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Ashley’s 2015 10×10 Challenge
I love playing table top games. Board games, card games, role playing games — I enjoy them all. I also enjoy collecting games. This is where the problem emerges. I own a large collection of table top games, most of which have only been played once or never. That is why this year I am participating in BoardGameGeek’s 10×10 Challenge!
The Challenge
A big chuck of our board game collection
The 10×10 Challenge started as a way to encourage gamers to play games in their collections several times. To participate in the challenge you select ten games to play ten times within the year. There are two versions of the Challenge: Hardcore and Normal. In the Hardcore version, you select ten games plus one alternative and you cannot change your selection later in the year. In the Normal Challenge you may swap out titles. I am going to try the Hardcore Challenge.
For more details on how to participate go here.
The Games
Games selected for the 10×10 Challenge
Now that we have a little one, I imagine completing the Challenge is going to be really difficult, but I look forward to giving this a go! Here is a list of the games we selected for the 10×10 Challenge:
1. Star Wars Imperial Assault
WARNING: The play logs may include campaign spoilers!
2. Mice and Mystics
3. Lewis and Clark
4. Five Tribes
5. Suburbia
6. Machi Koro
7. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
8. Thunderstone Worlds Collide
Unfortunately, I do not have my copy of Thunderstone! I placed a large CoolStuffInc order containing a preorder back in August. That preordered product has been delayed to this month so here’s to hoping I see a package soon!
Update: The package has arrived!
Thunderstone Advance
9. The Duke
10. Theseus: The Dark Orbit
My alternative game is Coconuts
Play Log
I will keep this post updated with our progress throughout the year as we work on completing the Challenge!
Play #1 (January 3, 2015)
Imperial Assault Play #1 – The Rebel Alliance successfully thwarted the Empire’s plans once again.
Play #2 (January 3, 2015)
Imperial Assault Play #2 – Chewbacca has joined the Rebel’s cause.
Play #3 (January 9, 2015)
Theseus: The Dark Orbit Play #1 – The Space Marines defeated the aliens and all their tentacles.
Play #4 (January 10, 2015)
Imperial Assault Play #3 – The Rebels fall back as reinforcements for the Imperials arrive. 5 player game including the Imperial player.
Play #5 (January 17, 2015)
Theseus: The Dark Orbit Play #2 – 2 vs 2 team play.
Play #6 (January 24, 2015)
Machi Koro Play #1 – 5 Player game with the Harbor expansion. A 5 player game really overstays its welcome.
Play #7 (January 27, 2015)
Machi Koro Play #2 – A 2 player game of Machi Koro plus Harbor expansion. I pretty much dominated the game. Less chaotic than the 5 player game.
Play #8 (January 31, 2015)
Machi Koro Play #2 – Another 2 player game of Machi Koro plus Harbor expansion. It was another runaway leader game.
Play #9 (February 1, 2015)
Thunderstone Advance Play #1 – 2 Player game. Midway through we realized we were playing it wrong :/
Play #10 (February 8, 2015)
Thunderstone Advance Play #2 – 2 player game.
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All of these games look awesome! The one game I have that I haven’t played is super dungeon explorer. Shinichi and I definitely need to fit that in once before the nugget comes!
Definitely do that before the nugget arrives. 🙂 And you have to try Imperial Assault! I think you’ll love it. In February we must make that happen!