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Thursday session: Slovenian Tarok, Ottocento

When I arrived, the guys were already playing Mhing. No problem: I dealt myself in and joined the game. It's flexible that way... Didn't win the first hand, obviously, but in the second, I got out on what, fourth...

Posted by Mikko on November 30, 2007 12:30 PM

Cider gaming: Cosmic Eidex, Mhing

Yesterday's game session was motivated by cider. Some local pubs have cider weeks right now and being such a cider fan as I am, I wanted to check out their real cider - it was called Broadside or Broadwinds, don't...

Posted by Mikko on June 7, 2006 9:54 AM

Phantom Rummy with Johanna

I wanted to see how Johanna liked Phantom Rummy, so we played a game. It wasn't quite a success - we aborted after three rounds when Johanna was leading 8-4. Phantom Rummy--> I wasn't quite sure she'd like the game...

Posted by Mikko on November 12, 2005 4:34 PM

Mhing and votes

Johanna handed me my butt, properly kicked, after a quick match of Mhing. She won four rounds, I got two, with score total of 160-64. She's phenomenal! Finnish Players' Picks -votes have been trickling in. 51 gamers have already voted....

Posted by Mikko on September 4, 2005 9:05 PM

Visiting Italy

We were in Italy last week. Two years ago we checked the jesters in Florence, this time I checked the background on San Marco. Well, actually we resided in Bardolino on the Lake Garda, but we made a day-trip to...

Posted by Mikko on August 27, 2005 3:22 PM

Weekend games: Mhing, Flaschenteufel and Bongo

I played a quick round of Mhing with Johanna while we waited for food to cook. We played just four rounds, which is probably the best explanation for my victory, which was first of it's kind. I visited the Sunday's...

Posted by Mikko on June 20, 2005 1:09 PM

Sunday afternoon Mhing

Johanna wanted to play games, which is always nice. I still don't have Antiquity, which we both lust for, so we had to settle with Mhing. After playing the game twice without any regard to scoring, we now counted score....

Posted by Mikko on June 12, 2005 3:48 PM

More Mhing

Since I get very controversial comments on Mhing's two-player suitability, I wanted to try it myself. Johanna was up for the task, and we played few rounds last night. As Johanna was new to the game, I didn't teach her...

Posted by Mikko on May 13, 2005 8:44 AM

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