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JunaCon: 1830, Preußische Ostbahn

Yesterday I made a trip to Turku - two hours driving each direction - just to play two games. Crazy? Well, one of the games was a five-hour game of 1830. Still crazy? Well, I like being crazy that...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2010 12:49 PM

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

Gaming Year 2009

Time for another of these yearly reports, huh. This was a fairly quiet year for games. Last year was really good, but we got the second kid this year (see Gaming impact of children)... So, from last year's 284 plays...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2010 8:12 PM

Board game designs by Sampo Sikiö

Sampo Sikiö did the really cool redesigns of Preußische Ostbahn and Wabash Cannonball, but it doesn't stop there. Go take a look at some real talent! His Flickr photostream has more pictures of his work and also general photography, while...

Posted by Mikko on January 9, 2009 11:38 AM

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

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: Preußische Ostbahn

Yesterday's main game was Preußische Ostbahn. We had four players this time and I was the only one with previous experience. Hannu won the game, though, with amazing score of 649 -- I was second with 421! Preußische Ostbahn-->...

Posted by Mikko on December 5, 2008 5:49 PM

Helcon 2008 review, part 2: Preußische Ostbahn

Continuing my Helcon review, see part 1 here, there's also part 3 and part 4. Preußische Ostbahn. Another Historic Railroads System game from Winsome, fairly closely related to Wabash Cannonball. However, this one's billed as "German family game". Indeed, the...

Posted by Mikko on December 3, 2008 7:22 AM

It's Essen time again

The Christmas is coming, by which I mean Essen. There's a pile of new games getting published, but I'm really not very interested in most of them. I mean, there's plenty of nice stuff coming, but in the end, I...

Posted by Mikko on October 17, 2008 7:04 AM