Five & Dime 2011: So Long & Thanks for All the Stats

The Five & Dime reports for 2011 are done – all gone, bye bye, woo hoo, see ya.

For those of you who somehow missed the deluge of posts on the Opinionated Gamers website, here’s a recap:

• Most Played Games
• Dimes (played 10+ times)
• Nickels (played 5+ times)
• Fresh Faces (new to the Five & Dime lists)
• Joining the “In” Crowd (more plays this year)
• Lo, How the Mighty Have Fallen (less plays this year)
• Decay Rates (over time)

The  extended lists and some really nifty graphic ways of looking at games over time are right here on aka pastor guy:

• Most Played Games (28th-50th)
• Dimes (27th-50th)
• Nickels (31st-50th)
• Wide Angle Lens (The BGG Top Twenty-Five)
• Wide Angle Lens
  • Fourteen Year Pix
  • Thirteen Year Pix
  • Twelve Year Pix
  • Eleven Year Pix
  • Ten Year Pix
  • Nine Year Pix
  • Eight Year Pix
  • Seven Year Pix
  • Six Year Pix
  • Five Year Pix
  • Four Year Pix

Thank You!

I also need to say a huge “Thank you” to the 306 folks who made this possible – those of you of obsessive-compulsive types (like me!) who can’t play a game without jotting down something in your notebook or smart phone. Without you, the Five & Dime Lists don’t exist.

As well, I want to thank the good folks over at Board Game Geek for building, maintaining & riding herd over the wonderful site that helps a lot of us feed the obsession… ahem, enjoy our hobby to the fullest!

Finally, thank you to the Opinionated Gamers writing staff & our Chief Surgeon/Editor/Bottle Washer (Dale Yu) for letting me eat up a week plus of OG time with this stuff – you guys are the best!