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The Opinionated Gamers Top Games of 2020 pt 1
Everyone has to have their Top whatever lists done in January. That’s just the way it rolls in the board gaming world. If you release a list of your favorite games of 2020 in July of the following year? Forget … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Mater, Anno 1800, Best Board Games 2020, Best of 2020, Beyond the Sun, Bonfire, Cloud City, Fox in the Forest Duet, Hallertau, Imperial Struggle, Iwari, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Monasterium, My City, Paleo, Pan Am, Pandemic Legacy: Season 0, Paris, Rajas of the Ganges The Dice Charmers, The Castles of Tuscany, The Red Cathedral, Warp's Edge, Whistle Mountain
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Chris Wray: My 10 Favorite Games of 2020
While 2020 was (as expected) a down year in gaming, I still played about 60 games released last year, plus about 30 new expansions. The OG will have a big list of the group’s top games later this month, but … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Essen 2020, Reviews
Tagged 2020, 7 Wonders Duel Agora, Azul: Crystal Mosaic, Best Of, Bites, Chris Wray, Everdell Spirecrest, Feierabend, Iwari, Lost Ruins of Arnak, My City, Paleo, Pandemic Legacy: Season 0, Rococo, Silver Coin, Silver Dagger, Top 10, Whistle Mountain
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Ten More 2020-2021 Titles I’m Eagerly Anticipating (Article by Chris Wray)
Back in April, I published a list of 10 2020 Titles I’m Eagerly Anticipating. Since then, we’ve seen convention after convention cancelled, and many game releases have slipped into 2021. But there are still several great games coming! So today, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Essen 2020
Tagged Alan R. Moon, Alma Mater, Claim, Daniele Tascini, David Turczi, Feed the Kraken, Feierabend, Finishing Time, Freidemann Friese, Glen More II: Chronicles, Kemet: Blood and Sand, Maglev Metro, Matt Leacock, My City, Pandemic Legacy, Pandemic Legacy: Season 0, Reiner Knizia, Rob Daviau, Schotten Totten, Schotten Totten II, Scott Almes, Ted Alspach, Tekhenu, Ticket to Ride Amsterdam, Ultimate Werewolf Extreme, Whale Riders, While Riders: The Card Game
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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel Des Jahres – 2020 Edition Final Guesses
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres were announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartographers, Kennerspiel des Jahres, My City, Nova Luna, Pictures, Spiel des Jahres, The Crew
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Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!
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
Posted in Commentary, Selections from the Web
Tagged Cartographers, Christian Stöhr, Corne van Moorsel, Daniela Stöhr, Die Crew: Reist gemeinsam zum 9. Planeten, Edition Spielwiese, Foto Fish, Hjalmar Hach, Jordy Adan, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, Kosmos, LOGIS, Lorenzo Silva, Michael Kallauch, My City, Nova Luna, NSV, PD Verlag, Piatnik, Pictures, Reiner Knizia, Reinhard Staupe, Speedy Roll, Spiel des Jahres, The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, Thomas Sing, Urtis Šulinskas, Uwe Rosenberg, Wir sind die Roboter
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10 Great Games from the Past 2 Years (Article by Chris Wray)
Gaming largely went on a “pause” for the past two years. There were fewer releases of new games. Conventions were less well-attended — or canceled. Game groups temporarily disbanded. But as the hobby continues its effort to reconnect, we here … Continue reading →