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Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

Spiel des Jahres 2005: Niagara

Niagara wins the coveted Spiel des Jahres 2005 award. Hooray for Zoch; this is their second win in few years (previous award was 2002 for Villa Paletti). My first guess for winner was Around the World in 80 Days, since...

Posted by Mikko on June 27, 2005 1:05 PM

Niagara

Next up in my Finnish review site: Niagara. While Zoch is well-known for games with good presentation, Niagara is an extremely pretty game. From the first pictures I saw from the Essen fair 2004 I knew I had to see...

Posted by Mikko on March 24, 2005 12:19 PM

Gone Fishing, Catan, Niagara

A bunch of games played recently: I played a game of Gone Fishing! with Johanna on Friday. She proved to be a superior fisher. Of 31 possible fish points, she got 26. I fished after her, so I could tally...

Posted by Mikko on March 13, 2005 11:36 AM

Boardgame Club meeting: Niagara, Fresh Fish

Our club meeting yesterday drew a record crowd of 25 gamers. At one point we had five games going on at the same time! That's amazing and I do hope this is a continuing trend and not just a fluke....

Posted by Mikko on February 14, 2005 11:58 AM

Games of 2004

Another year gone, another report of year's activities. Once more, there's probably more information than anyone wants to know, but it's more for me anyway. Once again I played more than 100 different games - 113 to be precise. That's...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2005 9:11 AM

Helcon III - Saturday

Helcon III began early in the morning, when we packed up everything in Tommy's car and headed to the location. We quickly set everything up, unpacked games and arranged the tables and whatnot. First visitors arrived early and started playing...

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2004 4:48 PM