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Go
Two more games of Go at KGS. Lost both of them. In the first one I just played badly, second one was more close. It was rather exciting match for interesting reasons: when we started the game, server was going to shut down in 30 minutes. We finished a minute before the server shutdown… The…
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Club meeting
Board game club gathered yesterday to play some games. I was actually rather satisfied with the games I played, I managed to play just about everything I set out to play. We started with San Marco. I’d like to try the game with three players, but once again we had four. It doesn’t matter, because…
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Online Go
Ok, so I go online at KGS to play some Go, and who I meet? Juho! My regular Monday games opponent! It was certainly interesting… Juho has a KGS ranking of 21k, I was 12k. When we play face-to-face, I give one stone handicap, not nine… We’re both ranked wrong there. I gave Juho six…
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Auction article
Shannon Applecline has written an interesting article about auction mechanisms in games. It should be of interest, especially if you’re a game designer interested in using an auction mechanism in your game.
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Go Quitters
I played three games of Go today at the KGS. I won all three, but my satisfaction is dimmed by the nature of my victories. All three were resignations. The first two were kind of ok, because I was winning. Especially in the second I had just created a large living group inside my opponent’s…
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Lahti games weekend, Saturday and Sunday
After a badly slept night a new morning dawned. While waiting for the breakfast, I played a game of 6 Nimmt!. We played it differently, using (almost) the Terminal City Gamers variant. Instead of several rounds, we played just two, without shuffling the deck or the cards on the table between them. It was a…
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Lahti games weekend, Friday
Another Lahti gaming weekend is over now. Organised by Peter Munter of Puolenkuun Pelit, the event is rather merry occasion. The participants were all-male invite-only group of friends and friends of friends. The average age of the players is probably a tad higher than what I’m used to and there’s a certain bloke mentality involved.…
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Meaty games
I’m going to Lahti to play lots of games this weekend. It was reasonably good fun last time (in September — you can read the reports from Friday and Saturday). One of the best parts of the weekend was the good food, which is a rare thing indeed in game events. Our generous host told…
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Franz Vohwinkel
My favourite board game artist, Franz Vohwinkel, has a website. It’s a bit too artistically designed for my tastes, but I don’t mind — the art that’s displayed there is absolutely fabulous. (via Brett & Board)
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Need for games
I don’t really want new games right now. I’m somewhat unaware of the new Nürnberg titles — I know names, but little else. I know I want San Juan (and I have already made plans to get it without paying) and Hansa certainly seems to combine many positive aspects in one game, but that’s it.…