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10 Great Games from the Past 2 Years (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on April 9, 2022 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 →

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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel Des Jahres – 2021 Edition Final Guesses

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Chris Wray

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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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2021 Edition

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Chris Wray

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 will be … Continue reading →

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The Opinionated Gamers Top Games of 2020 pt 1

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Brandon Kempf

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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Chris Wray: My 10 Favorite Games of 2020

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Chris Wray

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 →

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Spiel Digital (Day 1 Brandon Kempf)

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Brandon Kempf

In an effort to kind of blog along with everything that is going on at Spiel in 2020, I’m trying my best to participate from home, which is kind of difficult as I am working while most of Spiel is … Continue reading →

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