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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

The Finnish Trilogy

Mikugames is a new board game designer based in Sweden. He's been working since 2003 on a game called The Finnish Trilogy: The Finnish Trilogy 1939-1945® consists of three separate, playable wargames in an operational level, that will be about...

Posted by Mikko on October 6, 2007 7:33 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

Latest crush

I've got this thing with war games. I'd like to have a tactical level war game in my collection. I like Memoir '44, it works well for what it tries to be, but I'd like something with more detail, more...

Posted by Mikko on February 3, 2007 5:19 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

Pacific Memoir and rats

My last board game session this summer involved me, Olli and Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre. The latest Memoir '44 expansion turned out to be a blast. Memoir '44 Memoir '44: Pacific Theatre--> We played two scenarios. Japanese counter-attack on Guam...

Posted by Mikko on August 31, 2006 7:18 AM

Farlander

Farlander reviewed in Finnish. Farlander--> Estonian Revaler published Farlander back in 2002, but now it's out from Finnish Tactic. This pretty game is warfare as simple as it gets. The medieval theme is pretty stale, but actually the game is...

Posted by Mikko on August 28, 2006 7:27 AM

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

War dreams

I must confess. The guys at the Board Game Society forums have been talking about Advanced Squad Leader a lot, particularly the starter kits. Despite what I've said earlier about preferring these detailed strategy games on computer, I'm feeling a...

Posted by Mikko on July 12, 2006 4:14 PM

Liberty

Another: Review of Liberty in Finnish. Liberty is a Columbia Games block war game about the American indepence war. With the help of French, the Americans try to fight the British for their freedom. The shot heard around the world...

Posted by Mikko on December 22, 2005 12:39 AM

Memoir, football and Blue Moon

I wanted to try the Memoir '44 expansions and invited Olli H. over to give them a go with me. Here's what we played: We started with the Suomussalmi scenario from Eastern Front. It's the only Winter War scenario and...

Posted by Mikko on December 16, 2005 10:47 PM

America liberated - again

The second Liberty match was fought yesterday. We swapped sides, so this time I played the British oppression while Olli tried to liberate the innocent Americans. Laws of karma worked: my previous luck with the French entry in 1776...

Posted by Mikko on June 1, 2005 9:37 AM

Liberty!

Yesterday I met Olli on the fields of battle. Setting was the independence war of the America, fought with Liberty. The game's been a bit in the shadow of Hammer of the Scots, I've only played it once. Back...

Posted by Mikko on May 25, 2005 10:10 AM

Memoir '44

I wrote a lengthy review of Memoir '44, in Finnish, as usual. I don't think there's much need for me to write a review of Memoir '44 - just go and read the 20 or so reviews the Geek already...

Posted by Mikko on March 2, 2005 9:06 AM

Feudo

I wrote a review of Feudo (in Finnish) after just a single game. That always means the game sucks so bad, I don't want to play it again. However, as my opinion seems to be in a minority, I thought...

Posted by Mikko on February 1, 2005 8:02 AM

Memoir '44 and Victory & Honor

My game collection grew with two new war-themed games today when I got the long-expected Memoir '44 and actually even longer-expected Victory & Honor.Memoir '44-->Victory & Honor--> I guess there's little I can say about Memoir '44 at this point...

Posted by Mikko on June 29, 2004 7:09 PM

Hammer of the Scots

I met Juho on the Scottish fields of battle yesterday. Hammer of the Scots is one of my more successful games this year: I've played it four times now and I've won every single game. This time it was a...

Posted by Mikko on June 10, 2004 4:39 PM

Hammer of the Scots

I wrote a review of Hammer of the Scots in Finnish.Hammer of the Scots--> I think Hammer of the Scots is a first-class game. It's pretty straightforward to learn, easy to play, doesn't take too long and the theme is...

Posted by Mikko on April 19, 2004 3:34 PM

Mikko, the King of Scotland

I played a game of Hammer of the Scots. We drew lots for scenario and sides; I got the Scots with the Braveheart (next time I'll try the Bruce, I suppose). Last two games I've played, I've played English. I've...

Posted by Mikko on April 16, 2004 4:30 PM

A House Divided

I've had A House Divided for several months now (well, since October) and today I finally got to play it. I was slightly curious about the length of the game, as the box says 60 minutes, someone wrote somewhere it...

Posted by Mikko on March 26, 2004 6:08 PM