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Indonesia

On the Finnish site, a review of Indonesia just came up. Indonesia--> Indonesia is a serious business game from Splotter, the guys behind Antiquity and Roads and Boats, two highly esteemed heavy games. Indonesia is a worthy addition to that...

Posted by Mikko on June 13, 2006 2:30 PM

Storage solutions for Splotter games

I've been happy with my ziploc bag arrangement for Antiquity, but seeing Tommy's solution made me instantly jealous. So, since I was armed with a car yesterday, we drove to the Hong Kong junk paradise on the outskirts of the...

Posted by Mikko on April 14, 2006 7:37 AM

Indonesia session

I got the guys together for a game of Indonesia. My original idea was to play two games, but that was a bit too much to ask. Our game took hefty three hours and 40 minutes, so we didn't have...

Posted by Mikko on April 9, 2006 1:47 PM

Board game club: Fettnapf, Havoc, Klondike, Indonesia

We had a rather pleasant board game club meeting yesterday. First up was Fettnapf - I wanted to try the correct rules. You see, I was taught it wrong in Essen and as I never even looked at the rules,...

Posted by Mikko on March 20, 2006 8:01 AM

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

Friday, day three: Games, games, games

Here's what happened yesterday: Today was the day! I went downstairs to use the hotel laptop to send my reports, which I did, and then headed back to the room. I glanced towards the dining room, and who did I...

Posted by Mikko on October 15, 2005 9:31 AM

Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

Essen games

Now, here's the entry I've been meaning to write for a while now... Which games I'm looking forward to getting from Essen? First let me note that thanks to a deal I've got with Lautapelit.fi, Finland's foremost board game retailer,...

Posted by Mikko on September 27, 2005 8:52 AM