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I have had a few false starts due to the occasional issue with a game or directions friends have gone in their interests.

I was surprised to find that Star Wars Armada has clocked-in the most table time as of late and I had intended that as my on the side game.
I think the main reason is many people have had interest and I collect both factions so it gets "demo'ed" a lot.

(I have: 40k: lots of armies, X-wing, Battletech, Alphastrike, Bolt Action, Robotech RPG Tactics, Federation Commander)

What are you playing lately and why do you think it is so successful at this time?

Thanks for indulging my curiosity.

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If you're including miniature based Boardgames, Kingdom Death: Monster has been by far my favorite. Silver Tower was fun too.

KDM: I can get a RPG experience playing solo, and not actually be able to anticipate what happens. Using something like Pathfinder or DnD 5.0 you have to write your own path. KDM is much more organic, and offers lots of challenge while still being fun.

Silver Tower: Was easy to pick up, and our group had a lot of laughs playing it. A very good social game, with a fun casual experience.

Heroes of Normandie. A WWII game that ia a combination of boardgame and a miniatures game without miniatures.

Malifaux. There was a slow grow league at my FLGS which built a lot of interest with my brother and I, so between that league and games we've been playing it's definitely been on top. Lots of purchases too for options, reading of strategy wiki's and such.

Not bad for a game we only casually played occasionally before Christmas.

Malifaux for me, too. That would have been 1st place anyway, but I played 7 games this weekend at a big event in California, so that pushed it way way in the lead. I feel like it might slip closer to 2nd place due to some slight burn out now, though.

Probably X-Wing if I had to guess, but the last two weeks at game night with my friends we've played T.I.M.E Stories, which has been fun.

Catan!

Deathwatch Overkill. Played through all the missions in the campaign.

It was successful because of the models, at first. People wanted to see them on the table.
Turns out the game itself is actually pretty cool. The marines are used more like they would be in the fluff.

Dropzone Commander.

The game is finally getting some local traction with a fairly small but growing group. It's very well balanced, can handle games with 3 or 4 players with ease, and the models are fantastic. It's also being helped by the anticipated delivery of the Dropfleet Commander during the summer.

Without question, the best tabletop game I've played so far.

X-Wing. I have been playing that almost exclusively since September. It has pushed aside Malifaux, Infinity and definitely 40K. Even Frostgrave hasn't stimulated me that much since picking up X-Wing.

40k due to there not being another option, do have an infinity group but idk whats happening.

40k 'cause well 40k! Seconded by SW Armada. AoS pretty much doesn't exist anymore 'round these parts. The GW board games fell/fall flat. No other table top besides polyversal, Halo FB and FoW are even mentioned. Sad really. I'm open to any table top game or system.

Battlefleet Gothic. The PC game made us dust off our fleets. It has aged very well.

40k all the way for me! I did get in a couple of games of Space Hulk at my friend's house a couple of weeks ago. I don't really play any other games, although I've toyed with getting into Kings of War (but I probably won't do it, as I'd rather get more 40k stuff with that money).

As for AoS in my area, I've seen it being played exactly once since it launched, and that was at the FLGS in my town that I don't go to as often as the other one. One of the players had some amazingly well-painted Stormcast Eternals, though.

The game that gets played most is probably MTG (if that counts), simply because it's so easy to start a game, and doesn't take long to play, and it's fun. After that my most played game would be X-wing, I've been playing almost every evening for the last few months. We usually play smaller games 55-75 points (depending on what ships we want to try out), we try to mix it up a lot. I like X-wing because it's a good balance of list building, skill, and luck, and I'm always finding new combinations I'd like to try out.

After that, I play Infinity a bit. I like Infinity a lot, and I'd probably buy and play more, if I didn't have a backlog of stuff that still needs painting. That might be another point in X-wing's favour. You can literally buy something and put it straight on the table finished. After that, I mostly play boardgames: Arcadia Quest, Mansions of Madness, and Zombicide Black Plague, would be my most played over the last few months.

Kingdom Death: Monster

Infinity.

I've also played some 9th age (WHFB) and kings of war, but infinity has been the most often played game for the last 12 months.

I've never really been into boardgames. Not since roborally.

Zombicide, inclusive of the various modern and Black Plague versions

Guildball, then Star Wars Armada.

40k for me, my regular opponent and I have decided we need to get more games in, so be it!

Secrets of the Lost Tombs. I enjoy the game. However, it takes as long, or longer, than Arkham Horror.

Black powder

Dropzone commander

At the club we've been playing 2 of our old standbys Song of Blades and Heroes and Mech Attack.

The club's been a bit slow and our bi-weekly meetings have been lower attendance than usual so we've fallen back on rulesets we know and have enjoyed for years.

Both Song of Blades (28mm fantasy warband skirmish) and Mech Attack (like battletech but 10% of the rules and plays in 1/4 the time) are fairly rules-lite games that we pretty much know inside and out and always seem to provide a fun evening.

40k. I've tried other games and none of them hook me the way it does, although I'm considering grabbing a starter box when MK3 of Hordes comes out.

Guild Ball.

I'm a little worried, because it seems like with the release of MkIII, some of the local GB players will likely drop the game. At the same time, I'm kind of glad, because it may get some of the ultra-competitive types out of the scene.

9th Age and X-Wing mostly for me.....otherwise D&D but I'm the DM so less playing more messing with my gaming groups head (muhahaha)

Thanks all.

It is good to see people get their "go-to" games in.

I find it interesting when "opportunities" present themselves where you wonder how you found yourself with another group and playing other things.

I see MTG dominating the space at my local FLGS and the regular groups of RPG players is good to see (Pathfinder and D&D). I have sworn off those two formats to preserve my finances (MTG) and my time (RPG). Not that I would not like them (I know I would like them too much...).

Tabletop is "safe" and looks real pretty.

I have played All Quiet on the Martian Front the most this year.