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Go game yesterday
Well, I did play a game of Go yesterday. We played on a 19×19 board and Janne gave me handicap of nine stones (he’s about 15k, I’m about 25k). It was an interesting and pretty close match, which I eventually won by 4 points. I had more separate batches of territory, but he had about…
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Die Macher game status
Oops, my Die Macher game player count looks bad. I currently have only one player; one who was coming maybe confirmed he can’t make it. I’ve started a bit more aggressive advertising, using every channel I know. Let’s hope I can get at least one more player, so we can play the game. On the…
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New features at game profiler
I got very good and constructive feedback from Iain Cheyne and have now started to implement his ideas to the Game Profiler. At the moment they are concentrated on the users’ side. It’s now possible to leave fields empty. As a default, the system gives results from the top 100 list only. If you want,…
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Article project
I’m planning to do an article, interviewing the members of the Finnish Game of the Year jury. I’ve already received their contact information, now I’m thinking about questions to ask. I’m hoping I’ll be able to send out the questions by e-mail today. Let’s see how it goes. It’d be interesting to know how they…
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Excellent Die Macher review
Don’t expect much links from me, this is not that kind of weblog. Still, I’ll occasionally bump into really good games-related content in the web and will mention it here as well. Dan Bosley has written a very good Die Macher review on the Terminal City Gamers web site (or read it from Boardgamegeek). It…
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Web of Power
For Finnish users, there’s a new review at my web site: Web of Power. I’ve played lots of this lately and as you might notice from my Top 10 list, I value the game very highly. It works nicely from any number of players from three to five (I like it best with four, then…
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Website update: Tough decisions in games
Second part in the series "what makes a good game" the tough decisions can be found at my web site. Unfortunately, it’s in Finnish, but here’s an English summary: The article is about what makes good games stand out. The issue I’m pointing at is the tough decisions you have to make. Average roll-and-move game…
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Game-related mailing list
Another shameless plug aimed for the Finnish readers: If you haven’t done so already, join Pelilista, which is basically the Finnish version of the almighty Spielfrieks, which is the best and most useful mailing list I’m on. Pelilista isn’t nearly as good or useful, but hey, there’s about 1000 Spielfrieks and about 30 Pelilista members……
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HelCon — 26.-27.10.2002
All Finnish readers, make sure you’re coming to HelCon, a board game event organised by Finnish Diplomacy Association and Safe Haven. It’s in Helsinki 26.-27.10.2002 (for more details, see the web site and/or ask Tommy). Tournaments include Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne and Magic: The Gathering PTQ, and other board games are played non-stop. Of course,…
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Finnish Game of the Year awards 2002
Finnish Game of the Year awards have been given out. The winners this year are: Best Children’s Game: Ali Baba (Ravensburger) Best Family Game: Bakari (Tactic) Best Adult Game: Fits (Ravensburger) Spiel des Jahres winner Villa Paletti was in the family game final three, but didn’t make it.