My Year 2019 in Games

Welcome again to this yearly post, where I try to analyze my gaming behavior during the last year. You can read about my previous years:

Data

	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	Total since 2006
Total amount of plays	73	101	84	98	84	1146
Different games played	33	61	72	55	71	430
Games with 2 or more plays	9	14	9	15	13	186
Amount of gaming sessions	37	43	36	35	30	401

Evolution of my game plays over the last 5 years

Games played per year until the end of 2019 - CC BY-NC-SA License

This time, I’ll organize the analysis in categories, as the time I spent in RPG or video games is becoming much more relevant.

2019 has been the year with less plays since 2009.
I’ve played only 33 different games this year, and incredibly most of them were new (to me).
I recorded 37 gaming sessions, 3 per month.
My h-index as a player is still at 11. I expected to raise it this year, but I haven’t since I almost played new games.
I have played a lot less to boardgames. Nothing unexpected as this year I haven’t been able to attend Tierra de Nadie (TdN) or any similar convention. Not attending TdN implies at least 25-30 plays less.
On the other side, the number of gaming sessions is not that different. And makes sense as I’m playing more to longer games.
Only In 2019 I have played 19 times to Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, in several sessions with up to 4 straight plays. I’m enjoying it a lot (as the rest of my playing group), so we are continuing with The Hunt of the Ember Crown expansion. I’m even considering starting a solitaire campaign to compare.
I did not fulfill my desire to complete in 2019 all the published games of Unlock! and Exit, but I played 5 and I have bought almost all of them so it’s a matter of time.

We are still maintaining our monthly Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign. I’ve only skipped a couple of sessions because of business trips or similar issues, and despite that I’ve attended 10 sessions.
I’m sure we will continue with this in 2020 and beyond, if nothing important changes. We will see what happens when we complete the Storm King’s Thunder campaign.

This year I’ve used Steam from time to time. Chronologically:
- I completed Baldur’s Gate II
- I played for a while to Icewind Dale
- I finished Life is Strange: Episode 1
- I also completed The Witcher
By the end of the year I acquired Stadia Founder’s Edition. I started trying it with Destiny 2 but definitely enjoyed my new Stadia with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Either on Steam or Stadia, I plan to play as much as I can also this year. For the moment, I’m continuing with Rise of the Tomb Raider