Boardgame Bulletin 24-17 ~ 2024 boardgames by the numbers

2024 Boardgame Trend

Acquired fewer games and (not surprisingly) spent less overall. That is still a bit of a misleading statement; I acquired fewer games, more of what I acquired was free, yet my cost-per-game increased in 2024 meaning the few games I did purchase were much more expensive than in years past. Will have to see if the greater cost for fewer games translates into better games overall.

A reminder that my “Acquisition Year” is December 25, 2023 through December 24, 2024.

Grand Totals

• Total Game Items (less RPG) Acquired in 2024 – 102
• Total Boardgames Acquired in 2024 – 10 (10% of total)
• Core Boardgames Acquired in 2024 – 10 (100% of Boardgames)
• Boardgame Expansions Acquired in 2024 – 0
• Total Boardgame costs for 2024 – $295.16
• Average Boardgame cost for 2024 – $29.52

Costs does not include taxes or shipping.

Compared to 2023 I acquired 42% less boardgames (10 in 2024 compared to 17 in 2023). I also spent 40% less ($295.16 in 2024 compared to $489.24 in 2023). Of the boardgames acquired in 2024, 50% were free as compared to 23.5% in 2023. All that said, my cost-per-game rose 2% ($29.52 in 2024 compared to $28.79 in 2023).

Core Boardgames

• Core Boardgames (less reprints) published in 2024 – 4
• Core Boardgames (less reprints) published 2023 or earlier – 5
• Core Boardgame reprints published in 2024 – 1
• Most expensive Boardgame acquired in 2024 – $89.47 (DUNE: War for Arrakis)
• Core Boardgames for no cost – 5

Costs does not include taxes or shipping.

Boardgames by Category

[While admittedly very imperfect, I generally categorize my boardgames as they are crowdsourced on BoardGameGeek.]

• Boardgame category most acquired in 2024 – Strategy (5)
• Abstract 3 / Family 1 / Strategy 5 / Thematic 1

Boardgames by Publisher

• Total boardgame publishers acquired from in 2024 – 8
• Most Acquired Publisher – 3 (Korea Board Game Co.)

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