Tag Archives: Renegade Game Studios

Surviving the Purge: Sentient (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

Designer: J. Alex Kevern Artist: Chris Ostrowski Publisher: Renegade Games Players: 2-4 Time: 45-60 minutes Times Played: 5 Sentient (adjective): able to perceive or feel things Sentient is a dice manipulation puzzle. An ever changing puzzle at that. In the … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

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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Clank! Expeditions – Temple of the Ape Lords (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on December 15, 2019 by

Designer: Tim McKnight Artists: Anika Burrell, Nathan McGuire, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm, Alain Viesca Publishers: Dire Wolf Digital & Renegade Game Studios Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-60 minutes Times Played: 2 “Welcome to the Jungle, we’ve got fun …. Games” … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Clank!-iverse…

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

When we originally reviewed Clank! here on the Opinionated Gamers website, I commented that the game “could well be the love child of Dungeonquest & Ascension.” Since I’m a long-time fan of Dungeonquest, that’s not a bad thing. (Side note: … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: My Gen Con Most Anticipated List (2019)

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

We’re less than two weeks away, and I’m excited for Gen Con 2019. This will be my fifth year at the event, and my now-annual tradition of scrolling through Eric Martin’s amazing BGG preview tool is complete.  As I say … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in May and June 2019

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

This is the May and June entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in the past month that I didn’t have time to do full reviews of.  As always, I limit it to five titles, … Continue reading →

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Chris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Saturday/Sunday

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

This year is the 30th Gathering of Friends, though it is only my third year attending.  The event, held annually in Niagara Falls, is an invitational convention hosted by Alan R. Moon.  Many attendees started arriving on Thursday/Friday, and it … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in March 2019

Posted on March 30, 2019 by

This is the March entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in the past month that I didn’t have time to do full reviews of.  As always, I limit it to five titles, of which … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf: Three Games – Roll and Writes

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

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, but for one reason or another, … Continue reading →

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Essen ’18 Day Two: What’s hot, and what I played… (Chris Wray)

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

For me, Friday at Essen means more time chatting and playing games and less time shopping.  This post includes overall convention thoughts so far, plus an analysis of what’s hot, and mini-reviews of several games I’ve been playing. The Convention … Continue reading →

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