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Helcon 2008 review, part 3

Let's see what I didn't cover in part 1 or part 2... see also part 4. GemBlo Pyramid. This dice-pyramid game is apparently good, if played with the expert rules. Well, we couldn't figure them out, so we tried the...

Posted by Mikko on December 3, 2008 9:03 PM

Tower of Babel

Review of Tower of Babel in Finnish. Tower of Babel is a clever area majority game designed by Reiner Knizia. Players try to complete the eight wonders of the world, including the Tower of Babel from the title. Alas, not...

Posted by Mikko on November 5, 2007 1:54 PM

Working on the book

Almost two weeks of work done on the book, half days basically (I'm working in the mornings and during the day when the baby sleeps, few hours a day most days) and I've already covered over 80 games (these are...

Posted by Mikko on January 19, 2007 4:30 PM

Knizia games: Blue Moon City, Tower of Babel, Through the Desert

I met Gargoyle and Laura for a session of Knizia games, as it turned out. We started the games with Blue Moon City, which turned out to be quite a sweet game. 40 minutes of fairly intense hand management stuff,...

Posted by Mikko on December 29, 2006 6:20 AM

Through the Desert

New review up on the Finnish site: Through the Desert. Through the Desert--> Through the Desert is in Reiner Knizia's top ten by any measure. The pastel camel game must be one of his best-recognised games and according to the...

Posted by Mikko on May 17, 2006 8:34 AM

My favourite designers

Larry Levy had a column in Boardgame News called Rating the designers. He wrote about two different approaches to rating the designers, Knizia approach (counting a sum-based score from ratings given to designer's games) and Seyfarth approach (counting an average)....

Posted by Mikko on January 30, 2006 10:25 AM

Friday, day three: Games, games, games

Here's what happened yesterday: Today was the day! I went downstairs to use the hotel laptop to send my reports, which I did, and then headed back to the room. I glanced towards the dining room, and who did I...

Posted by Mikko on October 15, 2005 9:31 AM

Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

Einfach Genial

Another review I wrote: Einfach Genial aka Ingenious aka Mensa Connections. Einfach Genial is a clever game by master Knizia. It's an abstract game, a rare thing from Knizia whose games are often fairly thinly themed, but still have at...

Posted by Mikko on February 19, 2005 1:40 PM

Amun-Re

I wrote a review of Amun-Re. It was kind of a request, really - I implemented a search box on my game review site and someone had searched for it. Amun-Re kind of puzzles me. I find it's mechanics interesting...

Posted by Mikko on November 29, 2004 12:36 PM

Pre-Helcon games

Helcon is history and it's time to write another lengthy epic on the games played. The event was a wild success, with over 50 visitors during the two days. The place we had was practically full during the Saturday afternoon....

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2004 4:03 PM

Weekend gaming session, Saturday

Saturday was a fun-filled day of gaming as well. Tommy's brother Miikka joined us. He's not a gamer the way we are, but likes to play games. We kicked the day off with a four-player game of Attika, a well-known...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2004 9:50 AM

Early Knizia

I played two games of Korsar (also known as Pirat) today. According to Boardgamegeek, it's one of the oldest Knizia games available. It was quite fun, very simple and light. Still, good fun, mostly because it went so fast (one...

Posted by Mikko on October 18, 2003 9:13 PM

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

I wrote a review of Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation in Finnish few days ago. Finnish user can go read it (Finnish users are also adviced to take a loot at my main blog, which provides website update information...

Posted by Mikko on August 4, 2003 2:22 PM

Dice Games Properly Explained

Well, it took two weeks, but Dice Games Properly Explained hit my mailbox today. I've almost read it already and expect to finish soon. It's a wonderful book! Full of games and as the title says, the games are properly...

Posted by Mikko on July 7, 2003 9:07 PM

Dice Games Properly Explained

I went and placed an order for Dice Games Properly Explained by Reiner Knizia at Amazon. It should hopefully hit my mailbox later this week....

Posted by Mikko on June 23, 2003 1:43 PM

Stephenson's Rocket

So, as requested by Iain, here's my thoughts about Stephenson's Rocket. Tommy has been carrying this Reiner Knizia game around to many events, but hasn't ever been able to play it with more than 2 players. To help out the...

Posted by Mikko on October 29, 2002 3:01 PM

En Garde

A new game review on my Finnish site: En Garde. What I think of it? En Garde --> Well, for a such an abstract game (it is indeed very simple), it captivates the feel of fencing quite well. Herr Knizia...

Posted by Mikko on September 28, 2002 11:51 PM

Africa

A new game review on my website: Africa - again in Finnish, sorry. Here's what I think about the game: Africa Carcassonne --> Recently Africa has received some praise from notable members of the Spielfrieks community and I think it...

Posted by Mikko on September 27, 2002 4:48 PM