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Vuosiäänestys

If you're a Finnish board gamer or a board gamer living in Finland, make sure you vote in the yearly best board game voting. The Vuosiäänestys is running for the seventh time this year. The voting is open for all...

Posted by Mikko on September 7, 2009 9:15 AM

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 Players' Picks 2008

Oops, looks like I forgot to publish the Finnish Players' Picks results for 2008. Well, better late than never! To see the top 28, see Finnish Players' Picks 2008 GeekList. For complete list (in Finnish, but the data speaks math),...

Posted by Mikko on October 23, 2008 8:20 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2008 voting starts

I've opened the voting for the Finnish Players' Picks 2008 awards. If you're a Finnish board gamer or a foreign board gamer living in Finland, go and vote for your favourite games....

Posted by Mikko on August 28, 2008 8:51 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the The Finnish Players' Picks 2007 GeekList. See the full list at Lautapelaaja.net. This year we had more voters, more hardcore gamers voting and lots of interesting games on the list. A good...

Posted by Mikko on October 1, 2007 1:20 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

Players' Picks 2007

Finnish gamers, head to Finnish Players' Picks 2007 voting page to tell me which games you enjoyed the most during the last year....

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2007 11:27 AM

Finnish Players' Picks 2006

Finnish Players' Picks have been chosen for 2006! The winner is Caylus. Nice surprise, I'd say. I wonder how much the fast release of the Finnish edition helped... A GeekList of top 25 games is once again available, as are...

Posted by Mikko on October 3, 2006 8:17 AM

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 Players' Picks 2006 voting is open

Finnish Players' Picks 2006 voting is now open and remains so until end of September. If you are Finnish or live in Finland, feel free to list five to seven of your favourite games from the last year (1.9.2005 -...

Posted by Mikko on September 1, 2006 10:53 AM

The Apples Project

Mark Jackson has resurrected The Apples Project for a new run after a four-year break (here's the original Apples Project). The idea is to get a group of experienced gamers to list their favourite games in certain genres or by...

Posted by Mikko on August 22, 2006 6:59 AM

Gameblog wins awards!

I'm proud to tell you, my dear readers, that Gameblog has won an award! Gone Gaming Board Game Internet Awards jury gave Gameblog the best session report award for my Essen 2005 coverage. That's not all! Gameblog also got an...

Posted by Mikko on January 30, 2006 11:09 AM

The Gone Gaming Board Game Internet Awards

Here's something you don't see every day: a board game website award! The Gone Gaming Board Game Internet Awards is a bunch of awards for the best board game websites in different categories. Vote for Gameblog!...

Posted by Mikko on December 26, 2005 8:34 PM

Finnish Players' Picks 2005

Finnish Players' Picks for 2005 have been chosen. The winner is Carcassonne. Puerto Rico, the previous winner, places second. Ticket to Ride grabs the third place. Carcassonne Puerto Rico Ticket to Ride--> As usual, I've created a geeklist of the...

Posted by Mikko on October 5, 2005 7:09 AM

Hall of Fame voting time

I noticed from Tao of Games that The Sumo Counter Hall of Fame voting is on. You'll have until 31st of October to vote, which games should make it to the prestigious Hall of Fame. I think the current list...

Posted by Mikko on September 20, 2005 11:45 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 Players' Picks voting started!

Come September and another round of Finnish Players' Picks voting! All Finnish gamers (and gamers living in Finland) are invited to vote for their favourite games. The rules are the same as usual: vote for five to seven of the...

Posted by Mikko on September 1, 2005 8:10 AM

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

Spiel des Jahres 2005: Niagara

Niagara wins the coveted Spiel des Jahres 2005 award. Hooray for Zoch; this is their second win in few years (previous award was 2002 for Villa Paletti). My first guess for winner was Around the World in 80 Days, since...

Posted by Mikko on June 27, 2005 1:05 PM

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