Hi.
A couple of years ago, BGA had a list of the available games and how many were currently playing these games. I miss that list, because it pointed me in the direction of what new game to play next.
This list was removed, so today I scraped BGA and made a snapshot of the currently most popular games.
Below is top 20 in plays, plays per day and plays per day of minimum one year old games. The complete lists can be found here:
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-plays.txt
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-plays-per-day.txt
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-p ... 1-year.txt
Sorted by plays
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 1217
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | December 1, 2021
2. cantstop | 19,091,714 | January 5, 2011
3. yatzy | 16,419,403 | May 27, 2013
4. raceforthegalaxy | 16,256,622 | November 30, 2010
5. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | September 28, 2022
6. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | November 14, 2016
7. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | September 30, 2020
8. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | July 7, 2018
9. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | September 2, 2020
10. hanabi | 10,278,164 | November 18, 2014
11. arknova | 10,267,766 | May 24, 2023
12. seasons | 10,164,908 | July 24, 2012
13. splendor | 9,536,765 | April 28, 2021
14. sechsnimmt | 8,182,701 | December 25, 2013
15. wingspan | 8,171,405 | September 14, 2022
16. cubirds | 7,284,715 | March 24, 2021
17. backgammon | 7,093,874 | September 9, 2014
18. catan | 7,005,011 | June 22, 2022
19. kingdomino | 6,662,503 | June 24, 2019
20. stoneage | 5,620,360 | March 9, 2011
Sorted by plays per day
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 1217
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | December 1, 2021 | 16161.93
2. cantstop | 19,091,714 | January 5, 2011 | 3465.55
3. yatzy | 16,419,403 | May 27, 2013 | 3541.72
4. raceforthegalaxy | 16,256,622 | November 30, 2010 | 2931.76
5. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | September 28, 2022 | 12461.95
6. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | November 14, 2016 | 4144.38
7. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | September 30, 2020 | 6484.49
8. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | July 7, 2018 | 4177.79
9. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | September 2, 2020 | 5788.83
10. hanabi | 10,278,164 | November 18, 2014 | 2509.32
11. arknova | 10,267,766 | May 24, 2023 | 10403.01
12. seasons | 10,164,908 | July 24, 2012 | 2056.42
13. splendor | 9,536,765 | April 28, 2021 | 5471.47
14. sechsnimmt | 8,182,701 | December 25, 2013 | 1849.62
15. wingspan | 8,171,405 | September 14, 2022 | 6595.16
16. cubirds | 7,284,715 | March 24, 2021 | 4097.14
17. backgammon | 7,093,874 | September 9, 2014 | 1702.80
18. catan | 7,005,011 | June 22, 2022 | 5294.79
19. kingdomino | 6,662,503 | June 24, 2019 | 2756.52
20. stoneage | 5,620,360 | March 9, 2011 | 1032.02
Sorted by plays per day (min. one year old)
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 906
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | 16,161.9 | December 1, 2021
2. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | 12,462.0 | September 28, 2022
3. arknova | 10,267,766 | 10,403.0 | May 24, 2023
4. wingspan | 8,171,405 | 6,595.2 | September 14, 2022
5. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | 6,484.5 | September 30, 2020
6. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | 5,788.8 | September 2, 2020
7. terraformingmars | 3,761,843 | 5,540.3 | March 27, 2024
8. splendor | 9,536,765 | 5,471.5 | April 28, 2021
9. catan | 7,005,011 | 5,294.8 | June 22, 2022
10. harmonies | 2,224,161 | 4,236.5 | August 28, 2024
11. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | 4,177.8 | July 7, 2018
12. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | 4,144.4 | November 14, 2016
13. forestshuffle | 3,682,030 | 4,141.8 | August 30, 2023
14. cubirds | 7,284,715 | 4,097.1 | March 24, 2021
15. altered | 1,894,707 | 3,812.3 | September 25, 2024
16. yatzy | 16,419,403 | 3,541.7 | May 27, 2013
17. cantstop | 19,091,714 | 3,465.5 | January 5, 2011
18. tickettorideeurope | 2,520,152 | 3,247.6 | December 21, 2023
19. itsawonderfulworld | 3,572,123 | 3,169.6 | January 4, 2023
20. castlecombo | 1,626,083 | 3,139.2 | September 4, 2024
A couple of years ago, BGA had a list of the available games and how many were currently playing these games. I miss that list, because it pointed me in the direction of what new game to play next.
