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Dale of Merchants
Dale of Merchants is currently running a Kickstarter campaign. I backed it, because the game looks interesting, has nice art, was cheap and is Finnish – plenty of reason to back a game, that is. Since I’m something of a big name in the Finnish board game scene, the designer asked me if I’d like…
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June 2015 new and noteworthy
Age of War: Horrible game. Simple filler game, roll dice and conquer tiles by rolling the right symbols. In theory pretty good, but gets really annoying really quick, because conquering the tiles is seriously difficult. Avoid. Age of War, an exercise in frustration. #boardgame #boardgames Kuva, jonka Mikko Saari (@mikkosaari) julkaisi 2. 06ta 2015 klo…
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Co-Mix
I have done the Finnish translation of this game, and got a free copy from the Finnish publisher. The game: Co-Mix by Lorenzo Silva, published by Horrible Games in 2014. Elevator pitch: Story-telling game, where you create your story by laying picture cards on a six- or nine-panel comic page. Stories are then told and scored, but there’s…
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150 plays of Star Realms
I just finished my 150th recorded play of Star Realms against the Hard AI opponent on iOS. I started recording the results of the games, because I was interested in gauging the level of luck in the game. It seemed fairly high, that is. I doubted if anybody is even able to get 60% win percentage…
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Kyoto Protocol
This review is based on a review copy given by Roll D6. I know the designer and have met him several times in Finnish game events. The game: Kyoto Protocol by Petri Savola, published by Roll D6 in 2015. Elevator pitch: Power Grid: The Filler Card Game. An energy-themed filler card game with a very flexible player count (2–7, and…
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Gaming Year 2014
Another good year, can’t complaing. 2013 was good, and 2014 improved upon that. We bought a house this year and moved in, and that meant I got a bookshelf in my office I could use for games. With most of my games visible there, my son’s interest was piqued, and we ended up trying lots of different games.…
Abluxxen, Agricola, Animal upon Animal, Ark of the Covenant, Bunte Runde, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Clinic, Coconuts, Colorpop, Da ist der Wurm drin, Das kleine Gespenst, Das magische Labyrinth, Die kleinen Drachenritter, Don’t Rock the Boat, Europa Tour, Fleeting Foxes, For the Crown, Geistertreppe, Ghost Blitz, Halli Galli, Hotel Tycoon, Indigo, Joylings, Jungle Rumble, Klack!, La Boca, La Cucaracha, Lewis & Clark, Lost Valley, Machi Koro, Marrakech, Memory, Mont Saint Michel, North Wind, Parade, Qwixx: Das Kartenspiel, Rallyman, S-Evolution, Samarkand, San Juan, Schildkrötenrennen, Splendor, Stich-Meister, Subdivision, Suburbia, Super Rhino, Taki, The City, The Magic Tower, Troll Trail, Walnut Grove, Where Art Thou Romeo?, year review -
Small refreshing
Time for some changes, even though I rarely update this blog these days. Still. This is perhaps the third or fourth new look for the blog, and that’s not much in twelve years. Time to go modern. The new look is the new default theme from WordPress 4.1, Twenty Fifteen. I like it, it’s clean,…
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Jungle Rumble
The game: Jungle Rumble by Eros Lin, Nightsorrow Chou and Zeldaaa Ling, published by ErosGames in 2013. Elevator pitch: Puerto Rico action selection meets Agricola farming and feeding in a small box with cute kittens. What’s in the box? The small box is packed with field tiles, kitten tiles, action tiles, cardboard food tokens and wooden bits for water ways, stores and…
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Games with my son
My son has become my most regular board game opponent. We often play in the mornings: on weekends and on schooldays when his school starts on 9. He’s eight years old, and quite the gamer, and here’s what we play now: Agricola — We play the family game, and recently started using the Farmers of the…
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My 2014 top 100: 20–1
Here’s the final installment of my list. See the previous part. Now we’re getting to seriously good games. 20–19 String Railway — Build railways of strings. Simple, sometimes frustratingly imprecise, but all the same very charming. This is a delightful game, a lovely filler in a small box that works with a full range of…