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International business: Greed and Acquire
Two weeks ago we played Greed, incorporated. This is a Splotter game that came out in 2009. I’ve played it once before in 2010, then it languished unplayed for two years… But finally we got to play it again. Again, it was a blast. This is one of the most entertaining games I know, few…
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Mystery Rummy + more
I’ve been selling games. My collection is now 300 games, including expansions. That makes my personal collection about 250 titles, as we have about 50 kids games. My previously owned count at BGG now says 308. I suppose I can be considered an active game trader. I’ve recently sold Blue Moon (complete set, except promos), Evolution,…
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Elder Signs of Kansas Pacific
Two weeks of games. Last week I expected two players, but we got third. Good that I hadn’t prepared with strictly two-player affairs. Dominion: Hinterlands. I’m a Dominion fan, so I like the new expansion. Simple as that. It sure is no Alchemy. There are several interesting cards. Fool’s Gold (money; first played on turn…
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Puzzle Strike and gambling starlords
Puzzle Strike. Three more games. These were the best games so far. I played well, I think, winning two out of three. The games were well-fought and exciting. A tad long at 30 minutes or so each, but they didn’t drag on. I suppose there’s a good game in there. Going to play more today. Suggest.…
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First games of 2012
2012 is off to a flying start. My wife has been incredibly understanding of my board game hobby and I’ve been able to spend more time playing games. Part of that is definitely the kids: they’re older now (my son is 5 and my daughter is 3 in less than two weeks), so taking care…
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Gaming Year 2011
2010 was a good year. Well, 2011 was even better. I played more games than on any year on my records. Quality matters, too, but I can control quality more than I can control quantity and if quantity is good, quality tends to be good as well. I played lots of games with my son.…
1865: Sardinia, Animal upon Animal: Balancing Bridge, Ascending Empires, Bunte Runde, Carcassonne, Cavum, Chunky Fighters, Click Clack, Das kleine Gespenst, Das magische Labyrinth, Dawn Under, Days of Steam, Dobble, Eclipse, Excape, Forbidden Island, Geistertreppe, Gulo Gulo, Innovation, Jishaku, Kayanak, Kids from Catan, Kids of Carcassonne, Kraken-Alarm, Lamarckian Poker, Lords of Vegas, Maskenball der Käfer, Mouse Carousel, Mysteries of Peking, Nile DeLuxor, Oregon, Pantheon, Puzzle Strike, Rattus, Roope-setä Liikemiespeli, Samarkand, Schildkrötenrenne, Settlers of Catan Junior, SNCF, South African Railroads, Stone Age, String Railway, The Enigma of Leonardo, Villa Paletti, year review -
Eclipse and Eminent Domain
We played Eclipse yesterday. Our regular location had some strange holiday opening hours, and we had to do a quick relocate. Fortunately the nearest bar had large enough tables (just barely) for a five-player game of Eclipse – that’s not obvious, as the game is quite demanding when it comes to table space. I had…
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Ostbahn, Lancaster, kids games
Playing catch-up… I started working on the year review, but I have to get these out first. Since the previous post, I’ve had one game session with adults (last week I had to skip because of Christmas) and have played several interesting games with my son. Preußische Ostbahn. I noticed there was almost two years…
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Games update
Two weeks passed again. Time flies. Stuff I’ve played recently (as reported on the Google+ page, which is worth following if you ask me), rated using the Avoid, Indifferent, Suggest, Enthusiastic scale described by Brian: Dobble. Also known as Spot It!, this is a ridiculously entertaining card game. The round cards have bunch of icons…
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Lancaster
This week’s game was Lancaster, ordered from Germany back in September, now finally here. Took a while, but hey, it’s a Queen game. At least it wasn’t as badly delayed as German Railways or, ahem, the Samarkand expansion… Hannu bought the game, mostly because it’s by Matthias Cramer, the designer of Glen More, and because…