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Start of a collection

I got two shipments of playing cards today, and look, I have a start of a playing card collection. I ordered a various bunch of different decks, some for use, some for decoration. Here's what I have: Swedish Öbergs cards....

Posted by Mikko on August 30, 2007 7:09 PM

Gipf collection complete

With the today's arrival of Yinsh, my Gipf collection is complete. It doesn't include Tamsk (hard to get, not very interesting behind the time pressure) or Pünct (a connection game) or most of the extra sets (none but number two...

Posted by Mikko on November 30, 2006 6:48 PM

New acquisitions: Turbo Taxi and Dvonn

I got new games today! Turbo Taxi was a must for me, I knew it from the description. After all, I love Ricochet Robot and this one's right at the same league. Turbo Taxi Ricochet Robot--> Players must assemble a...

Posted by Mikko on September 14, 2005 4:36 PM

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

Moving sucks

Moving is nasty business. While board games aren't the worst hobby to move (bibliophilia is pretty bad), it still isn't fun. I had to haul something like three-four boxes and six or so bags full of big box games. That's...

Posted by Mikko on July 27, 2005 11:19 AM

Reasons for enjoying games

I came across a rather interesting blog entry about enjoying games. The author cites three aspects on which he finds games stimulating: intelligence, imagination and social. It's easy to come up with games that provide intellectual stimulation, but not much...

Posted by Mikko on June 25, 2004 11:32 AM

New games

My game collection has grown with two new games. I picked up Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation and Balloon Cup from the post office today. They were my reward for translating the Dragon Ball Z card game rules. I'm...

Posted by Mikko on July 14, 2003 1:21 PM