Category Archives: Commentary

Opinionated Gamers 2024 Essen SPIEL Quick Takes – Part 1 (28 Oct 2024)

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Dale Yu

Opinionated Gamers 2024 Essen SPIEL Quick Takes We’ve started a tradition of writing a group document with very short takes on the games that we play.  Of course, you’ll not get as much info as in a full review, but … Continue reading →

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Game Market West: Are indie game markets coming to the United States?

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Chris Wray

I attended Game Market West in Fremont, California, this morning, and the event was tremendous fun. For the gamer in me, this was an exciting shopping adventure, a chance to buy something off the beaten path. For the game designer … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 6)

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Dale Yu

Wow, look at me giving out multiple 8’s below like it’s Christmas already. I swear there’s no rating inflation just because I’m in a better place … and what better way to prove it than our first entrant.

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Solo Gaming 2024: The First Eight Months

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Mark Jackson

I’ve been writing these solo gaming reports since March of 2020… but my solo gaming started a lot farther back than that – being a wargamer in the 1970s/80s meant that a lot of your collection only saw table time if … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 5)

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Dale Yu

It’s fair to say that being transgender isn’t easy. No one willingly chooses a life of repression, depression and constant crushing loneliness; which beforehand takes the form of not being able to be open about yourself to anyone – ever … Continue reading →

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Gen Con 2024 –  Dire Wolf Digital, Starling Games

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Matt J Carlson

Dire Wolf was generating a lot of buzz about their new bag-building game, Invincible: The Hero-Building Game, based on the comic and Amazon series.* The procedurally generated Clank! Catacombs gets a Lairs and Lost Chambers expansion. Finally, the cute little … Continue reading →

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