Tag: The Op
Posted on August 3, 2025
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It’s funny, but no matter how bad a month might be as far as playing games, I usually get a decent number of “new to me” games played. I thought July would be slow, but it ended up being pretty normal. I also thought,… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Arcane Wonders, Betting, Blue Panther Games, Card-Driven Game, CMYK, Dice-rolling, Drafting Games, Eggertspiele, Era: Medieval Age, Eric Olsen, Flip 7, Hot Streak, Jon Perry, Land and Freedom, Matt Leacock, Polyomino Games, The Op, Tile-Laying Games, World Wonders, Zé Mendes
Posted on August 19, 2022
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As part of a partnership with The OP, Alderac Entertainment Group is releasing three different Smash Up core sets with IP that the OP has (is that too much EP?). The first, of course, was Smash Up: Marvel, which was a pretty good expansion… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Disney”
Posted on March 9, 2022
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Why does all of the interesting news happen on days where I’ve already done a post? On the heels of last year’s (was it only last year? COVID has made time kind of wonky) Smash Up: Marvel Edition, The OP and Alderac Entertainment Group… Continue Reading “Smash Up: Disney Edition Coming Soon”
Posted on December 3, 2021
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Welcome to November’s “New to Me” post! You may notice something odd about November. No, it’s not that I had way too much Thanksgiving turkey (THANKSGIVING’S IN OCTOBER, YOU NON-CANADIANS!). It’s that three of the seven entries on this list are from Alderac Entertainment… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Alderac, Auction Games, Avalon Hill, Card Games, Cooperative Games, Dice Drafting, Erik Andersson Sundén, Grand Austria Hotel, Henry Stern, Jump Drive, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Molly Johnson, Push Your Luck Games, Rio Grande Games, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich, Simone Luciani, TEN, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, The Op, Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, Trick-taking games, Variable Player Powers, Vegas Showdown, Virginio Gigli, Whirling Witchcraft, Wizards of the Coast
Posted on December 2, 2021
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My first Smash Up review in almost two years! One of my pandemic lock-down games purchases (and yes, there were many…too many) was the latest Smash Up expansion, this time done as a co-production with the OP and thus including the Marvel Comics license.… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Marvel”
Posted on March 19, 2021
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I such a timely guy, aren’t I? The first post in this series came out what seems like months ago (it was over a month ago, on February 15). What’s taken so long for the second post? Would you believe I fell asleep? All… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #290-281”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alderac, Altiplano, Andrew Wolf, Area Control, Auction Games, Bag Building, Barenpark, Bill Eberle, Card Games, Deckbuilders, Die Macher, Dmitry Knorre, Dominic Crapuchettes, Dune, Evolution: Climate, Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Hans im Gluck, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, Jack Kittredge, Julian Courtland-Smith, Kami Mandell, Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Lookout Games, Love Letter, Lunch Time Games, Michal Oracz, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, North Star Games, Notre Dame, Peter Olotka, Phil Walker-Harding, Portal Games, Push Your Luck Games, Ravensburger, Reiner Stockhausen, Renegade Games Studios, Seiji Kanai, Sergey Machin, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Survive: Escape from Atlantis, The Op, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on August 4, 2020
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Even after all of this time, I’m still kind of on the fence regarding the idea of Alderac Entertainment Group and the OP teaming up to do an officially licensed Smash Up expansion. The idea is cool, and I’m sure the execution will be there,… Continue Reading “The OP & AEG Announce New Marvel Smash Up Factions”
Posted on April 8, 2020
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Late last year came the news that Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and The OP (formerly USAOpoly) were joining forces to bring licensed characters to the Smash Up universe. Finally, yesterday, the announcement came as to what the first team-up will actually be: Smash Up: Marvel.… Continue Reading “AEG & The OP bring Marvel Comics to Smash Up”
Posted on November 14, 2019
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Being as much of a Smash Up fan as I am, you know I couldn’t pass up commenting on this one. Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and The Op (formerly USAopoly) are teaming up to bring new licensed factions to the hit card game (and… Continue Reading “AEG & The OP team up for future Smash Up expansions”