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Author: Mikko

  • I’m back

    Hi, I’m back from having a great weekend in Jyväskylä. I’ve got things to tell, about Sunda to Sahul and Bingo, but that’ll have to wait for a day or two, I’m a bit busy with school work right now.

  • Weekend’s games

    I’m heading home this weekend to see my parents — and of course, to play games with them (well, at least with my mother and her partner). I was planning to teach them Go — my mother plays Chess occasionally, I’d like to see what she thinks about Go. Other games in my bags include…

  • Top 10 list 04/2003

    Sunda to Sahul (-) Sticheln (2) Go (4) Union Pacific (3) Bohnanza (-) Löwenherz (-) Tichu (1) Mahjong (6) Wildlife (8) Taj Mahal (5)

  • Café Games: Sunda to Sahul, Sticheln

    I’ve been quite anxious to play Sunda to Sahul lately and finally, after one canceled attempt last week, I was able. After finishing the morning session of Der Wahnvorstellung, I met Ville and Laura at the Klubi, which has became the standard location for these spontaneous game meetings. So, we started with Sunda. Ville came…

  • The Games Journal

    A new issue of The Games Journal is out. This time, because of some technical problems, there are no articles, just a game, puzzle, letters and four reviews. So, it’s not quite as good as it usually is, but I do think it’s great that they published even something. Hopefully the next few issues will…

  • The Best Game There Is

    Sorry for the lack of updates. Last Friday I got this new game, which I’ve been playing almost non-stop since. It’s called Die Wahnvorstellung. I can’t do the typical ‘Geek link, as it’s not yet listed there — it’s so new. The edition I have is hand made by the designer, but I hear he…

  • Games I’d like to buy

    There are three big games I’d really, really like to get right now: Amun-Re, the new Knizia game. Akke Monasso’s first impressions -article sounds very good. Seems promising! Age of Steam is long and complicated, but still it tempts me. Heavy decision-making with severely limited resources is always a good combination. Löwenherz / Domaine —…

  • Go problems

    I did some Go problem time trials at Go Problems. I got to the 10k time trial, which I couldn’t finish before Johanna came home. But it’s good practise, to repeat the same problems again and again. I think that I’m a better Go player in theory than in practise…

  • Sunda to Sahul pictures

    I took some pictures of Sunda to Sahul, they are available at my photo site. If you haven’t seen the game, go take a look because it’s pretty! No doubt it’s the best self-published game I’ve ever seen. Though, I noticed the scoring board had warped quite badly in a short time. That’s a minor…

  • Go

    I played a fairly interesting game of Go at Kiseido. My opponent was ranked one kyu lower than me, but I started the game pretty badly. However, at one point he didn’t kill a large group of my stones (which he could’ve done and at which point I would’ve resigned) and I was able to…