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Board game club: Antiquity

It's been a while since I last visited the board game club. Bad timing and busy weekends... It was a real pleasure to go and to celebrate, I decided to play something heavier that doesn't quite work with our...

Posted by Mikko on January 21, 2008 11:41 AM

Storage solutions for Splotter games

I've been happy with my ziploc bag arrangement for Antiquity, but seeing Tommy's solution made me instantly jealous. So, since I was armed with a car yesterday, we drove to the Hong Kong junk paradise on the outskirts of the...

Posted by Mikko on April 14, 2006 7:37 AM

Antiquity

Review of Antiquity in Finnish is available.Antiquity--> Antiquity is a game of competing city-states. In the beginning, cities are empty and the landscape is open for all to take. As the game progresses, cities grow and new towns are founded,...

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2006 10:44 AM

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

Controlled game of Antiquity

Nestori was interested to try Antiquity and of course, I'm always interested to play the game, so we arranged a match while he was in Tampere. It was a two-player game, fresh change from the four-player games I've played. It...

Posted by Mikko on March 14, 2006 5:10 PM

Multiplayer games for two

Iain asked me about other multiplayer games that work with two (other than Caylus, that is). Well, here's a small list: Caylus--> First of all there are few games with modular boards that scale really well. Samurai is the king...

Posted by Mikko on February 3, 2006 10:32 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

Easier Antiquity

I played a game of Antiquity with Johanna today. This time I chose to play the easier introductory game, without pollution and famine. The game was much easier, but still interesting to play. Johanna picked up the game quite well...

Posted by Mikko on August 10, 2005 10:12 PM

Board game club: Antiquity and Shadows over Camelot

Yesterday we played the first game of the much-expected Antiquity. Teaching the rules was fairly straightforward, but I didn't stress quite enough that Cart Shops were needed to build inns and cities, too, because I think everybody but me fumbled...

Posted by Mikko on August 8, 2005 9:05 AM

Antiquity is here!

Antiquity arrived, finally! It had taken a detour, visiting three Tampere post offices when it should've come through just two. That's why I didn't get it last week... Well, that's all behind, now I can enjoy having the game around...

Posted by Mikko on August 2, 2005 8:11 PM

Air of expectation

Guess what! My copy of Antiquity began its journey from Essen (that's where Allgames4you is located) to Tampere yesterday. I'm hoping it'll make it here during next week, but we'll see - it was sent to my old address, which...

Posted by Mikko on July 21, 2005 3:02 PM