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Thursday session: Hart an der Grenze, Funny Fishing, cards
The second Thursday session drew six players, then two latecomers. We could use more, but this was certainly enough to get games going. It was nice to see some new faces. We warmed up with a quick round of Ubongo Mini, which is indeed a rather good for that purpose. My dear friends at Marektoy…
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First Thursday session: Ubongo Mini, cards
I’ve started a new weekly game night. My wife wants me to see other people than her and Nooa, basically. That’s perfectly fine with me! Our first night had a good turnout of seven people, so we got two games going. The other table played Web of Power, Geschenkt and Phoenicia, while our table played…
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Caylus Magna Carta in Jyväskylä
I’m in Jyväskylä now with Nooa, I took the boy to see his grandparents. It’s been a double vacation — Johanna gets some time off as she stayed home, while it’s been pretty lazy for me too, as Nooa has been quite beguiled by Raija and Ismo. No visit without games, right? After we got…
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Playing cards
Another session! We started with Fairy Tale, which is the current favourite filler. It’s indeed an excellent game, right now it’s the hottest thing — I’m always up for a game. We even got a team game going, even though two of the guys thought they were paired with their neighbour, not the player opposite…
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Blue Moon City, Bohnanza and Fairy Tale
Another day, another game session, this time with Olli H. and Sami from yesterday. We kicked off with Blue Moon City, as requested by both Sami and Olli. I’m always game for this one! We played twice and both were quite curious games. In the first one, both Sami and Olli hoarded crystals, we actually…
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Fairies, Phoenicians and Real Estate Agents
Today was a day for games. I’ve been meeting folks at the University cafe recently and it’s been a good place: quiet (summer and all), food and drink service with no pressure to buy anything, decent tables, good light, easy to find — very good, very good. Today’s company included both Ollis and couple of…
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Austrian rails
Stefu made a surprise visit. He charmed Nooa, we talked about kids a lot (he’s got a daughter himself) and in the end played some games as well. Stefu suggested something heavier and we ended up playing Age of Steam on John Bohrer’s Austria map. It’s a strange map, very small and constricted. There are…
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Phoenicia and Fairy Tale
Another game of Phoenicia, this time with five players and just one newbie. It was a roaring success: most people got it and enjoyed it. It only took us 70 minutes, too, and that with no particular rushing and pushing. It was a good, close match. I was almost there, fighting for the victory with…
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Leonardo da Vinci and Phoenicia
I met the boys at the university for games. First up was my second go at Leonardo da Vinci. This one solified my opinion and dropped my rating to six. I can see it’s a good game and I would recommend it to people who like resource optimization games, but I don’t like it myself.…
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Small session: Portobello Market, Der Elefant, Yspahan
I met some guys at the university for games. We started off with Portobello Market, now with full set of four players. It’s clearly better with four than with two, that’s for sure. The one thing that defines the game is that it’s short. There just isn’t that much time, especially if you want to…