - you log one play of every game in your collection by the end of the year. (Haha!)

4) Play the Year - play a number of games equal to the days in a year.

5) New to You Challenge - you pledge to play 30 games in 2018 that you hadn't played before.

2017: Updated Dec 31st

1) Play 15 Games 5 Times:
1. Red 7 
2. Dead Man's Draw 
3. Pandemic Legacy 
4. 7th Continent 
5. Onirim 
6. Can't Stop 
7. Tokaido 
8. Dropmix 
9. Xia 
10. Ganz Schon Clever 
11. 7 Wonders
12. Yatzee 
13. Neuroshima Hex 
14. Avenue
15. Time Stories 

2) Owned but Un-Played Games in my Collection (Total unplayed: 8 to go)
Owned from the previous year(s) but unplayed as of the start of the year. (5)
- Pandante
- King Down
- Krosmaster Quest (Campaign)
- Pandemic Legacy (Campaign)
- Mechs Vs Minions (Campaign)

New Games received or bought this year that are not yet played. (6)
- Tao Long
- Champions of Hara
- Boufbowl
- Chronicles of Crime
- Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
- Flick em Up: Dead of Winter

3) Play Your Collection Challenge 
(48%)

4) Play 365 games this Year & Other Stats
- Games played: 298
- Hours played: 350
- Unique Games played: 129
- Owned vs unowned plays: 78% Owned, 22% Unowned.

5) New Games to Me 2018 
Total: 41
15  = Bought Before Playing (Includes games bought in previous years, trades, catching up on backlog, KS)
24  = Played not Bought
2    = Bought After Playing:
                - Dinosaur Island
                - Ganz Schon Clever

Some campaigns and Pandante. Not bad. Would the campaigns count as repeat plays towards the 15x5 goal?

(How long was Alchemists?  )

Some campaigns and Pandante. Not bad. Would the campaigns count as repeat plays towards the 15x5 goal?

(How long was Alchemists?  )

Yeah, each game of a campaign game is one play. So I think Mechs Vs Minions has 10 levels/games, Pandemic is between 12-24. Can't remember what Krosmaster Quest has...
I think the last game of Alchemists was 3 hours, but I have it in the database as 2, so I either need to change it in the database for all plays, or disregard the discrepancy because of rules relearning.

2018 Gaming Challenges

Hardcore 10X10 -- 100% Complete (BGG link)
01        Charterstone
02        Azul
03        Pandemic Legacy Season 2
04        Codenames: Duet
05        The 7th Continent
06        NMBR 9
07        Terraforming Mars
08        Orléans Deluxe
09        Ex Libris
10        Concordia
Alt        Barenpark

Normal 10X10 - 100% Complete
01        Istanbul The Dice Game
02        TIME Stories
03        Triplock
04        Dominion
05        The Castles of Burgundy
06        Santorini
07        The Mind
08        Qwixx
09        Ganz Schön Clever
10        Onirim

