Scorecard Review – August 2013

August is over so it is time for another scorecard review.

August

August was a very active month for me.

I played 24 games at 9 events in August for an average of 2.67 games per event which is up from the 1.8 games in July.  This is still not as high as the 3 games per event in April but it is a definite improvement over July.

My number of wins remained the same as July with 3 games won.  I came in second 8 times, third 6 times, fourth 4 times, fifth and sixth 1 time each.  These stats do not include the team win on Pandemic.  My average standing for August was back to 2.67, which is down again from July’s 2.33.

I played four games more than once:  Airlines Europe, Bazaar, Iron Dragon, and Martian Rails.

I played seven games for the first time in August:  A Dog’s Life, Circus Train, Kolejka, Nefarious, Star Trek: Catan, Tsuro, and Uchronia.

My stats for August are:

Game	No. of Plays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Avg.
A Dog's Life	1	1	-	-	-	-			1.00
Airlines Europe	2	-	2	-	-	-			2.00
Bazaar	2	-	-	1	-	1	-		4.00
Circus Train	1	-	-	-	1	-	-		4.00
India Rails	1	-	1	-	-	-	-		2.00
Iron Dragon	2	-	1	1	-	-	-		2.50
King of Tokyo	1	-	-	-	-	-	1		6.00
Kolejka	1	-	-	1	-	-	-		3.00
Martian Rails	2	-	1	1	-	-	-		2.50
Nefarious	1	-	1	-	-	-	-		2.00
Pandemic	1	Played
Paris Connection	1	-	-	1	-	-	-		3.00
Saint Petersburg	1	-	-	-	1				4.00
Small World	1				1				4.00
Star Trek: Catan	1	-	1	-	-	-	-		2.00
The Hanging Gardens	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
Thurn and Taxis	1	1	-	-	-	-	-		1.00
Trans America	1	-	-	-	1	-	-		4.00
Tsuro	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2.00
Uchronia	1	-	-	1	-	-			3.00
Totals	24	3	8	6	4	1	1	-	2.67

Year to Date

The total number of games I have played year to date is 78 games at 32 events for an average of 2.44 games per event.  This is up 0.09 from our last check in.

I have won 9 games year to date with my three wins in August but had a couple of fifth and sixth places added.  This brought my standing year to date to 2.77.  This is down 0.03 from our last check in.

Below are the stats for my most frequently played games year to date.

Game	No. of Plays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Avg.
Iron Dragon	6	1	2	2	1	-	-		2.50
India Rails	4	-	3	1	-	-	-		2.25
Martian Rails	4	-	2	2	-	-	-		2.50
Airlines Europe	3	-	2	1	-	-	-		2.33
Bazaar	3	1	-	1	-	1	-		3.00

Even with three victories in August my overall stats for the year did not improve.  This is due to a couple of catastrophic failures one in King of Tokyo and one in Bazaar.  If I can maintain a good win ratio and eliminate the catastrophes in September I still have a chance to improve my year to date stats.