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Back from Helcon!

Another Helcon is gone (well, they're still playing, but I'm already back home) and boy, it was a good one! We started games on the train to Helsinki. Robert managed to get himself to the wrong train (for some reason...

Posted by Mikko on November 4, 2007 12:57 PM

Finnish PitchCar Championships

Finnish PitchCar fans: Lautapelit.fi, the publisher of the Finnish edition of the game, is organizing the first Finnish PitchCar Championships. The races are driven in their store in Helsinki Saturday October 20th. Winner will go home with a trophy and...

Posted by Mikko on October 3, 2007 7:33 PM

Catan World Championships

The Catan World Championships were played in Essen last week. The new world champion of Settlers of Catan is Markus Nuopponen from Finland. Markus won three out of the four games in the first rounds and kicked butt in the...

Posted by Mikko on October 27, 2006 12:30 PM

European partnership Crokinole championship tournament

The first European partnership Crokinole championship tournament will be fought on February 11th in Dresden, Germany. More information will be available at the Crokinole Companions web site at some point. Crokinole--> If I was anywhere near, I would definitely participate,...

Posted by Mikko on January 5, 2006 10:51 AM

Saturday, day three: Crowds and games

Last day of the fair! Sunday would be a definite no, since we have to leave for the airport before the fair actually opens. At the breakfast, there were a lot more people than before - the first sign of...

Posted by Mikko on October 16, 2005 8:41 AM

Ropecon

Ropecon 2005 is approaching fast. It's the biggest roleplaying event in Finland and boasts a wide variety of board game events. There's the Finnish Championships of Catan and Carcassonne, where the winners get to go to Essen to represent Finland...

Posted by Mikko on July 14, 2005 9:57 AM

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

Tournament scoring system

There's been some talk on Spielfrieks about tournament scoring systems. Paul Sauberer suggested awarding chances at prize draw, instead of ranking points. Now that's a neat idea! It could be worth using sometimes. Paul's idea of five chances for winner...

Posted by Mikko on May 8, 2004 10:42 AM

Tournament systems

I've been thinking about the tournaments in the board game club. In 2001, we had a very simple tournament. In our December meeting, we played a four-game tournament and the winner got the prize. This year, a small one-game tournament...

Posted by Mikko on December 22, 2002 4:57 PM

Boardgame club meeting: Puerto Rico, Die Händler, Carcassonne: H&G

The last meeting for this year of the Tampere University board game club was yesterday. We had a nice amount of people playing lots of different games. The Game of the Year -award was given to Puerto Rico (last year's...

Posted by Mikko on December 17, 2002 1:22 PM