Diversity Challenge 250X1 Tally: 300/250 (Play 250 unique games. BGG link)
December: 35 (new to me: 15)
Dixit, Cockroach Poker, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Haspelknecht, Railroad Ink: Blue, A la Carte, Azul:Stained Glass of Sintra, Forbidden Desert, Anomia, Raise Your Goblets, Exit:The Forbidden Castle, Tsuro, Fireball Island, Gugong, Paperback, The Grizzled, Asante, KeyForge, OddVille, Takenoko, Discoveries, Duelosaur Island, Tokaido, Tiny Epic Western, Thurn & Taxis, Darjeeling,Ticket to Ride: Nordic, Sushi Go Party!, Broom Service, Taboo Buzz'd, Diamonds, Burgoo, Guillotine, Tides of Time, Tides of Madness
November: 19 (new to me: 10)
Joking Hazard, Red Flag, Zooleretto, Arboretum, Mombasa, Fauna, 7 Wonders, Winners Circle, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Viticulture, Power Grid, Scotland Yard, Red7, Root, Sprawlopolis, King of Siam, Circle the Wagons, Mint Delivery, Rise of Tribes
October: 31 (new to me: 25)
Coimbra, La Granja: No Siesta, Battle Sheep, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Unlock:Noside, Pandemic Season 1, Brass: Birmingham, Pandemic:Cthulhu, Hamsterolle, Villa Paletti, Battlestar Galactica, Bloodborne, Reef, Samurai, Give or Take, Twin Win, Treehouse, Volcano, Sandships, Ice Towers, Petri Dish, Looney Ludo, Powerhouse, Launchpad23, Ice Dice, Scythe:Fenris, Black Orchestra, Dice Forge, Rising Sun, Ghost Stories, Russian Railroads:American Railroads
September: 17 (new to me: 6)
Tiny Epic Galaxies, Cottage Garden, Dutch Blitz, TIME Stories: Lumen Fidei, Isle of Skye, Bruges, Mottainai, Targi, Agricola:All Creatures Big and Small, Cacao, Century:Eastern Wonder, Nyctophobia, Lady & The Tiger, Louppin' Louie, Progress Evolution of Technology, Tiny Epic Defenders, Castles of Burgundy Card Game
August: 14 (new to me: 5)
Calimala, Mystic Vale, New York 1901, Brass: Lancashire, Valetta, Village of Valeria, Sushi Go, Broom Service Card Game, Council of Verona, Isle of Trains, Las Vegas, Egizia, Quadropolis, Fantasy Realms
July: 17 (new to me: 8)
Lords of Waterdeep, Key to the City: London, Yardmaster, Evolution, The Gallerist, Flip City, Great Western Trail, Peloppones Card Game, Minerva, Let's Make a Bus Route, Unlock: The House on the Hill, Bruxelles 1893, Snowdonia, Welcome To... Forbidden Island, Letters From Whitechapel, Kingdom Builder
June: 19 (new to me: 12)
Mow Money, Between Two Cities, The Shipwreck Arcana, Cribbage, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Diamant, Lost Legacy, R, Vikings, Prince of Florence, Helios, Kubb, Agricola, Imhotep, Maharaja, Ra, A Feast For Odin, Yedo, Raging Bulls
May: 38 (new to me: 28)
Through the Desert, The Grizzled, Pyramid Arcade, TIME Stories: Estrella Drive, Dale of Merchants, Sagrada, Codenames: Marvel, Codenames:Pictures, Eggs & Empires, Pit, Oh My Goods, Pandemic, Hive, Keltis, Luxor, Merlin, Ganz Schon Clever, Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg, Papertales, Dragon Castle, Camelot, Bunny Kingdom, Deep Sea Adventure, The Cat Lady, Santa Maria, Captain Sonar, Decrypto, A Fake Artist Goes to NY, Altiplano, Lovecraft Love Letter, This War of Mine, Hippo, Sidereal Confluence, EXIT:Polar Station, Tumblin' Dice, Rajas of the Ganges, Dokmus, Zooscape
April: 20 (new to me: 8)
Imperial Settlers, Friday, Super Motherload, Maori, The Fox In The Forest, Hardback, Yardmaster Express, Castell, Patchwork, Indian Summer, Food Chain Magnate, Castles of Burgundy: Card Game, Copycat, Clans of Caledonia, Tokyo Highway, The Bloody Inn, Qwixx, Eldritch Horrar, At The Gates of Loyang, De Stijl
March: 27 (new to me: 10)
And Then We Held Hands, King of Tokyo, Legacy: Testament of the Duke de Crecy, The Grimm Forest, Santorini, Mountains of Madness, Secrets, Dana's Norse Game, Wordoku, Codenames, Heaven & Ale, Yokohama, Cthulhu Realms, Dominion, No Thanks, Dinosaur Island, Yahtzee, Backgammon, Chess, The Mind, The Quest for El Dorado, Onitama, Elevenses, Luna, Fabled Fruit, Karuba, Century: Golem
February: 24 (new to me: 7)
Bazaar, Wordsy, Krazy Words, Dice Throne, Puerto Rico, Istanbul, High Treason: Trial of Louis Riel, Suburbia, Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails, Yunnan, Through The Ages, Robinson Crusoe, Caverna, Spirit Island, Kraftwagen, First Class, Indonesia, Castles of Burgundy, Airlines Europe, TIME Stories, Photosynthesis, Splendor, Hogwarts:Harry Potter, Onirim
January: 37 (new to me: 19)
NMBR 9, Churchill, Burgle Bros, Concordia, Amerigo, Acquire, Ex Libris, 13 Minutes:The Cuban Missile Crisis, Can't Stop, Codenames Duet, Orleans, Murano, Tiny Epic Quest, Watson & Holmes, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic:Rising Tide, Gaia Project, Barenpark, Baseball Highlights 2045, Istanbul:The Dice Game, Yamatai, Scythe, Roll Player, Azul, Majesty:For the Realm, Exit:Abandoned Cabin,Exit:The Lab, Exit:Pharaoh’s Tomb, 7th Continent, Charterstone, Triplock, Pandemic Legacy Season 2, 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, London, Batavia, Potion Explosion, Jaipur

