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Age of Steam: Texas, Oklahoma & New Mexico

Last Sunday's board game club was an excellent opportunity to get some Age of Steam action. I had heard a tip that Winsome's cow expansion Age of Steam: Texas, Oklahoma & New Mexico is good, so that's what we...

Posted by Mikko on May 19, 2009 8:51 AM

Board game club: Steel Driver, Torres

I had a great time at today's board game club (yeah, the baby's still waiting for a nice day to be born -- perhaps next week?). I started with quick five-player game of Formissimo, which is a simple speed...

Posted by Mikko on January 11, 2009 8:42 PM

Board game club: Dominion, Container

Last Sunday I visited the board game club and instead of the quick visit last time, I was able to play games for few hours. We started with a quick round of Halli Galli Extreme for warm-up. It's a...

Posted by Mikko on October 28, 2008 5:44 PM

Back to New England

I visited board game club today for a while. I had to leave early, but I did have time for a round of New England Railways. We got five players and this time, since I was carrying Age of...

Posted by Mikko on September 21, 2008 8:13 PM

Finncon + Board Game Club: Steam over Holland, West Riding

I've been too busy to write a session report from Finncon. Well, now I have time. I'll combine reports, as I just returned from our board game club, where I had a rather splendid little session. So, watch out...

Posted by Mikko on August 3, 2008 8:27 PM

Board game club: Antiquity

It's been a while since I last visited the board game club. Bad timing and busy weekends... It was a real pleasure to go and to celebrate, I decided to play something heavier that doesn't quite work with our...

Posted by Mikko on January 21, 2008 11:41 AM

Board game club: Age of Steam, End of the Triumvirate

It's been a while since my last visit to the board game club. Yesterday I was able to go, and had enough time, too, to play some heavier games. We started with Age of Steam: Mississippi Steamboats, one of...

Posted by Mikko on September 24, 2007 11:59 AM

Board game club session: Quackle!, Great Wall of China, Imperial

Excellent session at the board game club today, I got to play everything I wanted! Quackle!, maybe better known as Snorta! for you foreign folks, was a silly game. It's nice, but I much prefer Halli Galli when it comes...

Posted by Mikko on February 18, 2007 7:32 PM

Board game club session: Struggle for Rome

Yesterday's board game club was a bit of a short affair for me, but I got what I wanted: a game of Struggle for Rome, the new historical Catan game. Struggle for Rome--> It's pretty neat game, I think. There...

Posted by Mikko on January 29, 2007 7:45 AM

Age of Steam in Pennsylvania

Yesterday I went to the Board game club with a mission: I want to play Age of Steam! It took some trying, but I got a group of four together to play 1830's Pennsylvania. It immediately leaped to the top...

Posted by Mikko on October 9, 2006 9:32 AM

Board game club: Terra Nova, Viva Topo!

Board game club was a big hit yesterday, with almost a record crowd of over 20 gamers. I made a quick visit and had time for just a few games. I've wanted to play Terra Nova to get it off...

Posted by Mikko on September 25, 2006 11:53 AM

Board game club: Edel, Stein & Reich, Bunte Runde

Yesterday was board game club day, despite nice weather, sunshine and all. We won't let that stop us! The turnout was good, three tables going on all the time. I got a nice bunch of people playing with me the...

Posted by Mikko on June 5, 2006 8:18 AM

Board game club session: Tichu, Gulo Gulo, Attika

We had a nice board game club yesterday. It was strange to have the club on Monday, not Sunday, thanks to the Easter, but many people arrived nonetheless. Tichu was definitely the high point for me yesterday. After reading Steve's...

Posted by Mikko on April 18, 2006 7:47 AM

Board game club: Fettnapf, Havoc, Klondike, Indonesia

We had a rather pleasant board game club meeting yesterday. First up was Fettnapf - I wanted to try the correct rules. You see, I was taught it wrong in Essen and as I never even looked at the rules,...

Posted by Mikko on March 20, 2006 8:01 AM

Board game club: Fjorde, Neuland, Havoc

The olympic ice hockey final didn't affect the participants in the board game club yesterday, we had good attendance. I got to play everything I had planned to, which was nice. While waiting for others to arrive, I played a...

Posted by Mikko on February 27, 2006 7:28 AM

Board game club: Antike, Antike!

Board game club met last Sunday. It was a good meeting, with lots of people, some new faces and active gaming. After a warm-up game of Flix Mix (I'm still unbeaten in this game), we started a six-player Antike. That...

Posted by Mikko on January 17, 2006 8:46 AM

Board game club session: Antike, Caylus

Yesterday's board game club session - first and last for me this season, unfortunately - was quite nice. Some new folks, some good games. I started with a quick match of Blockster with Laura. It's a simple game, played with...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2005 1:00 PM

Board game club: Antiquity and Shadows over Camelot

Yesterday we played the first game of the much-expected Antiquity. Teaching the rules was fairly straightforward, but I didn't stress quite enough that Cart Shops were needed to build inns and cities, too, because I think everybody but me fumbled...

Posted by Mikko on August 8, 2005 9:05 AM

Board game club: Manila, Dividends, Boomtown, Modern Art, Farfalia, Louis XIV

We had a very good game session yesterday. It started with just me and four guys, but hey, we had a blast even if noone else joined us until much later. After clicking through an absolutely dreadful game of Crokinole...

Posted by Mikko on July 18, 2005 4:37 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