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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

Helcon 2006

Helcon 2006 was a blast, and the most successful event of the Board Game Society history with almost 100 participants. I was there for the Saturday (limitation caused by being a parent; unfortunate for the gaming, but rewarding in other...

Posted by Mikko on November 7, 2006 12:44 PM

Online games

I thought I had ran out of time at the Days of Wonder web games a long time ago, but it turned out I still have over a year or so. Woo-hoo. After all, I have had several of their...

Posted by Mikko on February 25, 2006 11:33 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

The Games Journal

The first 2005 issue of The Games Journal is out. The best article is without a doubt Dave Shapiro's review of Gang of Four.Gang of Four-->...

Posted by Mikko on January 5, 2005 11:11 AM

BSW games: St. Pete and Tichu

It's been a while since I last played Tichu (about 50 weeks, actually). I played a game at BSW and sucked. No wonder. It was fun, anyway. We were down something like 800-0, but my partner pulled a Grand Tichu...

Posted by Mikko on August 7, 2004 11:31 PM

Another Monday session: Go, Gang of Four

This Monday our session began with two games of Go against Juho. Juho had been playing elsewhere, where he was approximated as 18 kyu player. That would make me 17 or 16 kyu. That sounds pretty good. This time I...

Posted by Mikko on March 9, 2004 3:02 PM

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

Online Gang of Four

It's been a while since my last online Gang of Four match. This time it looked like a short game, but after two fast deals, the losers got a grip and the game became a tad longer. I held the...

Posted by Mikko on February 8, 2004 5:07 PM

Cafe games: Go

Our café games were quite typical yesterday. We did have six people present, though. I ended up playing Go against a new opponent, whose name escapes me now. I won both games, first by a healthy margin of around 100...

Posted by Mikko on January 27, 2004 4:47 PM

Café sessions: Go, Gang of Four

Today was the first time our café group met on Monday and I'd say it was a success. Total of six people played games. Afternoon began with a 13x13 Go match, which I won. It was a close match, though.Go-->...

Posted by Mikko on January 20, 2004 8:50 AM

Gang of Four, once again

I played a game of Gang of Four against three Swiss guys. I didn't do too good - I came third this time. It was a pretty quick game with lots of quick rounds and lots of points. My browser...

Posted by Mikko on January 14, 2004 1:02 PM

More Gang of Four

This time the Gang of Four cave had some people in it and I got a game going - not without two false starts, though. Once again there was a leader who collected barely four points during the game. As...

Posted by Mikko on January 12, 2004 3:06 PM

Gang of Four

I played a game of Gang of Four online. I was quite satisfied with both the online system (I got a game fairly soon) and my performance. I didn't win, but I was second. I even managed to win few...

Posted by Mikko on January 11, 2004 4:33 PM

First games of 2004!

2004 started with a small meeting with Juho and Olli, who are probably pretty high on my regular opponents list. We met at restaurant Telakka, which is a nice place except it's a bit too small. That wouldn't be a...

Posted by Mikko on January 6, 2004 7:05 PM

Gang of Four

I wrote a review of Gang of Four. It's in Finnish, as usual.Gang of Four Choh Dai Di Tichu The Great Dalmuti--> Gang of Four was published around ten years ago for the first time. Now Days of Wonder has...

Posted by Mikko on December 11, 2003 12:19 PM

Go and Gang of Three, part 2

Yet another session with Go and Gang of Four. This time I moved on 19x19 board with Juho. Where I used to play one game of 19x19 with Ilari in, say, 90 minutes, we played six games with Juho. And...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2003 10:08 AM

Weekend games: Puerto Rico, Gang of Four

I was in Jyväskylä meeting my parents last weekend and games were played, as usual. The boys weren't home this time, so I chose more adult games that would work with three. Well, youngest of the boys was around enough...

Posted by Mikko on December 2, 2003 11:06 AM

Gang of Four and Choh Dai Di

Gang of Four claims to be the number one card game in Asia. Well, that might or might not be the case, but it's origins do lie in the Oriental game Choh Dai Di, which is played on a regular...

Posted by Mikko on November 27, 2003 9:21 AM