#52GameChallenge for GJJ Games - 2017

This year I'll again be participating in the 52 Game Challenge, proposed by Southern Starr Games, where I try to play at least one tabletop game with my family and friends every week.  Last year I played 237 different games, and many of those multiple times during multiple weeks.  So this year I'll try to out do that.

I challenge you to do the same with your family!  Just one game a week, where players are unplugged and interacting.  See how it changes your family for the better!  Post the games you play to Facebook or any other social media site with the hashtag #52GameChallenge

So here's a list of the games I've played each week throughout 2016.  (I'll put a * next to games that were played with someone other than my kids and/or wife, and a + next to games my family played without me.)  Italicized games were played by me for the first time this year.  Bold games are games I played for the very first time ever.  Each week I'll also list a series of numbers in the format of 1|2|3|4|5|6 where the numbers are:

  1. The number of games played that week by my whole family.  
  2. The number of games I played that week.  
  3. The number of games I played for the first time ever (or at least since keeping track).
  4. The number of games I played for the first time this year.  
  5. The total number of games I've played for the first time ever this year.  (167 in 2016)
  6. The total number of games I played this year.  (237 in 2016)
I'll also track games my sons play in parentheses, in bold if it's their first time playing the game this year:
  1. Sam's plays this week.  
  2. Sam's games this week.  
  3. Sam's total games this year.
  4. Mike's plays this week.
  5. Mike's games this week.
  6. Mike's total games this year.

Week 52 - 12/24 - 12/31 - 1|1|0|0|101|162 - 1|1|92|1|1|77
  • Potion Explosion (S1)(M1)
Week 51 - 12/17 - 12/23 - 3|0|0|0|101|162 - 2|2|92|1|1|76
  • Battleship (S1) +
  • Othello (S1) +
  • Bob Ross: The Art of Chill (M1) +
Week 50 - 12/10 - 12/16 - 10|8|1|4|101|162 - 3|4|91|2|2|76
  • Minecraft the Card Game (S1) +
  • Labyrinth (S2)
  • Ninja Versus Ninja (S1)
  • Between Two Cities w/ Capitals Expansion *
  • Scotland Yard (M1) +
  • Bob Ross: The Art of Cool *
  • Ice Cool (M1)
  • Pyramid Arcade: Zark City *
  • Eight-Minute Empire *
  • Mint Works *
Week 49 - 12/3 - 12/9 - 3|2|1|1|100|158 - 1|1|89|1|1|75
  • Xtreme Snowboarding (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • MiniSkull Castle (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Mole Rats in Space (S1)(M1) +
Week 48 - 11/26 - 12/2 - 3|2|0|0|99|157 - 1|1|89|1|1|75
  • Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty's Web *
  • Secret Hitler *
  • Ice Cool (S1)(M1) +
Week 47 - 11/19 - 11/25 - 4|4|2|3|99|157 - 4|7|89|4|4|75
  • Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty's Web (S1)(M1)
  • Ice Cool (S4)(M1)
  • Bob Ross: The Art of Cool (S1)(M1)
  • Codenames (S1)(M1)
Week 46 - 11/12 - 11/18 - 6|3|3|3|97|154 - 5|6|86|3|3|71
  • Dominion (S1) +
  • Rollet (S2)(M1) +
  • Legendary: X-Men *
  • Not Alone (S1)(M1)
  • Ice Cool (S1)
  • Klask (S1)(M1) +
Week 45 - 11/5 - 11/11 - 8|5|1|4|94|151 - 4|5|83|5|5|69
  • Bullfrogs (M1)
  • Medieval Academy *
  • Pokemon (S2)(M2) +
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Connect Four Launchers (M1) +
  • Rory's Story Cubes (S1)(M1) +
  • Dominion (S1)(M1)
  • Coin Age (S1)
Week 44 - 10/29 - 11/4 - 12|12|5|8|93|147 - 1|1|80|0|0|66
  • Fields of Agincourt (S1)
  • Starving Artists
  • Scythe *
  • Eight Minute Empire *
  • Star Realms *
  • Kemet *
  • Blokus *
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Bang! *
  • Island Hopper *
  • Gadgeteers *
  • Shadowstar Corsairs *
Week 43 - 10/22 - 10/28 - 2|2|0|0|88|139 - 1|1|79|0|0|66
  • Zombicide: Black Plague (S1)
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype)
Week 42 - 10/15 - 10/21 - 0|0|0|0|88|139 - 0|0|78|1|1|66
  • Nothing for me :-( A very busy, but board game deprived week.
