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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

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

Games with Gargoyle: Yinsh, Dungeon Twister, Blue Moon

Yesterday I had a small "welcome to Tampere" games session with Mikko, also known as Gargoyle (you might remember him from Gone Gaming). We met in the Konttori bar for some two-player games. First up was Yinsh, which we both...

Posted by Mikko on December 15, 2006 8:07 AM

Small two-player session

My games with Olli continued on Friday. We started with Kahuna - it was the final test. Olli lost big time; he got the first scoring, but then my defensive island network made it quite clear there was no way...

Posted by Mikko on July 29, 2006 6:15 PM

Two-player session with Confrontations, Fjords and a Blue Moon

I met Ilari yesterday for some games. The main attraction was the brand new Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Deluxe. Ilari, a big fan of the original game, was eager to try the new characters. Lord of the Rings:...

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

New Confrontations

I got the new Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Deluxe Edition yesterday. The original is one of the best two-player games I have, how does the new edition compare? Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation--> First thing you notice...

Posted by Mikko on March 3, 2006 9:21 AM

Afternoon of games

I had some friends over for games. First one to arrive was Antti, another Tampere gamer who I had met in Helsinki, actually - he came to HelCon. We started the festivities with a quick match of Lord of the...

Posted by Mikko on February 5, 2005 8:41 PM

A two-player game session

My brother came by and, of course, we played some games. The first game we played was Memoir '44. We took the Operation Lüttich scenario; I was the allies, he was the axis. I lost 4-2, as his elite panzers...

Posted by Mikko on July 5, 2004 9:02 AM

Boardgame club session: Black Vienna, Fish Eat Fish, Dia de los Muertos

What a perfect little boardgame club meeting! I was there under three hours, and still managed to play all the three games I wanted to play and then some! Our session started with Black Vienna, once again. And guess what...

Posted by Mikko on June 6, 2004 6:27 PM

Café Games: Gargon, Höhlengrölen, LotR: Confrontation

This time we didn't play Go at all! What a surprise! Instead we played some cards. Because there was five of us present, we had little choice amongst the games I brought.Go--> So we played Gargon, which is an interesting...

Posted by Mikko on February 9, 2004 6:23 PM

Games with Johanna

Yesterday I played some games with the best of all opponents, Johanna. She wanted to play something, so I suggested Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation. I wasn't completely sure if that was her kind of game, but she seemed...

Posted by Mikko on August 22, 2003 9:07 AM

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

I wrote a review of Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation in Finnish few days ago. Finnish user can go read it (Finnish users are also adviced to take a loot at my main blog, which provides website update information...

Posted by Mikko on August 4, 2003 2:22 PM

Wednesday games, part 8: Liar Dice

We had another pleasant game session Yesterday. I started with Erkka, trying out a prototype I've been thinking about lately. My aim is to create a card-driven two-player tile-laying game that feels like Go. Not an easy task and the...

Posted by Mikko on July 31, 2003 10:31 AM

Wednesday Games, part 7: Mü, Tichu

Another pleasant session of Wednesday games! I started with a game of Balloon Cup with Erkka, who was first to arrive. He also won that game... While we were at it, Olli and Vesa arrived. They played a game of...

Posted by Mikko on July 23, 2003 5:24 PM

Balloon Cup, Time Control, Confrontation

I took some pictures. My photo gallery now has new pictures of Balloon Cup, Time Control and Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation.Balloon Cup Time Control Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation-->...

Posted by Mikko on July 18, 2003 10:46 AM

Wednesday games, part 6: Time Control, Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

This time we had a much smaller attendance. I arrived at 11.30 am and met Erkka, who had also just arrived. Fortunately I had planned to play two-player games! We started with Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation. We played...

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2003 9:00 AM

New games

My game collection has grown with two new games. I picked up Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation and Balloon Cup from the post office today. They were my reward for translating the Dragon Ball Z card game rules. I'm...

Posted by Mikko on July 14, 2003 1:21 PM

The Games Journal is out

Finally the January 2003 The Games Journal is out. There's an article about Princes of Florence and Puerto Rico by yours truly, a very interesting article (based on a thesis) about combining electronics and board games and some witty comedy....

Posted by Mikko on January 3, 2003 12:04 PM

New Games Journal is out

Another issue of the fabulous Games Journal is out. There's an interesting article about modifying games for the blind people to play and Greg Schloesser's thoughts about writing bad reviews. There's also an interesting Lord of the Rings: Confrontation puzzle...

Posted by Mikko on December 2, 2002 8:57 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