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Skat thoughts
I’ve been playing Skat, quite a bit of it, actually, thanks to the very swift Xskat implementation running on my phone. The difficulty of Skat is overrated. It’s not that hard. I thought the auction was complicated, but it isn’t. At least against the computer opponents, most of the time you don’t really have to…
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Six-player Antike
Antike is one of the top games on the list of good games I don’t play nearly enough. Looking at my records, I played seven games in the six months after Essen 2005, then once in 2008 and once last week. Weak, especially considering how good the game is with six players. (I’ve got a…
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Flash Duel
I got a review copy of Flash Duel, a two-player combat game by David Sirlin. The game is a card game version of the classic fighting games like Street Fighter, with characters done in similar style. The base of the game is however more abstract and mathematical. A familiar game in new form Actually, Flash…
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WordPress search plugin plug
This has nothing do with games, so if you don’t have a WordPress blog, skip on. If you do have a WordPress blog, there’s something I want to tell you. The default WordPress search sucks. It has very simple matching and always returns results in date order, most recent first. In small blogs this might…
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XSkat – a new addiction
I’ve got a new addiction. XSkat works in my phone, so I can crank out couple of skat deals in just a minute or two. Excellent! I’ve wanted to learn skat, but getting people to play it is difficult and games with all newbies are always a bit different. Now I can play against tough…
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Finnish Game of the Year awards 2010
Finnish Game of the Year awards were published today. Lautapelit.fi scored a double victory. Best children’s game: Muumien purnukkajahti (a Moomin game, I know nothing else). Best family game: Dixit Best adult game: Mallorca (aka Finca) Lautapelit.fi published Dixit and Mallorca, the Moomin game is a Finnish game (I guess) by Egmont. Dixit of course…
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Fauna, Nile, Tornado Alert!
Good day of games today. I finally got Fauna on the table — I had the game a year ago, when I did the translation, but I never played the German version as I wanted to wait for the Finnish edition. Now it was time! And why not, Fauna is a pretty good game. It’s…
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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama got the Jyväskylä treatment last weekend. We played a total of four games (twice with four, twice with three). It’s a pretty good game. Not great, but definitely worth giving a go and for those who like worker placement it should be a real pleasure. I’m not terribly keen on worker placement…
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Lautapeliopas in English
Lautapeliopas now has a small Lautapeliopas in English page. I’m going to buy some advertising on Boardgame News, so that was the kick I needed to add the English info page. I was going to donate anyhow and the difference between $20 donation and $60 sponsorship is fairly small, especially as the latter is tax-deductible…
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BGG admins delete Winsome reprint list
BoardGameGeek admins have removed the super useful Winsome Games reprint geeklist. Apparently it violates site policy in a way that several other similar reprint lists don’t. As the list was one of the most useful resources in the Geek, I’m very annoyed to see it gone. Ok, so there’s an explanation. Makes sense, I suppose,…