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
Week 41 - 10/8 - 10/14 - 7|5|2|2|88|139 - 4|4|78|1|1|66
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Barnyard Roundup (S1)
  • Between Two Cities (S1)
  • Battle Ball (S1) +
  • Dracula's Feast (S1)
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
  • Zombicide: Black Plague *
Week 40 - 10/1 - 10/7 - 5|4|2|2|86|137 - 3|7|77|2|3|66
  • Rota (S4) *+
  • Rurik: Dawn of Kiev (Piecekeeper Games prototype) *
  • Dice Forge (S2)(M2)
  • Dawn: Rise of the Occulites (S1)
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
Week 39 - 9/24 - 9/30 - 7|6|1|1|84|135 - 3|5|75|0|0|65
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Abandon Planet *
  • Jarl
  • Mint Works
  • Tides of Madness (S1)
  • Hive (S1)
  • Pokemon (S3) +
Week 38 - 9/17 - 9/23 - 7|5|2|3|83|134 - 4|5|75|2|2|65
  • Monsters in the Darkness (Eric Pluff prototype) *
  • Looting MiniSkull Castle (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Pokemon (S2) +
  • Kingdomino (S1) *
  • Pirates, Ninjas, Robots, & Zombies (S1)(M1) +
  • Barnyard Roundup (S1)
  • Jarl (M1)
Week 37 - 9/10 - 9/16 - 20|17|10|11|81|131 - 2|4|74|2|2|65
  • Eight-Minute Empire *
  • CO-OP: the co-op game *
  • Dicey Goblins *
  • Tokaido *
  • Lift It (S1)(M1) +
  • Pokemon (S3) +
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
  • Middlin' (Randy Ekl prototype) *
  • Worship / Warship (Jason Brooks prototype) *
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Company of Thieves (Scott Starkey prototype) *
  • The Captain Dead: Episode 5 (JT Smith prototype) *
  • Polter-Heist (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Energy Empire Dice (Nate Jones prototype) *
  • Globalization (Dan Germain prototype) *
  • 8 Seconds (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Tanuki in the Garden (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Sea Dogs (Dave Fulton prototype) *
  • U.S.A.T. (Andrew Clark prototype) *
  • Get With the Program (Jordan Nardick prototype) *
Week 36 - 9/3 - 9/9 - 5|4|1|2|71|120 - 1|1|73|1|1|64
  • Polter-Heist (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Battle Ball (S1)(M1) +
  • Les Petits Pirates (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Hive *
  • Knot Dice *
Week 35 - 8/27 - 9/2 - 5|4|2|3|70|118 - 4|6|73|3|3|64
  • CO-OP: the co-op game (S1)(M1)
  • Eight-Minute Empire (S1)(M1)
  • Polter-Heist (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)(M1)
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Pokemon (S3) +
Week 34 - 8/20 - 8/26 - 8|6|2|2|68|115 - 6|7|70|33|61
  • Secret Hitler (S1)(M1)
  • The Resistance: Avalon
  • PWNs: A Game of Strategic Mayhem (S1)(M1)
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
  • Dice Forge (S1)
  • Kodama (S1)
  • KingDomino (S1)
  • Pokemon (S2) +
