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Finnish translations
I’ve been doing some updating on the Finnish side of my game stuff. I’m going to pick up my Adam order today and new games means new translations. I’ve already done Crokinole,
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Crokinole
When I went to Jyväskylä last weekend, there was not one but two Crokinole boards waiting for me! Ismo had done great work, they were beautiful. One was a round board made of all birch veneer, other one was octagon-shaped with base of MDF board (which meant a nice two-colour look). I took the round…
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Finnish Players’ Picks 2003
Finnish gamers have made their choice: Puerto Rico is the best game they have played during the last year. 125 voters, 222 games. Puerto Rico was listed by 47 voters, so it was quite a victory. Second spot went to Carcassonne with 37 votes. See the best games as a geeklist. The Finnish result page…
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The Games Journal
A new issue of The Games Journal is out. The articles didn’t impress me much, but this time the game reviews were the best part of the journal. I like the two-person dialogue of the Hellas review, it’s something I could try myself, too. Mitchell Thomashow’s review of Tom Tube has some quite interesting pondering…
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Anathema
Check out Anathema, a Casino variant from APE Games. The card art is probably the best I’ve ever seen. But that’s no wonder, as it’s all done by Drew Tucker, who is one of the best artists I know. Check out his Magic card art, for example. There’s also a competition on the APE Games…
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Adam Spielt order
Our latest Adam Spielt order has been made. Next week I should get the following games: PitchCar — A must after the Lahti weekend. Simply too much fun to miss this one. I wasn’t interested in this before I tried, it’s unbelievable how fun such a simple game can be. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde…
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Bringing my rank down
Played some Go today. I’m trying to bring my KGS rank down a bit. I’m just not 15 kyu. Today I lost a game (a bit over forty points — I lost 24 stones as captures!) to a 12 kyu, which dropped me down to 17 kyu. I guess I should sooner or later hit…
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Interesting Go resources
Here are some interesting Go resources: Kifu generator creates nice diagrams from SGF files. If you want to study your games off-line, this one’s for you. Mind Sports Zine has an interesting Go section which hasn’t been updated in a while, but still has lots of useful information. Go Learn, a series by Charles Matthews…
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Finnish Game of the Year awards 2003
Finnish Game of the Year awards have been given. Finnish Toy Association has chosen following winners: Best children’s game is Kissa ja hiiret by Ravensburger. Best family game is Blokus and the best game for adults is Cranium. Interesting choices. I can’t say I care much about the results, though…