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More piecepack games
Today I printed out some new piecepack games and tried two of them. They were the recommended solitaire games. Tula is like a traditional card solitaire ported to piecepack. I found it so and so. I played four games and completed it once. Once I got only one tile after the first free tile. I…
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Every year games
Inspired by Matthew Gray’s list, I thought I’d check which games I’ve played every year while I’ve kept count. These games I’ve played every year since 2001: 6 Nimmt, Lost Cities and Tigris & Euphrates. Carcassonne, Citadels, Battle Line, En Garde, Spacebeans, Manhattan, Princes of Florence, Ricochet Robot, Samurai and Bohnanza will join the list…
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The Games Journal
Another month, another issue of The Games Journal. This time the more interesting articles are the fourth installment of Jonathan Degann’s Game Theory 101 series and an article about drafting. Game reviews include an interesting take on Alex Randolph’s Buffalo and Ticket to Ride.
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First piecepack games
I printed out some piecepack games yesterday so I could try my new set. For the obvious reasons I chose some games from the Solitary Confinement competition winners. I took a look at Piece Packing Pirates, the contest winner, but when I noticed it has nine pages of rules, I decided to leave it for…
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Mail
Today mail brought me two 3rd edition Mesomorph piecepacks. Thanks to Chris Brooks for providing me with the games. I also got the new Adam spielt catalog, but I’m not sure if I want to open it — it’s full of temptations anyway. The cover features Das Spiel by Reinhold Wittig. Check it out, it’s…
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Games keep coming my way
Even though I don’t have any money to buy games, I keep getting them by other means. Looks like I’ll get a copy of Alan Moon’s Ticket to Ride to translate. That’ll be interesting, because I’m intrigued about the game. It’s the comments that say "this is what TransAmerica should’ve been" — I was badly…
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Stones and cards
Another Monday session. This time I played seven games of Go with Juho. In the first five games, I played white and Juho black without any handicap. For the last two games, I gave Juho white stones. I won three out of seven, so it’s official now: Juho is probably as good as I am…
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Geeklist
Googlism Geeklist is one of the best I’ve seen in ages. It’s just hilarious.
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Finstere Flure
I wrote a a review of Finstere Flure. Finstere Flure is a very good game. The escape from the monster-infested dungeon of Fürst Fieso is simple, but exciting fun for two to seven players — and what’s best, the game really works with the whole range! The best number of players is, however, four to…
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Interesting game page
Iain linked to Jacob Davenport’s article on game design to illustrate a point about petty diplomacy in games. I was planning to link to that article, because I found it interesting, but then happened to take a look at the page above it, Jacob Davenport’s home page. It’s an interesting collection of game-related stuff, definitely…