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Gaming year 2008

So, how was the year? Pretty wild, if you ask me. Good new games (2007-2008 games) Dominion - Well, I played 28 games of this, and most of them outside BrettSpielWelt. That's a pretty nice number, considering how late this...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2009 7:46 AM

Ubongo Extrem Craxy Expansion

Ted Alspach released Ubongo Extrem Craxy Expansion today. It's a DIY set of 70 new puzzles for Ubongo Extrem. These craxy (extra crazy, that is) puzzles are five-tile layouts, and they sure look mean. Ubongo Extrem Ubongo Extrem Craxy Expansion-->...

Posted by Mikko on March 3, 2008 8:12 PM

Tracon III

I spent most of my yesterday attending Tracon. Tracon is a yearly convention here in Tampere, this was the third time it was organized. Tracon is mostly about anime, manga and role-playing games. In the first two Tracon's, I don't...

Posted by Mikko on February 17, 2008 8:21 PM

Gaming year 2007

Another year of games is soon over. Gaming year 2006 was good, but I think this one was even better! At least in quality, not necessarily in quantity... Good new games (2006-2007 games) Agricola - This year brought two very...

Posted by Mikko on December 31, 2007 7:18 PM

Thursday session: 1960 and Ubongo Extrem

Yesterday's game session put quality over quantity. I spent two hours playing 1960 with Sami; this included the rules explanation (15 minutes of that, 1 hour 45 minutes of game). I took Nixon and campaigned against Sami's JFK. 1960:...

Posted by Mikko on November 16, 2007 11:58 AM

First look at Ubongo Extrem

I picked up Ubongo Extrem from the post office today. It's rather neat! The basic idea remains, but the puzzles are now much harder! The tiles are made of small hexagons, three to five per tile on most tiles....

Posted by Mikko on November 13, 2007 6:11 PM