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Detailing the games I have played most often in a year. ^note

2009 25 Times or more: 30 10 Days in Europe – picked up a sale copy on a whim while visiting Funagain and it's proven a hit again and again 20 Times or more: 22 Dominion (in some form) – the trouble involved in setting it up insures it gets played at least twice every time 10 Times or more: 19 Schotten-totten – surprisingly the first time in the list
13 Dominion – the vanilla game only
12 Rat Hot – third time in the list
11 Finito! – strong "just one more" quality
11 Fjords – second appearance in the list
11 Helden in der Unterwelt – second appearance in the list
11 Perry Rhodan – forthcoming English edition may increase this number
11 Tichu – has never been out of the list
10 Jaipur – only acquired in mid-December
10 San Francisco Linja 1 (two Streetcar) – first time in the list and very welcome
5 Times or more: 8 Dominion: Intrigue – played with only the Intrigue box
7 Rosenkönig (one a Texas) – third time in the list and finally got to try the original Texas version
6 Kupferkessel Co. – third time in the list; re-publish this please
6 New World: Carcassonne – the version that seems to work best for two
6 Pompeji – came close to making the list in '03
5 Carcassonne – including teaching some young new game players
5 China Rails – if all the games in this series were one, would be well over ten
5 Race for the Galaxy – sometimes including one or both expansions
5 Silverton – very pleased to see this one; undoubtedly the longest-playing of the titles here; both editions represented

2008 10 Times or more: (none) 5 Times or more: 9 Auf Achse – the new version is great for 2 yet also supports 6; many more playings of this on-line, over 100
9 Roma – fun trying to exploit various cards; slightly down from last year
9 Tichu – this is suggested very often and only rarely turned down; falls a little each year
8 Down Under – there is a lot to learn here
7 Kupferkessel Co. – great quick game for two or three; back in the list for the first time since 2004
7 (an unpublished prototype) – historically-oriented card game
6 Helden in der Unterwelt – latest addiction
6 Maestro – great introductory game
6 Rat Hot – great introductory game for two; back in the list for the first time ince 2005
6 Tally Ho! – great introductory game for two; back in the list after taking a year off
5 Cambria – new, quick multi-player
5 Candamir – a new fascination
5 Rosenkönig – great introductory game for two or four; back in the list for the first time since 2004
5 TransAmerica – great multi-player introductory
5 Tsuro – works great if you're 7-8 and don't want to split 2007 10 Times or more: 13 Fjords
11 Roma
10 Tichu
5 Times or more: 7 Twilight Struggle
5 No Thanks! 2006 10 Times or more: 17 Tichu
5 Times or more: 6 Non Merci
5 Villa Paletti
5 Thurn und Taxis
5 Tally Ho!
5 Jambo 2005 10 Times or more: 14 Tichu
12 Lost Valley 5 Times or more: 9 Halali! (Tally Ho!)
6 Shadows Over Camelot
6 (an unpublished prototype)
6 Jambo
6 Geschenkt
6 Easy Come, Easy Go
6 (another unpublished prototype)
5 Zirkus Flohcati
5 Rat Hot
5 HeckMeck am Bratwurmeck (Pickomino)
5 For Sale
5 Einfach Genial (Ingenious)
5 Around the World in 80 Days 2004 10 Times or more: 14 Tichu
5 Times or more: 8 Halali! (Tally Ho!)
8 Kupferkessel Co.
7 San Juan
6 (unpublished prototype)
6 (another unpublished prototype)
6 Der Flaschenteufel
6 Express
5 Rosenkönig
5 (yet another unpublished prototype)
5 (still another unpublished prototype)

^note Number is the number of times played. This summary only includes games played face-to-face, not on-line play.

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