It’s been a while, but here I am, contemplating an order from Germany. I get free games every month, but I want Geschenkt now, not later. I’m also intrigued by Mogul and Die Sieben Siegel. Of course, buying few small games from Germany just isn’t worth it, so I’ll have to buff the order up…
…have free reins to dominate the countryside, even though he spread his influence wide around the land. Among the pockets of resistance, a rebellious hero rose, carrying the banner of people’s favour. Alas, the rebellion wasn’t to succeed. First, the Chancellor bought it out, tossing favours around to bribe the people to complacency. The revolution…
I broke my trend of starting the year with an Asian game and played Dawn Under with Johanna. I got some childish games recently, you know, with Niagara completing the set (I also got CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Boardgame, but that’s another story). Dawn Under is a childish memory game about vampires trying to seek…
…in Two-player 1825. With previous experience, we did the setup very quickly, but the playing time wasn’t much reduced: we played for three hours and fifteen minutes or so. Instead of pen and paper calculations, book-keeping was done in a spreadsheet. I had a simple sheet with columns for each player and company. The money…
…themselves, but when laid on table with other tiles, they look fine and the information – lots of it – is clear enough. Components are generally fine, with no major complaints but won’t wow you. First edition had badly cut tiles, requiring careful punching. What do you do in the game? On each turn you…
…Nooa and I’ve been rather lucky to have some good company in the form of two childminders and the children they’re looking after. It’s a win-win situation: Nooa has friends and I get to interact with actual adults. One of them, Johanna, is interested in card games. I gave her a copy of my book…
Finncon was in Jyväskylä this year. It’s a major Finnish science fiction con (biggest free SF con in Europe or something like that), but it also had some games, as local board gamers organized a game room. I was in Jyväskylä at my mother’s with the kids and was able to leave for the Saturday…
…Or no, it is there, but not explicitly stated. More detailed examples of combination ordering would be useful. I’ll definitely fix that with the Finnish rules. I also picked up Kogge from Post office. It wasn’t a completely free review copy, but a fairly good deal anyway. The game looks home-made, but interesting. Unfortunately, the…