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Tery Noseworthy: Review of Nusfjord

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Tery Noseworthy

DESIGNER: Uwe Rosenberg PUBLISHER: Lookout/Mayfair PLAYERS: 1 -5 AGES: 12 and up TIME: 20 minutes per player TIMES PLAYED: 3   Nusfjord was one of the games I was most looking forward to from Essen. I am generally a fan … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Atiwa

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Dale Yu

Atiwa Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Publisher: Lookout Games Players: 1-4 Age: 12+ Time: 30 min per player Played with review copy provided by Lookout Games Per the rules: “The Atiwa Range is a region of southeastern Ghana in Africa consisting of … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Popular Games that are “Not For Me”

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Talia Rosen

This week the Opinionated Gamers are publishing a series of articles ranking games in a few different ways based on data collected from many different contributors.  Today’s topic is popular games that are “not for me” under the classic OG … Continue reading →

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10 Great Animal Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Chris Wray

I’m from a family of people who love nature.  Since theme can draw non-gamers into games, I tend to buy a lot of games featuring animals.  I know it isn’t the most popular theme, but it is one with broad … Continue reading →

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10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Chris Wray

Worker placement games have a prominent place in the gaming hobby, but the mechanic is only about 15 years old.  Caylus, designed by William Attia of France and released at Spiel 2005, is commonly referred to as the first “worker … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf: Sturgeoning My Board Game Collection

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

So, if we go by Sturgeon’s Law that 90% of everything is crap, what are the 10% in your game collection that you think aren’t crap? Yes, I realize that this is a bad usage of Sturgeon’s Law. In truth, … Continue reading →

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