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author = "LuisGC"
title = "My Year 2018 in Games"
date = "2019-01-13"
type = "post"
categories = ["post"]
tags = ["games", "culture", "personal", "retrospective"]
status = "published"
[[images]]
  src = "https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7840/39765897143_cb630f9045_b.jpg"
  alt = "A tag cloud with all the games that I have played in 2018"
  caption = "A tag cloud with all the games that I have played in 2018"
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Welcome again to this yearly post, where I try to analyze my gaming behavior during the previous year. I have been doing this since 2011 in Spanish, but this time I will do it in English as with the rest of my posts. You can read about my previous years (in Spanish):

* [2017](/blog/2018/01/mi-2017-ludico/)
* [2016](/blog/2017/01/mi-2016-ludico/)
* [2015](/blog/2016/01/mi-2015-ludico/)
* [2014](/blog/2015/01/mi-2014-ludico/)
* [2013](/blog/2014/01/partidas-jugadas-en-2013/)
* [2012](/blog/2013/01/partidas-jugadas-en-2012/)
* [2011](/blog/2012/01/juegos-los-que-mas-he-jugado-en-2011/)

<table style="width:100%">
  <caption>Evolution of my game plays over the last years</caption>
  <tr>
    <th></th>
    <th><b>2018</b></th>
    <th>2017</th>
    <th>2016</th>
    <th>2015</th>
    <th>2014</th>
    <th>2013</th>
    <th>2012</th>
    <th>Total since 2006</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Total amount of plays</td>
    <td><b>101</b></td>
    <td>84</td>
    <td>98</td>
    <td>84</td>
    <td>81</td>
    <td>117</td>
    <td>161</td>
    <td>1039</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Different games played</td>
    <td><b>61</b></td>
    <td>72</td>
    <td>55</td>
    <td>71</td>
    <td>52</td>
    <td>81</td>
    <td>80</td>
    <td>397</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Games with 2 or more plays (in the year)</td>
    <td><b>14</b></td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>15</td>
    <td>13</td>
    <td>14</td>
    <td>19</td>
    <td>40</td>
    <td>175</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Amount of gaming sessions</td>
    <td><b>43</b></td>
    <td>36</td>
    <td>35</td>
    <td>30</td>
    <td>44</td>
    <td>41</td>
    <td>36</td>
    <td>365</td>
  </tr>
</table>

{{< image classes="image central" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4817/46006318134_fbabc52f7c_z.jpg" title="Games played per year until the end of 2018" >}}

## Analysis

* In this yearly post I used to include a graph with the games played by month, but it turned more or less complex and meaningless as the trend was clear year by year. I tend to play more or less the same along the year with some peaks in the gaming conventions.
* In 2018 I went back to the 2016 numbers in amount of plays, with a higher amount of different games played.
* I've played 61 different games this year, 41 of them were totally new (to me). A very high proportion.
* I recorded 43 gaming sessions, almost 4 per month.
* Again, in 2018 I have **zero** hours recorded in the Steam platform. I miss it and I will give it some priority in 2019.
* My <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index"><b><i>h-index</i></b></a> as a player is still at <b>11</b>. Reading carefully the data, I expect to go up at least one level in the next period, as I have several games near the h-index frontier.

## Retrospective

* I still enjoy a lot playing boardgames, role playing games and video games so I will keep this as one of my main leisure activities for 2019
* In January 2018 we finished [Pandemic Legacy Season 1](https://rpggeek.com/boardgame/161936/pandemic-legacy-season-1) the campaign we started back in 2016, but after that I haven't played any other legacy game. I still love cooperative games and I would not reject starting one with a stable playing group, maybe the recently announced [**Journeys in the Middle Earth**](https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/)?
* I am becoming addicted to **escape room inspired board games**. In 2018 I have played several [Unlock!](https://rpggeek.com/boardgamefamily/39442/unlock) and [Exit](https://rpggeek.com/boardgamefamily/36963/exit-das-spiel) and for 2019 my goal is to play all the published games of those two families
* I managed (with my party and DM) to maintain since March a monthly [**Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition**](https://rpggeek.com/rpg/17181/dungeons-dragons-5th-edition) campaign, and I only missed one session because of a trip. That is very good news for me and for the entire group, we are [enjoying it a lot](http://ghilbrae.com/tag/storm-kings-thunder/) so we will hopefully continue with the same frequency and passion.
* I'm still eager to play prototypes, but since early 2018 I am no longer a member of [**Asociación Ludo**](http://www.asociacionludo.com/). I was not involved at all so, although I miss some of my colleagues there, I decided to leave after realizing that the association does not benefit from me if I'm only providing economic support. I will consider returning when I'm capable of offering more :-(