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My 20 Favorite Trick-Taking Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Chris Wray

I last published a list of my top 20 trick-taking games back in 2021. There have been several additions to the list, in large part due to the recent explosion in interest in the mechanic. Without further ado, here is … Continue reading →

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Best New (to me!) Games of 2023

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Mark "Fluff Daddy" Jackson

For the last twelve years, I’ve intermittently published my Best New (to me!) Games list… and, when I missed a year or two, I added the missing lists to the most recent post. However, before we get properly started with … Continue reading →

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My top 166 games of all time…

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Joe Huber

Every two years, I’ve created a list of my favorite games – once the games I rated an 8 or higher, now the games I enjoy enough to have in my collection.  This is the tenth such list I’ve created.  … Continue reading →

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Tricks and Trumps #1: The Classics Before 1965

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Chris Wray

This is a relaunch of our long-lost trick-taking series, Tricks & Trumps. You can find the series introduction posted just before this article; I’d recommend reading it first, since it lists the methodology we used to select the games discussed … Continue reading →

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Tricks and Trumps: Series Introduction (Or Reintroduction?)

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Chris Wray

Tricks and Trumps: Series Introduction (Or Reintroduction?)  This is the series introduction for a 13-part series featuring trick-taking games. And today marks the start of Trick-Taking Week here on The Opinionated Gamers.   If you’re a long time reader, this might … Continue reading →

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Solo Gaming 2022: The End of the Year Edition

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Mark "Fluff Daddy" Jackson

I started doing a lot of solo gaming when my oldest son (and chief gamer buddy) left for college in August 2019. Even with him home during the extended time of quarantine (March-August 2020), I continued playing solo games… and … Continue reading →

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