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Unloading
I have tons of things to say, so I’ll just start with something: I got a load of games from daVinci Games Friday. I’m now proud owner of Bang! (with High Noon expansion), Lupus in Tabula (their take on Werewolf) and King Me! (aka Viva il Re!). The games seem quite interesting, especially King Me!…
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Gang of Four and Choh Dai Di
Gang of Four claims to be the number one card game in Asia. Well, that might or might not be the case, but it’s origins do lie in the Oriental game Choh Dai Di, which is played on a regular deck. I think Gang of Four is a good version of Choh Dai Di, because…
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Go and Gang of Three
As typical, we played Go. I played ten games, mostly pretty fast 13×13 which is the greatest fun in those surroundings. I won quite a few of them, too. As our these days mandatory card game, we played Gang of Four. We played a six-round game with three players, and it was quite fun. Despite…
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Gang of Four
I tried Gang of Four today, at the game web site. It was pretty fun and as with Queen’s Necklace the system worked well. The game was pretty much as I expected: an easier version of Tichu. The problems are pretty much the same, how to empty your hand as fast as possible being the…
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Two-player Queen’s Necklace
It sure didn’t take long before we played the two-player game of Queen’s Necklace. I was a bit worried when Johanna got this look of slight terror when I explained the rules to her, but eventually it all turned out well (especially when she smoked me 340-160). I agree — the rules aren’t the most…
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Queen’s Necklace — online game and a preview
I decided to try the online version of Queen’s Necklace. Days of Wonder has these brilliant web sites for all their games, with forums and tips and extra stuff for the games. Queen’s Necklace, Fist of Dragonstones and Gang of Four also have online versions. They aren’t free (dollar a month for each game, it…
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Day of Wonder
I did my first live TV bit today. It was fun, we talked about board games. It was quite light, just five-ten minutes or so and therefore didn’t delve deep into the subject, but still, I had a good time and I think board games got a bit of good publicity. Then I visited Safe…
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Flaschenteufel
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate links are marked with a €.Here’s what I wrote about Flaschenteufel on Spielfrieks. It provoked a reply from Joe Huber, the author of the original Games Journal review. He told that the new edition changes aren’t just cosmetic…
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Go + Flaschenteufel
We had another Go session yesterday. I did play few games of Go, certainly, but the main theme was Flaschenteufel. We played a rather pleasant four-player game. Flaschenteufel is fast becoming my favourite trick-taking game. The theme works well — I felt certain anxiety when I realised that I was never going to get rid…
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Go + Bob’s Hat
I had a pleasant afternoon playing Go and Where’s Bob’s Hat? at the University. I played Go against Juho, I think he’s rather pleasant opponent. We played fast 13×13 games, 11 of them. I won six. We started with a handicap of three stones (I gave handicap and played white all the time) and ended…