Blog search

Thursday session: Qwirkle, Antike

Another good session, this time with more shorter games. That's nice balance. We hit off with Flix Mix, a favourite of mine I hadn't played in a while. It's a small Adlung card game, those just get stuck somewhere...

Posted by Mikko on February 1, 2008 11:59 AM

Thursday session: Heckmeck, Halli Galli and Cuba

Another good Thursday evening. While waiting for the crowd to gather, I opened the games with Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck. It was chaos, as usual. I failed rolls constantly, while Mari and Jaakko piled up worms. Well, Mari lost most...

Posted by Mikko on January 12, 2008 11:38 AM

Quackle! (Snorta!)

Review of Quackle! in Finnish. Quackle!--> Snorta! - or Quackle!, as it's known in Finland - is a light party game. The rules are very simple, the components attractive, the game works for up to eight players and it's easy...

Posted by Mikko on March 16, 2007 8:49 AM

Gaming year 2006

Once again the year is over and it's time for the year-end report. Here's 2005 for comparison... Good games published in 2006 Age of Steam: London and Sun, 1830's Pennsylvania and Northern California - I've played one map from each...

Posted by Mikko on January 2, 2007 8:00 AM

Hot games for Q2/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for the second quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the...

Posted by Mikko on June 26, 2006 6:05 PM

Halli Galli

Here's my Finnish Halli Galli review. Halli Galli--> Halli Galli is an entertaining speed game. Each player has a deck of cards. The cards are turned over one by one in turn, so that each player has a discard pile...

Posted by Mikko on May 10, 2006 3:09 PM

FinDipCon VIII

I spent the weekend in FinDipCon VIII in Helsinki. It was a pleasant event, as they usually are, with lots of games played. The Diplomacy tournament was of course the main event: the Finnish Diplomacy champion in 2006 is Juho...

Posted by Mikko on May 8, 2006 10:33 AM