Opinionated Gamers

  • Dale Yu: Review of Ingenious (2023)

    Ingenious Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Kosmos Players: 1-4 Age: 8+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by Thames&Kosmos In Ingenious, a.k.a. Einfach Genial, players take turns placing colored domino-style tiles on a game board, scoring for each line … Continue reading ...

  • Dale Yu: Giveaway and Review of Sidequest: 7th Sea (possible mild spoilers)

    Sidequest: 7th Sea Designers: Jakub Caban and Bartosz Idzikowski Publisher: Board & Dice Players: 1-4 (would not recommend more than 2) Age: 14 Time: 60-90 minutes on box.  84 minutes in actual time in my solo play Played: once with … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Tesseract

    Tesseract Designer: James Firnhaber Publisher: Smirk and Dagger Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60+ minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher The Tesseract appeared in our skies six days ago, over the exact magnetic north of the planet. It … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Nanatoridori

    Nanatoridori Designer: 荒尾 俊樹 (Toshiki Arao) Publisher: Arclight Games Players: 2-6 Age: 6+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In ナナトリドリ (pronounced “Nanatoridori”), you are a guide at a castle where a bird party has just … Continue ...

  • Hair of the Dog (Review by RJ Garrison)

    Designers: Alex Jerabek, Jules Naujoks, & Annegret Nautsch Artists: Jules Naujoks Publisher:Cherry Picked Games Players: 1-8 Players Playing Time: 30-60 minutes Ages: 14+ MSRP: $50.00  Review copy provided by Cherry Picked Games Hair of the Dog, from publisher Cherry … Continue ...

  • Play – The Games Festival – 2024 edition

    PLAY – The Game Festival, the international event dedicated to Board-Games, Role-playing Games,Miniatures Games, Live, and Collectible Card Games returns from May 17th to 19th at ModenaFiere with more than 28.000 square meters of covered area in five different pavilions. … Continue reading ...

  • Dale Yu: Review of Sidequest: Nemesis  (possible mild spoilers)

    Sidequest: Nemesis Designers: Jakub Caban and Bartosz Idzikowski Publisher: Board & Dice Players: 1-4 (would not recommend more than 2) Age: 14 Time: 60-90 minutes on box.  Approx 70 minutes in actual time in my solo play Played: once with … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Draftosaurus

    Draftosaurus Designers: Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc, Theo Riviere Publisher: Ankama Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by Flat River Games Your goal in Draftosaurus is to have the dino park most likely … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of The Birthday Burglary (Holiday Hijinks #5)

    The Birthday Burglary Designer: Jonathan Chaffer Publisher: Grand Gamers Guild Players: 1-4 Age: 13+ Difficulty Rating: 1/3 Time: ~60 minutes on the box; 22 min in reality  Played with review copy provided by publisher Weblink – Your guests are … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Aqua: Biodiversity in the Oceans

    Aqua: Biodiversity in the Oceans Designers: Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad Publisher: the op Games Players: 1-4 Age: 8+ Time: 45 minutes Played with game provided by publisher In AQUA, your starting point is a hot spot that gradually becomes … Continue reading →