Opinionated Gamers have opinions about the best games of 2020 that they have played so far. In addition, they have opinions about poetry, in particular, haiku. We bring you some of our favorite games of 2020 & 2021 in haiku form – this time with answers!
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Beautiful atlas
Adventures in strange new lands
Cooperation
(Ans: Sleeping Gods)
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Head to the war god
Plant and research with card play
heat and green brings life
(Ans: Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition)
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Scientific trees
Lead to exploration of
The final frontier.
(Ans: Beyond the Sun)
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Unlike first two times,
We go back in time. Facing
Spies, not viruses.
(Ans: Pandemic Legacy 0)
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Card order matters,
Everything is shared, and the
Crocodiles bring dough.
(Ans: Faiyum)
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Seek factions favor,
Battle for supremacy,
To control the Spice.
(Ans: Dune Imperium)
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Draw card, tile to board
Knizia Legacy
Played twenty-four times
(Ans: My City)
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An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond—
Splash! Silence again. (Basho)
(Ans: Cosmic Frog)
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Clear the crocodiles.
Build cities in swampy land.
Pharaoh is happy.
(Ans: Faiyum)
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Good technology
Solves all the world’s problems
(And even off-world)
(Ans: Pax Transhumanity)
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Trees are not for shade,
But for ever-growing tech.
Colonize planets!
(Ans: Beyond the Sun)
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Is this card red or
Is it blue, yellow, or green?
We will find out soon!
(Ans: Cat in the Box)
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Over the wintry
Forest, winds howl in rage
With no leaves to blow. (Soseki)
(Ans: Winter Kingdom)
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Capitalism
Does not care of human costs.
Extract and sell death.
(Ans: The Cost)
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Civilizations
At first barbarian then
Empire progresses
(Ans: Imperium Classics/Legends)
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Trapper keeper of
Monsters and strange lands that pass
Slowly hand to hand
(Ans: Carnival of Monsters)
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Use nitrous oxide
Fisticuffs atop a car
Family saves the world
(Ans: Fast & Furious)
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Seeking treasure now
Narrowing options quickly
Aha, found them both
(Ans: Loot of Lima)
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Roll the dice and draft
Choose your passengers with care
Draw, avoid traffic
(Ans: Let’s Make a Bus Route: the Dice Game)
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A twisted classic
Ego versus Id in tricks
Powerful potions
(Ans: Jekyll & Hyde)
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BONUS Haiku accidentally cut from Wednesday:
Bricks, sheep, and barley
Community center moves
We give thanks to Uwe
(Ans: Hallertau)
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Older Games Below
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Your inner viking
Hunting fishing and raiding
Let the banquet start
(Ans: Feast for Odin)
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Choose your favored map
Select your stations carefully
Decide to fuel wisely
(Ans: Power Grid)
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Welcome guests, come on in!
Oh, don’t mind that gravedigger.
Enjoy your stay, even if brief,
(Ans: Bloody Inn)
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An obscure word – three
What twisted mind thinks that makes sense?
A point for the other team
(Ans: Code Names)
