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Josiah’s Round Up March 2024

Posted on May 3, 2024 by opgamers

Josiah Fiscus is one of our newer members, and he writes up a monthly recap of the games he plays.  He is planning to repost his thoughts here.    March 2024 Games I played for the first time this month, … Continue reading →

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Ryan Post: Review of Evacuation

Posted on January 8, 2024 by opgamers

Evacuation Designer: Vladimír Suchý Publisher: Delicious Games Players: 1-4 Age: 12+ Time: 60-150 minutes Played with review copy provided by Delicious Games Shortly after Essen Spiel 2023 ended, Evacuation sat at #3 on the BGG Hotness. A very impressive amount … Continue reading →

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Mitchell T: The Legacy of Sid Sackson

Posted on January 1, 2024 by opgamers

On a cold winter day in 1975, I was wandering through the remainder section of Brentano’s bookstore in midtown Manhattan. I discovered an intriguing book filled with interesting and unusual games—Sid Sackson’s classic A Gamut of Games—for the remarkable price … Continue reading →

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Simon’s first take on Humanity

Posted on October 12, 2023 by opgamers

Since I got back I’ve played a few of the Essen games, so here are my thoughts: Humanity – Yoann Levet, published by Bombyx, 2-4 Players Age 14+ Humanity is a worker placement game in which you start with 2 … Continue reading →

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Simon Saturday report including mini preview of Civolution

Posted on October 7, 2023 by opgamers

Saturday started with a games of Ahau: Rulers of Yucatan. A well researched and caring game (checked by two professors of Mayan Culture) Ahau uses some pleasing and clever ideas embedded in a slightly tricky graphic design. Based in Guatemala, … Continue reading →

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Simon W’s Day 2 Report from SPIEL 2023

Posted on October 7, 2023 by opgamers

Good day today with two nice games played…very busy in the Halls again! EvenfallThis is a great meaty game from DLP and Nanox games – it’s a card driven worker placement game which I really enjoyed. In your turn you … Continue reading →

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