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Gaming year 2008

So, how was the year? Pretty wild, if you ask me. Good new games (2007-2008 games) Dominion - Well, I played 28 games of this, and most of them outside BrettSpielWelt. That's a pretty nice number, considering how late this...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2009 7:46 AM

Thursday session: Dominion, Container

After a quick hand of Le Truc with Hannu, Petri arrived and Container hit the table. Petri is interested in modern-day business games and Container hits that niche pretty well. After all, the setting is definitely contemporary and the...

Posted by Mikko on November 1, 2008 2:44 PM

Playing-card review 6: Wilhelm Tell cards

Wilhelm Tell cards are fairly common in the Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, western Romania and southern Tyrol. It is a rather beautiful pattern, full of interesting details. The pack has the German...

Posted by Mikko on August 16, 2008 7:47 PM

Thursday session: Wings of War, Preference

Wings of War is one of those games I've wanted to try for a while now, with little success (and little effort, to be honest). Well, the arrival of the new Wings of War Miniatures Deluxe set helped to...

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2008 1:44 PM

Thursday session: Preference, Metropolys, Tarok, Dolmengötter

Another excellent game session this week! When I arrived, PitchCar sessions were over and people were choosing the next games. Hannu quickly got me and Gargoyle to join him in a game of Preference. Gargoyle was a newbie to this...

Posted by Mikko on July 9, 2008 7:03 PM

Thursday session: Glory to Rome, Preference, Tarock

Our Thursday session was on Monday this week. That's summer for you... I would prefer a fixed date, but sure, it's pretty hard to fix when people have fluctuating schedules. I started games with a two-player game of Glory to...

Posted by Mikko on June 17, 2008 5:45 PM

Russian Preference

My mother and Ismo were visiting to see Nooa. Well, Nooa didn't want to sleep before they arrived and we had to put him to bed while they were here, so we entertained ourselves with games while Nooa was...

Posted by Mikko on May 3, 2008 3:26 PM