Year metric

I've been a fan of Matthew Gray's month metric. Now I happened unto his Every year 2007 update, focusing on the year metric. I haven't been bothering with that, believing I wouldn't have many high-scoring games. Well, I thought, why not - it's a simple thing to add to my game stats package.

I was surprised to see I actually have few every year games, going for several years now. I'm positively dumbfounded.

Six years out of six

Go - Face to face it only gets four out of six, but I've been playing it constantly online (play-by-web, which doesn't get captured in my stats).

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - First four years basic, last two Deluxe. I'm a bit surprised here (and probably should get this one on the table this year, at least once!).

Six years out of seven

Battle Line - One game in 2005, 2004, twice in 2006.

Lost Cities - Once in 2006, twice in 2005 and 2004.

Five years out of five

Age of Steam - Last game of standard Age of Steam was in 2003, expansions since. Steady pace of few games per year. Likely to continue: even though I really suck at getting Age of Steam played (particularly considering the pace of new expansions), it'll be strange if I don't play it even once.

Attika - Few games a year, for five years now. Surprising.

Gang of Four - Lots of this in 2003 and 2004, less since, yet still every year. Likely to continue, as this gets probably played at least once a year when I'm visiting Jyväskylä.

Five years out of six or seven

Modern Art - This inspired me to add the code so I could check sessions by game, because I just can't believe it. But it's true: once in 2002, once in 2003, then twice in 2005, once in 2006 and twice in 2007 with my own copy.

Puerto Rico - No surprises here, I missed last year. As the game's no longer available at BSW and I kind of prefer San Juan face to face, misses like that are likely to happen again.

Samurai - Few games every now and then, starting from 2001.

Tichu - Very irregularly over a long period.

Tigris & Euphrates - Most of this was in 2001, but I've played it occasionally ever since. Missed last year and 2005.

Trivial Pursuit - Not a single game last year and missing 2003 as well, but fairly regular play since 2001 with Johanna secures the spot on the list.

Web of Power - Tons of this in 2002, then slow dwindling and missed last year.

This is a good list and like Matthew Gray says, a good measure of quality and longevity, especially when you get plenty of data (Matthew Gray has eleven years, I only have seven).