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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

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

Best session report ever

This Amun-Re session report by Joe Gola is simply the best session report I've ever read. It's just hilarious. The following is a translation of an ancient Egyptian text found in a crude clay pot buried long, long ago on...

Posted by Mikko on December 20, 2004 1:33 PM

Amun-Re

I wrote a review of Amun-Re. It was kind of a request, really - I implemented a search box on my game review site and someone had searched for it. Amun-Re kind of puzzles me. I find it's mechanics interesting...

Posted by Mikko on November 29, 2004 12:36 PM

HelCon II - Sunday

Sunday began with a game of Tom Tube against Ville, who hadn't played before. I won the game with a single point - it was very exciting and close match. I like the game, definitely.Tom Tube--> During that game, more...

Posted by Mikko on November 11, 2003 9:56 AM

Lahti Board Game Weekend, Friday

So, I spent the weekend at the Munter mansion in Lahti, playing games. It was an excellent weekend of games, one of the best I've participated in. Not the best, though - I think game events get better the less...

Posted by Mikko on September 8, 2003 11:26 AM

Wednesday Games part 5: Amun-Re, East-West

It's already the fifth session of our Wednesday games (would be six, except I missed the previous meeting). This time we started with a game of The Last Panther from the Mü games. Well, we actually played just one hand,...

Posted by Mikko on July 9, 2003 8:24 PM

Games at Jyväskylä: Amun-Re, Coloretto

I had a pleasant almost-weekend at Jyväskylä (from Thursday to Saturday) and as usual, games were played. I took with me the games my mother had bought (Africa, 6 Nimmt! and Vom Kap bis Kairo) and some of my new...

Posted by Mikko on June 15, 2003 4:45 PM

Games arrived!

Our Adam Spielt order arrived today! It was a bloody hard work, hauling that 13.9 kilos of games in a fairly large box all the way from the post office (what, it was at least 500 meters or so!). It...

Posted by Mikko on June 10, 2003 2:29 PM

Games I'd like to buy

There are three big games I'd really, really like to get right now: Amun-Re, the new Knizia game. Akke Monasso's first impressions -article sounds very good. Seems promising! Amun-Re--> Age of Steam is long and complicated, but still it tempts...

Posted by Mikko on March 27, 2003 1:28 PM