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First go on the Tinners' Trail

Today's game of choice was Martin Wallace's Tinners' Trail, a game of tin and copper mining in Cornwall. It's a delightful little economy game. I didn't have expectations for it, I'd had just heard good things about the game....

Posted by Mikko on March 10, 2010 8:10 PM

Thursday session: Wabash Cannonball and Dolmengötter

Yesterday's session started with an interesting game of Wabash Cannonball. We only had three players, so it was a different game to start with. I managed to lose the game on the first round. I got shares of PRR...

Posted by Mikko on March 27, 2009 3:10 PM

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

Helcon 2008 review, part 1

Helcon came and went. It's by far my favourite board game event, and once again proved to be excellent. It's small enough, about hundred people or so, yet offers plenty of good board game action. I travelled to Helsinki with...

Posted by Mikko on December 2, 2008 8:31 PM

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

Thursday session: Erie Railroad, Secret Blueprints

When I arrived, the guys were waiting and hungry: it was Wabash Cannonball time. Hannu and Petri, the two main Wabash fans in our group wanted to give the new Erie Railroad expansion a go. KJ and Tapani, both...

Posted by Mikko on November 14, 2008 3:13 PM

Thursday session: Preference, Metropolys, Tarok, Dolmengötter

Another excellent game session this week! When I arrived, PitchCar sessions were over and people were choosing the next games. Hannu quickly got me and Gargoyle to join him in a game of Preference. Gargoyle was a newbie to this...

Posted by Mikko on July 9, 2008 7:03 PM

Hot games for Q2/2008

Continuing from the previous round... Glory to Rome takes the spot as the hottest game of the quarter, by far: it has double the hotness points the second game on the list has. And why not? It's new and it's...

Posted by Mikko on June 30, 2008 7:27 PM

Thursday session: Dolmengötter, Pampas Railroads

Our latest game session (actually on Tuesday) got a good start with Die Dolmengötter. It's a favourite of me and Hannu, and the others were happy to play the game as well. Mika was the only newbie around. Petri...

Posted by Mikko on June 26, 2008 1:47 PM

Thursday session: Thief of Baghdad, Strohmann-Tarock

I arrived in a bad time this week: two games had just started. I sat watching and discussing playing cards with Hannu (he had bought a rather entertaining German pack of cards, it's a reproduction of 19th century Saxony pack...

Posted by Mikko on May 8, 2008 8:21 PM

Thursday session: Eketorp

Another Thursday session, this time on Tuesday because the Vappu festivities on Thursday mean the university is closed. After a quick round of Coloretto we bit into Eketorp. Whether to play this or not was a bit of a question,...

Posted by Mikko on April 30, 2008 1:05 PM

Thursday session: Shogun, Dolmengötter

Yesterday's game session was mostly about Shogun, the Dirk Henn game of warring Japanese daimyos in the 16th century. It's a redevelopment of Wallenstein, which I've played once as play-by-web (and I didn't like it). Now most complex games...

Posted by Mikko on April 18, 2008 12:43 PM

Thursday session: Airships, Dolmengötter, Vegas Showdown

We were planning to play cards this time to celebrate my book, which was finally released last Friday. Well, that didn't happen, thanks to rather diminished number of players (four), including one particular person who doesn't fancy traditional card...

Posted by Mikko on April 11, 2008 12:42 PM

Thursday session: Dolmengötter, Vegas Showdown, Tarot

Die Dolmengötter is an ugly game. The theme is also silly: the game is abstract as heck, and while I understand that theming it must've been a real struggle, one wonders if this is a game that should simply...

Posted by Mikko on February 29, 2008 12:01 PM