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Memoir with Air Pack

I met Sami for some Memoir '44 with the Air Pack. We had time for two scenarios, both from the Western front. We played Carentan Causeway and the Battle for Arracourt. The first one was a quick one, because...

Posted by Mikko on February 13, 2008 7:29 PM

Combat Commander: Europe

Review of Combat Commander: Europe in Finnish. Combat Commander: Europe--> I'm definitely an eurogamer - fond of fairly simple games that manage to create complex gameplay from a small ruleset. Yet sometimes I want more. This has been particularly true...

Posted by Mikko on March 13, 2007 9:16 AM

Latest crush

I've got this thing with war games. I'd like to have a tactical level war game in my collection. I like Memoir '44, it works well for what it tries to be, but I'd like something with more detail, more...

Posted by Mikko on February 3, 2007 5:19 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

Resisting the temptation

Ah, BattleLore. I've read the reports, the blog entries, the praise. How I wish you were mine, and how I must fight this temptation... I really like Memoir '44, and while I prefer the military theme to the fantasy (medieval...

Posted by Mikko on December 9, 2006 8:17 AM

Memoir '44: Pacific Theater

Review in Finnish. Memoir '44: Pacific Theater--> Pacific Theater is the latest expansion for Memoir '44. Like Eastern Front, it adds new figures, new rules and new scenarios to the basic game. Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Eastern Front--> This time...

Posted by Mikko on October 25, 2006 2:05 PM

Hot Games for Q3/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for the third quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2006 12:12 PM

Pacific Memoir and rats

My last board game session this summer involved me, Olli and Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre. The latest Memoir '44 expansion turned out to be a blast. Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre--> We played two scenarios. Japanese counter-attack on Guam...

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2006 7:18 AM

Battles in the east

I met Olli for a session of Memoir '44. We ended up exploring the Eastern Front expansion. Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Eastern Front--> Both scenarios we played - Gates of Moscow and Breakout to Lisyanka - were excellent. Add the...

Posted by Mikko on August 3, 2006 4:39 PM

War, trading and hot rats

I met Olli for the first proper game session after Nooa's (that's the name of our boy) birth. It was fun, to have a small break from baby care and maintenance. We started off with Memoir '44, since that was...

Posted by Mikko on July 22, 2006 8:28 AM

Memoir '44 goes Pacific

Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre is coming! The rules (pdf) are already available. Here's a short list of what new the game will contain:Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre Memoir '44 Official Carrying Case--> Japanese troops are superb. They don't retreat...

Posted by Mikko on April 8, 2006 8:07 AM

Memoir, football and Blue Moon

I wanted to try the Memoir '44 expansions and invited Olli H. over to give them a go with me. Here's what we played: We started with the Suomussalmi scenario from Eastern Front. It's the only Winter War scenario and...

Posted by Mikko on December 16, 2005 10:47 PM

It's all about packing

It was something I have thought about and wondered for a while now, and the answer is yes: you can fit the base game, both expansions, the extra map and all sorts of stuff you printed from the web into...

Posted by Mikko on December 5, 2005 8:26 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

More midsummer games: Lost Valley, Street Soccer, Memoir '44

Next day after our Lost Valley game, Johanna wanted a rematch. That's remarkable! I was more than pleased to play the game again. It was fun - this time we explored the whole of the valley. In the end Johanna...

Posted by Mikko on June 26, 2005 3:19 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

Memoir '44

I wrote a lengthy review of Memoir '44, in Finnish, as usual. I don't think there's much need for me to write a review of Memoir '44 - just go and read the 20 or so reviews the Geek already...

Posted by Mikko on March 2, 2005 9:06 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

International Gamers Awards 2004

The winner of the International Gamers Awards is St. Petersburg. Neat. When I wrote about the nominees, I wished but didn't expect it to win. Now the game has won both IGA and DSP awards - my taste in games...

Posted by Mikko on September 22, 2004 8:55 AM