Global most played board games over time from 2000 to 2023

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10 ай бұрын

Bar chart race of unique user plays recorded on boardgamegeek.com (smoothed out a bit). It's fascinating how game playing trends change over time.
BGG recorded plays: boardgamegeek.com/plays/bygam...
A few top games over time: Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Agricola, Dominion, 7 Wonders, Splendor, Terraforming Mars, Azul, Wingspan, Ark Nova.
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@nerdymove 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! BGG recorded plays: boardgamegeek.com/plays/bygame/subtype/All/start/2023-08-01/end/2023-08-31?sortby=distinctusers

@nicotti 10 ай бұрын

Perhaps equally as interesting is watching how the website traffic to the site increases from a few hundred to 125k.

@rappscallion3238 9 ай бұрын

According to stats from BGG. Sadly, this is not a reflection of reality, only board game nerds like me who actually log their play. Outside of that I'd wager games like Monopoly is the still leader by a mile.

@andymcguire237 9 ай бұрын

Exactly my thought; this data seems like the world left Monopoly behind decades ago and now everyone is playing Wingspan and Ark Nova every family game night. In reality, the average person on the street has never heard of those games.

@maximilianomartinmassera9609 16 күн бұрын

no one is playing monopoly, small childs are playing cel games, adults are playing boardgames

@alwaysplaythegame 14 күн бұрын

True, and it underrepresents games that are big enough to have their own websites for content such as Magic the Gathering (which avoids BGG almost entirely but would be on the list if using any metric).

@Tr3yWill 14 күн бұрын

The most played game at the board game cafe I work at is Battleship. A lot of young couples come in, and that is the most popular, easy classic game pick.

@Krian_The_Demon Сағат бұрын

+I guess they don't account for board role play games, dnd and pathfinder would be on top aswell

@samirjafri191 14 күн бұрын

Ok, who was logging CHESS on BGG? I am guessing that people still play chess the most, but BGG was taken over by board game hobbyists. It's also weird how I felt happy when I saw that I had played so many of the games on the list.

@craigsomerton2359 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating to see how much the hobby has expanded over the years. The dramatic rise in numbers can probably be attributed to apps like BGStats that makes logging plays so easy. It is interesting witching the ebb and flow and how so many people embrace the cult of the new. Only one game stayed in the list the whole time - Carcassonne.

@Webhead123 9 ай бұрын

Very cool idea. Thank you for putting this together. Just goes to show how varied the hobby is and how quickly things can rise and fall in popularity and how different the exposure of the enthusiast (BGG) community is from the casual, mass-market player.

@BenetTribble 15 күн бұрын

This is an amazing video, nicely done! I should try Azul!

@allthingsgood00 8 күн бұрын

Great content! Would also be interesting to see total cumulative plays. A slower changing list, no doubt, but interesting to see nonetheless!

@jester42100 11 күн бұрын

Awesome very fun!!! Thanks for putting together!!

@iangc49 16 күн бұрын

Dune Imperium surpassing Arnak is the best part 😂

@andrewhazlewood4569 15 күн бұрын

Citadels stayed in the top list for years.

@AARonInRealLife 9 күн бұрын

I like how Root pokes its head out for a second.

@Shura-23 7 күн бұрын

So that's why I don't know yet,is it worth to buy Root or not?

@Edwinschuur Күн бұрын

@@Shura-23It is worth it if you have a group of the same people to play it with. The reach is very long since each faction plays totally different. Also because of this you want to learn together the game. Else someone with much more experience will stomp the other players.

@willomalley7619 13 күн бұрын

Mtg plays usually weekly across the globe and doesnt have as many monthly plays as carcassone?? Especially with arena i would expect it to be higher though a game is usually 1v1 where you could.have 6 play some board games

@angelofabris1538 9 күн бұрын

The stats are based in bgg. I play magic and never recorded my matches in The app

@stanize 8 ай бұрын

Accurate or not, That was fun to watch, Thanks!

@WrestlingTournamentsDotCom Күн бұрын

Chess is definitely the most played board game the world; and it's not close.

@SenorVilla 16 күн бұрын

What an interesting video! I love the staying power of Carcassonne, vs other games that quickly raise to the top only to go straight back down. If you're looking for titles that would not confuse people outside the hobby, I would suggest something like "Most played board games from 2000 to 2023 (According to BGG)".

@NemmyBlade 9 ай бұрын

Ark Nova, such a good game!

@DanLyndon 7 күн бұрын

How does this have any correlation to reality? Like, obviously chess is the most played game, but nobody is logging chess games onto BGG.

@kerovan14 9 ай бұрын

SUPER Idea 😎

@brentottoson6974 14 күн бұрын

There's recorded games then there's reality. A heavy game like Power Grid being at the top is hard to swallow. Toward the the end seems more reasonable but without Root which was and is YUGE. I own a good number of the games listed. Personal faves: Everdell, Citadels and Dominion. If you can get your hands on it, Echidna Shuffle is deceivingly deeper than you would initially think.

@Edwinschuur Күн бұрын

How often can you get Root to the table and how often can you get Carcassonne or Cascadia on the table? For Root you need a specific group of gamers

@loumika820 6 ай бұрын

Carcassonne never leave the top20... in 23Years. thats impressiv. Cool Video.

