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Thursday session: Wabash Cannonball, Great Wall of China

Thanks to Easter, we had to reschedule our Thursday games to Wednesday. I started the session with Don. It's been a while since I last played this little filler. Too long, actually, as I was already getting hazy with...

Posted by Mikko on March 20, 2008 12:51 PM

Year metric

I've been a fan of Matthew Gray's month metric. Now I happened unto his Every year 2007 update, focusing on the year metric. I haven't been bothering with that, believing I wouldn't have many high-scoring games. Well, I thought, why...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2008 12:32 PM

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

Indonesia session

I got the guys together for a game of Indonesia. My original idea was to play two games, but that was a bit too much to ask. Our game took hefty three hours and 40 minutes, so we didn't have...

Posted by Mikko on April 9, 2006 1:47 PM

Multiplayer games for two

Iain asked me about other multiplayer games that work with two (other than Caylus, that is). Well, here's a small list: Caylus--> First of all there are few games with modular boards that scale really well. Samurai is the king...

Posted by Mikko on February 3, 2006 10:32 PM

Afternoon games: Cluedo, Cosmic Eidex, Amazonas

I met the Ollis for the last time for now - I'm moving in the end of July and just don't have enough time for games right now. Too bad, but that's life. Anyway, we started our games with Cluedo...

Posted by Mikko on June 30, 2005 8:10 AM

Large group games: Werewolf and Attribute

I spent Wednesday and Thursday on a cruise to Stockholm with the other writers from Enter magazine. There was some official programme, but the evenings were reserved for games. I was asked to bring games, as was Hanna, the other...

Posted by Mikko on June 11, 2005 5:16 PM

Board game club session: Killdog, Amazonas, Sunda to Sahul

Yesterday's board game club session was quite splendid. I got to play several interesting games. It was also great to see Robert, now back from a few month trip to Singapore. Don kicked off the session. Even though Don has...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2005 9:05 AM

Queen's Necklace, Samurai and Höhlengrölen

I've been busy writing reviews. I have already 91 reviews on my web site - I hear the 100 review mark calling my name already. That'll take some time, but soon, soon I'll be there. I'm not going to write...

Posted by Mikko on February 25, 2005 5:13 PM

Need for games

I don't really want new games right now. I'm somewhat unaware of the new Nürnberg titles - I know names, but little else. I know I want San Juan (and I have already made plans to get it without paying)...

Posted by Mikko on March 10, 2004 10:25 AM

FinDipCon pictures

FinDipCon pictures are finally available! There's the event pictures to start with. I also took lots of game photos: Acquire, Capitol, Fabrik der Träume, FlowerPower, Go, Members Only, New England, Ohne Furcht und Adel, Royal Turf, Samurai and Taj Mahal.Acquire...

Posted by Mikko on May 5, 2003 5:26 PM

FinDipCon V: Sunday

Sunday came after another badly-slept night. This time I was able to sleep an about hour longer than last night. I went to eat breakfast at McDonalds, as that was the only thing that's open at 9 am Sunday morning....

Posted by Mikko on April 29, 2003 4:31 PM

Rest of the gaming weekend

The previous entry covers the games of Friday. This one tells the tale from Saturday to Sunday. It's a long story, but hopefully of interest at least to someone. Last Saturday was a full day of gaming. I woke up...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2003 5:00 PM

Friday's games

After a very long board meeting (2½ hours, but lots of good discussion, too) we started the games. We played Space Beans, Wildlife, Medina, Samurai, Ra and Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers. Space Beans Wildlife Medina Samurai Ra Carcassonne: Hunters &...

Posted by Mikko on January 19, 2003 10:45 AM