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Recent gaming: Agricola + others

I took the kids to Jyväskylä last weekend to see their grandmother. All in all a good visit, except not quite enough sleep for me, but that's life with toddlers. Of course, board games were involved. In addition to playing...

Posted by Mikko on April 14, 2010 12:40 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

Helcon 2008 review, part 4

Continuing from the part 1, part 2 and part 3. Le Havre. I had already decided to pass Le Havre because I felt it was going to be too long for me anyway. Well, Tommy suggested it for my last...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2008 9:26 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2008

Oops, looks like I forgot to publish the Finnish Players' Picks results for 2008. Well, better late than never! To see the top 28, see Finnish Players' Picks 2008 GeekList. For complete list (in Finnish, but the data speaks math),...

Posted by Mikko on October 23, 2008 8:20 AM

It's Essen time again

The Christmas is coming, by which I mean Essen. There's a pile of new games getting published, but I'm really not very interested in most of them. I mean, there's plenty of nice stuff coming, but in the end, I...

Posted by Mikko on October 17, 2008 7:04 AM

Games at Jyväskylä: Mahjong, Agricola

I went to Jyväskylä with Nooa for the weekend and as usual, it means some games too. Their collection has grown enough that I don't really have to bring any games with anymore, so this time I just brought a...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2008 10:31 AM

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

Jyväskylä visit: Black Vienna, Cuba

I visited my mom at Jyväskylä with Nooa. Thanks to Easter, we stayed for three days, which - of course! - presented us with more opportunities for games (two evenings and Nooa's nap time on Saturday). That in mind, I...

Posted by Mikko on March 23, 2008 7:36 PM

Agricola and aboutness

Agricola gets an update. The family board gets a new action and the day labourer action is altered. The new action (which goes in the empty spot on the family game board) is "Build stables and/or bake bread" and the...

Posted by Mikko on March 2, 2008 11:34 AM

Agricola, Xiangqi and video games

I visited Jyväskylä last weekend. Agricola was a must after last time. This time the boys were out of town, so it was just me, my mother and Ismo. We managed to play two games, first one taking 60...

Posted by Mikko on February 11, 2008 7:09 PM

Hot games for Q4/2007

And here's the one final bit of trivia for 2007, the hot games for Q4. Shouldn't be any surprises in store, but it's good to have this one link in the chain of quarterly reports! Goodness continued from the previous...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2008 6:56 PM

Gaming year 2007

Another year of games is soon over. Gaming year 2006 was good, but I think this one was even better! At least in quality, not necessarily in quantity... Good new games (2006-2007 games) Agricola - This year brought two very...

Posted by Mikko on December 31, 2007 7:18 PM

Christmas Agricola

I must've been pretty nice, since Santa brought me Cuba (befriending game store owners helps). Haven't tried yet, but the game looks drop dead gorgeous. Mechanisms seem sound as well. Should be fun, might be one of those "nice, but...

Posted by Mikko on December 25, 2007 7:18 PM

Thursday session: Agriculture again

While waiting for our fellow gamers, we played a three-player game of Race for the Galaxy. This time everybody knew the rules and played fast and we were able to finish the game in just 15 minutes or so....

Posted by Mikko on December 14, 2007 12:26 PM

Visiting Jyväskylä: Villa Paletti, Da Vinci Code, Agricola

I was visiting my parents in Jyväskylä this weekend and as usual, games were played. We started already in the afternoon with Villa Paletti. I like the game, and this reminded me why. It's just so much fun. The...

Posted by Mikko on December 9, 2007 4:01 PM

Thursday session: Agricola, Kuhhandel

After a quick round of Geschenkt, it was time for a double dose of agriculture.Geschenkt--> Agricola! After figuring out the puzzle of how to fit the game on the table, I went through the rules. Let me say Agricola isn't...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2007 8:50 PM

Agricola review

Maik Hennebach's The two player game and a look under the hood is an excellent review of Agricola. It describes the game well and is entertaining to read; all in all, it's one of the very best board game reviews...

Posted by Mikko on November 14, 2007 8:00 AM

Shopping for a farm

I don't think I can help it: I can't wait for the English edition of Agricola to come out. All the talk of expensive euros and uncertain schedules, and all that time I could be happily playing the game...

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2007 12:48 PM

Back from Helcon!

Another Helcon is gone (well, they're still playing, but I'm already back home) and boy, it was a good one! We started games on the train to Helsinki. Robert managed to get himself to the wrong train (for some reason...

Posted by Mikko on November 4, 2007 12:57 PM