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Fairy Tale

I wrote a review of Fairy Tale in Finnish. Fairy Tale--> Fairy Tale is a drafting game with a very superficial fantasy theme. There are four rounds: in the beginning of each, five cards are dealt to the players....

Posted by Mikko on September 29, 2007 12:31 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

Rat Hot

Rat Hot reviewed in Finnish. Rat Hot--> Rat Hot is a small two-player tile-laying game from Michael Schacht. It was previously web-published as Dschunke: das Legespiel, but this edition is from Queen Games and Rio Grande Games. The game is...

Posted by Mikko on August 6, 2006 5:25 PM

Diabolo

Here's a review of Diabolo in Finnish. Diabolo--> Diabolo is a light-weight card game from Michael Schacht, the designer of Coloretto, one of the more popular filler card games.Coloretto--> Diabolo is a struggle between heaven and hell. Players play cards...

Posted by Mikko on April 7, 2006 5:44 PM

Fjords

Here's a review of Fjords in Finnish.Fjords--> Fjords (or Fjorde) is a nice little two-player game about the vikings - however, this time the vikings are not burning and pillaging, they are farming and exploring! The game is divided in...

Posted by Mikko on March 14, 2006 11:46 AM

Flix Mix

Another review up: Flix Mix (in Finnish). Flix Mix is one of my favourite speed games. Each player has an identical deck of 16 cards, all featuring six dots sporting different colours. The goal of the game is to get...

Posted by Mikko on January 4, 2006 9:26 AM

Fettnapf

First of the Essen games reviewed! A Finnish review of Fettnapf is up on the Finnish site. Fettnapf--> I went to the fair looking for a good Amigo card game. I had tagged Fettnapf and played it the first chance...

Posted by Mikko on October 21, 2005 4:37 PM

Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

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

Biberbande

I've had a good writing mood going on. Latest result is a review of Biberbande. Biberbande is another Amigo five euro card game. Their selection is amazing, the production quality of the games is top-notch and often the price is...

Posted by Mikko on November 26, 2004 8:52 AM

Geschenkt

A new review is up at my Finnish game site: Geschenkt. I've reached ten plays fairly quickly with this one, mostly because nobody is satisfied with just one play. It's always hey, I got it, let's play again - that...

Posted by Mikko on November 24, 2004 9:06 AM

Viva il Re!

I wrote a review of Viva il Re! - in Finnish as usual. I've also reworked the front page of my Finnish game site, hope you enjoy the new look, if you're a reader. I initially rated Viva il Re!...

Posted by Mikko on June 11, 2004 9:37 AM

Coloretto

Finnish visitors can go read my Finnish review of Coloretto. English visitors can just read on.Coloretto--> Coloretto is a rather nice little game. It's a very simple game, one of those one-minute rules games. You can teach the rules in...

Posted by Mikko on June 22, 2003 6:40 PM

En Garde

A new game review on my Finnish site: En Garde. What I think of it? En Garde --> Well, for a such an abstract game (it is indeed very simple), it captivates the feel of fencing quite well. Herr Knizia...

Posted by Mikko on September 28, 2002 11:51 PM