Opinionated Gamers have chosen some of their favorite recent games. As we all know, readers often skim the article to get to the ‘answer key’. To offer a bit more than a list, we have written haiku for each game. Some games are represented by more than one haiku. For an extra twist, we have included two famous haiku not written by us. Feel free to try to identify them in the comment section. For pedants, for today, the plural of haiku is haiku. You may debate the acceptability of haikus as a word in the comment section. We will repost these in a few days with the answer key.
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Adventures in strange new lands
Beautiful atlas
Cooperation
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Head to the war god
Plant and research with card play
heat and green brings life
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Scientific trees
Lead to exploration of
The final frontier.
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Unlike first two times,
We go back in time. Facing
Spies, not viruses.
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Card order matters,
Everything is shared, and the
Crocodiles bring dough.
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Seek factions favor,
Battle for supremacy,
To control the Spice.
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Draw card, tile to board
Knizia Legacy
Played twenty-four times
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An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond
Splash! Silence again.
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Clear the crocodiles.
Build cities in swampy land.
Pharaoh is happy.
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Good technology
Solves all the world’s problems
(And even off-world)
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Trees are not for shade,
But for ever-growing tech.
Colonize planets!
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Is this card red or
Is it blue, yellow, or green?
We will find out soon!
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Over the wintry
Forest, winds howl in rage
With no leaves to blow.
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Capitalism
Does not care of human costs.
Extract and sell death.
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Civilizations
At first barbarian then
Empire progresses
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Trapper keeper of
Monsters and strange lands that pass
Slowly hand to hand
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Use nitrous oxide
Fisticuffs atop a car
Family saves the world
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Seeking treasure now
Narrowing options quickly
Aha, found them both
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Roll the dice and draft
Choose your passengers with care
Draw, avoid traffic
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A twisted classic
Ego versus Id in tricks
Powerful potions
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Beware: The following games are older – you have been warned
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Your inner viking
Hunting fishing and raiding
Let the banquet start
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Choose your favored map
Select your stations carefully
Decide to fuel wisely
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Welcome guests, come on in!
Oh, don’t mind that gravedigger.
Enjoy your stay, even if brief,
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An obscure word – three
What twisted mind thinks that makes sense?
A point for the other team
Head to the war god
Plant and research with card play
heat and green brings life
TERRAFORMING MARS
Scientific trees
Lead to exploration of
The final frontier.
BEYOND THE SUN
Unlike first two times,
We go back in time. Facing
Spies, not viruses.
PANDEMIC LEGACY: SEASON 0
Seek factions favor,
Battle for supremacy,
To control the Spice.
DUNE: IMPERIUM
Draw card, tile to board
Knizia Legacy
Played twenty-four times
MY CITY
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond
Splash! Silence again.
ACTUAL FAMOUS HAIKU
Civilizations
At first barbarian then
Empire progresses
IMPERIUM: CLASSICS (or LEGENDS)
A twisted classic
Ego versus Id in tricks
Powerful potions
JEKYLL VS. HYDE
Your inner viking
Hunting fishing and raiding
Let the banquet start
A FEAST FOR ODIN
Welcome guests, come on in!
Oh, don’t mind that gravedigger.
Enjoy your stay, even if brief
THE BLOODY INN
An obscure word – three
What twisted mind thinks that makes sense?
A point for the other team
CODENAMES (or some variant thereof)