52 Weeks of Themed Gaming Tally: 52/52 - Completed July 10th, 2018! (BGG link)
1. Set in a country you have never visited Puerto Rico
2. With no colours (only black and white) Chess
3. Where the title rhymes with another game title in this list. Hive
4. Based on a book Robinson Crusoe
5. About/in war.Churchill
6. About/in peace (or where you can reach an armistice) The Grizzled
7. That has only 2 players Codenames Duet
8. Where you play a colour other than red/blue/green/yellow Gaia Project (I played orange)
9. Where you can play a robot or android King of Tokyo
10. Where the title contains at least 3 letters of your first name. Triplock
11. That has a portrait of a woman on the box cover. Pandemic: Rising Tide
12. With a man on the box cover Copycat
13. Where the main colour of the box is green.Exit:The Lab
14. Card or dice, based on a board game.Istanbul:The Dice Game
15. Where the box is exactly! as thick as one of your thumbs. The Fox in the Forest
16. From 2018. Dice Throne
17. With or about painting. De Stijl
18. With a draw bag. Dinosaur Island
19. Based on a real person.High Treason: The Trial of Louis Riel
20. With a colour in the title (even better if it is your favourite colour) The Castles of Burgundy
21. That has an alliteration in the title. Burgle Bros
22. A classic game you have never played. Through the Desert
23. You meant to play 2017 but never managed to. The Quest For El Dorado
24. Tied to your ancestry. Elevenses
25. Focused on an animal The Grimm Forest
26. With 2 rulebooks.Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails
27. Played outside. Qwixx
28. From a BGG design competition. Raging Bulls
29. With a day of the week in the title, or with a word in the title related to a day of the week Luna
30. Where weather plays an important role. Evolution: Climate
31. Features another hobby of yours Ex Libris
32. By a designer whose games you have not played before. London
33. Has a custom dice. Tiny Epic Quest
34. A role playing game or one with strong role playing characteristics TIME Stories
35. With a pronoun in the title. This War of Mine
36. Has a a double-sided board. Concordia
37. That takes less than or exactly 10 Minutes. Hippo
38. Where the lowest score wins. No Thanks
39. Where you can lose points. Caverna
40. With a theme you encounter every day (e.g. cooking) And Then We Held Hands
41. With a witch or a wizard. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
42. That involves any aspect of STEAM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Arts/Mathematics). Through The Ages
43. With teams of two or more players. Codenames
44. With asymmetrical player powers Scythe
45. Published in the first half of the 20th century Pit
46. Published before 1900. Backgammon
47. Set in a dystopia. Pandemic Legacy Season 2
48. That is beautiful.Photosynthesis
49. With an anthropromorphic character. Dale of Merchants
50. With fabric. Patchwork
51. You have seen played in a film/series. Agricola
52. You love. Azul

My goals are much less ambitious than many of the ones listed by other members of this forum, but here it goes

Updated May 13

10x10 Challenge BGG link

01      Code Names
02      Bang the dice game
03      Splendor
04      Cockroach Poker
05      Carcasonne
06      Coup
07      Colt Express
08      Lost Cities
09      Love Letter
10      Kingdomino
11      Escape: The Curse of the Temple

I might change some as I see what games my friends and I seem to be playing this year.

Try New Games
I will try a minimum of 30 new games that I have never played before.  (Games that are part of my Magic Number 0 goal may also appear here).

01 Jan 13 - Ruse & Bruise
02 Jan 13 - 7 Wonders
03 Jan 13 - tummple!
04 Jan 13 - Captain Sonar
05 Jan 13 - Mission: Red Planet
06 Jan 13 - 5-Minute Dungeon
07 Jan 21 - Scythe
08 Jan 30 - 6 nimmt!
09 Jan 30 - Ghost Blitz - Spooky Doo
10 Jan 30 - Codenames: Pictures
11 Jan 30 - Downforce
12 Feb 11 - Bottlecap Vikings
13 Feb 19 - Exit: The Game - The Secret Lab
14 Feb 23 - Isle of Skye: From Chieftan to King
15 Feb 23 - Outfoxed!
16 Feb 25 - Deadly Concoctions
17 Feb 25 - Forbidden Island
18 Mar 6 - Photosynthesis
19 Mar 6 - Viticulture
20 Apr 17 - Azul
21 Apr 17 - Potion Explosion
22 Apr 17 - Scoville
23 Apr 21 - Santorini
24 Apr 21 - Dinosaur Island
25 Apr 24 - Castles of Burgendy
26 Apr 28 - Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space
27 May 1 - VivaJava:  The Coffee Game
28 May 8 - Elysium
29 May 8 - Citadels
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Magic Number to 0 - Current Number is 13 BGG link

Canadian Trivia 150th Edition
The Agents
Circus Train
Cogs in a Machine
Friday
La Guerre des Tuques
Mazemaster
T.I.M.E. Stories
Exit: The forgotten Island
Exit: The Pharaoh's Tomb
Hanabi
The Red Dragon Inn
Troyes

Games played that *were* on this list(but have been played)
Forbidden Island
Ruse & Bruise
Bottlecap Vikings
Harbour
Deadly Concoctions
Antidote



I also just signed up for 365 challenges on BGG.  I'm not as confident about achieving these ones.  BGGlink

Own 10 games or less that I used to play but which have been collecting dust for at least a year.

