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10 Great Trick Taking Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Chris Wray

Trick taking is a favorite mechanic of ours here at The Opinionated Gamers.  Though we never finished our Tricks and Trumps series, we do cover a lot of the games on this site.   And over on BGG, I run the … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Chris Wray

The Spiel des Jahres jury announced their nominees and recommendations this morning. Congratulations to the nominees! We’ve listed them below, but we’ve only put in the names of the German publishers (or what we assume is the German publisher). Links … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Brandon Kempf

Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Three Games: 2019 Game of the Year

Posted on December 21, 2019 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 … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: Game Ratings from My Post-Essen Event

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Chris Wray

Shortly after Essen, I host a small weekend event where my game groups gather and play all of the titles I brought back from Essen. This is our fifth year hosting, and I call it Essen West, although we’ve looped … Continue reading →

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Essen 2019, Day 2: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Chris Wray

For me, Friday at Essen means more time playing games and less time shopping.  This posts covers several topics: (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) some preview details on “Die Crew: Reist gemeinsam zum 9. Planeten”, which … Continue reading →

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