Opinionated Gamers

  • Gen Con 2025 – Dire Wolf and Devir

    Two publishers getting their fair share of buzz were Dire Wolf with their Lightning Train and Devir’s Ace of Spades. Dire Wolf was showing off the Clank! Catacombs: Underworld expansion where players can climb (or fall) down into a new … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Kabuto Sumo

    Kabuto Sumo Designer: Tony Miller Publisher: allplay Players: 2-4  Age: 6+ Time: 20 mins Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Spring time in Japan means the return of the rhinoceros beetles — “Kabutomushi”, which is … Continue reading →

  • Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 21)

    On my penultimate day I was working my way back from Yellowstone to Salt Lake City for the flights home the next day. It’s 7 hrs of driving, add on break times. One of my google searches for the 10 … Continue reading →

  • Gen Con 2025 – AGE and CGE

    Two companies that typically go big on releases in the fall include the TLAs of AGE (Alderac Entertainment Group) and CGE (Czech Games Edition.) This year, AEG was showing off some previews of games coming later this year and next. … Continue reading →

  • Gen Con 2025 – Slugfest, Steve Jackson, MindWare, Dice Throne, and Goliath

    Lots of variety in today’s rundown. Slugfest Games was showing off Positano, a pastel-filled bonanza of simultaneously bidding for draft order in three different areas, all in an effort to build buildings on the cliffside tall enough to look out … Continue reading →

  • I Bought A Zoo (Alternate Title: The New Zoo Review) – A Solo Review of Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game & the New Shores expansion

    We have a lot of family stories about our trips to zoos, aquariums, and animal parks. It was at San Diego’s Wild Animal Park that we discovered that the way to keep a 5 year old motivated for a day … Continue reading →

  • Gen Con 2025 – Last Night Games, Moose Games, HABA

    I always enjoy a stroll through the “family fun pavilion” in the exhibit hall. There, the games are brightly colored, game explanations are quick, and it’s great to see younger kids saddling up to a booth and having a good … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Prey

    Prey Designer: Toru II Publisher: Allplay Players: 3-4 Age: 11+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Prey is a 12-trick trick-taking game where 3-4 players play the first six tricks with one side of numbers (predators), … Continue reading →

  • Gen Con 2025 – Dexterity Games from Twin City, Jelly Jelly, and Asmadi

    I love the variety of games you get at Gen Con. There are the big name, high strategy games that appear on lots of lists but I have a soft spot for the slightly goofier titles and perhaps nowhere is … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Caesar & Cleopatra

    Caesar & Cleopatra Designer: Wolfgang Ludtke Publisher: Kosmos Players: 2 Age: 8+ Time: 30 min Played with review copy provided by publisher Theirs is one of history’s most famous stories: a bittersweet struggle between love and power. Caesar wants to … Continue reading →