Week 33 - 8/13 - 8/19 - 10|5|1|3|66|113 - 4|7|68|4|8|60
  • FastTrack (S2)(M2) +
  • Grifters *
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Civicus Dice Game *
  • Battle Ball (S3)(M4)
  • Five Tribes
  • Pokemon (S1) +
  • Connect Four Launchers (M1) +
  • Splendor (M1) +
  • Words with Friends (S1) +
Week 32 - 8/6 - 8/12 - 5|5|4|4|65|110 - 1|1|66|0|0|58
  • Dice Forge (S1)
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Dawn: Rise of the Occulites *
  • Stone Casters (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • The Rivals for Catan *
Week 31 - 7/30 - 8/5 - 4|3|0|0|61|106 - 1|1|65|1|1|58
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1)
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)
  • The Brigade *
  • Qwirkle
Week 30 - 7/23 - 7/29 - 5|5|2|4|61|106 - 3|3|64|2|2|58
  • The Brigade (S1)(M1)
  • Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends (S1)
  • Citadels *
  • Pandemic: The Cure *
  • Kingdomino (S1)(M1)
Week 29 - 7/16 - 7/22 - 4|3|1|2|59|102 - 0|0|61|1|1|56
  • The Manhattan Project: Loaded Dice (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Scythe *
  • Dice of Crowns
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
Week 28 - 7/9 - 7/15 - 8|8|3|6|58|100 - 8|5|61|7|4|56
  • Between Two Cities
  • Prime Climb
  • Rollet (S3)(M3)
  • Nuns on the Run (S1)(M1)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cheese Touch (S2)(M2)
  • Kingdom Builder (S1)
  • Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends (M1)
  • Oceania (S1)
Week 27 - 7/2 - 7/8 - 11|8|0|2|55|94 - 3|1|58|10|5|53
  • Herbaceous
  • Pokemon (S3)(M2) +
  • FastTrack (M3) +
  • Chess (M2)
  • Checkers (M2) +
  • Jarl (M1) *
  • Carcassonne *
  • Splendor *
  • Death Wish *
  • Mint Works
  • Qwirkle *
Week 26 - 6/25 - 7/1 - 7|6|2|3|55|92 - 8|6|58|7|5|52
  • Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle (S2)(M2)
  • Secret Hitler (S2)(M2)
  • Shadows Over Camelot (S1)(M1)
  • Between Two Cities (S1)(M1)
  • Bottlecap Vikings (S1)(M1)
  • Element (S1) +
  • Lost Cities
Week 25 - 6/18 - 6/24 - 5|4|3|3|53|89 - 5|3|55|4|2|49
  • Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle (S3)(M3)
  • Sequence (S1) +
  • Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix (S1)(M1)
  • Sushi Go *
  • A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King *
Week 24 - 6/11 - 6/17 - 8|5|1|1|50|86 - 6|4|52|14|5|47
  • Fast Track (S2)(M6) +
  • Bugs in the Kitchen (M2) +
  • Potion Explosion (S1)
  • Secret Hitler (S2)(M4)
  • MiniSkull Quests (S1)(M1)
  • Between Two Cities *
  • Acquire *
  • Dungeons & Dragons (M1) +
Week 23 - 6/4 - 6/10 - 8|4|0|1|49|85 - 11|7|50|10|7|45
  • Tetris Link (S1)(M1) +
  • Tanuki in the Garden (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)(M1)
  • Roll to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • MiniSkull Quests (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)(M1)
