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Da Vinci's Challenge

Review in Finnish here DaVinci's Challenge is yet another game trying to milk the popularity of Dan Brown's books. Once again, any connection between this game and Leonardo Da Vinci is fairly thin and based on art alone (and even...

Posted by Mikko on October 18, 2006 12:41 PM

Ta Yü rules

Since Ta Yü is generally available for a very cheap price (well, at least in Germany), I thought translating the rules might be a good idea. Thus, I present to you: Ta Yü rules in Finnish.Ta Yü-->...

Posted by Mikko on December 13, 2005 1:39 PM

Good offers

As much as I wish to support the local game store, there are some offers you just can't afford to miss. Ta Yü is a really good game that's been either too expensive or hard to get. Now it's neither,...

Posted by Mikko on November 7, 2005 8:30 AM

Ta Yü

I wrote a review of Ta Yü. It's in Finnish, as usual. Ta Yü is one of the most beautiful games in my collection. I just love the plastic tiles, which remind me of Mahjong. It's the same kind of...

Posted by Mikko on July 6, 2004 1:47 PM

A two-player game session

My brother came by and, of course, we played some games. The first game we played was Memoir '44. We took the Operation Lüttich scenario; I was the allies, he was the axis. I lost 4-2, as his elite panzers...

Posted by Mikko on July 5, 2004 9:02 AM

Ta Yü and blog technicalities

I wrote a short review of Ta Yü yesterday and that inspired me to play a game. I played with Johanna and she beat me... But it was pretty close, just 25-21. It's interesting how we both had ten connections,...

Posted by Mikko on January 30, 2004 12:06 PM

Board game club meeting

Our board game club had a meeting yesterday. Lots of games were played, which was good. I started the afternoon with Web of Power. It's one of my favourites, but I haven't played it often this year. I should, I...

Posted by Mikko on November 3, 2003 11:51 AM

Ta Yü with Johanna

Johanna wanted to play something Friday evening. That's always ok with me, so we started to think about what to play. Since Johanna wanted to try something new, that ruled out Through the Desert, which was otherwise a strong contender....

Posted by Mikko on September 21, 2003 12:50 AM

Lahti Board Game Weekend, Friday

So, I spent the weekend at the Munter mansion in Lahti, playing games. It was an excellent weekend of games, one of the best I've participated in. Not the best, though - I think game events get better the less...

Posted by Mikko on September 8, 2003 11:26 AM