…learn of other games people play and enjoy. Well, we’ll see how it turns out. I’ve received over 20 ballots already and hopefully will get 100 more in the weeks to come. If you know some Finnish boardgamers who haven’t voted yet, make them vote! More voters we have, more interesting the results will be….
I’ve written a review of Vom Kap bis Kairo in Finnish. English-speaking visitors can read what I wrote about the game in Boardgamegeek a year ago and compare. I think Vom Kap bis Kairo is a nice little blind bidding game. Players try to build a railroad line from Cape Town to Cairo, crossing eight…
…there Blue Skies delivers. The conflict between short term goals (place gates to collect passengers and point income now) and long term goals (place gates to win the area majority bonuses) is interesting. What’s not to like? Critical comments say the game is bland, boring, and repetitive. I can certainly see where those comments are…
…a new home for thusly spared larger bags — I had my Africa tiles in two smaller bags, now I could put them all in one, larger bag. I bought a bag of 100 (I think) small ziploc bags — I used them all, now I’m going through my second bag. I just love them,…
…equal rarity so it’s not a black hole for money like CCGs tend to be. However, it isn’t cheap, either: if one buys all the sets, that’s about 100 euros, at least in Finland. The game can be played with just the basic set, but lot of its replayability comes from having the different decks….
…come to mind. First, out of the 27 hands we played, I won 13. Clearly, there’s skill involved in playing mahjong, and part of that skill is coming up with winning hands. I was the best in that part of the game. However, in mahjong, it’s not the number of won hands that counts. If…
…action saw some use — black cards were a desired commodity. Erkka almost won the game, thanks to his massive skyscraper lots — with up to five skyscrapers placed on one area. However, it was the Central Park that spelled his downfall. He didn’t have any skyscrapers there, we drew three different business icons and…
The profile project moves on. I got a list of game names from Aaron Fuegi’s great Top 100 list, so that’s one thing less to do. Thanks to Aaron! First move is to get the games graded. I’ve been working on that today. The first version of the form is out there for you to…
…all can see using the TrackBack function). First, I got this great idea: Aaron has the game list available also sorted by the rank on Top 100 list. If I use that list, most popular games will appear first and will be rated faster. Also, as mentioned in the comments, seven-step scale is probably the…
…looks like it’s made in China. I don’t like the Chinese shrink-wrap, that’s for sure. Well, as I said, it’s not that bad, especially if they’re issuing replacement cards for the misprints. Replacement board is nice as well, though I think the numbering error (the culture score track jumps from 80 to 100, skipping 90)…