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Hacienda

Another review up: Hacienda. Hacienda--> Hacienda is a solo work from Wolfgang Kramer, published by Hans im Glück. That's quite a combo: one of the esteemed professional designers and one of the most appreciated publishers known for quality games. This...

Posted by Mikko on September 5, 2006 2:37 PM

Hacienda at SpielByWeb

We played a game of Hacienda at SpielByWeb. It was a pleasantly quick match, just a week. Hacienda--> You can see the final results. I won, but it was a bit of a surprise. I was the only player to...

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2006 6:43 PM

Forum werewolves

We've been playing Werewolf on the Board Game Society forums lately and it's been a riot. I never quite understood the buzz on the Geek for Werewolf, but now I do. It's a great game to play on a message...

Posted by Mikko on August 30, 2006 6:50 AM

Roads and Boats by Web

There's a PBW implementation of Roads and Boats! It's called Roads & Boats by Web and it's currently in early testing. I want to test, too! I set up a two-player game for testing purposes. You can join the game;...

Posted by Mikko on July 10, 2006 1:56 PM

Puerto Rico PBW over

Our PBW Puerto Rico game is over. It took about five months, which is too much. The delays got pretty bad at times. Well, I'm not to blame, even though I had few longer delays: I was still the fastest...

Posted by Mikko on May 2, 2006 11:00 AM

Play-by-web Puerto Rico

I want to try the play-by-web Puerto Rico at PR-Game.com. The interface is, erhm, interesting, but I want to see how it turns out. I'm missing Puerto Rico action, so I thought that might be a good avenue. So, anyway,...

Posted by Mikko on December 12, 2005 10:40 AM

Alien City

Iain challenged me for a game of Alien City (the Piecepack Wiki page has rules) at Super Duper Games. Alien City--> Alien City is a close relative of Fresh Fish (and as a result, Fresh Fish suddenly feels a lot...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2005 2:24 PM

Byte

Iain challenged me to play Alien City on Super Duper Games. It's a neat game, which I'll write about when I finish the game. Alien City--> However, I also got a challenge to play Byte from the game's designer. I...

Posted by Mikko on November 18, 2005 1:43 PM

StreetSoccer ratings

When I walked to work today, I thought about StreetSoccer. I don't count the play-by-web games in my statistics, but if I did, StreetSoccer would be second on my most-played games list; I've so far played 270 games at Little...

Posted by Mikko on September 2, 2005 11:28 AM

Ticket to Ride online

I just finished a game of Ticket to Ride at the Finnish game site Voitta.net. The game is called Wanderer there, but it's Ticket to Ride. The game mode is turn-based play-by-web. The site is Finnish and English and I...

Posted by Mikko on June 14, 2005 11:47 AM

Dvonn strategy

I'm determined to learn Dvonn. Therefore I dug out some strategy guides. There are some basic tips and Alan Kwan's glossary, both at Project Gipf site. There's also Joe Gola's very detailed session report at the Geek. I sure hope...

Posted by Mikko on December 3, 2004 4:56 PM

Diplomacy PBeM game

Iain wants to play Diplomacy. After a long time with no touch to Diplomacy, I'm actually interested to give it a go, too. However, finding a game isn't that simple and it looks like we'll have to arrange one. So,...

Posted by Mikko on November 24, 2004 10:46 AM

Little Golem news

Iain got me playing Dvonn - I've been meaning to, but I have lacked motivation. Now I started and hey, it's a good game. Right now it ranks second in the Project GIPF games, right after Zèrtz. I'm still to...

Posted by Mikko on November 1, 2004 3:32 PM

Exciting times at Little Golem

I'm currently having very exciting time. I'm playing in the Little Golem StreetSoccer championship. My goal was not to be demoted to fifth level, but since the championship started, I've learned how to play, my rating has climbed up to...

Posted by Mikko on October 15, 2004 9:41 AM

Games ahead

It's been quiet recently. My gaming activities have been more focused on the console games side, but hey, things are heating up here as well. Next weekend I'm heading to Jyväskylä to see my mother and Ismo and as usual,...

Posted by Mikko on September 30, 2004 5:49 PM

Little Golem

I recently registered at Little Golem. It's a play-by-web site featuring a selection of games. StreetSoccer should be of interest to some (looks like Iain tried it), I'm there mostly to play Go. The interface is inferior to my regular...

Posted by Mikko on August 21, 2004 1:59 PM

Month of Wallenstein

Our game of Wallenstein ended after about a month of play. I came third. Winner was, unsurprisingly, the only player who had played before. My placing was pretty good, considering I didn't really understand the game (for example, I had...

Posted by Mikko on May 6, 2004 2:43 PM

SpielByWeb Wallenstein

We started a game of Wallenstein at SpielByWeb. Iain said it's good, I've been interested in the game and somebody suggested starting a game at Pelilista, so why not!Wallenstein--> So far the implementation looks well done. I haven't really figured...

Posted by Mikko on April 9, 2004 9:05 AM

Diplomacy

I'm playing Diplomacy again. For the last two years or so I have mostly focused on GMing and I haven't had a real need to play the game. It just doesn't fit my personality, I think... Well, now I'm playing...

Posted by Mikko on January 27, 2003 1:33 PM

Rule Britannia!

A long PBEM game of Britannia is finally over. The first Roman assault was launched 29.11.2001 and today, I finally published the last results on the game website. Britannia--> Sure, it was insane. We had too long delays while we...

Posted by Mikko on January 16, 2003 6:39 PM