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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…
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Superiority of computer games
I’ve been playing computer games recently. The reason is my new 70% mechanical gaming keyboard and computer’s better performance. I’ve been enjoying Silent Hill 2 (very scary), Neverwinter Nights (very Dungeons & Dragons) and watched Johanna play The Longest Journey. All are rather entertaining, but still — I like board games better. Of course, no…
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Café Go
I played some Go both yesterday and today. Yesterday it was another game against Ilari, today I played against Olli who is ranked 8 kyu. We had a large crowd, five people! While I played my game, first Ilari and Juho played a 13×13 game and then Juho and Ari played some 9×9 (Ari was…
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Board game club meeting
The board game club season opened well yesterday. We had about 15 attendees, which is a good amount considering our premises. It wasn’t completely ordinary event, though. There was a photographer from the Finnish home journal Kotiliesi, taking pictures for an article that they are doing. It’ll be a great article! He took some pictures…
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Spielboy
A new issue of Spielboy is out (actually, it’s been out for a while now). Check it out!
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Birthday gift: A House Divided
My mother gave me A House Divided as a birthday gift (my birthday is today — I’m 23 now). It was on my wish list (AHD, Wallenstein and Battle Cry — a bit militaristic list), so it wasn’t totally out of the blue. And it sure looks good. Phalanx Games has done a great work…
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Space Walk
I wrote a review of Space Walk (in Finnish). I gave it two stars (mediocre), but found nothing wrong in it. It’s a nice little Mancala variant with some neat twists and a rather solid basic movement mechanic, but how long it can entertain you is another thing. It’s a good game for the whole…