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Thursday session: Qwirkle, Antike

Another good session, this time with more shorter games. That's nice balance. We hit off with Flix Mix, a favourite of mine I hadn't played in a while. It's a small Adlung card game, those just get stuck somewhere...

Posted by Mikko on February 1, 2008 11:59 AM

Board game club session: Quackle!, Great Wall of China, Imperial

Excellent session at the board game club today, I got to play everything I wanted! Quackle!, maybe better known as Snorta! for you foreign folks, was a silly game. It's nice, but I much prefer Halli Galli when it comes...

Posted by Mikko on February 18, 2007 7:32 PM

Essen bounty

I've been following the Essen discussion on the Board Game Society message, and here's my list of the new stuff I want: Der Elefant im Porzellanladen - Mandatory Amigo card game. A friend will bring this to me to pay...

Posted by Mikko on October 22, 2006 2:16 PM

Game weekend at Tommy's, day two

Saturday was a full day of games, though curiously we didn't play as many games as on Friday night. The games were longer, though. Stefu joined us for Saturday, and Tommy's brother Miikka did a guest appearance as well. The...

Posted by Mikko on March 26, 2006 9:19 AM

Antike

For me, Antike was definitely one of the brighter hits from Essen 2005. I had reordered the game, mostly tempted by the theme and having some faith in Eggert-Spiele thanks to Neuland, which was excellent. Lower price I got didn't...

Posted by Mikko on January 18, 2006 5:21 PM

Board game club: Antike, Antike!

Board game club met last Sunday. It was a good meeting, with lots of people, some new faces and active gaming. After a warm-up game of Flix Mix (I'm still unbeaten in this game), we started a six-player Antike. That...

Posted by Mikko on January 17, 2006 8:46 AM

Games Saturday with Tommy, Stefu and Robert

Saturday was the big games day of the weekend, when Tommy and Stefu came all the way from Vantaa/Espoo and were joined by Robert of the local gamers. We started around noon and played almost 12 hours straight. It was...

Posted by Mikko on December 20, 2005 5:55 PM

Board game club session: Antike, Caylus

Yesterday's board game club session - first and last for me this season, unfortunately - was quite nice. Some new folks, some good games. I started with a quick match of Blockster with Laura. It's a simple game, played with...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2005 1:00 PM

Helcon 2005 - Saturday

Saturday was games, games, games. About 50 people participated, playing lots of games. Few bigger ones were scheduled and the Memoir '44 tournament kept on going. Here's my games: Memoir '44--> Indonesia. Splotter was the theme of the day, and...

Posted by Mikko on November 2, 2005 10:43 AM

Designers write about their games

It's always interesting when designers step up and discuss their games. There have been two great examples of that recently: Gathering of Engineers: Daddy, Where Did Havoc Come From?, written by KC Humphrey, the designer of Havoc: The Hundred Years...

Posted by Mikko on October 31, 2005 10:11 AM

Antike and Heckmeck

I tried Antike with Johanna. It's certainly not the best two-player game, but it was fun and I got some practise with the mechanics so it'll be easier for me to teach in Helcon this weekend. Antike--> So, yeah, it...

Posted by Mikko on October 24, 2005 8:41 AM

Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

Essen games

Now, here's the entry I've been meaning to write for a while now... Which games I'm looking forward to getting from Essen? First let me note that thanks to a deal I've got with Lautapelit.fi, Finland's foremost board game retailer,...

Posted by Mikko on September 27, 2005 8:52 AM