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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 3)

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Dale Yu

Recently I was reminiscing about the games I played at my debut Gathering of Friends in 2004 and was surprised by how many have fallen by the wayside.   My initial thought is that games are simply better now. But … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 2)

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Dale Yu

Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 2) I pulled out a golden-oldie in Trajan (a Feld from years past) the other night having not played it for 9 years. The reason for the hiatus was that I remembered it … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1)

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Dale Yu

Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1) It’s the first drop for the year so let’s lead off with the 2024 stats. The numbers are generally lower due to the chunk of time I spent getting body and mind … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 8)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Dale Yu

This year we’ve been going with Pandemic: Iberia as our preferred version to explore. It’s a nice variant of the base game (no legacy or anything) which adds the ability to build railways to zoom around the board and to … Continue reading →

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Opinionated Gamers 2024 Essen SPIEL Quick Takes – Part 2 (14 Nov 2024)

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Dale Yu

We’ve started a tradition of writing a group document with very short takes on the games that we play.  Of course, you’ll not get as much info as in a full review, but as our reviews likely won’t start for … Continue reading →

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Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 7)

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Dale Yu

Under the weight of continued replay year after year, and with even more play than usual recently while my Thursday group has been suffering some new-game-rules-reluctance ennui, I’ve upped my rating of Terraforming Mars to a 10. It’s the 22nd … Continue reading →

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