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Weekend’s games
I’m heading home this weekend to see my parents — and of course, to play games with them (well, at least with my mother and her partner). I was planning to teach them Go — my mother plays Chess occasionally, I’d like to see what she thinks about Go. Other games in my bags include…
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Top 10 list 04/2003
Sunda to Sahul (-) Sticheln (2) Go (4) Union Pacific (3) Bohnanza (-) Löwenherz (-) Tichu (1) Mahjong (6) Wildlife (8) Taj Mahal (5)
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Café Games: Sunda to Sahul, Sticheln
I’ve been quite anxious to play Sunda to Sahul lately and finally, after one canceled attempt last week, I was able. After finishing the morning session of Der Wahnvorstellung, I met Ville and Laura at the Klubi, which has became the standard location for these spontaneous game meetings. So, we started with Sunda. Ville came…
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The Games Journal
A new issue of The Games Journal is out. This time, because of some technical problems, there are no articles, just a game, puzzle, letters and four reviews. So, it’s not quite as good as it usually is, but I do think it’s great that they published even something. Hopefully the next few issues will…
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The Best Game There Is
Sorry for the lack of updates. Last Friday I got this new game, which I’ve been playing almost non-stop since. It’s called Die Wahnvorstellung. I can’t do the typical ‘Geek link, as it’s not yet listed there — it’s so new. The edition I have is hand made by the designer, but I hear he…
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Games I’d like to buy
There are three big games I’d really, really like to get right now: Amun-Re, the new Knizia game. Akke Monasso’s first impressions -article sounds very good. Seems promising! Age of Steam is long and complicated, but still it tempts me. Heavy decision-making with severely limited resources is always a good combination. Löwenherz / Domaine —…
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Go problems
I did some Go problem time trials at Go Problems. I got to the 10k time trial, which I couldn’t finish before Johanna came home. But it’s good practise, to repeat the same problems again and again. I think that I’m a better Go player in theory than in practise…
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Sunda to Sahul pictures
I took some pictures of Sunda to Sahul, they are available at my photo site. If you haven’t seen the game, go take a look because it’s pretty! No doubt it’s the best self-published game I’ve ever seen. Though, I noticed the scoring board had warped quite badly in a short time. That’s a minor…
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Go
I played a fairly interesting game of Go at Kiseido. My opponent was ranked one kyu lower than me, but I started the game pretty badly. However, at one point he didn’t kill a large group of my stones (which he could’ve done and at which point I would’ve resigned) and I was able to…
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Books about games
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate links are marked with a €.I’ve been reading books about games lately. Mostly books describing the rules to various card games, including the classic of classics: Hoyle’s Games. It’s not the original version from the 18th century, but…