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Peloponnes and Schildkrötenrennen

We had scheduled a game of Greed on Wednesday's game night, but that fell through. Some other time, then. I did get my copy of Greed back, I had borrowed it right after I got it, so I was finally...

Posted by Mikko on March 19, 2010 9:33 AM

Update on recent games

I've been seriously busy writing my book and this blog is one of the things that has suffered. So, here's a bit of an overview on recent gaming so you don't feel all lonely and deserted here. I've played lots...

Posted by Mikko on February 12, 2010 11:58 AM

Mouse Carousel and Kids of Carcassonne

I got some new children's games to try out. Couple of them were instant hits (Zoowaboo doesn't look like it's really hot with two, so it's still waiting) with Nooa. Mouse Carousel has six tubes and seven mice with different...

Posted by Mikko on December 1, 2009 5:30 AM

Here's a start!

Johanna went shopping today and to my great surprise, bought a board game! She had found a copy of Piikkisiili (aka Polly the Porcupine), a children's game that has an age recommendation of 3+ and won the Finnish award for...

Posted by Mikko on July 30, 2009 8:14 PM

First impression of Fits, some Steam

I got myself a copy of FITS, the Tetris-like game from Ravensburger. It's a fun little puzzler, where players must fill up the space with polyominoes - like Tetris bits, but this game also includes those with three or...

Posted by Mikko on June 25, 2009 8:31 PM

Thursday session: Preußische Ostbahn

I visited today's board game club session quickly. Petri and Hannu were free and easy to rope into playing Preußische Ostbahn. I had a bonus, too, as a friend of mine (Sampo Sikiö) had recently done a new, much...

Posted by Mikko on January 8, 2009 9:11 PM

Silence coming

I haven't been terribly busy blogging here anyway, but I think I'll warn you now: next year is likely to be the quietest so far for Gameblog. The first half or so, anyway, since our second child is due early...

Posted by Mikko on December 11, 2008 8:31 PM

Games at Jyväskylä: Mahjong, Agricola

I went to Jyväskylä with Nooa for the weekend and as usual, it means some games too. Their collection has grown enough that I don't really have to bring any games with anymore, so this time I just brought a...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2008 10:31 AM

Nooa and board games

Nooa is the cutest little gamer. He just loves to play with game boxes, trying to open them. His eyes just light up whenever he sees game boxes - particularly when I get some games in mail and there's a...

Posted by Mikko on November 19, 2007 7:43 PM

Funny Fisherman

As promised to Iain (see his blog), I present you the Funny Fisherman: On the left, the Funny Fisherman is contemplating his catch while longing for more fish. On the right, he is seen sorting out his lines, searching for...

Posted by Mikko on November 2, 2007 12:44 PM

Living with a baby

I'm keeping my personal life out of this blog most of the time, but now I can't help myself: it's been fun living with a baby! Nooa is a sweet boy. He's a month and a day old today, and...

Posted by Mikko on July 24, 2006 1:58 PM

It's a boy!

My son was born today, just seven minutes past midnight. He's small, cute and seems to enjoy sleeping quite a lot. I don't know what to say, it was simply an amazing experience seeing the birth and the first few...

Posted by Mikko on June 23, 2006 8:34 AM

The most important release in 2006

Despite all the interesting games lined up for a release this year (and there are plenty of good ones, particularly in Finnish), there's still one which is more than head and shoulders above the rest. Well, I'm not actually sure...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2006 5:30 PM