…as a kid or Hearts on the computer is going to be very tricky. Anyway, it was an interesting game and the special abilities spiced it up nicely. I got Jiu-jitsu, which I used to my advantage, usually to lose a trick (Jiu-jitsu can choose once a hand to have a lower card beat a…
…a cube, and you turn the side of the active player up, very simple) and we used that. No time limits, just counting the time spent by player. The bankrupt player was fastest, she played almost till the end and spent almost 9 minutes. I spend about 13 minutes, Olli almost 18 minutes and the…
I’m heading home this weekend to see my parents — and of course, to play games with them (well, at least with my mother and her partner). I was planning to teach them Go — my mother plays Chess occasionally, I’d like to see what she thinks about Go. Other games in my bags include…
Excellent session at the board game club today, I got to play everything I wanted! Quackle!, maybe better known as Snorta! for you foreign folks, was a silly game. It’s nice, but I much prefer Halli Galli when it comes to games like this. Quackle! seems to require a very specific atmosphere (read: very giggly);…
Yes, I’ve grown old. Very old. I went to play Bingo last Saturday. My mother has started to play Bingo occasionally and she lured me with her and her partner, as we had an hour to waste before he had to leave for a trip. And guess what: it was actually fun! Of course, Bingo…
…to plonk down the tiles, but that’s it. Also, she had some problems visualising the routes. Can’t blame her for that, because the tracks are a mess. Of course, that’s one of attractions of the game for some, but can also make it pretty annoying to play. Anyway, Metro is a decent two-player game, but…
Our game session dwindled up to just two players, me and Olli, but I saw no need to change the main course. I’ve heard Blue Moon City is good with just two, so of course I had to try it. Turns it out works just fine. Both our games were quite exciting enough. Some folks…
…course, if you ask from a boardgamer. Me, I’m a red guy. It’s got to be red. I’ve noticed the competition for red Shannon mentions — it comes up every time Tommy and I meet at the table. I tend to give the reds to him without a fight if we’re at his house, otherwise…
…course, getting second place in this game was made much easier by Hannu, who started the game by developing shipyards and while he did build shipyards in both eras, his rail era was pretty abysmal. He had a seriously bad hand of cards and didn’t help it with his play. Still, he scored a fairly…
Today was a day for games. I’ve been meeting folks at the University cafe recently and it’s been a good place: quiet (summer and all), food and drink service with no pressure to buy anything, decent tables, good light, easy to find — very good, very good. Today’s company included both Ollis and couple of…