Category Archives: Commentary

Legends of Andor was nominated for the 2013 Kennerspiel des Jahres earlier this week and unsurprisingly The Opinionated Gamers have some opinions about the selection.  What follows is a roundtable discussion on the game and its recent nomination. *                    *                    … Continue reading →

[Editor's note - my apologies to the readers and writers... this post was meant to go live on Monday, the day prior to the SdJ lists being announced, but somehow I mis-dated the post and didn't notice until this morning.... … Continue reading →

OK, it’s that time of year again… for Spiel des Jahres speculation!  The announcement of the nominated and recommended games is just around the corner.  Well, actually, it’s tomorrow, so that doesn’t give us a lot of time to get … Continue reading →

Dear Opinionatedgamers readers, as you know I’m conducing from year a column about “Art of Design“, interviewing many designers about the relationship between art and game design. I’m, of course, interested in the discussion between SAZ (Spiele-Autoren-Zunft) and Fachgruppe Spiel (Game … Continue reading →

Larry Levy and Tom Rosen have been known to debate which game to play from time to time.  Larry wants to play this; Tom wants to play that.  It’s a recurring theme on game days as they each try to … Continue reading →

By Jeffrey D. Allers Online game forums and reviews often mention color blindness and how that should affect the graphic design of a particular game, but not much has been written about designing games that can also be played by … Continue reading →

Larry Levy and Tom Rosen have been going round and round arguing about Martin Wallace lately so it’s high time they settle this the old-fashioned way – pistols at high noon… errr, or maybe just an Opposing Opinions column.  They’ve … Continue reading →

Five years ago, Erik Arneson published an article (http://boardgames.about.com/cs/gamehistories/a/timeline.htm) listing the 50 most historically and culturally significant games published since 1800.  I really enjoyed his list, but there were games I thought needed to be included which weren’t, so I … Continue reading →