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Thursday session: Agricola, Kuhhandel

After a quick round of Geschenkt, it was time for a double dose of agriculture.Geschenkt--> Agricola! After figuring out the puzzle of how to fit the game on the table, I went through the rules. Let me say Agricola isn't...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2007 8:50 PM

For Sale

Another review from my Finnish site: For Sale. For Sale--> Stefan Dorra's For Sale is definitely one of the better small auction games. It's a two-part deal that's done in about fifteen minutes. Two rounds of bidding In the first...

Posted by Mikko on May 10, 2006 3:26 PM

Monumento, High Society

Monumento was the last game I reviewed on the old site and High Society is the first one on the new. Monumento (or Make'n'Break) is a very simple dexterity game. The player in turn takes ten large colourful wooden blocks...

Posted by Mikko on March 19, 2005 1:57 PM

Geschenkt

A new review is up at my Finnish game site: Geschenkt. I've reached ten plays fairly quickly with this one, mostly because nobody is satisfied with just one play. It's always hey, I got it, let's play again - that...

Posted by Mikko on November 24, 2004 9:06 AM

Auction article

Shannon Applecline has written an interesting article about auction mechanisms in games. It should be of interest, especially if you're a game designer interested in using an auction mechanism in your game....

Posted by Mikko on March 19, 2004 8:47 AM

Vom Kap bis Kairo

I've written a review of Vom Kap bis Kairo in Finnish. English-speaking visitors can read what I wrote about the game in Boardgamegeek a year ago and compare.Vom Kap bis Kairo--> I think Vom Kap bis Kairo is a nice...

Posted by Mikko on August 15, 2003 10:23 AM

Game idea

For the last few days, I've been thinking about an auction game idea. It just might have something to do with the fact that I played Ra Friday and enjoyed it a lot... Anyway, I'm eager to test my ideas....

Posted by Mikko on January 22, 2003 9:31 AM