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Race for the Galaxy

Race for the Galaxy is one of the hot games right now. The fans - Brian Bankler, for example, his Tao of Gaming is a must read - are babbling about it a lot, and no wonder, as it...

Posted by Mikko on January 28, 2008 7:10 PM

Just 4 Fun

A review in Finnish of Just 4 Fun. Just 4 Fun--> Just 4 Fun by Jürgen P. Grunau is a spin on classic Connect 4. Players try to create a line of their tokens on the board by playing cards...

Posted by Mikko on November 11, 2007 12:42 PM

Tower of Babel

Review of Tower of Babel in Finnish. Tower of Babel is a clever area majority game designed by Reiner Knizia. Players try to complete the eight wonders of the world, including the Tower of Babel from the title. Alas, not...

Posted by Mikko on November 5, 2007 1:54 PM

End of the Triumvirate

A review in Finnish of End of the Triumvirate. End of the Triumvirate--> End of the Triumvirate is a natural three-player game: one player is Caesar, one is Pompeius and one is Crassus. Unlike in real history, the triumvirate...

Posted by Mikko on October 11, 2007 12:28 PM

Hart an der Grenze

I've written a review in Finnish of Tiukka tilanne rajalla. Here's the same in English - this'll be my 99th review on Geek, one more to go before the magical Golden Reviewer badge! Hart an der Grenze--> Hart an...

Posted by Mikko on October 4, 2007 1:02 PM

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

Portobello Market

Review of Portobello Market in Finnish. Portobello Market--> Portobello Market won the Hippodice game design competition as East India Railways. Schmidt picked it up, switched the theme and here we have a game set in the London's famous market...

Posted by Mikko on August 12, 2007 5:51 AM

Caylus Magna Carta

Caylus Magna Carta reviewed in Finnish.Caylus Magna Carta--> Caylus Magna Carta is the card game version of Caylus, the big hit from 2005. Caylus is a good game, but for some reasons it just didn't work for me that well....

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2007 10:13 AM

Yspahan

Yspahan reviewed in Finnish.Yspahan--> Yspahan is a game of camels and trading from Ystari Games. The initial buzz over this one wasn't that big, and I would've missed the game altogether based on that. However, Westpark Gamers did a brilliant...

Posted by Mikko on July 4, 2007 11:00 AM

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

Himalaya

Review of Himalaya in Finnish. Himalaya--> Himalaya appeared on many radars when it was nominated for Spiel des Jahres in 2005. The game was formerly known as Marchands d'Empire and available as print-and-play. The new edition, published by Tilsit and...

Posted by Mikko on March 18, 2007 8:50 AM

Quackle! (Snorta!)

Review of Quackle! in Finnish. Quackle!--> Snorta! - or Quackle!, as it's known in Finland - is a light party game. The rules are very simple, the components attractive, the game works for up to eight players and it's easy...

Posted by Mikko on March 16, 2007 8:49 AM

Combat Commander: Europe

Review of Combat Commander: Europe in Finnish. Combat Commander: Europe--> I'm definitely an eurogamer - fond of fairly simple games that manage to create complex gameplay from a small ruleset. Yet sometimes I want more. This has been particularly true...

Posted by Mikko on March 13, 2007 9:16 AM

Struggle for Rome (Kampf um Rom)

Here's a review of the latest historical Catan game. The same review in Finnish.Struggle for Rome--> Struggle for Rome is based on real-life history: it covers the time when the Roman empire was in decline and the eastern barbarian tribes...

Posted by Mikko on February 11, 2007 12:40 PM

Crystal Code

Review of Crystal Code in Finnish. Crystal Code--> Crystal Code is designed by Grzegorz Rejchtman, the designer of Ubongo. The two games are similar: in both games, players race against time and each other to solve pattern recognition problems for...

Posted by Mikko on November 27, 2006 1:39 PM

Aqua Romana

Review of Aqua Romana in Finnish. Aqua Romana--> Aqua Romana is a tile-laying game where players build Roman aqueducts. Theme doesn't make much sense, as usual - the players score points for the length of aqueducts, so efficiency flies out...

Posted by Mikko on November 27, 2006 10:14 AM

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

Memoir '44: Pacific Theater

Review in Finnish. Memoir '44: Pacific Theater--> Pacific Theater is the latest expansion for Memoir '44. Like Eastern Front, it adds new figures, new rules and new scenarios to the basic game. Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Eastern Front--> This time...

Posted by Mikko on October 25, 2006 2:05 PM

Da Vinci's Challenge

Review in Finnish here DaVinci's Challenge is yet another game trying to milk the popularity of Dan Brown's books. Once again, any connection between this game and Leonardo Da Vinci is fairly thin and based on art alone (and even...

Posted by Mikko on October 18, 2006 12:41 PM

Pentago

This review in Finnish Pentago, the Finnish Adult Game of the year for 2006, is a twist on good old naughts and crosses. Players try to form five in a row on a 6x6 grid. That's fairly boring, but fortunately...

Posted by Mikko on October 17, 2006 2:21 PM