I haven’t published a BGG rank change report since this time last year, I guess because (aside from one demo and one campaign-length game using Tabletop Simulator) I haven’t been playing board games during quarantine. The prospect of trying out a bunch of new games in person with friends still seems a ways off. Anyway, here are the games that seem to have moved up a lot in the rankings this year. The usual caveats about re-categorized games, second editions, etc. still apply.
Fast, positive movers among 'Board games': 017 (+483) Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion 045 (+455) Maracaibo 054 (+446) The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine 055 (+414) Marvel Champions: The Card Game 073 (+427) On Mars 078 (+422) Barrage 083 (+417) Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated 084 (+416) Paladins of the West Kingdom 087 (+413) Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 110 (+260) Pax Pamir (Second Edition) 139 (+198) Res Arcana 142 (+358) Cartographers 155 (+345) The Isle of Cats 167 (+120) Just One 177 (+323)
I’ve been binging ‘speculative fiction’ films from the 1920s, selecting favorites just as I did the 1970s –more or less according to the rules for nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation . The 20s may be the earliest decade where there’s enough SF/F or Horror for me to report a year-by-year favorites list. In fact, it’s hard to do for the 20s too, because–on top of many films being lost–many “classics” are either not my cup of tea (sorry Metropolis ) or else too problematic to be fun.