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Geeklist
Googlism Geeklist is one of the best I’ve seen in ages. It’s just hilarious.
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Finstere Flure
I wrote a a review of Finstere Flure. Finstere Flure is a very good game. The escape from the monster-infested dungeon of Fürst Fieso is simple, but exciting fun for two to seven players — and what’s best, the game really works with the whole range! The best number of players is, however, four to…
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Interesting game page
Iain linked to Jacob Davenport’s article on game design to illustrate a point about petty diplomacy in games. I was planning to link to that article, because I found it interesting, but then happened to take a look at the page above it, Jacob Davenport’s home page. It’s an interesting collection of game-related stuff, definitely…
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Kookaburra Game
I got a copy of The Kookaburra Game yesterday. I’m supposed to translate the rules in Finnish. That won’t be a heavy task, because they’re just one A4. We also tried the game yesterday. It turned out to be pretty much what I expected from the rules: a Pachisi variant. Players try to race around…
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A House Divided
I’ve had A House Divided for several months now (well, since October) and today I finally got to play it. I was slightly curious about the length of the game, as the box says 60 minutes, someone wrote somewhere it takes two hours and somebody said four to six hours… The four hours turned out…
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Union Pacific
Chris Brooks has also played Union Pacific and enjoyed it. That reminded me: has anyone tried to play the game without using the board? I think you could just play the trains on the table without placing them on the board. The board is quite large and has little significance in the game — at…
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Blog sighting
Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid seems like an interesting blog. It covers boardgames and books, basically, and — it certainly doesn’t hurt — links to me. This I found through Iain’s blog.
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Adventures in KGS
Once again I play Go and get my ass kicked by lower-ranked opponents. Of course it only means my rating is still too high… Rating players is certainly an interesting and fuzzy subject. I doubt there can be a totally satisfied rating system, if the ratings are only deduced from the played games. It doesn’t…
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Anathema
I wrote a review of Anathema. It’s in Finnish as usual. Anathema is interesting game for me, mostly because of it’s art. Drew Tucker is one of my favourite artists and Anathema offers a deck full of his art! What a catch! The game is actually less interesting. It’s a very slightly changed version of…
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Solo Kogge + Piecepack
Andreas Steding has published a solo variant for his excellent game Kogge. I haven’t tried it yet, I’ll let you know what I think about it if I do. I’ve also taken interest to Piecepack. If anyone wants to send me a set, I’d be more than happy… I’m currently poor as a beggar and…