@mister.green8598 2 күн бұрын

No Zombicide ? 😢

@noeldelamesaredonda6226 8 күн бұрын

De dónde será ese ranking Seguro de USA Aquí nunca ví a nadie que jugará catan el 2000 😅😅 Siempre los más jugados fueron los clásicos como monopoly o clue De los recientes si estaría de acuerdo que azul o cascadia son muy jugados Pero ark Nova ?? Casi nadie conoce, Recién están conociendo Catan 😂😅

@rickrivers2021 13 күн бұрын

I haven't even heard of most of these lol

@williamchurch8401 14 күн бұрын

Fun!

@marcelinebeckerrosas9023 15 күн бұрын

Nooooooooooooooooo Root was barely in sight Tu T , but well, at least appeared :´3 , and i definitely buy Wingspan, i knew it was good, but oof, is really really good askldjlakmdsa Also, Azul is a must-have game, easy to play, simple and quick, one of the better games ever

@dylan8670 14 күн бұрын

IMO Azul is the most overrated game of the decade

@tolperi48 12 күн бұрын

You don't need to buy wingspan, when you can buy wingspan with dragons 😊

@nobodyjr8413 9 ай бұрын

Catan:🗿🗿🗿

@Robert_Paprika 16 күн бұрын

Whatever we say about Catan, it's one of the most influencial game ever and it deserve respect

@egg1053 10 ай бұрын

the fact that ive never played any of these board games 💀

@ZachPetch 10 ай бұрын

Totally. My ignorant self clicked this video assuming I’d see Monopoly overtaken by Cranium around 2003, with then scrabble going in and out of popularity.

@nerdymove 10 ай бұрын

Traditional games don't usually get logged. As for Monopoly, there are for sure much better games out there.

@egg1053 10 ай бұрын

@@nerdymove and to be fair i dont play that many boardgames past the traditional ones my mom has had since college lol

@erniesulovic4734 10 ай бұрын

Wow, wasn't expecting those results. I'll never buy Ticket to Ride. I work on trains for a living. Dont want a game that reminds me of my job, thanks. Spend enough time there already. Birds don't interest me in the slightest so WingSpan is totally out for me. Same with Ark Nova. Since I am looking at light, easy games as new to them and for my Mrs and 8yo granddaughter, not into any competitive games as they are deadly in rships so more into the coop type. The closest on the list I have is Carcassonne and yet to play as moving overseas to be with my Mrs and family.

@nerdymove 10 ай бұрын

Cool! I might do a list for 8 year olds and another for coop games.

@erniesulovic4734 10 ай бұрын

@@nerdymove That would be awesome Nerdy 🙂

@dolantremp 9 ай бұрын

Splendor is easy and fun

@erniesulovic4734 9 ай бұрын

@@dolantremp Thanks for the heads up 😀

@wyatth2992 14 күн бұрын

The Loop is a fun co-op game. It has a decent amount of variability as well.

@Chris.M 4 күн бұрын

You never been to a chess tournament

@chriscookesuffolk 9 ай бұрын

Not sure what I'm looking at tbh

@pjarnfelt 9 ай бұрын

It says it. Monthly plays logged by unique users. Generally, you can just see it as popularity of games over time.

@maxslain4543 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video but the title is very misleading (read, untrue). These aren't the most played board games during this time period. One has to select the video, then read the description to learn that it's only plays that have been recorded on one specific website. I'm not saying it's clickbait but...

@nerdymove 10 ай бұрын

Fair enough! Source is displayed in the video but am still looking for the best way to name videos without them becoming an entire paragraph long :)

@jfducusin7186 10 ай бұрын

nah the title is not that misleading

@maxslain4543 10 ай бұрын

It's only misleading in that it's wrong :D

@rjfsimoes 9 ай бұрын

It's not 'wrong' at all.@@maxslain4543 Everyone knows BGG is the reference website regarding modern board games, by far. So the source is as reliable as it's possible to obtain anywhere by anyone. The title is not misleading, and the video is EXTREMELY interesting. Do not troll on a very positive contribution by @nerdymove.

@edwardrice9170 9 ай бұрын

This data is very misleading as it only shows the data from the place that has the most number of users and data recorded for this statistic...what about all the people that play games and don't tell anyone. Very misleading.

@chrisk_04 2 сағат бұрын

Most played by nerds

@lucaspastori8321 Күн бұрын

Magic is not a board game but whatever.

@jdotco23 9 ай бұрын

That was not the cleanest video. Too quick, and it's not really clear what I'm really looking at. Unique gamers only? Or could it be the same unique user with multiple plays of the same game? Physical game sessions only? Or online, too? Dominion has its own online site, and I highly doubt those plays are getting logged on BGG, but that would've kept it on this the entire time, I imagine.

@pjarnfelt 9 ай бұрын

These types of videos are very common on the internet and I think the format is fine. And yes it's logged plays on BGG only, not a comprehensive guide to all played games ever. Then it would be monopoly, monopoly monopoly sadly.

@DanLyndon 7 күн бұрын

@@pjarnfelt I'm pretty sure chess is a great deal more popular than monopoly.