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Settlers of Catan outselling Monopoly in the Netherlands
Gameblogger tells a rumour about Settlers of Catan outselling Monopoly in the Netherlands last year. If that’s true, it’s certainly good news. Even with the Finnish Catan now out, I wouldn’t bet on that happening in Finland.
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Yours truly at Madeira
Here’s a picture of me at Madeira. Our hotel had, in addition to a tennis court, table tennis, two swimming pools and a spa, some nice little outdoors Chess equipment. We didn’t play, but I did pose for a picture one evening. As for my clothes, well, we were heading for the hotel restaurant which…
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Finnish Game of the Year 2004: Carcassonne
Carcassonne wins the Finnish Game of the Year 2004 award. As we all know, Settlers of Catan didn’t make it, not even to the finals. However, it got a special mention as an interesting, new kind of game. So basically, I think that reads great game, but too complicated for the award. Finalists included Yundao,…
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St. Petersburg wins DSP!
It’s Deutscher Spiele Preis awards time. According to Mik’s DSP 2004 page, 2, 341 gamers cast their votes to determine the best game of 2004. Winner is St. Petersburg and — no surprises here — I think it’s well deserved. I can also agree with San Juan placing second. I’ve played eight games out of…
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Inconsequential Ruminations moves
Inconsequential Iain joins the ranks of people moving from Movable Type to WordPress. If you’ve been reading (and if not, check his blog out, it’s a good read), note his new RSS feed.
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My wedding
Oh, and in case you’re interested: I’ve been married man for a week now. For more information, including pictures, see My life as a married man in my other blog.
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Voting procedures
In general I prefer awards handed out by a well-chosen jury with a clear agenda. Public voting prefers the popular games too much. For example, the winner of the Finnish Players’ Picks 2004 is fairly easy to guess — there aren’t many games that could do it. My bet is Carcassonne and if it doesn’t…
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Finnish Players’ Picks 2004
Last year I queried the Finnish gamers for their favourites in Finnish Players’ Picks 2003 vote. Now it’s time for the 2004 vote! If you’re Finnish or live in Finland, head to voting page to learn more. And if you can’t read Finnish, just e-mail me for more information!
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Spielboy and The Games Journal
The latest issue of Spielboy is out. Check it out — it’s the typical mixture of interesting articles and, ehm, artistic pictures. Most interesting article this time is Do I Offend?, which takes a look at the ways how games can offend people. It’s interesting, because I just recently wrote a column at Lautapelit.fi on…
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St. Petersburg PC version
Chris Brooks mentioned the St. Petersburg PC version. I downloaded it (it’s available at the Westpark Gamers website) and tried it. It’s neat, but the user interface looks like it’s done by an engineer and not a designer. However, it works — only thing I’m missing is the cards other players have bought. They are…