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Two-player Golden Compass

Golden Compass is an excellent book (and a fairly mediocre movie), and of course it has spawned a bunch of board games. Most of them are based on the movie, but Der goldene Kompass by Kosmos is based on...

Posted by Mikko on February 4, 2008 12:08 PM

Zooloretto

Review of Zooloretto in Finnish.Zooloretto--> Zooloretto is the latest game in the Coloretto family. This zoo-themed family game is based on a familiar mechanism that works so well in the small card game. This big box board game turned out...

Posted by Mikko on May 28, 2007 3:30 PM

Just 4 Fun

Just 4 Fun isn't the most popular game, despite being a Spiel des Jahres finalist. From description, it sounds terribly inane. The name is horrible to start with. Four-in-a-row, with cards determining where you can play - can it be...

Posted by Mikko on May 18, 2007 3:15 PM

Zooloretto with two

I got a review copy of Zooloretto, latest entry to the Coloretto family. It's out now in Finnish (with Swedish, Norwegian and Danish rules included). The box was bigger than I expected, a full Kosmos-size box. Cute panda! Zooloretto Coloretto-->...

Posted by Mikko on May 12, 2007 9:07 PM

Celtica

Review of Celtica in Finnish Celtica--> Celtica, a game by well-known designer duo Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling was published recently in Finland. I was curious to try the game; for background, I had read the less-than-favourable comments from the...

Posted by Mikko on November 26, 2006 12:13 PM

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Rieneck is based on Jules Verne's book. Players are sent from London to circumnavigate the globe, hoping to make it back to London in 80 days. A race has begun! Around the...

Posted by Mikko on January 19, 2006 7:58 AM

Niagara

Next up in my Finnish review site: Niagara. While Zoch is well-known for games with good presentation, Niagara is an extremely pretty game. From the first pictures I saw from the Essen fair 2004 I knew I had to see...

Posted by Mikko on March 24, 2005 12:19 PM

Africa

A new game review on my website: Africa - again in Finnish, sorry. Here's what I think about the game: Africa Carcassonne --> Recently Africa has received some praise from notable members of the Spielfrieks community and I think it...

Posted by Mikko on September 27, 2002 4:48 PM