Below are games in my collection that I've played, but not since before 2016.  Play 'em or dump 'em.

2012 - Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operations
2013 - The Resistance
2014 - Cave Evil
2015 - Blokus Duo
2015 - Dune
2015 - Hannibal: Rome Vs. Carthage
2015 - Star Wars: Queen's Gambit
2016 - Arkham Horror
2016 - Eclipse
2016 - Imperial
2016 - Merchants & Marauders
2016 - Nexus Ops
2016 - Runewars

Original tally: 26
Current tally: 13

Battlestar Galactica (played)
Cribbage (played)
Deep Sea Adventure (played)
Friedrich (played)
Gumshoe (played)
Lord of the Rings (played)
Love Letter (played)
Modern Art (played)
Pax Porfiriana (played)
Room 25 (played)
Spartacus (played)
Star Trek: Frontiers (played)
Star Wars: Rebellion (played)
Thunder Road (played)

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Own 10 games or less that I've never played.

Below are games in my collection that I've never played.  Play 'em or dump 'em.

Backgammon
Back to the Future: An Adventure Through Time
Battle for Souls
Duel of Ages II
Exploding Kittens
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
FREAKFACE!!!
Gunslinger
Haggis
Incursion
Magic Realm
Scotland Yard
Sea Evil
Shoot-Out
Struggle of Empires
Tichu
Wrasslin'

Original tally: 16
Current tally: 17

Gloomhaven (played)
Here I Stand (played)
Hunt for the Ring (played)
Impulse (played)
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (played)
Villainous (played)

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A modified 5X5 challenge: Play five unique games by five unique designers

1. Corey Koniecza
a. Star Wars: Rebellion
b. Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
c. Battlestar Galactica
d. StarCraft: The Board Game
e. Star Wars: Imperial Assault

2. Reiner Knizia
a. Modern Art
b. Samurai
c. Age of War
d. Fabrik der Träume
e. Lord of the Rings

3. Vlaada Chvátil
a. Dungeon Petz
b. Codenames
c. Through the Ages
d. Star Trek: Frontiers
e. Space Alert

4. Eric Lang
a. Blood Rage
b. Quarriors!
c. Rising Sun
d. Secrets
e.

5. Wolfgang Kramer
a. El Grande
b. That's Life!
c. Colosseum
d.
e.

6. Bruno Cathala
a. Abyss
b. Kingdomino
c. Yamataï
d.
e.

7. Carl Chudyk
a. Glory to Rome
b. Impulse
c.
d.
e.

8. Michael Kiesling
a. Azul
b. That's Life!
c.
d.
e.

9. Uwe Rosenberg
a. Patchwork
b.
c.
d.
e.

10. Antoine Bauza
a. Hanabi
b.
c.
d.
e.

11. Martin Wallace
a. The Hobbit Card Game
b.
c.
d.
e.

Here's my Q1 update:

Own 10 games or less that I used to play but which have been collecting dust for at least a year.

Original tally: 26
Current tally: 19

Even though I have been playing games less so far since moving back to Saskatoon, this one should be easy to complete.

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Own 10 games or less that I've never played.

Original tally: 15
Current tally: 16

I've moved in the wrong direction for this one so far but should be achievable.

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A modified 5X5 challenge: Play five unique games by five unique designers

1. Reiner Knizia 4
2. Vlaada Chvátil 3
3. Wolfgang Kramer 3
4. Corey Koniecza 3
5. Eric Lang 2
6. Bruno Cathala 1

This one should be doable.  I have definitely had a good start with it.

Here's my Q3 update:

Own 10 games or less that I used to play but which have been collecting dust for at least a year.

Original tally: 26
Current tally: 16

I have been playing games less so far since moving back to Saskatoon.  This one is still doable, but unlikely.

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Own 10 games or less that I've never played.

Original tally: 15
Current tally: 17

I've moved in the wrong direction for this one so far.  No longer realistically achievable.

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A modified 5X5 challenge: Play five unique games by five unique designers

1. Corey Koniecza 5
2. Reiner Knizia 5
3. Vlaada Chvátil 4
4. Wolfgang Kramer 3
5. Eric Lang 3
6. Bruno Cathala 3

This one should still be doable if I strive for it.  The biggest obstacle (to this and my other goals) will be that I'll mostly be playing Gloomhaven the rest of the year.

Updated again. Hard to believe we only have a month left in 2018.