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Finnish Game of the Year awards

Finnish Game of the Year ("Vuoden peli") awards have been given. The finalists were chosen August 5th and the winners the next day, but for some reason both weren't published until today. Bizarre. The adult game category was won by...

Posted by Mikko on August 21, 2009 12:29 PM

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

Quick touch with Pentago

I played Pentago, the Finnish game of the year, yesterday with Johanna. My darling wife was amazed when she heard that was the winner. She may not be a hardcore gamer, but she isn't clueless either! The game sucks, simply...

Posted by Mikko on October 13, 2006 12:36 PM

Finnish Game of the Year awards

Finnish Game of the Year awards for 2006 are out now, and what a huge disappointment they are! Best children's game is Build-a-Burger (I would've given the award to Das kleine Gespenst, but I don't know anything about Build-a-Burger). Best...

Posted by Mikko on September 15, 2006 7:31 AM

Finnish Game of the Year winners 2005

Finnish Game of the Year winners have been declared. They reflect the Spiel des Jahres awards closely. Best children's game is Geistertreppe, 2004 Kinder Spiel des Jahres winner. Kids loved the ghost mechanism and thought the game was funny and...

Posted by Mikko on September 9, 2005 1:15 PM

Finnish Game of the Year finalists

Finalists for the Finnish Game of the Year awards are out. Children's games: Mighty Magpies (Harakkavarkaat) - Tactic Geistertreppe (Kummitusportaat) - Marektoy / Drei Magier Schatz der Drachen (Lohikäärmeen aarre) - Marektoy / Winning Moves Family games: Cranium CADOO -...

Posted by Mikko on August 22, 2005 11:10 AM

Finnish Game of the Year candidates

Finnish Game of the Year candidates haven't been published yet, but I happen to have inside contacts and thus knowledge. Finnish readers can check the list of the candidates for the best adult and family games from the Boardgame Society...

Posted by Mikko on June 1, 2005 3:32 PM

Finnish Game of the Year 2004: Carcassonne

Carcassonne wins the Finnish Game of the Year 2004 award. As we all know, Settlers of Catan didn't make it, not even to the finals. However, it got a special mention as an interesting, new kind of game. So basically,...

Posted by Mikko on September 16, 2004 3:46 PM

Carcassonne vs Settlers of Catan - winner is clear

As I mentioned in an earlier entry, Finnish Game of the Year awards are very interesting this year as both Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan are competing for the award. Well, looks like that competition is already done: Catan didn't...

Posted by Mikko on August 7, 2004 11:42 PM

New Finnish game store online

Lautapelit.fi (lautapelit is Finnish for board games), a new Finnish online game store opened it's web site yesterday. It's still bit unfinished, but it should work already. It's run by the folks behind Safe Haven. I think it's pretty neat....

Posted by Mikko on July 2, 2004 9:05 AM

Finnish Game of the Year awards 2003

Finnish Game of the Year awards have been given. Finnish Toy Association has chosen following winners: Best children's game is Kissa ja hiiret by Ravensburger. Best family game is Blokus and the best game for adults is Cranium. Interesting choices....

Posted by Mikko on September 24, 2003 2:29 PM

Finnish Game of the Year awards 2002

Finnish Game of the Year awards have been given out. The winners this year are: Best Children's Game: Ali Baba (Ravensburger) Best Family Game: Bakari (Tactic) Best Adult Game: Fits (Ravensburger) Spiel des Jahres winner Villa Paletti was in the...

Posted by Mikko on September 17, 2002 4:08 PM