Yearly Archives: 2017

Dale Yu: Review of Shahrazad

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Shahrazad Designer: Yuo Publisher: Osprey Games Players: 1-2 Ages:12+ Time: ~15 minutes Times played: 6 (3 solo, 3 in partnership) Shahrazad was a game that I knew nothing about prior to it showing up on my doorstep a few … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Sagrada

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Sagrada Designers: Daryl Andrews and Adrian Adamescu Publisher: Floodgate Games Players: 1-4 Ages: 13+ Time: ~45 minutes Times played: 7, with review copy provided by Floodgate Games If you’ve ever been to Barcelona, or ever seen a picture of … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Amun-Re (2017, Tasty Minstrel Games)

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Amun-Re (2017) Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Tasty Minstrel Games Players: 3-5 Ages: 12+ Time: 90 minutes Times played: >30 overall, 3 with new version from Tasty Minstrel One of the things that I’ve noticed in today’s gaming world is … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Skepticism: Why we’re not eager to play that game you backed…

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Chris Wray

By: Chris Wray and Jeff Lingwall Game night begins, and everybody stands around waiting for somebody to nominate a game.  These days, most large groups have at least one Kickstarter enthusiast, and he or she always seems to speak first. … Continue reading →

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Mini Rails Mini Review – First Impressions

Posted on May 23, 2017 by lornadune

Mini Rails  Designer Mark Gerrits Artist Steve Tse Publisher Moaideas Game Design Players 3-5 Time 40 minutes Mini Rails is the latest game from designer Mark Gerrits who also did SteamRollers. Moaideas Game Design is the publisher. Mini Rails is … Continue reading →

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The Opinionated Gamers discuss the Spiel des Jahres award nominees / recommendations

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Dale Yu

OK – so each year, we predict the award nominees, and some years we look pretty good… and some years (like this one), we look like a bunch of hacks.  The reason?  Well, none can really be given other than … Continue reading →

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