Opinionated Gamers

  • Dale Yu: Review of Snowcrest

    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 →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Choconnect

    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 … ...

  • Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 9)

      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 →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Warp & Weft

    Warp & Weft Designer: Cami Munoz Villar Publisher: Fractal Juegos Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher The art of weaving has been essential to the development of almost every culture in the … Continue reading →

  • Little Alchemists: A Spoiler-Free Review

    Little Alchemists Designer: Matúš Kotry Artists: David Cochard, Štěpán Drašťák, Dávid Jablonovský, František Sedláček Publisher: Czech Games Edition (CGE) Players: 2-4 Age: 7+ Time: 20-40 minutes per game Played with review copy provided by CGE Little Alchemists is a seven-chapter ...

  • Dale Yu: Review of No Thanks! (2024)

    No Thanks (2024) Designer: Thosten Gimmler Publisher: Amigo Players: 3-7 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3C3iVFR  Played with review copy provided by publisher No Thanks! is a card game designed to be as simple as it is … Continue reading →

  • Opinionated Gamers Gift Guide 2024 – Things you might still be able to have delivered by the 24th!

    OK, if you’re done with shopping, just skip this post. This IS THE LAST Gift Guide post for the year, as there is only ONE DAY  left.    Given the time crunch, we’re pretty much limited to things that Amazon … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo

    Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo Designer: Andrea La Rosa Publisher: Llamascape Games Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Based on the famous novel from Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote is a fast … Continue reading →

  • ATLANTIS EXODUS

      Designer: George Halkias, Konstantinos Karagiannis Publisher: Capstone, DLP Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90 minutes Played with a copy I purchased myself Welcome to the legendary island world of Atlantis. You’ve arrived just before it is about to disappear … Continue reading →

  • Doggerland: An Opinionated Gamers Preview

    I consider myself a history buff… but I’d never heard of the geographic area known as Doggerland before I received a review copy of the new board game named – appropriately – Doggerland. For those of you with the same … Continue reading →