The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
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The Opinionated Gamers blog will feature quite a number of game reviews. Here at the Opinionated Gamers, they are passionate about games. they love to play them, they love to think about them and they love to write about them.
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
20h ago
Monkey Business is a bit of a mash-up of the classic games of charades (where you pantomime something) and werewolf (where you’re trying to discover the odd person out in the mix. All but one player (or all but two ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
20h ago
Boardgame Geek has just announced the nominees for their game awards for the 2023 calendar year, the Golden Geeks. As usual, these were determined by selections made by the BGG community. With 15 different categories, there are too many citations ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
3d ago
Flashback Lucy Designers: Baptiste Derrez, Marc-Antoine Doyon, Gabriel Durnerin Publisher: Scorpion Masque Players: 1-4 Age: 7+ Time: 30 min per chapter, 4 chapters Played with review copy provided by Hachette USA Flashback is back in a scary universe that will ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
6d ago
Well, it’s that time of year again, where I trundle up to basically Canada (Niagara Falls NY) and get ready for a long weekend full of games. This year is the 34th edition of the event, and I think this ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
6d ago
The Glade Designer: Richard Breese Publisher: R&D Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60 minutes Played with copy purchased at Spiel 2023 from the publisher It’s summer time, and amid the forest lies the glade. In The Glade, you fill ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
1w ago
Evil Corp. Designer: Jeremy Ducret Publisher: La Boite de Jeu Players: 2-4 Age: 12+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by Hachette USA We at Evil Corp. have been working for 666 generations to frighten human villages. When ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
2w ago
Pyramidice Designer: Luigi Ferrini Publisher: Ares Games Players: 1-4 Age: 12+ Time 30-45 minutes On the Giza plateau, the best architects of ancient Egypt are called to imprint the mark of the Pharaoh. It’s not just a matter of building ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
2w ago
Mind Map Designers: Gary Kim, Hope S. Hwang, Yohan Goh Publisher: Sorry We Are French / Funny Fox Players: 4-14 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Played with copy provided by distributor, Hachette USA Make your opponents guess your secret word ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
2w ago
Remember that classic scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when Spock says, “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few—or the one”? Spock used that as justification to sacrifice himself. (Spoiler alert: he got ..read more
The Opinionated Gamers - Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames
2w ago
Heroquest: Against the Ogre Horde Designer: Stephen Baker Publisher: Avalon Hill, Hasbro Players: 2-5 Age: 14+ Time: 90 minutes Played with copy provided by publisher Like many other expansions for the new version of HeroQuest, Against the Ogre Horde is ..read more