…de los Muertos), can trace it’s roots back to early 20th century. It’s descended from Pit, the manic trading game from 1919. Only this time players aren’t trading for commodities… Players take part in the Henchgames. Unfortunately, the competitors didn’t do well in the 100 meter Dash of Death and are all in pieces. Players…
…understanding. So far, we’ve been firmly in the 60–70 point range. The game has certainly felt like a failure if I’ve been below that. The game is a combination of deck-building, worker placement and resource management. The critical feature in the game is the research track: there’s no question about that; you need to get…
I’ve been busy writing reviews. I have already 91 reviews on my web site — I hear the 100 review mark calling my name already. That’ll take some time, but soon, soon I’ll be there. I’m not going to write long reviews of these games now; I’ll just summarize my thoughts shortly. Links are to…
…is an ancestor Age of Steam and shares some ideas: players build railroads on loaned money and move goods to get income. However, there are some big differences as well. The track-building isn’t freeform: there are set connections between cities auctioned each turn. The loans are more expensive, but they can be paid off. The…
…game shuffling one train between two companies to avoid bankruptcy. That doesn’t make much money… My stock portfolio was filled with shares of the four best companies. I got almost as much money as my three opponents had in total. Next time I’ll try a bit harder difficulty level. There’s quite a bit of waiting,…
…and see if they’re doing a Finnish translation of it. Duck Dealer, which is the odd new Splotter game. Buying and selling cheap crap in the world of intergalactic trade? Complex planning, infrastructure development, route-building… From Splotter. 100% non-avoidable. Must-buy. Won’t think twice. Something that needs to be bought pretty soon, though the 1500 copy…
…locations with -4 or -6, just to avoid even worse spots (worst being about -32 or something like that, heavy negatives with two doubles next to them). Bonobo is a very clever little game. It’s also very heavily tactical game. There’s really no place for strategic thinking, it’s all react react react. Solid 8 rating…
I love keeping the statistics for the games I play. I like toying around with the numbers, seeing how they go. Of course, the biggest rewards come when you can make deeper, more complete analysis. Changing of the year is a natural time for that. I can make a fairly complete review of the past…
Our café games were quite typical yesterday. We did have six people present, though. I ended up playing Go against a new opponent, whose name escapes me now. I won both games, first by a healthy margin of around 100 points, second with smaller difference (but then again, there were more handicap stones). I didn’t…
…a number to sort the games by. Well, the formula is (10 * rating)*(0.4^games played 03)*(0.8^games played 02)*(0.95^games played 01) — so if I have a game that I’ve rated 10 and haven’t played in 2003, 2002 or 2001, it’ll get a score of 100. A game I’ve rated 8 and played twice in 2001…