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Little Golem news
Iain got me playing Dvonn — I’ve been meaning to, but I have lacked motivation. Now I started and hey, it’s a good game. Right now it ranks second in the Project GIPF games, right after Zèrtz. I’m still to finish a game, so my opinion is still slightly vague. Meanwhile, I’ve figured out I…
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Game Central Station is back!
Mark Jackson is back with his Game Central Station. It’s nice to have it back, with a new, improved URL and all. Some of the stuff is still missing, the Departures page has no links to any blogs, but hey, it’s just fine. Some will find Color of the Wind, Alan Moon’s White Wind newsletters…
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Essen 2005
Unless something force majeure -level happens, I’m going to Essen next year. I already booked a hotel room, too. My current choice is Hotel An der Gruga, which is slightly on the expensive side, but has a brilliant location. Find P3 on Mik’s Essen Hall guide and yeah, that’s where the hotel is! 500 meters…
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Joys of authorship
Oh, how can one’s own name look so gorgeous, when it’s printed in a game. To be honest, getting a name on the box cover with large print would be even more gorgeous, but even small name in the end of the rulebook is just great. Just great…
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New Geek feature
The BoardGameGeek guys just keep on coming up with new features. Now they offer RSS feeds on individual games. The urls are in format http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gamexml/[gameid]. For example, here’s War of the Ring. I’m actually not sure if this is a new feature at all, but I just noticed it today myself. It’s a nice way…
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Boardgame club meeting: Fifth Avenue, Finstere Flure
The first boardgame club meeting this Fall was yesterday. It sure was great to get some gaming action going on. We had a decent showing, with about two tables going on most of the time. First game I played was Fifth Avenue. It was much better than the last time. This time even the scoring…
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Dos Rios
I got Dos Rios yesterday. I’m not too keen on Franz-Benno Delonge’s work (well, TransAmerica), but Dos Rios had such a neat idea in the river system that I just wanted to try it out. I’m not expecting too much, if it’s good I’m surprised positively. I’m afraid it might be too tactical and chaotic,…
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Mental dexterity games
Mindball stretches definitions. It looks like a dexterity game, but instead of your muscles, you control the ball with your brains. In order to move the ball (or the magnets controlling the ball) towards your opponents end, you must relax. The system monitors Alpha and Theta waves of the brains and whoever chills out most…
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San Juan and St. Petersburg
With my job and all, last three months have been very quiet games-wise. So, the first thing I did on my first day off from work was to head to Brettspielwelt and play some games! It was quiet this time of day, but I managed to play few two-player games of San Juan and St.…
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Exciting times at Little Golem
I’m currently having very exciting time. I’m playing in the Little Golem StreetSoccer championship. My goal was not to be demoted to fifth level, but since the championship started, I’ve learned how to play, my rating has climbed up to mid-1500s and it looks like I might actually get a promotion to the third level.…