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Definition of skill in games

Dutch professor Ben van der Genugten has created a formula for calculating the skill level of a game. He has used it in Dutch courts to help determine that fantasy sports games are games of skill and now he's using...

Posted by Mikko on October 3, 2008 2:07 PM

Jonathan Schaeffer and Duplicate Poker

I was scouring the web for interesting Poker news (that's what I do for living these days) and I bumped into a familiar name. There's a Man vs Machine Poker Championship coming, where two human Poker pros will play against...

Posted by Mikko on June 3, 2008 8:10 PM

On The Spot Games

Yesterday I got a bunch of games from On The Spot Games. All the games are designed by James Ernest and Mike Selinker, and aimed towards somewhat mass-market crowd, I'd say - they are very simple games, some definitely aimed...

Posted by Mikko on November 8, 2006 7:53 AM

Havoc: The Hundred Years War

Here's a review some of my readers have been waiting for: Havoc: The Hundred Years War. That's the Finnish review, here's my opinion in English:Havoc--> I first played Havoc: The Hundred Years War at the Sunriver Games demo table in...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2006 8:11 AM

Making a very small fortune playing Poker

I've been playing online Poker recently. It's one of those things I've been thinking about. I ended up not doing it originally - I would be happy to play play money games at one site, until I could make profit...

Posted by Mikko on January 8, 2006 8:51 PM

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

Club meeting

Board game club gathered yesterday to play some games. I was actually rather satisfied with the games I played, I managed to play just about everything I set out to play. We started with San Marco. I'd like to try...

Posted by Mikko on March 22, 2004 8:26 AM

Fun and games for Christmas

Another attitude towards games: I had great fun playing Poker with my girlfriend yesterday. We play for Go stones, as I have plenty of those, and the way we play would probably make most Poker experts hilariously insane. Poker--> Yesterday...

Posted by Mikko on December 14, 2002 3:16 PM