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Category: Outside world

  • The Games Journal

    Another issue of The Games Journal is out. Stefu’s puzzle from last issue was actually the most popular one in the Games Journal’s history! This time there’s an interesting puzzle, too: it requires matching components from the same game. I got nine without looking at the Geek, so it’s a pretty tough one.

  • Lautapelaaja.net is open

    I’ve been thinking about getting a domain for my board game site for a while now. Now, I’ve went and done it: Lautapelaaja.net (“lautapelaaja” is Finnish for “board gamer”) is open. The old page is gone, but the links aren’t dead — they redirect to the new site. If you’re linking to my site, please…

  • The Games Journal is out

    The latest issue of The Games Journal is out. Check out the article on Ambition, Mike Church’s card game. I enjoyed the article very much and I’m certainly looking forward to reading the next installment. My friend Stefu has also created a nice Black Vienna puzzle. I solved it, so it can’t be very difficult,…

  • Funny geeklist

    Every now and then you hit a good GeekList… Variants for the Criminally Twisted (or editions that didn’t make it to production) is one of those, especially this item: Slightly Odd Behaviour at House on the Hill: Players scramble about in a mysterious old house while slightly odd things occur, like they discover that two…

  • The Games Journal

    Amazing issue of The Games Journal this month! Tom Vasel’s interview of Greg Aleknevicus has brought in an avalanche of material and I do hope that trend continues. I wonder what the bloggers will think of Lewis Pulsipher’s article The Classical and Romantic Game Playing Styles. I thought it was a nice way to put…

  • Maharaja

    Brian Bankler writes in his blog about Maharaja and manages to sum up lots of good reasons why not to like the game. Positive feedback is probably one of the worst, when building palaces gets you more money to build more palaces! I’m considering should I even try to make an effort to play the…

  • New blog

    Brian Bankler has a new blog called The Tao of Gaming. The title is familiar to many, as that’s also the name of his old website. He has an RSS feed, which unfortunately doesn’t have full entries. His latest entry, Truly, you have a dizzying intellect is a good read.

  • Year-end report format

    Mark Johnson’s Games Played in 2004 is an interesting year-end report. I just might use his format next year, if I remember to take a look at it before I start doing mine.

  • New translation: Die Sieben Siegel

    A sure sign of me getting new card games: new translations. I wrote a Finnish translation of the rules of Dorra’s Die Sieben Siegel. It looks like a fun game and it’s fairly high on my list of games I haven’t tried yet but sure would love to. Also noted is the appearance of Spiel…

  • The Games Journal

    The first 2005 issue of The Games Journal is out. The best article is without a doubt Dave Shapiro’s review of Gang of Four.