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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

Hot games for Q3/2007

It has been a good quarter. With the new Thursday sessions I've had time to play more games, which is always good. I even made it to the Board Game Club. Previous quarter was a good one, too. Fairy Tale...

Posted by Mikko on September 29, 2007 12:15 PM

Thursday session: camels and cards

Another Thursday session, this time with plenty of people: we had three games running at the same time. It was good, because that meant I was able to skip Bang!. Instead I played Yspahan. The game included two newbies...

Posted by Mikko on September 20, 2007 8:57 PM

Small session: Portobello Market, Der Elefant, Yspahan

I met some guys at the university for games. We started off with Portobello Market, now with full set of four players. It's clearly better with four than with two, that's for sure.Portobello Market--> The one thing that defines the...

Posted by Mikko on July 20, 2007 6:15 AM

Yspahan

Yspahan reviewed in Finnish.Yspahan--> Yspahan is a game of camels and trading from Ystari Games. The initial buzz over this one wasn't that big, and I would've missed the game altogether based on that. However, Westpark Gamers did a brilliant...

Posted by Mikko on July 4, 2007 11:00 AM

Hot games for Q2/2007

After a very slow quarter, I'm back with a bit more action. Phoenicia rules the list, after five online games. It's good, and I'll buy it as soon as it appears in Finland.Phoenicia--> Caylus Magna Carta - forget the board...

Posted by Mikko on July 3, 2007 3:00 PM

Yspahan for Windows

I finally got around downloading Westpark Gamers PC version of Yspahan. It's from the same guy who did the St. Petersburg PC version. Yspahan St. Petersburg--> It's a good game. It took me few games to figure it out -...

Posted by Mikko on June 7, 2007 3:40 PM