  • Thinkblot (S1)(M1) +
  • Animal Upon Animal (S1)(M1) +
  • Fast Track (S4)(M4) +
  • Pocket Ops (S2)(M1)
Week 22 - 5/28 - 6/3 - 66|0|2|49|84 - 1|1|43|1|1|39
  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
  • Between Two Cities *
  • 7 Wonders *
  • Mint Works *
  • Carcassonne *
  • Mice & Mystics (M1)(S1)
Week 21 - 5/21 - 5/27 - 8|8|1|3|49|82 - 5|1|42|7|2|38
  • Temple Run: Danger Chase (S4)(M4)
  • Race to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Princes of Florence *
  • Between Two Cities *
  • Pocket Ops *
  • Mole Rats in Space (S1)
  • Qwixx *
  • F.U.S.E. (M3)
Week 20 - 5/14 - 5/20 - 4|3|1|1|48|78 - 1|1|41|2|2|36
  • Lucidity: Six Sided Nightmares *
  • Pocket Ops *
  • Dice of Crowns (S1)(M1)
  • Hive (M1) +
Week 19 - 5/7 - 5/13 - 7|6|3|3|47|77 - 2|2|41|2|2|35
  • Archmage: Origins
  • Lucidity: Six Sided Nightmares (S1)(M1)
  • Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game (S1)(M1) +
  • Between Two Cities *
  • Element *
  • Blood Rage *
  • Clank! Sunken Treasures *
Week 18 - 4/30 - 5/6 - 3|3|1|3|44|74 - 2|2|40|1|1|33
  • Graveyards, Ghosts & Haunted Houses (S1)(M1)
  • To Reign Supreme (GJJ Games Prototype) *
  • Lucidity: Six Sided Nightmares (S1)
Week 17 - 4/23 - 4/29 - 6|4|2|4|43|71 - 3|3|38|1|1|32
  • Yahtzee (S1)(M1) +
  • Concentration (S1) +
  • Archmage: Origins *
  • Acquire * (first time played in about 25 years)
  • Fluxx *
  • Carcassonne: Gold Rush (S1)
Week 16 - 4/16 - 4/22 - 6|5|0|0|41|67 - 10|4|36|4|4|32
  • Yahtzee (S1)(M1)
  • Wanted Earth (M1)
  • Rollet (S7)(M1)
  • Mole Rats in Space (S1)
  • Roll to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Mint Works (S1)(M1)
Week 15 - 4/9 - 4/15 - 9|7|4|5|41|67 - 3|2|34|4|1|28
  • Pokemon (S2)(M4) +
  • Manhattan Project: Chain Reaction *
  • Civicus: Dice Game *
  • Roll Player *
  • Ice and the Sky *
  • Qwirkle *
  • Qwixx
  • Settlers of Catan Jr. (S1) +
  • Roll to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype)
Week 14 - 4/2 - 4/8 - 15|12|2|8|37|62 - 10|7|33|8|6|28
  • Feline Frenzy (Rod Currie prototype) *
  • Cybertopia (Alex Hinnes prototype) *
  • Town Gates (Daryl Kessler prototype) *
  • Bounty Hunters (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Mole Rats in Space (S3)
  • Manaforge (S1)(M1)
  • Ingenious (S1)(M1)
  • Patchwork
  • Dice of Crowns (S1)(M1)
  • Pirates, Ninjas, Robots, & Zombies (S1)(M1)
  • Yahtzee
  • Connect Four (S1)(M3) +
  • Othello (S2) +
  • Sorry (M1) +
  • Qwixx
Week 13 - 3/26 - 4/1 - 22|18|11|13|35|54 - 18|6|28|13|4|23
  • Race to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)
  • Connect 4 Launchers (S1) +
  • Bounty Hunters (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Wacky Wacky West *
  • Wanted Earth (S1) + (Sam played part of a game.)
