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Category: Less about games

  • Alex Randolph R.I.P.

    I’m sure most of you have already heard that Alex Randolph (see list of his games at the Geek) has passed away. Leo Colovini has set up a Book of Condolences.

  • Boardgames To-Go moves in

    Mark Johnson’s boardgame blog Boardgames To-Go has moved in! Hopefully his archives will soon follow.

  • BoardGameGeek supporter

    BoardGameGeek is having another fundraiser. Last time I skipped it, but now I had a credit card and a PayPal account, so I made a donation. Also, because they now have better user identification system, they are able to give nifty “BGG Supporter” logos for people who donate at least $10. Neat. Because dollar is…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Meaty games

    I’m going to Lahti to play lots of games this weekend. It was reasonably good fun last time (in September — you can read the reports from Friday and Saturday). One of the best parts of the weekend was the good food, which is a rare thing indeed in game events. Our generous host told…

  • Writing for the Games Journal

    Don’t ask, what your favourite online games journal can do for you, ask what you can do for your favourite online games journal. After seeing the lack of articles in this month’s The Games Journal, I grabbed my keyboard and wrote an article. Yesterday I got an idea for a blog entry, but when it…

  • Games of 2003

    Here it is — the fabled games of 2003 overview (see the 2002 report). Enjoy. As it turned out, I played some games after I had posted this on mailing lists, but fortunately the data is still correct… It’s always interesting to make this list, though it’s also quite annoying to try to select a…

  • Overview

    I’ve been working on my yearly overview. It’s pretty much ready, but I won’t post it before January just in case I play something before the new year. Meanwhile, here’s the overview from last year.

  • New games!

    A mysterious FedEx packet (who on earth would send me a courier packet?) turned out to be a bunch of games from Jolly Roger. I had paid the shipping, but I didn’t expect mere $21 to pay for a delivery to my door. In a week! I expected to get the games in few weeks,…