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Helcon 2005 - Friday

Helcon 2005 was already the fourth time the event was organised. This time we had a new location, a meeting hall of The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission. It was a good location for many reasons: it was clean, had enough...

Posted by Mikko on October 31, 2005 10:32 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

Board game club session: Killdog, Amazonas, Sunda to Sahul

Yesterday's board game club session was quite splendid. I got to play several interesting games. It was also great to see Robert, now back from a few month trip to Singapore. Don kicked off the session. Even though Don has...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2005 9:05 AM

KillDog

I was browsing Bruno Faidutti's Ideal Game Library, when I came across KillDog (Geek entry). KillDog, named after Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs is a bluffing game. Players are gangsters fighting over a pile of loot. Each turn, four bills...

Posted by Mikko on May 2, 2005 5:55 PM