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Nacht der Magier

I played a game of Nacht der Magier with Johanna yesterday. We played in light; it was nice to see the game worked well without the darkness effect. It's better in the dark, but fine in light. Thus, a review...

Posted by Mikko on August 3, 2006 11:19 AM

Halli Galli

Here's my Finnish Halli Galli review. Halli Galli--> Halli Galli is an entertaining speed game. Each player has a deck of cards. The cards are turned over one by one in turn, so that each player has a discard pile...

Posted by Mikko on May 10, 2006 3:09 PM

FinDipCon VIII

I spent the weekend in FinDipCon VIII in Helsinki. It was a pleasant event, as they usually are, with lots of games played. The Diplomacy tournament was of course the main event: the Finnish Diplomacy champion in 2006 is Juho...

Posted by Mikko on May 8, 2006 10:33 AM

Just an idea...

Last night I came up with a brilliant idea. Since curling is the second most popular sport in the Winter olympics in Finland (can't beat ice hockey), here's a game idea to take advantage of that: Curling Crokinole! It's simple:...

Posted by Mikko on February 21, 2006 5:09 PM

Gulo Gulo

I tried Gulo Gulo with Johanna recently. It's a children's game from Wolfgang Kramer and collaborators. The idea is simple: players advance on a path, trying to reach the end. What makes Gulo Gulo stand out is the method of...

Posted by Mikko on February 6, 2006 5:31 PM

Blockster

I wrote a review of Blockster (in Finnish and sorry, no naked ladies on the marginals). Blockster--> Blockster is a small dexterity game, where players are trying to stack small plastic pieces according to cards. There's a timer to add...

Posted by Mikko on January 22, 2006 8:48 PM

Board game club session: Antike, Caylus

Yesterday's board game club session - first and last for me this season, unfortunately - was quite nice. Some new folks, some good games. I started with a quick match of Blockster with Laura. It's a simple game, played with...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2005 1:00 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

Mental dexterity games

Mindball stretches definitions. It looks like a dexterity game, but instead of your muscles, you control the ball with your brains. In order to move the ball (or the magnets controlling the ball) towards your opponents end, you must...

Posted by Mikko on October 21, 2004 12:46 PM

PitchCar

I wrote a review of PitchCar in Finnish. I also wrote a review in the Geek, but that's not yet available. See the PitchCar Geek page, maybe it's there when you read this.PitchCar--> Anyway, I think it's a brilliant game....

Posted by Mikko on October 29, 2003 11:36 AM

Villa Paletti

I happened to run into Villa Paletti when I was shopping some birthday gifts for my girlfriend. I resisted the temptation until the next day, when I went and bought it. I was finally able to play it for real...

Posted by Mikko on November 4, 2002 5:32 PM

Villa Paletti preview

I bought Villa Paletti, the 2002 Spiel des Jahres winner for few reasons. Biggest one is probably that I happened to see it at a department store when I was looking for a birthday gift for my girlfriend. I didn't...

Posted by Mikko on October 16, 2002 5:36 PM