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Celtica

Review of Celtica in Finnish Celtica--> Celtica, a game by well-known designer duo Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling was published recently in Finland. I was curious to try the game; for background, I had read the less-than-favourable comments from the...

Posted by Mikko on November 26, 2006 12:13 PM

Celtica

I got a review copy of Celtica, the much-dismissed game from Kramer and Kiesling. I don't get the really bad ratings; the game has an average of 5.2 now, I'd expect something above 6 (like the 6.4 for That's Life!...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2006 9:45 AM

Hacienda

Another review up: Hacienda. Hacienda--> Hacienda is a solo work from Wolfgang Kramer, published by Hans im Glück. That's quite a combo: one of the esteemed professional designers and one of the most appreciated publishers known for quality games. This...

Posted by Mikko on September 5, 2006 2:37 PM

Australia

Finnish review of Australia. Australia--> Australia is a potential victim for too high expectations. After all, Kramer and Kiesling are responsible for the mask trilogy (Tikal, Java, Mexica) and Australia seems to fit with that group. Tikal Java Mexica--> However,...

Posted by Mikko on April 27, 2006 6:00 PM

That's Life!, Verflixxt! or Sellaista sattuu

Here's a review of Sellaista sattuu, the Finnish edition of Verflixxt! / That's Life!. Verflixxt!--> That's Life! is a roll and move game from Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling, better known from their more serious line of action point games...

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2006 12:33 PM

Gulo Gulo

I tried Gulo Gulo with Johanna recently. It's a children's game from Wolfgang Kramer and collaborators. The idea is simple: players advance on a path, trying to reach the end. What makes Gulo Gulo stand out is the method of...

Posted by Mikko on February 6, 2006 5:31 PM

My favourite designers

Larry Levy had a column in Boardgame News called Rating the designers. He wrote about two different approaches to rating the designers, Knizia approach (counting a sum-based score from ratings given to designer's games) and Seyfarth approach (counting an average)....

Posted by Mikko on January 30, 2006 10:25 AM

Board game club session: Attribute, Australia

We had a rather pleasant board game club session yesterday. Since Johanna was away on a cruise with her friends, I played until midnight with the last enthusiasts. It was fun, though a bit too late perhaps to be done...

Posted by Mikko on April 17, 2005 9:27 AM

Verflixxt, Amazing Labyrinth

I came across two new games I haven't heard about yet. Verflixxt is a new game from Kramer and Kiesling, but far from their earlier work together. The board of this roll and move game is made of cards with...

Posted by Mikko on March 23, 2005 7:52 AM

Maharaja and St. Petersburg

I got Maharaja and St. Petersburg yesterday. Maharaja-->St. Petersburg--> As anybody who's followed Spielfrieks recently can tell, Maharaja rules have caused lots of discussion (Goa has been another hot topic, but since I don't care about it, I just skip...

Posted by Mikko on July 23, 2004 9:22 AM

Board game club meeting

Board game club met last Sunday and I got to play many interesting games, including few new games I hadn't experienced before. My number one priority was testing Goldland which I have wanted to try for the last two times...

Posted by Mikko on February 17, 2003 7:53 PM

Wildlife preview

As mentioned before, I bought Wildlife Friday and managed to play it the same night. Here's my preview, based on that one game. Wildlife--> The main reason why I bought Wildlife was the cheap price. Reason why I chose Wildlife...

Posted by Mikko on January 19, 2003 1:35 PM