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Ubongo Duel first impressions

My brother was visiting, so of course I got him to play something with me. Ubongo Duel was an excellent choice, as I hadn't played it before. Always a good idea to shorten the list of "owned, not played"....

Posted by Mikko on December 22, 2009 8:21 PM

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

Thursday session: Tarot, Ubongo

Yesterday's session started with a quick round of Larry Levy's WYSIWYG. It's an advanced version of German Whist, a trick-taking game for two players. Players bid for the right to become a declarer and choose trumps. In the first phase...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2007 11:49 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

Finnish Game of the Year winners 2007

Last year was a disaster, now things look much better! The Finnish Adult Game of the Year for 2007 is Thurn und Taxis, the Finnish Family Game of the Year is Ubongo and the Finnish Kids Game of the Year...

Posted by Mikko on September 14, 2007 11:36 AM

First Thursday session: Ubongo Mini, cards

I've started a new weekly game night. My wife wants me to see other people than her and Nooa, basically. That's perfectly fine with me! Our first night had a good turnout of seven people, so we got two...

Posted by Mikko on September 6, 2007 8:56 PM

Crystal Code

Review of Crystal Code in Finnish. Crystal Code--> Crystal Code is designed by Grzegorz Rejchtman, the designer of Ubongo. The two games are similar: in both games, players race against time and each other to solve pattern recognition problems for...

Posted by Mikko on November 27, 2006 1:39 PM

Games with Olli: Gipf, Zèrtz, Crystal Code, Celtica

Olli made a quick visit yesterday for some games. We started with Gipf. Now, played face-to-face with a real board and the correct rules, I think the game's actually pretty good. My play-by-email experiences didn't do the game justice, I...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2006 7:03 AM

Game weekend at Tommy's, day one

We're having another game weekend at Tommy's. Tommy prepared for the weekend by buying some of the more interesting Nürnburg games, so we've had plenty of interesting games to try. Friday was an effective evening of games, from 18:30 to...

Posted by Mikko on March 25, 2006 7:25 AM

Games Saturday with Tommy, Stefu and Robert

Saturday was the big games day of the weekend, when Tommy and Stefu came all the way from Vantaa/Espoo and were joined by Robert of the local gamers. We started around noon and played almost 12 hours straight. It was...

Posted by Mikko on December 20, 2005 5:55 PM