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Back to Podcast EpisodesEpisode 324 – Top Games of 2022
This week, we’ll talk about our top games of 2022. Ones that were new to us this year; our favorites and games that really surprised us. And we ask each of the kids for their favorite game of the year, too.
324 Fact
The highest earning Super Smash Brothers competitor in the world has earned about 324 thousand dollars playing that game.
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What We’ve Been Playing
Framework (our review – thanks Dave!)
Skull Canyon Ski Fest – we have opinions on this one.
Mada – very casual and best at 4-5 players. Review coming soon.
Anomia: Pop Culture – hilarious with our mix of teens & adults.
Flamecraft – super cute, but there’s a lot of game there.
Fyfe
Starship Captains
Quacks of Quedlinburg
Drop It – a perennial favorite (our review)
Once Upon a Line – better than our previous play. Coming to Kickstarter soon!
Beer & Bread – a great 2 player game with multi-use cards and lots of different mechanics that all fit together well.
Turing Machine
Garden Nation – review coming soon.
On Tour: Paris and New York (our review)
Quarto
Monopoly Deal
The Monthly Report – December
Anitra: 42 unique games, 71 plays. H-index 4. Most played: Quarto, Turing Machine, Star Trek: Super-Skill Pinball, Splitter.
Andrew: 38 total plays. H-index 2. Most played: Anomia: Pop Culture and Turing Machine, along with Garden Nation, Drop It, Unmatched, Mada, Quarto.
The Yearly Report – 2022!
We did NOT complete our family 10×10 challenge. Only four of the games got played 10 times, but every game got played at least 4 times. Next year, we’ll either do a 10×5 or possibly a 20×5. It was really hard to pick games that were easy to get to the table! But we did discover that having a goal like that motivates our kids (Zombie Kidz Evolution and Zombie Teenz Evolution both got a LOT of play for that reason.)
Anitra: 196 unique games, 544 plays. H-index 8. Most played: Santorini at 20 plays (surprising absolutely no one). Then, Unmatched, A Gentle Rain, Royal Visit, Published on 2 years, 11 months ago