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Hot games for Q2/2008

Continuing from the previous round... Glory to Rome takes the spot as the hottest game of the quarter, by far: it has double the hotness points the second game on the list has. And why not? It's new and it's...

Posted by Mikko on June 30, 2008 7:27 PM

Hot games for Q1/2008

Oh my, another quarter gone! The previous one was good, how about this one? Wabash Cannonball is the hottest of the hot, and no wonder. I've loved every game so far. I'd like to try a five-player game at some...

Posted by Mikko on April 3, 2008 1:11 PM

Hot games for Q4/2007

And here's the one final bit of trivia for 2007, the hot games for Q4. Shouldn't be any surprises in store, but it's good to have this one link in the chain of quarterly reports! Goodness continued from the previous...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2008 6:56 PM

Gaming year 2007

Another year of games is soon over. Gaming year 2006 was good, but I think this one was even better! At least in quality, not necessarily in quantity... Good new games (2006-2007 games) Agricola - This year brought two very...

Posted by Mikko on December 31, 2007 7:18 PM

Hot games for Q3/2007

It has been a good quarter. With the new Thursday sessions I've had time to play more games, which is always good. I even made it to the Board Game Club. Previous quarter was a good one, too. Fairy Tale...

Posted by Mikko on September 29, 2007 12:15 PM

Hot games for Q2/2007

After a very slow quarter, I'm back with a bit more action. Phoenicia rules the list, after five online games. It's good, and I'll buy it as soon as it appears in Finland.Phoenicia--> Caylus Magna Carta - forget the board...

Posted by Mikko on July 3, 2007 3:00 PM

Hot games for Q1/2007

This was a pretty quiet quarter, with basically one hot game and bunch of other games with just one play each. Previous quarter was a tad more active. Combat Commander: Europe - The obvious one. I was enthusiastic, but now...

Posted by Mikko on April 3, 2007 9:54 AM

Hot games for Q4/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for the fourth quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the...

Posted by Mikko on December 30, 2006 6:34 AM

Hot Games for Q3/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for the third quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2006 12:12 PM

Hot games for Q2/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for the second quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the...

Posted by Mikko on June 26, 2006 6:05 PM

Hot games for Q1/2006

Here's a list of hottest games for first quarter of 2006 for me. This is based on number of plays, my enjoyment of the game and the novelty value, so new games tend to show up higher on the list....

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2006 5:45 PM

Gaming year 2005

Here's my traditional year end review. However, I've worked the format a bit, hopefully so it's more interesting for other people to read. I was inspired by Mark Johnson's post back in 2004, so thanks to Mark! Here's the deal:...

Posted by Mikko on December 30, 2005 12:27 PM

Geek score

Since everybody's counting their geek score, here's mine: 75 played + 36 owned = 111 points. That's, of course, of the The One Hundred games. I consider my played games count pretty good - there's a bunch of games on...

Posted by Mikko on November 19, 2005 9:13 AM

The One Hundred

Mark Jackson and Stephen Glenn are publishing the results of a project called The One Hundred, where they've asked 65 eurogamers their 15 favourite games ever, scored the results and compiled them into a list of 100 best games ever....

Posted by Mikko on October 26, 2005 11:15 PM

How to recognise hot games

Let us enter the SuperGeek Zone. Everybody knows Huber happiness, right? It's a metric of how much happiness you get out of a game. It's calculated as (game rating - baseline) * average length in minutes * number of games...

Posted by Mikko on October 25, 2005 10:41 AM

Top 10 list 07/2003

Age of Steam (-) Amun-Re (-) Tichu (5) Sunda to Sahul (1) Dia de los Muertos (-) Go (2) Sticheln (3) Taj Mahal (6) Land Unter (-) Samurai (8)...

Posted by Mikko on July 1, 2003 1:50 PM

Top 10 list 06/2003

Sunda to Sahul (1) Go (10) Sticheln (6) Zértz (-) Tichu (4) Taj Mahal (2) Mexica (-) Samurai (-) Bohnanza (8) New England (5)...

Posted by Mikko on June 2, 2003 12:47 PM

Top 10 list 05/2003

Sunda to Sahul (1) Taj Mahal (10) Mare Nostrum (-) Tichu (7) New England (-) Sticheln (2) Löwenherz (6) Bohnanza (5) Wildlife (9) Go (3)...

Posted by Mikko on May 1, 2003 2:34 PM

Top 10 list 04/2003

Sunda to Sahul (-) Sticheln (2) Go (4) Union Pacific (3) Bohnanza (-) Löwenherz (-) Tichu (1) Mahjong (6) Wildlife (8) Taj Mahal (5)...

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2003 5:58 PM

Top 10 list 03/2003

Tichu (1) Sticheln (-) Union Pacific (-) Go (-) Taj Mahal (-) Mahjong (7) Goldland (-) Wildlife (-) Princes of Florence (3) Isis & Osiris (10)...

Posted by Mikko on March 2, 2003 11:06 AM