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Thursday session: Tier auf Tier, Attika

Actually, I'll start with another session report first. Wednesday we went to see some of our playground friends. The kids - 5 and 7 years - don't mind Nooa much, but they are all over me. Well, Nooa had great...

Posted by Mikko on November 20, 2008 8:31 PM

Year metric

I've been a fan of Matthew Gray's month metric. Now I happened unto his Every year 2007 update, focusing on the year metric. I haven't been bothering with that, believing I wouldn't have many high-scoring games. Well, I thought, why...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2008 12:32 PM

Neuland and Attika

Ah, Neuland! The land of strange, yet soothing line art and wide open spaces ready to be filled with pointy little buildings, free for all to use! How have I longed to wander through your fields, moving resources around!Neuland--> So,...

Posted by Mikko on July 6, 2007 6:08 AM

Blue Moon City and Attika

Our game session dwindled up to just two players, me and Olli, but I saw no need to change the main course. I've heard Blue Moon City is good with just two, so of course I had to try it....

Posted by Mikko on June 2, 2007 9:06 AM

Board game club session: Tichu, Gulo Gulo, Attika

We had a nice board game club yesterday. It was strange to have the club on Monday, not Sunday, thanks to the Easter, but many people arrived nonetheless. Tichu was definitely the high point for me yesterday. After reading Steve's...

Posted by Mikko on April 18, 2006 7:47 AM

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

Lahti board game weekend 2005

Once again I ventured to Lahti and Peter Munter's board game weekend. After all, I had to go and rescue my sleeping bag I had forgotten there last time. For the record, it didn't survive: Munter's dog (a huge Great...

Posted by Mikko on April 4, 2005 8:27 AM

Jyväskylä game weekend

Last weekend in Jyväskylä was good gaming time. As usual, I brought a bunch on games we played a lot. It's refreshingly different, playing the same games over and over again instead of playing a variety of games just once...

Posted by Mikko on January 24, 2005 9:21 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2004

Ok, finally: Finnish Players' Picks 2004 voting is over, votes have been tallied and I can announce the results: Puerto Rico wins, again. Carcassonne is second and catches up, losing only by two votes. Once again, there's a GeekList of...

Posted by Mikko on October 6, 2004 8:24 AM

Weekend games: St. Petersburg rocks!

I was in Jyväskylä this weekend and it sure was an interesting weekend games-wise. I thought my mother would like San Juan, because she likes Puerto Rico but it's a bit too deep for her. She isn't that into devising...

Posted by Mikko on July 26, 2004 10:28 AM

Weekend gaming session, Saturday

Saturday was a fun-filled day of gaming as well. Tommy's brother Miikka joined us. He's not a gamer the way we are, but likes to play games. We kicked the day off with a four-player game of Attika, a well-known...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2004 9:50 AM

Lahti games weekend, Friday

Another Lahti gaming weekend is over now. Organised by Peter Munter of Puolenkuun Pelit, the event is rather merry occasion. The participants were all-male invite-only group of friends and friends of friends. The average age of the players is probably...

Posted by Mikko on March 15, 2004 9:27 AM

The Games Journal

Finally, after few hours of waiting, new The Games Journal is out (being in an early time zone can be annoying). Except my two excellent articles, it features reviews of Attika and Magna Grecia and some other articles, which I...

Posted by Mikko on March 1, 2004 1:32 PM

Attika

I wrote a review of Attika in Finnish.Attika-->...

Posted by Mikko on February 24, 2004 11:09 AM

Quality Games Weekend: Attika, Puerto Rico

I was in the Jyväskylä last weekend and as usual, played some games while there. The winner of the weekend was Attika, without a doubt. I expected it to sink in well and it certainly did. First time we played...

Posted by Mikko on February 23, 2004 8:19 AM

Board Game Club: Finstere Flure, Pirate's Cove, Wo ist Jack the Ripper

The University club met for the first time this year on Sunday. The attendance was pretty good (I think there were 16 of us, we had three tables most of the time) and the session was very pleasant in general....

Posted by Mikko on January 26, 2004 10:41 AM

Attika at BSW

Determined to get Attika on my fives and tens list this year, I played two rounds at the Brettspielwelt. Attika is certainly an interesting two-player game! The first game I played was an embarrassing five-minute disaster - my opponent blitzed...

Posted by Mikko on December 18, 2003 8:53 AM

Games keep coming in

Last Friday I got my copies of Finstere Flure and Attika. I already played Finstere Flure with Johanna. It supports two players officially, but I thought it'd be more interesting if we both played two teams. It was good, light...

Posted by Mikko on December 16, 2003 11:49 AM

Few games coming my way

I ordered Attika and Finstere Flure today (from Spielenet, I got an offer to join an order so large there are no shipping costs). Attika was a must-buy, while deciding over FF took a while. It's cool theme and neat...

Posted by Mikko on November 16, 2003 11:03 AM

HelCon II - Saturday

Saturday was the first day of HelCon II. We got up early, packed the car and headed towards the location. Which was quite nice, really! For once the space was open and had windows and even the bathrooms were quite...

Posted by Mikko on November 10, 2003 11:49 AM