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Chris Farrell is back!

One of my favourite bloggers, Chris Farrell, is back! His new blog is called Illuminating Games. His insights on Glory to Rome are interesting, especially considering I just bought the game (I'm hoping to play it next Thursday, we'll see)....

Posted by Mikko on May 18, 2008 10:50 AM

Agricola and aboutness

Agricola gets an update. The family board gets a new action and the day labourer action is altered. The new action (which goes in the empty spot on the family game board) is "Build stables and/or bake bread" and the...

Posted by Mikko on March 2, 2008 11:34 AM

Recommend me blogs to read

I just moved my blog subscriptions from Bloglines to Google Reader, because Bloglines blanked out yesterday - no updates on any blogs at all. It seems to work now, but perhaps I'll try something else for a while. Changing readers...

Posted by Mikko on February 25, 2008 5:03 PM

Purple Pawn

Yehuda keeps busy with blogging. His latest project is the game news web site Purple Pawn. He covers board and card games. I've added his newsfeed on my side bar, so check it out. Apparently he's looking for news editors,...

Posted by Mikko on February 18, 2008 12:16 PM

New blogs

There's a new Age of Steam blog, run by Alban Viard and Michael Webb. The initial entries are mostly about the designs of their expansions, which is always interesting. There's an RSS feed, too. Age of Steam--> I've started a...

Posted by Mikko on August 7, 2007 11:03 AM

Objective vs subjective

Yehuda asks: Is there a solid line between objective and subjective evaluation? Most people don't agree with my particular assessment of Saint Petersburg, and not only due to my subjective criticisms. It's possible that my objective criticisms are more subjective...

Posted by Mikko on May 21, 2006 1:57 PM

Essence of Euro-style games

Lewis Pulsipher's article The Essence of Euro-style Games was published in The Game Journal. It describes what makes Euro games, particularly in opposition to war games. I don't think the article is that great - there's little new in it...

Posted by Mikko on February 15, 2006 10:07 AM

New blogs

Check out Boardgamers' Pastime, a fairly new blog from Mario Lanza. The entries so far look great and the Tikal logo is absolutely gorgeous. Also worth checking out is the latest project of mine, Best of Board Games, which aims...

Posted by Mikko on December 30, 2005 8:34 AM

Loads of blogs

As long as we're linking is a big list of board game blogs. I picked several new ones on my Bloglines lists. Thanks, Yehuda!...

Posted by Mikko on November 25, 2005 8:32 AM

Taj Mahal

Isn't it funny, when Brian Bankler describes what he sees as the fundamental flaw in Taj Mahal in his article Worst Poker variant ever, he actually describes the very thing I find so attractive in the game? Taj Mahal--> It's...

Posted by Mikko on September 22, 2005 9:07 AM

Alfred's Best of Blogosphere continues

Alfred's Best of Blogosphere continues, and I made the list! I'm flattered! I've come across most of the entries he picked, and I think he's made some good choices this week, as well (even excluding me)....

Posted by Mikko on September 16, 2005 11:25 AM

Best of the Blogosphere

Alfred's Best of the Blogosphere is a most welcome development. Alfred from Musings, Ramblings and Things Left Unsaid picks highlights from the board game blogs every week, pointing readers to the most interesting entries. I like it, but I think...

Posted by Mikko on September 9, 2005 8:55 AM

Architekton

I was thinking about getting Architekton (as a companion to another small-box Queen game, Turbo Taxi, which is a must-buy for me), but after I read Mary (sodaklady) write about in Gone Gaming: Techniques to Recruit The Non-gamer in Your...

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2005 7:49 PM

Another new blog!

Gathering of Engineers is another group blog, started by the members of Rip City Gamers group. That includes Chris Brooks, Dave Eggleston (Death Metal Cafe), Eric Landes (Incunabula), KC Humphrey (game design guru) and others. The start seems promising....

Posted by Mikko on August 30, 2005 8:51 AM

Boxes

Shannon Appelcline wrote a good article on game boxes in the Gone Gaming blog. The Problem with Game Boxes is a lament for the variety of different box sizes these games of ours come in: This might seem a pretty...

Posted by Mikko on August 28, 2005 9:34 AM

Board game blog review (and linking)

I think board game bloggers could link to each other a bit more. Most blogs have a blogroll, that's good (and quite a few link to me, that's always nice!). Still, maybe few more entries with links to other board...

Posted by Mikko on August 28, 2005 9:01 AM

Three years!

Oops, almost missed the anniversary (actually, I thought it was the 22nd). I do remember our wedding anniversary (which is day after tomorrow), so perhaps I'll just try to remember that this blog's anniversary is two days before that. Which...

Posted by Mikko on August 26, 2005 11:25 PM

Gold rush

Joe Gola recounts his Silverton experiences in There's Gold in Them Thar Cards. Suddenly I feel a rush to try to game! Man, that's some well-written and attractive stuff about a five-hour juggernaut game! Silverton--> The new Gone Gaming blog...

Posted by Mikko on August 7, 2005 9:27 AM

Tom Vasel's site

Tom Vasel has set up a website called The Dice Tower. It has links and the description of all the Dice Tower episodes (The Dice Tower is his podcast he does with Joe Steadman). There's also TomVasel.com, which turns out...

Posted by Mikko on June 19, 2005 9:42 AM

Decisionmaking

I wanted to comment on something Shannon Appelcline wrote in his blog. He has banned comments from non-LiveJournal users so I'll just have to say it here: So at EndGame I usually try and be really considerate of what people...

Posted by Mikko on May 6, 2005 8:08 AM