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Month: October 2002

  • Tantrix preview

    I didn’t expect to play any games during the weekend (I was visiting my parents, as it’s my birthday next week), but my mother had a new Tantrix set which I had to try. It’s a game of connections. The hexagonal tiles feature coloured lines, three colours each. There’s a total of four colours in…

  • Carcassonne at BSW

    I went today to BSW to play Tichu which I’ve decided to learn. However, unlike usually, there was only one Tichu player there. So, unwilling to leave empty-handed, I played a two-player game of an old favourite, Carcassonne. It was a very good game. The result says it all: I won 108-105! It was very…

  • This is war!

    It’s been a while since I last played my favourite computer strategy game, Steel Panthers. I have both Steel Panthers I and II and I loved them both. Nowadays, of course, the game to play is Steel Panthers: World at War. We found out some time ago with Tommy that we both like the game…

  • The Games Journal

    New issue of The Games Journal is out. There’s articles about Germany, games with kids, educational games and Essen fair. Reviews include Trans America, Sleuth and Bang! There are rules to a game called WYSIWYG and of course, the letters (including a letter from yours truly!). Go read it, it’s excellent!…

  • Top 10 list 10/2002

    Die Macher (-) Web of Power (1) Puerto Rico (4) Princes of Florence (2) Africa (-) Mahjong (3) Tigris & Euphrates (5) Go (7) El Grande (6) Zértz (8) Bubbling under: Battle Line, Samurai, Carcassonne, 6 Nimmt Die Macher is a very good game. Puerto Rico too, but in a slightly smaller scale. I’m getting…