Monthly Archives: February 2012

Old, Older, Oldest – Part 2

OLDER (1990 – 1999) Opinionated Gamers Collective Top 5: (1) Euphrat & Tigris (2) El Grande tied with Tichu (4) Settlers of Catan (5) Showmanager With this group, we finally get to some games that are actually a bit old, … Continue reading

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Review Retrospective: Classics in their Making

To celebrate “Oldies Week” here at The Opinionated Gamers, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite reviews and other articles from the days of yore.  While we’re spending Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of this week sharing our … Continue reading

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Old, Older, Oldest – Part 1

We here at The Opinionated Gamers clearly love shiny, new games.  This fact is made abundantly clear by all the reviews of new releases that we do here and particularly by the recent roundtable discussion on the “cult of the … Continue reading

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Matt Carlson: The Evolution of Evo

Next week the Opinionated Gamers will be dialing the way-back machine several years to take a look at games of “ages” past. To help get everyone in the mood, today we’ll take a quick look at an older game that … Continue reading

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2011 Designer of the Year Award

Every year, there are numerous awards given out for Game of the Year that seemingly fill every need and every niche.  There are awards for best family game, best card game, and best gamer’s game.  There’s awards given by different … Continue reading

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On The Road

(As an aside – I’m afraid I’ve never read On The Road; it’s one of the many books I fully intend to read some day.  So long as they figure out immortality in time, I’m sure I’ll get them all…) … Continue reading

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