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Dale Yu: Review of Llama Llama

&#160; &#160; Llama Llama Designer: Kaya Miyano Publisher: Allplay Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In Llama Llama, players pass cards to craft hands around the different scoring conditions. These conditions were &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/07/dale-yu-review-of-llama-llama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Here's how a deck of playing cards helped solve 2008 cold case from Pawtucket

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unsolved homicide of Carl Seebeck, a Pawtucket man shot and killed on his way to work in 2008, was featured on a playing card ...

Dale Yu: Review of Miams

&#160; &#160; Miams  Designer: Jules Messaud Publisher: KYF edition Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Roll your dice to make the most beautiful fruit skewers, and fill your Hearts track before your &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/06/dale-yu-review-of-miams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

13 card cribbage january 1st 2026!

Well, we played the 13-card cribbage game today and we survived it! I got to tell you; I don't know how anyone would invent such ...

Dale Yu: Review of Queen Marie-Antoinette

&#160; &#160; Queen Marie-Antoinette Designer: Julien Griffon Publisher: Oka Luda Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher A game of strategy and influence at the court of Versailles &#8211; Step into the intrigues &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/05/dale-yu-review-of-queen-marie-antoinette/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Heroscape: A New Age Begins

You may not have realized it &#8211; but the Heroscape team has not simply been adding figures &#38; terrain to the world of Valhalla. They have also been adding tons of lore. We are now leaving the Age of Annhilation &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/04/heroscape-a-new-age-begins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Advocacy group claims ‘Ace of Spades’ playing cards found in vehicles of people removed by ICE

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Colorado advocacy group said it found “racist” ace of spades playing cards listing the address of a local Immigration and ...

"Cold case" playing cards in Mississippi jails aim to solve murders, disappearances

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Dale Yu: Review of Space Lab

&#160; &#160; Space Lab Designers: Corentin Lebrat, Johannes Goupy Publisher: Studio H  Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link:  Played with review copy provided by publisher Interest in space research is at an all-time high. Across the &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/03/dale-yu-review-of-space-lab/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Dale Yu: Review of Giraffe Raffe

&#160; &#160; Giraffe Raffe Designer: Hisashi Hayashi Publisher: Mandoo games Players: 1-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Play tricks to Trees, or play Apples to skip your turn, but be careful to not &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/02/dale-yu-review-of-giraffe-raffe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Toy Battle, Civolution, Zenith, and Mooki Island Win France’s As d’Or Awards

The winners of the As d&#8217;Or&#8211;France&#8217;s Game of the Year awards&#8211;were announced last week. Taking the main award is Toy Battle, a 2-player affair in which tiles representing toys do battle on a small territorial map. It was designed by &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/01/toy-battle-civolution-zenith-and-mooki-island-win-frances-as-dor-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2026 (Part 10)

&#160;   New-to-me games played recently include … 6 NIMMT! BARON OXX (2025): Rank 6848, Rating 7.1 – Kiesling / Kramer The latest 6 Nimmt variant, where the number now only determines play order and you can play in any &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/03/01/alison-brennan-game-snapshots-2026-part-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Dale Yu: Review of Ghosts Galore

&#160;   Ghosts Galore Designer: Michael Luu Publisher: Lookout Games Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In Ghosts Galore you&#8217;re helping monsters to build a fun ghost train in an abandoned mineshaft. &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/28/dale-yu-review-of-ghosts-galore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Dale Yu: Review of Blooming Sea

&#160; &#160; Blooming Sea Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Korea Board Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Blooming Sea is a colourful tile-laying game by Reiner Knizia, where players take on the &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/27/dale-yu-review-of-blooming-sea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Convention Report: Gulf Games 55

In the fall of 1998, a small group of families gathered off-season in a summer camp facility in Panama City Beach (Florida) to play board games and begin to build friendships. That was Gulf Games #2&#8230; and my wife &#38; &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/26/convention-report-gulf-games-55/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Over 10,000 playing cards, arranged over three days. #playingcards #shortsfeed #nezha2 #domino

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Dale Yu: Review of Yubibo

&#160; &#160; Yubibo Designer: MAGNET Publisher: Jelly Jelly Players: 2-8 Age: 6+ Time: 5-10 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher YUBIBO is a cooperative dexterity game involving hands, sticks, and spongey balls. (Fun fact: Yubi means finger in &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/26/dale-yu-review-of-yubibo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Dale Yu: Review of Pencil Express: Yugoslavia

&#160; &#160; Pencil Express: Yugoslavia Designer: Damjan Miladinović Publisher: Hectic Games Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Pencil Express is a route-building and drawing game set in 1960s Yugoslavia, during a time &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/25/dale-yu-review-of-pencil-express-yugoslavia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Dale Yu: Review of Propolis

&#160; &#160; Propolis Designers: Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich  Publisher: AEG Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 15-30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4sBCue6 Played with review copy provided by publisher Propolis is a worker-placement, engine-building, area-control, and tableau-building game. Players &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/24/dale-yu-review-of-propolis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>

Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2026 (Part 9)

&#160;   New-to-me games played recently include … FORESTRY (2025): Rank 3336, Rating 7.8 You only get 10 turns, and each turn you use your actions points (which can grow thru the game) from a menu of actions, Tikal-style. These &#8230; <a href="https://opinionatedgamers.com/2026/02/23/alison-brennan-game-snapshots-2026-part-9/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>