And here is my progress! As of the end of March I have completed two of my games already! Granted they are quite simple games (I have included the Board Game Geek Weight Rating on each game name) but I have still played them at least ten times. Specifically I have completed 42 (heh, I said “42”) out of an eventual 100 game plays for 2020. My best month so far was March (20 plays). The two games I have completed are both very simple, but still fun! When I put my list together I specifically put down some heavier (more complex) games like Scythe<\/em> and Terraforming Mars<\/em> but I didn’t want every game to be in that category. In fact I have more games rated 2 and under (6) than over (4) and I’m okay with that.<\/p>\n My younger son and I played the game 20 or more times the first night we pulled it out. (I think he won most of them.) I managed to find a used copy of the game during a trip to Half Price Books, and it was well worth the price I paid ($9.99 after a coupon). That was the first game I completed on my 10×10, and we pulled it out occasionally in the following months as well.<\/p>\n My wife and younger son sat and played a bunch of games with me last weekend. Each game only takes about ten minutes so it wasn’t a huge time committment, but the quality time was awesome! <\/p>\n I love the fantasy genre. I have read fantasy novels for decades (Conan, Faffrd and the Mouser, Elric) and played Dungeons and Dragons<\/em> before it was cool. \ud83d\ude0e A few weekends ago a gaming friend introduced me to Defenders of the Realm<\/em> and that game quickly dropped into my final 10×10 Challenge spot. Why?<\/p>\n While the game has been around for a while (originally published in 2010) it was the first time I had been able to play it. The fantasy theme coupled with Pandemic-like mechanics made it an instant hit for me. I have already played it twice (once with a group, once solo) and enjoyed it immensely. I went to the game company web site and ordered all the parts. \ud83d\ude1b I’ll have another post with a First Impression of Defenders of the Realm<\/em> coming up soon. For now, just know that it has filled up the final spot in my 10×10 Challenge for 2020.<\/p>\n We’re one third of the way through the year, and I’m 40% finished with my challenge. However I have a number of heavier games that still need attention. Will I make my goal for the year? Come back in three months for my next update. \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year I learned about something called at “10×10” or “ten-by-ten” challenge. The premise is simple. At the beginning of the year, pick ten games. Play each at least ten times each over the coming 12 months. I initially set up only nine games because I wanted to leave one spot open for a “yet … Continue reading “2020 10×10 Challenge Progress”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,91,90],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-10x10","tag-batik","tag-knit-wit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunderedrealm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n I mentioned at the beginning of this post that I had initially picked only nine of my ten games. I wanted to leave one slot open for a new game that I might end up buying this year. <\/p>\n