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New game session: Farlander, Terra Nova

Once again I met Olli for games, this time focusing on new material. We started with Farlander, since Olli had just bumped into it in a shop. The game looks nice, and inside the pretty box lies a simple war...

Posted by Mikko on August 11, 2006 6:42 AM

Australia

Finnish review of Australia. Australia--> Australia is a potential victim for too high expectations. After all, Kramer and Kiesling are responsible for the mask trilogy (Tikal, Java, Mexica) and Australia seems to fit with that group. Tikal Java Mexica--> However,...

Posted by Mikko on April 27, 2006 6:00 PM

Louis XIV

Rüdiger Dorn’s Louis XIV started Alea’s new mid-size series. It’s not a big board game, but not a card-game either, but something in between. There’s no actual board, though there is something quite like it: a grid made of cardboard...

Posted by Mikko on January 20, 2006 2:11 PM

Board game club session: Attribute, Australia

We had a rather pleasant board game club session yesterday. Since Johanna was away on a cruise with her friends, I played until midnight with the last enthusiasts. It was fun, though a bit too late perhaps to be done...

Posted by Mikko on April 17, 2005 9:27 AM

Dos Rios

Two new reviews up on the Finnish site: Dos Rios and Trivial Pursuit. Dos Rios is a brilliant example of a tactical minmax-game action point game. Every turn is a puzzle, where you must find the best way to use...

Posted by Mikko on April 16, 2005 10:36 AM

Niagara

Next up in my Finnish review site: Niagara. While Zoch is well-known for games with good presentation, Niagara is an extremely pretty game. From the first pictures I saw from the Essen fair 2004 I knew I had to see...

Posted by Mikko on March 24, 2005 12:19 PM

Pre-Helcon games

Helcon is history and it's time to write another lengthy epic on the games played. The event was a wild success, with over 50 visitors during the two days. The place we had was practically full during the Saturday afternoon....

Posted by Mikko on November 9, 2004 4:03 PM

Dos Rios

I got Dos Rios yesterday. I'm not too keen on Franz-Benno Delonge's work (well, TransAmerica), but Dos Rios had such a neat idea in the river system that I just wanted to try it out. I'm not expecting too much,...

Posted by Mikko on October 22, 2004 8:27 AM