This list was removed, so today I scraped BGA and made a snapshot of the currently most popular games.
Below is top 20 in plays, plays per day and plays per day of minimum one year old games. The complete lists can be found here:
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-plays.txt
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-plays-per-day.txt
http://www.larssommer.dk/bga-games-by-p ... 1-year.txt
Sorted by plays
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 1217
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | December 1, 2021
2. cantstop | 19,091,714 | January 5, 2011
3. yatzy | 16,419,403 | May 27, 2013
4. raceforthegalaxy | 16,256,622 | November 30, 2010
5. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | September 28, 2022
6. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | November 14, 2016
7. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | September 30, 2020
8. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | July 7, 2018
9. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | September 2, 2020
10. hanabi | 10,278,164 | November 18, 2014
11. arknova | 10,267,766 | May 24, 2023
12. seasons | 10,164,908 | July 24, 2012
13. splendor | 9,536,765 | April 28, 2021
14. sechsnimmt | 8,182,701 | December 25, 2013
15. wingspan | 8,171,405 | September 14, 2022
16. cubirds | 7,284,715 | March 24, 2021
17. backgammon | 7,093,874 | September 9, 2014
18. catan | 7,005,011 | June 22, 2022
19. kingdomino | 6,662,503 | June 24, 2019
20. stoneage | 5,620,360 | March 9, 2011
Sorted by plays per day
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 1217
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | December 1, 2021 | 16161.93
2. cantstop | 19,091,714 | January 5, 2011 | 3465.55
3. yatzy | 16,419,403 | May 27, 2013 | 3541.72
4. raceforthegalaxy | 16,256,622 | November 30, 2010 | 2931.76
5. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | September 28, 2022 | 12461.95
6. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | November 14, 2016 | 4144.38
7. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | September 30, 2020 | 6484.49
8. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | July 7, 2018 | 4177.79
9. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | September 2, 2020 | 5788.83
10. hanabi | 10,278,164 | November 18, 2014 | 2509.32
11. arknova | 10,267,766 | May 24, 2023 | 10403.01
12. seasons | 10,164,908 | July 24, 2012 | 2056.42
13. splendor | 9,536,765 | April 28, 2021 | 5471.47
14. sechsnimmt | 8,182,701 | December 25, 2013 | 1849.62
15. wingspan | 8,171,405 | September 14, 2022 | 6595.16
16. cubirds | 7,284,715 | March 24, 2021 | 4097.14
17. backgammon | 7,093,874 | September 9, 2014 | 1702.80
18. catan | 7,005,011 | June 22, 2022 | 5294.79
19. kingdomino | 6,662,503 | June 24, 2019 | 2756.52
20. stoneage | 5,620,360 | March 9, 2011 | 1032.02
Sorted by plays per day (min. one year old)
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Generated: 4.2.2026, 09.08.17
Number of games: 906
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1. azul | 24,663,098 | 16,161.9 | December 1, 2021
2. tickettoride | 15,265,892 | 12,462.0 | September 28, 2022
3. arknova | 10,267,766 | 10,403.0 | May 24, 2023
4. wingspan | 8,171,405 | 6,595.2 | September 14, 2022
5. sevenwondersduel | 12,664,210 | 6,484.5 | September 30, 2020
6. luckynumbers | 11,467,672 | 5,788.8 | September 2, 2020
7. terraformingmars | 3,761,843 | 5,540.3 | March 27, 2024
8. splendor | 9,536,765 | 5,471.5 | April 28, 2021
9. catan | 7,005,011 | 5,294.8 | June 22, 2022
10. harmonies | 2,224,161 | 4,236.5 | August 28, 2024
11. sevenwonders | 11,568,302 | 4,177.8 | July 7, 2018
12. carcassonne | 13,962,410 | 4,144.4 | November 14, 2016
13. forestshuffle | 3,682,030 | 4,141.8 | August 30, 2023
14. cubirds | 7,284,715 | 4,097.1 | March 24, 2021
15. altered | 1,894,707 | 3,812.3 | September 25, 2024
16. yatzy | 16,419,403 | 3,541.7 | May 27, 2013
17. cantstop | 19,091,714 | 3,465.5 | January 5, 2011
18. tickettorideeurope | 2,520,152 | 3,247.6 | December 21, 2023
19. itsawonderfulworld | 3,572,123 | 3,169.6 | January 4, 2023
20. castlecombo | 1,626,083 | 3,139.2 | September 4, 2024