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More Gang of Four
This time the Gang of Four cave had some people in it and I got a game going — not without two false starts, though. Once again there was a leader who collected barely four points during the game. As usual, I came in second, with a pretty high score of 71 points. I did…
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Ra
I wanted to play some games this morning. I first went to check out the Gang of Four web site, but I was the only player present there. Thus I went to Brettspielwelt. I couldn’t find any games of Puerto Rico or Attika, so I settled with Ra. I won the first game. My first…
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Gang of Four
I played a game of Gang of Four online. I was quite satisfied with both the online system (I got a game fairly soon) and my performance. I didn’t win, but I was second. I even managed to win few hands! We had a good (or lucky) player in the table, who only got five…
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New explorers
I was fortunate enough to get a free copy of the Finnish edition of Die Neuen Entdecker from the game’s publisher Marektoy. The Finnish edition is identical with the German, as it is done in Germany by Kosmos as far as I know, so it looks brilliant. I played it with Johanna yesterday. I enjoyed…
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First games of 2004!
2004 started with a small meeting with Juho and Olli, who are probably pretty high on my regular opponents list. We met at restaurant Telakka, which is a nice place except it’s a bit too small. That wouldn’t be a problem, but when the place is that small, it’s hard to have enough distance to…
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Christmas games
I’ve been playing some games with Johanna during the holidays. I wanted to introduce Attika to Johanna. I thought she might like it, the whole constructive attitude of the game. In the other hand, I thought it might be a bit too complicated. It turned out well. We both played a good game (I suspect…
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Attika at BSW
Determined to get Attika on my fives and tens list this year, I played two rounds at the Brettspielwelt. Attika is certainly an interesting two-player game! The first game I played was an embarrassing five-minute disaster — my opponent blitzed to connect the two shrines. The second game went better, but it’s still very obvious…
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Go and Viva il Re!
Today I played a game of Go against Ilari. 13×13, no handicap, I played white. Ilari is much slower player than Juho, which is both good and bad. It’s nice to play several 19×19 games in quick succession, but I think I play better against Ilari when I’m forced to think a bit more. Still,…
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Independence Day games
Even though next board game club meeting is tomorrow, I invited Robert and Olli to my place for some games. It was a very good way to spend the Independence Day in my opinion, especially as Johanna was out of town. First we played some new games I hadn’t yet tried. I’ll write more detailed…
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Go and Gang of Three, part 2
Yet another session with Go and Gang of Four. This time I moved on 19×19 board with Juho. Where I used to play one game of 19×19 with Ilari in, say, 90 minutes, we played six games with Juho. And it still didn’t feel too fast; I had plenty of time to make up my…