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Helcon notes, 2009 edition

Helcon was last weekend. The event was again great success, with lots of good games available. Running the event just week after Essen proved a bit problematic, as some of the games arrived from Essen on Friday, barely in time....

Posted by Mikko on November 7, 2009 8:06 PM

Current notes

I'm a train gamer, yes. I've got two Deep Thought games on order and I'm adding third (I've got 1826 and 18MEX, I'm adding 1889) and I'm right now in the process of building two more (recently liberated 18EU and...

Posted by Mikko on September 18, 2009 8:22 PM

Helcon 2008 review, part 4

Continuing from the part 1, part 2 and part 3. Le Havre. I had already decided to pass Le Havre because I felt it was going to be too long for me anyway. Well, Tommy suggested it for my last...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2008 9:26 PM

Helcon 2008 review, part 3

Let's see what I didn't cover in part 1 or part 2... see also part 4. GemBlo Pyramid. This dice-pyramid game is apparently good, if played with the expert rules. Well, we couldn't figure them out, so we tried the...

Posted by Mikko on December 3, 2008 9:03 PM

Helcon 2008 review, part 2: Preußische Ostbahn

Continuing my Helcon review, see part 1 here, there's also part 3 and part 4. Preußische Ostbahn. Another Historic Railroads System game from Winsome, fairly closely related to Wabash Cannonball. However, this one's billed as "German family game". Indeed, the...

Posted by Mikko on December 3, 2008 7:22 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

Back from Helcon!

Another Helcon is gone (well, they're still playing, but I'm already back home) and boy, it was a good one! We started games on the train to Helsinki. Robert managed to get himself to the wrong train (for some reason...

Posted by Mikko on November 4, 2007 12:57 PM

Helcon 2005 - Saturday

Saturday was games, games, games. About 50 people participated, playing lots of games. Few bigger ones were scheduled and the Memoir '44 tournament kept on going. Here's my games: Memoir '44--> Indonesia. Splotter was the theme of the day, and...

Posted by Mikko on November 2, 2005 10:43 AM

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

Helcon report

Tommy posted a nice Helcon report on his website. It's in Finnish, but English readers can at least take a look at pictures. Few picks: Yours truly studying the rules to Mall World, a very cryptic Sleuth note sheet, Robert,...

Posted by Mikko on November 29, 2004 6:47 AM

Helcon III - Sunday

If you haven't read Helcon III - Saturday yet, that's the place to start from. Sunday began with a meeting, when the Finnish Diplomacy Association had it's last meeting. It's final now: the association will now be known as Finnish...

Posted by Mikko on November 10, 2004 10:50 AM

Helcon III - Saturday

Helcon III began early in the morning, when we packed up everything in Tommy's car and headed to the location. We quickly set everything up, unpacked games and arranged the tables and whatnot. First visitors arrived early and started playing...

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2004 4:48 PM

Pre-Helcon games

Helcon is history and it's time to write another lengthy epic on the games played. The event was a wild success, with over 50 visitors during the two days. The place we had was practically full during the Saturday afternoon....

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2004 4:03 PM

Helcon expectations

Today I'm heading to Helsinki and Helcon. I thought I wouldn't take a huge load of games with me, but here I go, hauling one large bag and few smaller ones. If things go well, I'll be able to sell...

Posted by Mikko on November 5, 2004 8:47 AM

Major gaming ahead

Helcon III is coming! This two-day gaming extravaganza is scheduled for 6.-7.11. this year. I enjoyed last year immensely and expect this year will measure up. For more information, see the event web site (in Finnish, if you can't read...

Posted by Mikko on October 13, 2004 3:52 PM

HelCon II + others

I posted some HelCon II pictures at my gallery. There are also some pictures of Finstere Flure, Attika, Amun-Re, Age of Steam and Tigris & Euphrates, all taken at HelCon.Finstere Flure Attika Amun-Re Age of Steam Tigris & Euphrates-->...

Posted by Mikko on November 12, 2003 5:23 PM

HelCon II - Sunday

Sunday began with a game of Tom Tube against Ville, who hadn't played before. I won the game with a single point - it was very exciting and close match. I like the game, definitely.Tom Tube--> During that game, more...

Posted by Mikko on November 11, 2003 9:56 AM

HelCon II - Saturday

Saturday was the first day of HelCon II. We got up early, packed the car and headed towards the location. Which was quite nice, really! For once the space was open and had windows and even the bathrooms were quite...

Posted by Mikko on November 10, 2003 11:49 AM

HelCon II - Friday

I started the HelCon II experience on Friday. The event began Saturday, but I since I was coming from a longer distance, arriving on Friday was a good idea so I could meet Tommy and Laura sooner. Evening was well...

Posted by Mikko on November 10, 2003 10:56 AM

Lord of the Rings: Confrontation

As some of my most faithful readers might remember, Reko had promised to teach me to play Lord of the Rings: Confrontation at the HelCon. Well, he kept his promise and after our game of Die Händler was over, I...

Posted by Mikko on November 1, 2002 10:25 AM