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Gaming Year 2009

Time for another of these yearly reports, huh. This was a fairly quiet year for games. Last year was really good, but we got the second kid this year (see Gaming impact of children)... So, from last year's 284 plays...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2010 8:12 PM

Look, it's Scotland again!

Olli came by to try out the new table. We've moved (short distance, just couple hundred meters, but we got an extra room and about 30 square meters more space), and now we have a kitchen and a separate dining...

Posted by Mikko on December 13, 2009 8:14 PM

Helcon notes, 2009 edition

Helcon was last weekend. The event was again great success, with lots of good games available. Running the event just week after Essen proved a bit problematic, as some of the games arrived from Essen on Friday, barely in time....

Posted by Mikko on November 7, 2009 8:06 PM

1825 Unit 3 with Olli

Olli and I played another game of 1825 Unit 3 (our first game, our second game). Even though it was a while since our previous game, we got the game up and running in just 10 minutes. That was...

Posted by Mikko on October 18, 2009 7:50 PM

Gaming year 2008

So, how was the year? Pretty wild, if you ask me. Good new games (2007-2008 games) Dominion - Well, I played 28 games of this, and most of them outside BrettSpielWelt. That's a pretty nice number, considering how late this...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2009 7:46 AM

Hot games for Q2/2008

Continuing from the previous round... Glory to Rome takes the spot as the hottest game of the quarter, by far: it has double the hotness points the second game on the list has. And why not? It's new and it's...

Posted by Mikko on June 30, 2008 7:27 PM

Return to Scotland: 1825 Unit 3

I organized another train game session at the local library. Once again, only Olli was able and willing to join me, so it was again time for 1825 Unit 3 (I know we could've played Unit 2 as well,...

Posted by Mikko on June 1, 2008 11:43 AM

Two-player 1825

I organized a game of 1825 Unit 3 today at the local library. We ended up playing Unit 3, because Olli was the only one who came... Rest were busy or not willing to travel all the way to...

Posted by Mikko on April 19, 2008 8:59 PM

Games day with Tommy and Stefu: Trains and stuff

Tommy and Stefu came over to spend a day playing games. Johanna was very kind to take Nooa to her parents so we could have our place for us. A chance to play longer, meatier games in such a great...

Posted by Mikko on March 30, 2008 2:29 PM

Trains, trains, trains

I went and bought 1825 from BGG marketplace. It's a full set, too, all three units (but none of the extra kits). Why? I don't know, I suppose because it was there? Well, it does seem like an interesting...

Posted by Mikko on March 7, 2008 7:23 PM