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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

Through the Desert vs Go

There's a long rant at the Game Table about Through the Desert vs Go, where he goes to show that Through the Desert has absolutely nothing to do with Go, and thus the games shouldn't be compared. Through the Desert...

Posted by Mikko on October 20, 2005 2:07 PM

Lahti Board Game Weekend, Saturday

After less-than-well slept night (maybe the real-size Space Marine helmets I slept next to haunted my sleep?) it was a new day and new games. The breakfast - eggs, bacon, french fries - was sturdy and sure to clog arteries....

Posted by Mikko on September 11, 2003 11:19 AM

Through the Desert with Johanna

We didn't go hiking, even if it may sound like it. No, instead we played the brilliant Reiner Knizia masterpiece I bought Tuesday (with Ta Yü, which I haven't played yet but which looks like a very neat game) to...

Posted by Mikko on August 30, 2003 7:57 PM

Board game club meeting

So, here's the promised session report. First of all, I was quite satisfied as plenty of people came to play. I didn't count the total, but well over ten, we had four games going on almost all the time. My...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2002 3:45 PM