Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Five & Dime 2007: Dimes (10+ Played Games)

Game 2007 2006 2005 2004
Ticket To Ride 13.41% 14.66% 26.26% 51.82%
Yspahan 11.89% 0.00% new new
Carcassonne 11.59% 6.03% 10.61% 11.82%
Ingenious 11.59% 11.21% 14.65% 15.45%
Notre Dame 11.28% new new new
Diamant/Incan Gold 11.28% 11.21% 13.64% new
Race for the Galaxy 10.98 new new new
Tichu 10.98% 12.93% 6.57% 8.18%
No Thanks/Geschenkt 10.67% 12.07% 14.65% new
Lost Cities 10.37% 9.48% 12.63% 10.00%
Battlelore 9.15% 0.86% new new
Hey! That's My Fish! 8.84% 6.03% new new
San Juan 8.84% 12.07% 16.67% 41.82%
Ra 8.54% 8.62% 9.60% 13.64%
Thurn & Taxis 8.23% 18.10% new new
Liar's Dice 7.93% 6.90% 7.07% 10.00%
Crokinole 7.93% 8.62% 9.09% 14.55%
Loopin' Louie 7.32% 10.34% 4.55% 4.55%
Settlers of Catan 7.01% 12.07% 7.07% 10.91%
Can't Stop 6.71% 9.48% 4.04% 3.64%
10 Days/Europa Tour 6.71% 11.21% 7.07% 15.45%
Battle Line/Schotten Totten 6.71% 4.31% 4.31% ?????
Hive 6.40% 1.72% 1.72% ?????
Bohnanza 6.10% 3.45% 7.07% 8.18%
To Court The King 5.18% 6.03% new new
Just out of the running: For Sale and Memoir '44.

First, an apology: the "????" in the chart are due to a computer crash that ate some of the old data. My bad.

Last year, in an act of utter stupidity, I predicted Diamant would fade out as a dime. Sheesh, was I wrong. I did get No Thanks! continued popularity right, but that's like shooting fish in a very small barrel.

My other predictions from last year were correct: Battlelore got here (and will probably fall just short next year unless Days of Wonder releases the long-promised Heroes expansion), Memoir '44 did say "bye-bye" (but just barely, and may well reappear here next year)... and TtR:E, Hacienda & Caylus all took a dive. Thurn & Taxis was, as I so astutely predicted, close to falling off.

My one big prediction for next year: Notre Dame won't make this list.

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