2024 Wargame Trend
Acquired many more games as compared to previous years. If there was a trend it likely is “The Year of the Foreign” as in many more games were sourced from companies or designers outside the United States.
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 Wargame Items Acquired in 2024 – 74 (73% of total)
- Core Wargames Acquired in 2024 – 55 (73% of Wargames)
- Wargame Expansions Acquired in 2024 – 19 (26% of Wargames)
- Total Wargame costs for 2024 – $1,669.41
- Average Wargame cost for 2024 – $22.56
Costs does not include taxes or shipping.
Compared to 2023 I acquired 78% more wargames (74 in 2024 compared to 41 in 2023) in 2024. I also spent 45% more ($1590.41 in 2024 compared to $1148.21 in 2023). That said, my cost-per-game decreased 21% ($22.56 in 2024 compared to $28.01 in 2023). Of the games acquired in 2024, 34% were free as compared to 17% in 2023.
Core Wargames
- Core Wargames (less reprints) published in 2024 – 35
- Core Wargames (less reprints) published 2023 or earlier – 19
- Core Wargame reprints published in 2024 – 9
- Most expensive Wargame acquired in 2024 – Panzer: North Africa (GMT Games, 2024) – $95.00
- Core Wargames for no cost – 22
Costs does not include taxes or shipping.
Wargame expansions
- Wargame expansions (less reprints) published in 2024 – 4
- Wargame expansions (less reprints) published 2023 or earlier – 14
- Wargame expansion reprints published in 2024 – 1
- Most expensive Wargame expansion acquired in 2024 – The Ironclads Expansion Kit (Yaquinto, 1980) – $26.99
- Wargame expansions for no cost – 2
Costs does not include taxes shipping.
Wargames by Era
- Wargame era most acquired in 2024 – WORLD WAR II = 19
- Ancients/Middle Ages 2 / Gunpowder 1 / ACW 2 / Interwar 1 / World War II 19 / Cold War 14 / Modern 15 / Sci-fi 16 / Multi 2
Wargames by Publisher
- Total Wargame publishers acquired from in 2024 – 40
- Most Acquired Wargame Publisher – Art of War Games (9)
- Foreign Publishers Acquired from in 2024 – 16 (40% of all publishers)
- Foreign published wargames acquired in 2024 – 39 (52% of all wargames acquired in 2024)
Feature image by RMN
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