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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

Small game session: Mexica, Bunte Runde

I met the guys at the University cafe for a small session yesterday. Interesting enough, the entry exams for information studies were at the same time as our games! I was there too, six years ago, and now I'm just...

Posted by Mikko on June 2, 2006 2:12 PM

Games Saturday with Tommy, Stefu and Robert

Saturday was the big games day of the weekend, when Tommy and Stefu came all the way from Vantaa/Espoo and were joined by Robert of the local gamers. We started around noon and played almost 12 hours straight. It was...

Posted by Mikko on December 20, 2005 5:55 PM

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

Weekend of Industrial Waste (with some Dvonn)

I was visiting Jyväskylä last weekend. In addition to some surprisingly pleasing physical work (painting boards and a wall, building scaffolding), we played lots of games. During the years, I've introduced several games with variable success. Some have been huge...

Posted by Mikko on October 3, 2005 12:27 PM

Industrial Waste vs Power Grid

I was asked a question by Jacob in the comments of an earlier post: Hey, could I trouble you for your opinion of Industrial Waste vs Powergrid? I've played neither and I'm intrigued by both. Powergrid is ranked really high...

Posted by Mikko on July 3, 2005 10:03 PM

Bug Bluff, Doom, Industrial Waste

I've been writing little game reviews recently. When I spend most of my time at the computer writing, that isn't the most attractive way to spend my free time, right? However, now I just had to get these few games...

Posted by Mikko on July 1, 2005 4:11 PM

Afternoon games: Cluedo, Cosmic Eidex, Amazonas

I met the Ollis for the last time for now - I'm moving in the end of July and just don't have enough time for games right now. Too bad, but that's life. Anyway, we started our games with Cluedo...

Posted by Mikko on June 30, 2005 8:10 AM

Midsummer games: Industrial Waste, Cosmic Eidex, Lost Valley

I met the Ollis Thursday for some games. It was a fairly monotonous event, with only two different games played. It's not a big deal, since the games were excellent. I'm really growing fond of Industrial Waste. We played three...

Posted by Mikko on June 24, 2005 10:23 AM

Industrial Waste musings

I must say I'm quite enamored by Industrial Waste. It was a good acquisition, as it is certainly a game for my liking. Thanks Tommy! What's better, my opinion of the game has improved with every game. Yesterday's game certainly...

Posted by Mikko on June 16, 2005 10:41 AM

Afternoon games: Australia, Industrial Waste

Once again I met with the Ollis to play games. We started with Australia, requested by Olli M-K., who had also played it once before. Olli H. was new to the game. It started to look bad, but turned out...

Posted by Mikko on June 15, 2005 6:21 PM

Mikko goes podcast

Exciting news, everybody: I've gone podcast! My first podcast is up at the Lautapelaaja.net podcast page. It's 9,3 megabyte mp3 file, I think I managed to balance sound quality and file size pretty well. Unfortunately, there's a small catch: it's...

Posted by Mikko on June 14, 2005 3:04 PM

Game weekend, part 1: Roads & Boats, Manila, Industrial Waste, Memoir '44

We had a really good games weekend last weekend. Tommy came over Friday afternoon with a bunch of interesting games to try. We were joined on Saturday by Manu and Robert. After dinner Manu left, but was later replaced by...

Posted by Mikko on June 6, 2005 9:24 AM