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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

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

Games with Olli: Gipf, Zèrtz, Crystal Code, Celtica

Olli made a quick visit yesterday for some games. We started with Gipf. Now, played face-to-face with a real board and the correct rules, I think the game's actually pretty good. My play-by-email experiences didn't do the game justice, I...

Posted by Mikko on November 21, 2006 7:03 AM

Halli Galli

Here's my Finnish Halli Galli review. Halli Galli--> Halli Galli is an entertaining speed game. Each player has a deck of cards. The cards are turned over one by one in turn, so that each player has a discard pile...

Posted by Mikko on May 10, 2006 3:09 PM

Labyrinth - Die Schatzjagd

Review of Labyrinth - Die Schatzjagd in Finnish. Labyrinth - Die Schatzjagd--> Labyrinth - Die Schatzjagd is a new game under the Amazing Labyrinth banner. It's quite different from the other labyrints, though. Amazing Labyrinth--> Treasures in a maze This...

Posted by Mikko on March 5, 2006 8:43 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

Small game session: Louis XIV, Modern Art, Turbo Taxi

I met some guys last Saturday for a small session of games. I'll be missing the next two board game club sessions for various reasons (mostly Essen), so it was good to get some games going. We started with Turbo...

Posted by Mikko on September 26, 2005 8:46 AM

New acquisitions: Turbo Taxi and Dvonn

I got new games today! Turbo Taxi was a must for me, I knew it from the description. After all, I love Ricochet Robot and this one's right at the same league. Turbo Taxi Ricochet Robot--> Players must assemble a...

Posted by Mikko on September 14, 2005 4:36 PM

Board game club session: Killdog, Amazonas, Sunda to Sahul

Yesterday's board game club session was quite splendid. I got to play several interesting games. It was also great to see Robert, now back from a few month trip to Singapore. Don kicked off the session. Even though Don has...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2005 9:05 AM

Verflixxt, Amazing Labyrinth

I came across two new games I haven't heard about yet. Verflixxt is a new game from Kramer and Kiesling, but far from their earlier work together. The board of this roll and move game is made of cards with...

Posted by Mikko on March 23, 2005 7:52 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

Games weekend at Tommy's

Last weekend was the traditional annual games weekend at Tommy's. Third time already! Unfortunately the weekend wasn't quite the success it set out to be, as I fell sick and had to leave. We did get an evening of games...

Posted by Mikko on January 31, 2005 12:27 PM

Nodwick: The Card Game

A review of Nodwick: The Card Game is available. It's in Finnish. I've written a preview of the game earlier, if you want to know more about the game but can't understand Finnish. I like the game, but I do...

Posted by Mikko on May 17, 2004 3:30 PM

Nodwick preview

I got the Jolly Roger games yesterday and the first one I tried was Nodwick: The Card Game. The title is necessary, because Nodwick is originally a web comic by Aaron Williams. That means, of course, that the game has...

Posted by Mikko on December 5, 2003 8:23 AM

Top Speed

I wrote a review of Top Speed (in Finnish). Here's what I wrote in Boardgamegeek:Top Speed Speed--> Top Speed is a brilliant little game. It's somewhat of a sequel to Staupe's earlier Speed, which I haven't played. Can't say which...

Posted by Mikko on November 11, 2003 3:04 PM

Time Control

I've written a Finnish review of Time Control. For you English-reading folks, here's what I wrote in my BoardGameGeek review: Time Control Sunda to Sahul--> I got a review copy of Time Control and I was really looking forward to...

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2003 11:07 AM

Café Games: Sunda to Sahul, Sticheln

I've been quite anxious to play Sunda to Sahul lately and finally, after one canceled attempt last week, I was able. After finishing the morning session of Der Wahnvorstellung, I met Ville and Laura at the Klubi, which has became...

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2003 5:49 PM