Opinionated Gamers

  • First Impressions of Fantasy Tavern Brawl

    Fantasy Tavern Brawl Summary: Your group of adventures encounter a tavern in the midst of a bar brawl.  Guide your eleven, dwarven, orc adventurers/patrons and more to try to keep them all inside the tavern during the brawl.  You’ll need … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Next Station: Paris

    Next Station: Paris Designer: Matthew Dunstan Publisher: blue orange Players: 1-4 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by blue orange USA Become the best metro network planner Paris has ever seen. Use overhead crossings to link … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Aquatica

    Aquatica Designer: Ivan Tuzovsky Publisher: Cosmodrone Games / Arcane Wonders Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by Arcane Wonders Aquatica is a deep, but easy to learn family engine builder … Continue reading →

  • Josiah’s Monthly Board Game Round-Up – June 2024

    June 2024 Games I played for the first time this month, from worst to best, along with my ratings and comments. ­­ You Gotta Be Kitten Me – 6/10­ You Gotta Be Kitten Me! is a card game that draws … Continue reading →

  • Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 1)

    Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 1) While the gaming has never stopped over the last year, there’s been a few things going on (all good) in my life that reduced time and motivation for writing about gaming. I’ve … Continue reading →

  •  Dale Yu: Review of Cities

    Cities Designers: Phil Walker-Harding and Steve Finn Publisher: DEVIR Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher You’ve been tasked by the city council to put together a plan to transform a whole neighborhood … Continue reading →

  • Sky Team, Daybreak, and Die magischen Schlüssel win 2024 SdJ Awards

    The SdJ Jury has announced the winners of their awards for 2024. Here are the winners of all three awards for this year: Spiel des Jahres Sky Team Designed by:  Luc Rémond Published by:  Scorpion Masqué and KOSMOS Kennerspiel Daybreak … Continue reading →

  • Review of Sky Team 

     Sky Team Designer: Luc Remond Publisher: Scorpion Masque Players: 2 Age: 12+ Time: 15 minutes Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of In The Footsteps of Darwin

    In the Footsteps of Darwin Designers: Grégory Grard, Matthieu Verdier Publisher: Sorry We Are French Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by Hachette USA As part of our buildup to the announcement of the … Continue reading →

  • Dale Yu: Review of Captain Flip

    Captain Flip Designers: Paolo Mori and Remo Conzadori Publisher: Play Punk Players:2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided publisher; also played with publisher’s copy at convention Ahoy, Captain! Hoist your flag, recruit a crew, and fill … Continue reading →