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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

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

Games weekend in Jyväskylä: Mhing!

I visited Jyväskylä last weekend and played quite a few games. I had just few games with me, so the games were repeated more than usually. That's different and to be honest, I quite enjoyed it. Lost Cities: I brought...

Posted by Mikko on May 9, 2005 9:52 AM

Karibik and TransAmerica

I got a nice packet yesterday. Inside I found two games from Winning Moves, Karibik and TransAmerica and some Kosmos two-player games (Lost Cities and Balloon Cup). What all these games have in common? They are all coming out in...

Posted by Mikko on December 22, 2004 1:00 PM

More San Juan

I'm back at BrettSpielWelt, it seems. The new user interface changes have made it more pleasant to use, so I might start visiting the place more often. Today I popped in three times. First time all I played was two...

Posted by Mikko on May 7, 2004 2:07 PM

Lahti games weekend, Saturday and Sunday

After a badly slept night a new morning dawned. While waiting for the breakfast, I played a game of 6 Nimmt!. We played it differently, using (almost) the Terminal City Gamers variant. Instead of several rounds, we played just two,...

Posted by Mikko on March 15, 2004 12:59 PM

Lahti Board Game Weekend, Friday

So, I spent the weekend at the Munter mansion in Lahti, playing games. It was an excellent weekend of games, one of the best I've participated in. Not the best, though - I think game events get better the less...

Posted by Mikko on September 8, 2003 11:26 AM

Sticheln

Finnish users can go ahead and read the Finnish review. I've played enough Sticheln that I feel I can write a review. However, my point-of-view is very biased: I've only ever played the three-player game. Well, one four-player game, but...

Posted by Mikko on August 6, 2003 10:21 AM

FinDipCon V: Saturday

After about six hours of mediocre sleep and an hours walk in early morning Helsinki before the doors opened, the Saturday games started. After some quick two-players (Lost Cities and Flowerpower), we played the New England Phil had bought Friday.Lost...

Posted by Mikko on April 29, 2003 4:05 PM

Lost Cities weekend

I visited my parents last weekend and as usual, games were played. I took my standard set of games: the Africa box, filled with Africa, Puerto Rico and 6 Nimmt, Battle Line which included Vom Kap bis Kairo and as...

Posted by Mikko on February 3, 2003 9:57 AM

BSW Session: Lost Cities, Carcassonne

This was probably the last game session this year... I played few games at the Brettspielwelt, classic BSW games really. First, I played seven hands of Lost Cities, losing most of them. Still, it was pretty fun. At least it...

Posted by Mikko on December 23, 2002 3:01 PM

Café Games: Lost Cities, Bluff, Canal Grande

I met up with some of my friends yesterday for couple of hours of gaming. Unfortunately only two of them showed up in the end, but we had two hours of fun and games anyway. And I had a wonderful...

Posted by Mikko on December 11, 2002 5:16 PM