My opportunities to game took a big hit with our weekly game night at the college being shut down by the pandemic. Once we did get back rolling, I got a bunch of games played, but still had nearly 200 less plays than 2019, the last year unaffected by Covid. Looking over these games, the thing I notice most is a real lack of heavy games. I have a smaller subset of gamers that enjoy longer, heavier games, so that is part of the reason. Game nights have grown quite a bit shorter over the last year with a bunch of us having family responsibilities that make taking a six hour chunk out of one week day harder than it used to be. Still, I'm very much an omnivore when it comes to board games and I have nearly as much fun with lighter and middleweight games. Hopefully, I'll find a way to get more of my favorite style games to the table in 2022, but if that doesn't happen, I'll be happy hanging out with my awesome game groups and enjoying whatever we get to the table.
