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Mare Nostrum + Space Beans
(Later addition: this is entry #200! Neat!) I just noticed I didn’t play a single real-time game during the whole May! Well, June started well: yesterday was the last meeting of board game club this Spring. Unfortunately I played only two games. First thing I played was Mare Nostrum. It almost was the only thing…
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Top 10 list 06/2003
Sunda to Sahul (1) Go (10) Sticheln (6) Zértz (-) Tichu (4) Taj Mahal (2) Mexica (-) Samurai (-) Bohnanza (8) New England (5)
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The Games Journal
The latest issue of The Games Journal is out. There’s an interesting article on objectively rating games and another about control vs luck/chaos in games. Go take a look!
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Ilmaisia porno kuvia
You can find ilmaisia porno kuvia (free porn pictures, that is) that way. Or not, actually it’s just an experiment among the Finnish weblogs — how well will that blog rank for “ilmaisia porno kuvia” on Google after a month. To keep this even marginally game-related: I played Mare Nostrum today. I’ll explain it all…
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Goban beauty
Blake Haber contacted me and sent a link to his web site about Go. It is highly recommended; he has some very interesting and untraditional Goban designs. There’s also some information about Go books and a nifty movie clip, which is very much worth looking through.
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Games, games, games
What’s going on, gamewise: Order from Adam Spielt with my brand new credit card (I finally went and got one). I’m getting Amun-Re, Age of Steam, Coloretto, King Lui, Dia de los Muertos, Mamma Mia! and probably Land Unter too. That’s about 90 euros worth of games. Add to that 130 euros worth of stuff…
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A prototype game
I got a prototype game in mail from an American reader of this web site. It looks interesting, it’s a quite flexible abstract game system. A bit like the GIPF project games, perhaps. But, that’s all about it now — I’ll write a detailed review if and when they start selling the game and want…
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Back home
Hi, I’m back home. Rome was splendid, I definitely recommend it. Especially if you like pizza and ice cream — last week we mostly ate pizza and the very delicious Italian ice cream. You can get really good pizza in Finland, but Finnish ice cream is nothing compared to the Italian. Of the various sights…
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Letter from Germany
Something I wanted to share with you before I leave: I got a letter today from Friedhelm Merz Verlag — the company behind the Spiel in Essen. I was quite surprised. Turns out they had sent me a voting ballot for the Deutscher SpielePreis 2003, because I voted last year. Nice. I was going to…
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I’ll Get My Coat
I’ll shut up for a while, now. I’m going to Rome with Johanna, so the blog will be silent all next week, while I’m going to have lots of fun. It’s a good thing I got to play Capitol in the FinDipCon, so I’ll know the sights. Also, we’ll be making a one-day trip to…