Once upon a time, I played strategy board games, but then I got bitten by the design bug and I fell into a designer playtesting group. My logged plays from 2024 reflect a dramatic and unexpected change in how I’m … Continue reading →
Ninjan Designer: 6jizo Publisher: Helvetiq Players: 2-5 Age: 7+ Time: 15 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3Ah9v9f Played with review copy provided by publisher Ninjas bring rocks, scissors, and paper to a fight in Ninjan to help you recruit the strongest … Continue reading ...
Power Grid: Outpost Designer: Friedemann Friese Publisher: 2F / Rio Grande Players: 2-6 Age: 12+ Time: 90 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher In Power Grid: Outpost, the colonization of the new planet advances … Continue reading →
December 2024 Games I played for the first time this month, from worst to best, along with my ratings and comments. Kelp: Shark vs. Octopus – 5/10 Sometime in the early 2000’s, I acquired a free copy of N.Y. Chase, … Continue reading →
Welcome to the third chapter of the Opinionated Gamer’s Alphabet List! Just to summarize, 30 of us listed our three favorite games that begin with each letter of the alphabet (as well as those that start with a numeral). Each … Continue reading →
Welcome to the second chapter of the Opinionated Gamer’s Alphabet List! Just to summarize, 30 of us listed our three favorite games that begin with each letter of the alphabet (as well as those that start with a numeral). Each … Continue reading →
Happy New Year, everybody! The OG staff wishes you all a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025, with more of the things you love about life and less of the things you hate. The former will hopefully include lots of … Continue reading →
Snowcrest Designer: Philip duBarry Publisher: Grail Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 15-60 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Deep in the remote mountains of a snowy land, holy ones seek to rediscover powerful knowledge that has been … Continue reading →
Choconnect Designer: Sandro Blasich Publisher: Snovid Players: 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In the game Choconnect you are chocolatiers, immersing yourselves in a tantalizing world of confectionery mastery. Your task: skillfully arrange … ...
I think the implication of a 7 rating changes the longer you’re in the hobby. When I started back in ‘99, I needed to own all the 7’s and I wanted to explore all of them. Now that there … Continue reading →
