Personal Interests

I enjoy many things during my spare time, especially when it allows me to spend time with my lovely wife Becky Ong. We both enjoy board games, singing, cooking/baking and dancing.

Board Games

Here is a non-exhaustive list of games presently in our collection. Rankings obtained from boardgamegeek.com (05/2022). Columns are sortable, links to web tutorials forthcoming.

rank name year minplayers maxplayers playingtime
483 Ingenious 2004 1 4 45
22 Terra Mystica 2012 2 5 150
1246 Spot it! 2009 2 8 15
41 Agricola 2007 1 5 150
69 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization 2006 2 4 120
1154 Exit: The Game – The Sunken Treasure 2017 1 4 90
2389 Pentago 2005 2 2 5
100 Patchwork 2014 2 2 30
866 Luxor 2018 2 4 45
79 7 Wonders 2010 2 7 30
444 Hanabi 2010 2 5 25
4365 Axis & Allies 1941 2012 2 5 180
1213 Exit: The Game – The Forgotten Island 2017 1 4 90
3584 Nippon Rails 1992 2 4 240
1084 Exit: The Game – The Sinister Mansion 2018 1 4 90
1421 Exit: The Game – The Forbidden Castle 2017 1 4 90
244 Kingdomino 2016 2 4 25
1524 Leonardo da Vinci 2006 2 5 90
1176 Axis & Allies Europe 1940 2010 2 6 360
45 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 2017 2 4 60
695 Exit: The Game – The Secret Lab 2016 1 6 150
428 Exit: The Game – Dead Man on the Orient Express 2017 1 4 120
1252 Exit: The Game – The Polar Station 2017 1 4 90
707 Blokus 2000 2 4 20
62 Azul 2017 2 4 45
50 Power Grid 2004 2 6 120
593 Exit: The Game – The Pharaoh's Tomb 2016 1 6 90
604 6 nimmt! 1994 2 10 45
510 Karuba 2015 2 4 40
2364 CoraQuest 2022 1 4 60
1 Gloomhaven 2017 1 4 120
484 Bohnanza 1997 2 7 45
425 Forbidden Desert 2013 2 5 45
54 Le Havre 2008 1 5 150
92 Dominion: Intrigue 2009 2 6 30
17 The Castles of Burgundy 2011 2 4 90
1057 Catan Card Game 1996 2 2 120
192 Ra 1999 2 5 60
448 CATAN 1995 3 4 120
70 Race for the Galaxy 2007 2 4 60
1129 Castle Panic 2009 1 6 60
48 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine 2019 2 5 20
108 Codenames 2015 2 8 15
35 Puerto Rico 2002 3 5 150
789 Forbidden Island 2010 2 4 30
246 Dixit: Odyssey 2011 3 12 30
2122 Mystery Express 2010 3 5 90
310 Dixit 2008 3 6 30
109 Dominion 2008 2 4 30
4948 Munchkin 2001 3 6 120
2 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 2015 2 4 60
1271 Exit: The Game – The Mysterious Museum 2018 1 4 90
442 Citadels 2000 2 8 60
63 Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 2020 2 4 60
2842 Escape the Room: Secret of Dr. Gravely's Retreat 2016 3 8 90
15 Scythe 2016 1 5 115
496 RoboRally 1994 2 8 120
217 Sushi Go Party! 2016 2 8 20
102 Decrypto 2018 3 8 45
586 Coloretto 2003 2 5 30
126 Age of Steam 2002 1 6 120
144 Just One 2018 3 7 20
296 Above and Below 2015 2 4 90
392 Flash Point: Fire Rescue 2011 2 6 45
3691 Bomb Squad 2013 2 6 30
502 Alhambra 2003 2 6 60
1274 Guillotine 1998 2 5 30
5 Terraforming Mars 2016 1 5 120
587 Belfort 2011 2 5 120
873 Qwirkle 2006 2 4 45
479 Sentinels of the Multiverse 2011 2 5 60
1832 TRAILS 2021 2 4 40
476 Thurn and Taxis 2006 2 4 60
2083 My First Stone Age 2016 2 4 15
853 Call to Adventure 2019 1 4 60
24 Wingspan 2019 1 5 70
189 Splendor 2014 2 4 30
495 Sushi Go! 2013 2 5 15
1360 Blokus Trigon 2006 2 4 20
1025 Outfoxed! 2014 2 4 20
807 Formula Dé 1997 2 10 120
19 7 Wonders Duel 2015 2 2 30
1374 Exit: The Game – The Catacombs of Horror 2018 1 4 240
2289 10 Days in Europe 2002 2 4 30
36 Caverna: The Cave Farmers 2013 1 7 210
295 Small World 2009 2 5 80
169 Sagrada 2017 1 4 45
137 Ticket to Ride: Europe 2005 2 5 60
517 Photosynthesis 2017 2 4 60
2898 Darjeeling 2007 2 5 60
164 Castles of Mad King Ludwig 2014 1 4 90
4753 Fastrack 2008 2 2 10
1993 Metro 1997 2 6 30
119 Pandemic 2008 2 4 45
1838 Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.) 2016 2 4 30
2853 10 Days in Asia 2007 2 4 25
117 Pandemic: Iberia 2016 2 5 45
1300 Lost Cities: The Board Game 2008 2 4 60
271 Exit: The Game – The Abandoned Cabin 2016 1 6 120
1347 Scotland Yard 1983 3 6 45
331 Notre Dame 2007 2 5 75
240 Bora Bora 2013 2 4 120
98 Tigris & Euphrates 1997 2 4 90
1214 TransAmerica 2001 2 6 30
2215 Forbidden Sky 2018 2 5 60
82 Dominant Species 2010 2 6 240
4696 Skylands 2018 2 4 45
198 Carcassonne 2000 2 5 45
Expansions:
name year minplayers maxplayers playingtime
Dominion: Menagerie 2020 2 4 30
Catan: Explorers & Pirates 2013 2 4 120
Sagrada: 5-6 Player Expansion 2018 5 6 40
Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 7 – Japan & Italy 2019 2 5 60
Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life 2020 1 6 40
Pandemic: In the Lab 2013 1 6 60
Railways of Europe 2008 2 5 120
Carcassonne: Expansion 3 – The Princess & The Dragon 2005 2 6 60
Catan: Cities & Knights 1998 3 4 90
Catan: Seafarers 1997 3 4 90
Railways Through Time 2011 2 6 120
Pandemic: On the Brink 2009 2 5 45
Dominion: Adventures 2015 2 4 30
Dominion: Prosperity 2010 2 4 30
Flash Point: Fire Rescue – Extreme Danger 2013 2 6 45
Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 1 – Team Asia & Legendary Asia 2011 2 6 60

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