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Hammer of the Scots
Our Hammer of the Scots match was very interesting. It took us about 30 minutes to go through the rules and set up the game. The game itself took three hours and ended as the victory of the English, played by yours truly. It was an exciting game. Last time I played (in Lahti) I…
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Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste
The friendly people at Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste (what a lovely name!) sent me some games: In 80 Karten um die Welt, Wo ist Jack the Ripper?, Höhlengrölen (another lovely name) and Strand-Cup. I got them yesterday and now I’m printing English rules for them (unfortunately it looks like my trusty old printer is going to break…
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Café sessions: Go, Gang of Four
Today was the first time our café group met on Monday and I’d say it was a success. Total of six people played games. Afternoon began with a 13×13 Go match, which I won. It was a close match, though. Meanwhile our number had grown to four, so we started a game of my prototype.…
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Bohnanza
I wrote a review of Bohnanza. You can read it on my Finnish site. I think Bohnanza is one of those games every gamer should know. It’s a classic. That said, it’s not of my real favourites, thus my modest review of three stars out of five. Still, I recommend it highly for people looking…
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Bit more Anathema
We had some trouble getting to sleep last night, so instead of trying to sleep desperately, we made some late-night food and played two rounds of Anathema. The game certainly works with two players. However, it feels a bit lucky — after all, many times the results depend on who plays a card first (say,…
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Café games: Go, Rengo, Anathema
The infamous café games started today. The main theme of these sessions is Go and as it turned out, I played a ton of it. I played several games against Juho, both larger (13×13) and smaller (9×9, very fast games). One session and Go is already on my 10’s list! The curiosity of the Go…
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Gang of Four, once again
I played a game of Gang of Four against three Swiss guys. I didn’t do too good — I came third this time. It was a pretty quick game with lots of quick rounds and lots of points. My browser crashed in the middle of it, but fortunately we were able to resume the game…
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Anathema arrived
Today I got the new Anathema card game by APE Games. I won it a while ago and now it arrived. I have yet to try it, but the rules look simple enough. The basic game is pretty much basic Casino (actually, it isn’t — it’s Royal Casino, which is the way Casino is played…
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Geeklist and dice games
I did an A-Z list of games. It’s available in the Geek as a GeekList. Feel free to comment it here or there. Finnish readers should note that Knizia’s brilliant book Dice Games Properly Explained is available from Suomalainen kirjakauppa and Bookplus. The price is very reasonable 10 euros.
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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…