10 for 10 Board Game Challenge


RoboRally board game
You bet I want to play this 10 times. There are bunch of maps we have yet to play.

I just heard about the 10 for 10 board game challenge and I think it sounds like a great idea.

The challenge is to pick 10 games and play them 10 times each during 2014.

Why does this sound so awesome to me?

Because with the nature of reviewing board games, we often play a wide number of games. But that also means our game playing time is frequently taken by learning new games rather than just playing games we love.

So this type of challenge will force me to ‘slow down’ a bit and focus on games I love and would love to play more of anyway. It can also let us dive deeper into games and try different strategies.

Plus (drafting off of our post earlier this week) it will be a great way to simply enjoy time with my kids by playing games we already know we love.

K2 board game
Maybe my climbers will survive if I play K2 more.

Regular followers of our board game blog will also know that I already keep track of the games we play through BoardGameGeek.com. (That’s what drives the widget in our sidebar showing which games we’ve played recently.)

And twice each year I give an update on the number of different games I’ve played and highlight those I’ve played the most. So even though I just heard about this challenge, I can include games I’ve already played from January.

Looking at that list, there are already 3 games that I’ve played more than 10 times this year:

And not far behind are a number of games that I’ve already played 5 times:

Memoir '44 board game
You bet I’ll play Memoir ’44 at least 10 times this year.

With that type of start to the challenge, I’d say I’m well on my way to completing it. I’m very confident that I’ll reach 10 plays with Gravwell, Memoir ’44, and Kingdom Builder in the next couple of months. (I hope to play Memoir ’44 a lot more than 10 times this year.)

So to make it really feel like a challenge to me at this stage, I guess I need to tweak it a bit.

With 7 months to go in the year, I’m going to pick 7 other games to play 10 times before the end of the year.

7 Wonders card game
7 Wonders is definitely on the list.
And I’m not going to pick “easy” games just to check the challenge box as complete. By “easy” games, I don’t mean games that aren’t challenging. I mean board games that only take 5 to 10 minutes to play and that we can play a lot back-to-back. These would include games like Hive, Tsuro, YINSH, City Square Off, Pentago, or Quarto.

Since there are a ton of games I love, it’s a tough list to keep to just 7. So I’ll keep with the essence of this challenge which is really about playing games that may not get to the table as much as we’d like.

Here are the 7 games I want to play 10 times before the end of the year:

  • Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (love the 2-player tension from either side)
  • K2 (newly played this year, and want to play a bunch more)
  • RoboRally (played a bunch, but still haven’t tried all the maps yet)
  • Sequence (easy for back-to-back, but one of mom’s favorites)
  • Pandemic (it hasn’t hit the table for too long)
  • Carcassonne (love it, but doesn’t get to the table often enough)
  • 7 Wonders (only fitting for a list of 7)

What are the board games or card games you’d put on your 10 for 10 challenge list?

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7 thoughts on “10 for 10 Board Game Challenge

  • I love RoboRally! As a computer programmer, I had to buy it years ago. It’s so much fun with a lot of people, because everyone makes mistakes, which leads to all kinds of chaos.

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    • David – RoboRally is definitely a ton of fun with a lot of people.

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  • Cool idea!

    Right now my top 5 plays for the year are:
    Bang! – 16 plays,
    Amerigo – 13,
    Dominion – 10,
    Caverna – 9,
    Robinson Crusoe – 8

    Power Grid, X-Wing and 7 Wonders are also in my list of most played for the year and I’m sure I’ll hit those at least 10 times before the year is out.

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    • Eric – That’s a great list.
      I wish I could get in 10 plays of Power Grid.
      It’s one of my favorite board games, but I just can’t get it to the table often enough because of the length.

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  • hmm if i had someone to play with me I think my 10 picks would be

    Settlers of Catan
    Carcassonne
    Roll Through the Ages
    Ingenious
    Ticket to Ride
    Dominion
    P.I.
    Forbidden Island
    Zooloretto
    Las Vegas

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    • Susanna – that’s a great list of 10 to play.

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  • no challege to hard for me🥰🤭

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