Dale Yu: Review of Foldris

Foldris

  • Designer: Jinwoo Seo
  • Publisher: Korea Boardgames
  • Players: 1-7
  • Age: 8+
  • Time: 15 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

A pen and paper game inspired by Tetris. Players draw shapes on their paper, folding it when a line is fully filled in. Use this to your advantage to fill out previously inaccessible lines!

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Amazon Prime Day 2025 – Post #2 – lots of games still on discount!

Again, apologies to anyone who isn’t interested in shopping for new games right now – but there are a LOT of great deals on games today on Amazon Prime Day.

Below is a list of some of the ones that caught my eye.  As a reminder, all of the links here are affiliate links and the Opinionated Gamers may generate a small commission from said links.

For this next list – here are some games that are on sale.  If we have reviewed the game, a link to that review is also included. 

Codenames – $14.99 (40% off)  – https://amzn.to/404HiMI

Heroscape: Age of Annihilation – $69.99 (44% off) – https://amzn.to/44jOqHs

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Dale Yu: Review of Pergola

Pergola

  • Designer: Michal Golebiowski and Przemek Wojtkowiak
  • Publisher: rebel / Asmodee
  • Players: 1-4
  • Age: 10+
  • Time: 45-60
  • Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4nrFmIf
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

In Pergola, players develop their gardens, grow new plants, and attract insects and small animals. On their turn, a player chooses one of the four available tools, picks the presented items, and arranges them in their garden. Then they perform the action corresponding to the chosen tool. Since players have a lot of freedom in arranging plants in their gardens, after fifteen rounds each garden looks completely different and scores differently. The player who accumulates the most points wins.

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Amazon Prime Day 2025 – Post #1 – lots of games 50% off or more!

Again, apologies to anyone who isn’t interested in shopping for new games right now – but there are a LOT of great deals on games today on Amazon Prime Day.

Below is a list of some of the ones that caught my eye.  As a reminder, all of the links here are affiliate links and the Opinionated Gamers may generate a small commission from said links.

For this first list – here are some games that are at least 50% MSRP.  If we have reviewed the game, a link to that review is also included.

 

Galactic Renaissance (65% off) – 29.99  – https://amzn.to/4nK9KxB 

Rallyman Dirt (68% off) – $14.99 – https://amzn.to/3GE1nme

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Dale Yu: Review of Money

Money

  • Designer: Reiner Knizia
  • Publisher: Allplay
  • Players: 2-5
  • Age: 11+
  • Time: 15 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

Your goal in Money! is to trade currencies with the bank and other players so that you end up with more value than anyone else.

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[Prime Day] Pre-Prime Day Deals – Carc and TTR at low prices!

As we have done in years past, we’ll try to bring you the best boardgaming deals we can find on Amazon Prime Day (starts Tuesday July 8). As with all of our affiliate links, we may make a small commission from you buying a game from a session that starts with clicking one of our links. 

Even if you’re not looking for one of these games, we’d appreciate a click on our links!

 

Though the huge sale doesn’t start until tomorrow, there are already two deals that look pretty great for building a game collection.

 

 

Carcassone – $20.15

https://amzn.to/3IfdTsU

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