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Funkenschlag test game
I played a solo test game of Funkenschlag today and found out the following: * The game is quite fun. It’s a bit like Age of Steam, but without the mandatory expenses. Gaining money is also easier. If you don’t get money, you can’t expand, but it isn’t a slow fall towards bankruptcy. * I…
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PitchCar
I wrote a review of PitchCar in Finnish. I also wrote a review in the Geek, but that’s not yet available. See the PitchCar Geek page, maybe it’s there when you read this. Anyway, I think it’s a brilliant game. It looks spectacular and is great fun to play. It should work with just about…
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Games played today: Attika and Go
I played some more Attika today on BSW. This time it was a three-player game, which I managed to win by building my 30 buildings first. It was a much longer game than the two before — 70 minutes as compared to the 20 minutes games I played earlier. One of my opponents played for…
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My new Funkenschlag board
First: entry #300! Yea! I’ve got a new Funkenschlag board now. I printed out the tiled map from Geek, glued it on cardboard and then covered it with plastic. Johanna was a great help in that process, she did the difficult part of getting the plastic on the cardboard without air bubbles… Thanks to her,…
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Attika
I played two games of Attika at the Brettspielwelt a moment ago. Let’s start with BSW — it’s changed a lot since I was there last time. For the better, I think. It seems slightly easier to use now, the menus are more understandable. Attika user interface was easy enough to use. Having a big…
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I won!
I just won a copy of Anathema from the APE Games contest. Neat!
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The Sumo Counter Hall of Fame
The Sumo Counter Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for modern classic boardgames. Modern means anything younger than 50 years. Current list is indeed quite impressive. Anyway, they’re voting in two new games this year. Everyone is invited to participate — the more voters they have, the better are the results. Voting form…
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Project Funkenschlag
I haven’t even played Funkenschlag yet, but I’m determined to create a better map for it. The plastic map and the crayons are just too annoying. Today I did some tests to figure out how to make a better map. To be more precise, what material to use to cover the printed map which I…
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Early Knizia
I played two games of Korsar (also known as Pirat) today. According to Boardgamegeek, it’s one of the oldest Knizia games available. It was quite fun, very simple and light. Still, good fun, mostly because it went so fast (one round in about 10 minutes). There’s some tough decisions to make, and a nice but…