  • Mole Rats in Space (M1)(S3)
  • Prime Location (Randy & Maxine Ekl prototype) *
  • Les Petits Pirates (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • 8 Seconds (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • The King is Coming (Daryl Kessler prototype) *
  • Evil Medieval (Kevin Jones prototype) *
  • Elemental Tempest (Troy Pichelman prototype) *
  • Stock Tricker (Rod Currie prototype) *
  • Envy (Beth/Scott Harris prototype) *
  • Unnamed farming game (Beth/Scott Harris prototype) *
  • Farts are Funny (Troy Pichelman prototype) *
  • MiniSkull Quests (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Pluto Attacks (Troy Pichelman prototype) *
  • Roll Player: Monsters & Minions (Thunderworks Games prototype) *
  • Omicron Battles  (Troy Pichelman prototype) *
  • Checkers (S1)(M1) +
  • Chess (S1)(M1) +
  • Tic-Tac-Toe (S10)(M10) +
Week 12 - 3/19 - 3/25 - 8|6|1|2|24|41 - 5|5|24|0|0|20
  • Race to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)
  • Herbaceous (S1)
  • Battleship (S1) +
  • Get Bit (S1) +
  • Les Petits Pirates (S1)
  • Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deckbuilding Game *
  • Manaforge *
  • Fortune and Glory *
Week 11 - 3/12 - 3/18 - 10|6|1|3|23|39 - 9|4|20|8|5|20
  • Roll Player *
  • Pokemon (S3)(M3) +
  • 7 Wonders (with the Leaders expansion) *
  • Herbaceous (M1)
  • MiniSkull Quests (GJJ Games prototype) (M1)
  • Connect 4 Launchers (S3)(M2) +
  • Chess (S2) +
  • Magic: The Gathering (M1) +
  • Bridges to Nowhere
  • Race to the Moons (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)
Week 10 - 3/5 - 3/11 - 5|4|1|2|22|36 - 3|3|18|0|0|17
  • Bounty Hunters (GJJ Games prototype) (S1)
  • Robot Turtles (S1) +
  • Wanted Earth *
  • MiniSkull Quests (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Dragon Dodge (S1)
Week 9 - 2/26 - 3/4 - 7|6|2|3|21|34 - 1|1|16|2|2|17
  • Element (S1)
  • MintWorks *
  • Pokemon (M1) +
  • Tsuro (M1)
  • Manaforge *
  • Dice Derbi *
  • Bounty Hunters (GJJ Games prototype)
Week 8 - 2/19 - 2/25 - 8|7|3|5|19|31 - 8|5|16|4|2|15
  • Dice of Crowns *
  • Heroes and Tricks *
  • Bridges to Nowhere (S1)
  • MintWorks (S2)
  • Kingdom Builder (S1)(M1)
  • Blokus (S1) +
  • The Resistance: Avalon *
  • Happy Pigs *
  • Connect 4 Launchers (S3)(M3) +
Week 7 - 2/12 - 2/18 - 2|2|2|2|16|28 - 1|1|12|1|1|13
  • Bounty Hunters (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Dice of Crowns (S1)(M1)
Week 6 - 2/5 - 2/11 - 3|2|1|1|14|26 - 3|2|13|0|0|12
  • Race to the Moons *
  • Kingdom Builder (S1)
  • Battle Sheep (S2) +
Week 5 - 1/29 - 2/4 - 6|4|1|2|13|25 - 8|2|11|6|3|12
  • Element (S7)(M4)
  • Dragon Dodge (S1)
  • Bugs in the Kitchen (M1) +
  • Apples to Apples (M1) +
  • Tiki Island *
  • Alien Entity *
Week 4 - 1/22 - 1/28 - 5|3|1|2|12|23 - 5|3|9|3|1|9
  • Bugs in the Kitchen (S1) +
  • Splendor (S1)
  • Connect Four Launchers (M3)(S3) +
  • Rabbit Island *
  • Element *
Week 3 - 1/15 - 1/21 - 13|11|5|11|11|21 - 5|2|6|5|4|8
  • Carcassonne
  • Greedy Claw (M1)(S3)
  • Cauldron Quest (M2)(S2)
  • Chess (M1) +
  • Blokus (M1) +
  • Vampires & Villagers: The Curse of Christoph *
  • Alien Entity *
  • Rabbit Island *
  • Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deckbuilding Game *
  • 8 Seconds (GJJ Games prototype) *
  • Tides of Madness *
  • Kemet *
  • Cavern Tavern *
Week 2 - 1/8 - 1/14 - 6|5|3|5|6|10 - 1|1|4|1|1|4
  • Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game *
  • Clank! *
  • Potion Explosion *
  • Pyramid Arcade: Volcano *
  • Colt Express *
  • Happy Pigs (M1)(S1)
Week 1 - 1/1 - 1/7 - 6|5|3|5|3|5 - 3|3|3|3|3|3
  • Mice & Mystics (M1)(S1)
  • Race to the Moons (M1)(S1) (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Snowball Fight (S1) (GJJ Games prototype)
  • Otrio *
  • Quarto *
  • Beasts of Balance (M1) +

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