Ted C. – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice

Posted on October 21, 2022 by opgamers

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice

By: Triton Noir

Players: 1-4

Overview: Ted Cheatham

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After about nine months of painting and 40 hours of play time, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice has been completed.  Due to its vast length and campaign format, I doubt this is a game many people will get a chance to complete without pure dedication.  I was lucky enough to have two great friends who love campaign games like Lord of the Rings: Journeys to Middle Earth, Descent: Legends in the Dark, and Gloomhaven for example.  And, we spend four straight days to play this to completion in about 40 hours.  Your play time may vary with speed, but I still think you will need at least 30 hours.  It is an expensive game with lots of components.  Even at 30 hours of enjoyment, it is worth the price at $5 or less per hour.

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2022 (Part 6)

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Dale Yu
netball

In netball, you don’t get a backboard.

I’m not big on expansions but I recently forked out for Dune: Imperium’s Rise of Ix. It changes the focus from spending spice on troops and money to spending spice on troops and tech tiles. It doesn’t change the essence of victory point acquisition (climb tracks, get troop majorities, acquire purchase power) but it does provide different strategic paths as to how to achieve these which I enjoyed exploring. It stays in the mix and improves the game’s longevity.

 

I also went all in on Spirit Island expansions, figuring it’s currently the co-op with the most variety and staying power I have now that Gloomhaven is kinda done. All the extra elements are a little overwhelming in the first game (new powers tick, addition of events tick, new token powers tick) and made the game go way longer than desired while we came to grips with new iconography and effect types. I’m hoping now that that’s done it all speeds up and we can get on with enjoying the variety and the new challenge.

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Dale Yu: Review of Ted Lasso Party Game

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Dale Yu

Ted Lasso Party Game

  • Designer: Prospero Hall
  • Publisher: Funko Games
  • Players: 2-6
  • Age: 10+
  • Time: 20 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by Funko

ted lasso

Ted Lasso is a hit streaming show (available on Apple TV) about a folksy American football coach who somehow ends up in England, managing (not coaching) a football (not American football) side (not team), AFC Richmond.

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Dale Yu: Review of Junior Detective

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Dale Yu

Junior Detective

  • Designer: uncredited
  • Publisher: Buffalo Games
  • Players: 2-6
  • Age: 8+
  • Time: 20 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by Buffalo Games

junior detective

In Junior Detective, “Curious things have been happening in the neighborhood, and it needs the smartest detectives to solve the case!  Choose the mystery for each game from 40 unsolved case files. Decode clues using your trusty detective gear like your red spy glass, detective mirror, cipher solve card, and even the magic of your own hand! Be the first to identify the culprit and where they are hiding by interviewing neighborhood witnesses and taking notes.”

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Dale Yu: Review of Dungeon Fighter – 2nd Ed

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Dale Yu

Dungeon Fighter, 2nd ed

  • Designers: Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino
  • Publisher: Horrible Guild
  • Players: 1-6
  • Age: 14+
  • Time: 40-60 minutes
  • Played with review copies provided by Horrible Guild

dungeon fighter 2nd ed


Way back in 2011, the original release of Dungeon Fighter hit the market.  “In Dungeon Fighter, a fully cooperative board game, players take on the roles of heroes venturing deep into a three-tier dungeon. Along the way, they explore the dungeon, search its many rooms, and face endless hordes of vicious monsters. Best of all, your skill determines the ability of your character. Can you kill Medusa without looking into her eyes, defeat the Minotaur in the labyrinth, or resist the breath of the dragon? Will you be able to hit a target by throwing the dice under your leg with your eyes closed?  You will feel truly part of a centuries-old battle between good and evil…with a touch of foolish stupidity.”

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Brandon Kempf Three Games – The Comeback?

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Brandon Kempf

I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point. For one reason or another, this doesn’t always happen. My goal here on The Opinionated Gamers is that I want to get about one review out per week, but I’d like to write about more games. So I’m taking a page out of Patrick Brennan’s playbook, and we’re going to start writing about games in threes, in snapshot form. This should be a good way for readers to get to know me and my gaming tastes a bit better, and also another way for me to talk about games that I maybe don’t really want to dedicate two thousand words to. Welcome to Three Games.

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