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Vuosiäänestys

If you're a Finnish board gamer or a board gamer living in Finland, make sure you vote in the yearly best board game voting. The Vuosiäänestys is running for the seventh time this year. The voting is open for all...

Posted by Mikko on September 7, 2009 9:15 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2008

Oops, looks like I forgot to publish the Finnish Players' Picks results for 2008. Well, better late than never! To see the top 28, see Finnish Players' Picks 2008 GeekList. For complete list (in Finnish, but the data speaks math),...

Posted by Mikko on October 23, 2008 8:20 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2008 voting starts

I've opened the voting for the Finnish Players' Picks 2008 awards. If you're a Finnish board gamer or a foreign board gamer living in Finland, go and vote for your favourite games....

Posted by Mikko on August 28, 2008 8:51 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the The Finnish Players' Picks 2007 GeekList. See the full list at Lautapelaaja.net. This year we had more voters, more hardcore gamers voting and lots of interesting games on the list. A good...

Posted by Mikko on October 1, 2007 1:20 PM

Players' Picks 2007

Finnish gamers, head to Finnish Players' Picks 2007 voting page to tell me which games you enjoyed the most during the last year....

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2007 11:27 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2006

Finnish Players' Picks have been chosen for 2006! The winner is Caylus. Nice surprise, I'd say. I wonder how much the fast release of the Finnish edition helped... A GeekList of top 25 games is once again available, as are...

Posted by Mikko on October 3, 2006 8:17 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2006 voting is open

Finnish Players' Picks 2006 voting is now open and remains so until end of September. If you are Finnish or live in Finland, feel free to list five to seven of your favourite games from the last year (1.9.2005 -...

Posted by Mikko on September 1, 2006 10:53 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2005

Finnish Players' Picks for 2005 have been chosen. The winner is Carcassonne. Puerto Rico, the previous winner, places second. Ticket to Ride grabs the third place. Carcassonne Puerto Rico Ticket to Ride--> As usual, I've created a geeklist of the...

Posted by Mikko on October 5, 2005 7:09 AM

Mhing and votes

Johanna handed me my butt, properly kicked, after a quick match of Mhing. She won four rounds, I got two, with score total of 160-64. She's phenomenal! Finnish Players' Picks -votes have been trickling in. 51 gamers have already voted....

Posted by Mikko on September 4, 2005 9:05 PM

Finnish Players' Picks voting started!

Come September and another round of Finnish Players' Picks voting! All Finnish gamers (and gamers living in Finland) are invited to vote for their favourite games. The rules are the same as usual: vote for five to seven of the...

Posted by Mikko on September 1, 2005 8:10 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

Finnish Players' Picks, coming right up!

Friday's are slow at work. Thus, I had plenty of time to tally the votes for the Finnish Players' Picks. However, I'm not telling you anything yet, you'll have to wait for another boring day at work before I do...

Posted by Mikko on October 1, 2004 5:14 PM

Voting procedures

In general I prefer awards handed out by a well-chosen jury with a clear agenda. Public voting prefers the popular games too much. For example, the winner of the Finnish Players' Picks 2004 is fairly easy to guess - there...

Posted by Mikko on September 4, 2004 1:09 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2004

Last year I queried the Finnish gamers for their favourites in Finnish Players' Picks 2003 vote. Now it's time for the 2004 vote! If you're Finnish or live in Finland, head to voting page to learn more. And if you...

Posted by Mikko on September 3, 2004 3:53 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2003

Finnish gamers have made their choice: Puerto Rico is the best game they have played during the last year. 125 voters, 222 games. Puerto Rico was listed by 47 voters, so it was quite a victory. Second spot went to...

Posted by Mikko on October 2, 2003 12:55 PM