Monthly Archives: October 2020

Playable Spiel 2020 Games Online

Game Name Link 2491 Planetship https://tabletopia.com/games/2491planetship 7 Wonders Duel: Agora https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=sevenwondersduel Anno 1800 https://tabletopia.com/games/anno-1800 Anno 1800 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2271662349 Anno 1800 (maybe better) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2261547543 Arkwright: the Card Game https://tabletopia.com/games/arkwright-the-card-game-kickstarter Bonfire https://tabletopia.com/games/bonfirepeg Boomerang: Australia https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=boomerangaustralia Butterfly https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=butterfly Captain’s Log: Crisis Detected https://tabletopia.com/games/captain-s-log-crisis-detected Caretos … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Ohanami

Ohanami Designer: Steffen Benndorf Publisher: Pandasaurus Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 20 mins Times played: >6 total, 2 with review copy provided by Pandasaurus Ohanami was a game that I was introduced to years ago.  Let’s say that I have … Continue reading

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Talia Rosen: Kickstarter Curmudgeon?

I’ve always thought of myself as a Kickstarter curmudgeon, but then I woke up one morning recently and realized that I was awaiting about a dozen games from recent Kickstarter campaigns.  It seems that I’ve changed my tune in just … Continue reading

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Feed the Kraken (Game Preview by Chris Wray)

Designer:  Maikel Cheney, Dr. Hans Höh, Tobias Immich Publisher:  Funtails Artists: Hendrik Noack, James Churchill Players:  5-11 Ages:  12 and Up Time:  45-90 Minutes Feed the Kraken is a big box social deduction game that is launching on Kickstarter tomorrow.  … Continue reading

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Mark’s Bundle of 2020 Essen Game Thoughts

Unless otherwise noted, these are FIRST impressions… I only had the opportunity to play each game one time with a physical copy and three of my mask-wearing Opinionated Gamer friends. I’ve left out the older (read: non-2020) games we played … Continue reading

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Joe’s Bookshelf – How to Host a Game Night

Written by Erik Arneson and published by Tiller PressISBN 978-1-9821-5047-1 (ebook ISBN 978-1-9821-5048-8)Review based upon a review copy provided by the publisher Erik is, of course, one of the Opinionated Gamers writers (if possibly one even less prolific here than … Continue reading

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