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Finnish Game of the Year awards

Finnish Game of the Year awards for 2006 are out now, and what a huge disappointment they are! Best children's game is Build-a-Burger (I would've given the award to Das kleine Gespenst, but I don't know anything about Build-a-Burger). Best...

Posted by Mikko on September 15, 2006 7:31 AM

Pirate's Cove

I wrote a review of Pirate's Cove (in Finnish; review number 92!). I like Pirate's Cove. I like the fancy bits (I think it's one of the prettiest games I've ever seen), the theme is great and the game is...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2005 3:26 PM

Board Game Club: Finstere Flure, Pirate's Cove, Wo ist Jack the Ripper

The University club met for the first time this year on Sunday. The attendance was pretty good (I think there were 16 of us, we had three tables most of the time) and the session was very pleasant in general....

Posted by Mikko on January 26, 2004 10:41 AM

Games of 2003

Here it is - the fabled games of 2003 overview. Enjoy. As it turned out, I played some games after I had posted this on mailing lists, but fortunately the data is still correct... It's always interesting to make this...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2004 12:59 PM

Christmas games

I've been playing some games with Johanna during the holidays. I wanted to introduce Attika to Johanna. I thought she might like it, the whole constructive attitude of the game. In the other hand, I thought it might be a...

Posted by Mikko on December 27, 2003 1:05 PM

Pirate's Cove

I didn't stay long at the board game club meeting yesterday, but I had enough time to try Pirate's Cove with five players. It was much better experience than with three and I even upgraded my Geek rating for the...

Posted by Mikko on December 8, 2003 11:39 AM

Independence Day games

Even though next board game club meeting is tomorrow, I invited Robert and Olli to my place for some games. It was a very good way to spend the Independence Day in my opinion, especially as Johanna was out of...

Posted by Mikko on December 6, 2003 9:15 PM

Day of Wonder

I did my first live TV bit today. It was fun, we talked about board games. It was quite light, just five-ten minutes or so and therefore didn't delve deep into the subject, but still, I had a good time...

Posted by Mikko on November 22, 2003 3:20 PM