Opinionated Gamers

  • Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 2)

    Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 2) I pulled out a golden-oldie in Trajan (a Feld from years past) the other night having not played it for 9 years. The reason for the hiatus was that I remembered it … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Die Trodler aus den Highlands

    Die Trodler aus den Highlands Designer: Carlo Rossi Publisher: Zoch Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher ”Isn‘t there any vase here?“ The mayor of Cragganmore is upset. Certainly, the neighbors from Knockando … Continue reading →

  • Thorgal: The Board Game

    Thorgal: the Board Game Designers: Joanna Kijanka, Jan Maurycy Święcicki, Rafał Szyma Artists: Maciej Simiński, Frédéric Vignaux Publisher: Portal Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90-120 minutes Played with review copy provided by the publisher Do you want to go … Continue reading ...

  • Review of Far Away

    Far Away Designer: Alexander Jerabek Artist: Jake Breish Publisher: Cherry Picked Games Players: 2* Age: 14+ Time: 90-150 minutes Played with an owned copy and I have backed the expansion Far Away is a fanciful cross-genre cooperative two-player* game. This … Continue reading →

  • Solo Gaming 2024: The End of the Year Edition

    I’ve been writing these solo gaming reports since March of 2020… but my solo gaming started a lot farther back than that – being a wargamer in the 1970s/80s meant that a lot of your collection only saw table time if … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Combo Up

    Combo Up Designer:  Katja Stremmel Publisher: Amigo Players: 3-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Who has the best combo? Outbid each other with your card combos and improve your hand round by round. … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Burger Slam

    Burger Slam Designer: Christoph Behre Publisher: Amigo Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3Ny7s3K  Played with review copy provided by publisher You’re the proud owners of a Sixties diner. Your specialties are the worldrenowned Standard Burgers … ...

  • Dale Yu: Review of Moving Day

    Moving Day Designer: Mads Floe Publisher: Piatnik Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher July 1st is “Moving Day” in Québec, Canada. It’s no joke as more than 100,000 people (!) move on … Continue reading →

  • Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1)

    Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1) It’s the first drop for the year so let’s lead off with the 2024 stats. The numbers are generally lower due to the chunk of time I spent getting body and mind … Continue reading →

  • Opinionated Gamers 2024 Essen SPIEL Quick Takes – Part 3

      We’ve started a tradition of writing a group document with very short takes on the games that we play.  Of course, you’ll not get as much info as in a full review, but as our reviews likely won’t start … Continue reading →