Month: December 2002

  • Puerto Rico new buildings

    The new buildings for Puerto Rico can be found at the Terminal City Gamers web site. How to get them for real, I don’t know, but at least you can make your own with these.

  • Top 10 list 12/2002

    Tichu (-) Puerto Rico (8) Die Macher (1) Mahjong (-) Africa (9) Princes of Florence (4) Die Händler (3) Through the Desert (5) Tigris & Euphrates (7) Canal Grande (-)

  • BSW games: Carcassonne, Web of Power

    Not my day today, it seems. Well, I did win my first game of Carcassonne at the Brettspielwelt thanks to some very nasty tile placements. I lost the second game, a two-player duel, by one point. If I hadn’t made a mistake with the last tile, I would’ve won. Then came two games of Web…

  • Ricochet Robot

    I’m addicted. Ricochet Robot is my favourite puzzle game. Unfortunately, it’s a bit difficult to find opponents good enough, as it is a game where newbie has little chance against a seasoned veteran. The new brains simply doesn’t function fast enough compared to RR-tuned brains. Well, there’s a solution: Online Ricochet Robot. There’s a daily…

  • Canal Grande preview

    I played my first games of Canal Grande last weekend and here’s a quick review based on those games. First of all, I should say I’m not familiar with San Marco, so I’m not biased either way in that regard. For a start, the cards are very ugly. The backs are hideous and the pictures…

  • New Games Journal is out

    Another issue of the fabulous Games Journal is out. There’s an interesting article about modifying games for the blind people to play and Greg Schloesser’s thoughts about writing bad reviews. There’s also an interesting Lord of the Rings: Confrontation puzzle I’m definitely trying to solve.