Author Archives: Talia Rosen

The Opinionated Gamers rang in the new year with — you guessed it — board games!  The beginning of a new year is a great time to gather with friends and family to play new games.  Today we’re here to … Continue reading →

Six games enter.  Only one game wins. I brought six games to Thanksgiving this year to play with my ten-year-old child, my partner, and my seventy-year-old parents.  Over the course of a few days, they learned and played each game.  … Continue reading →

I’ve played some great games this fall, so it’s time for another round of mini-reviews about the 32 different board and card games from the last two months.  It looks like I haven’t done a set of mini-reviews since I … Continue reading →

15 Opinionated Gamers enter, 1 expansion wins.  What is the best board game expansion ever?  It’s time to find out. Adam, Alison, Ben, Craig, Doug, Fraser, Joe, Jonathan, Larry, Mark, Matt, RJ, Ryan, Steph, and Talia voted on their favorite … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year when I travel north to leave the outside world behind for 1 week in order to experience, explore, and enjoy as many different board games as possible.  This year, I had the opportunity to play … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, I played strategy board games, but then I got bitten by the design bug and I fell into a designer playtesting group.  My logged plays from 2024 reflect a dramatic and unexpected change in how I’m … Continue reading →