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Enuk
We played Enuk with Johanna. It’s a new children’s game from the Queen Kids line, designed by Stefan Dorra and Manfred Reindl. It’s so new that it isn’t in the Geek yet (I’ve added it, but it’s waiting for approval). Enuk is a fun little game, I would describe it as push-your-luck memory. Players turn…
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Thursday session: Thief of Baghdad, Strohmann-Tarock
I arrived in a bad time this week: two games had just started. I sat watching and discussing playing cards with Hannu (he had bought a rather entertaining German pack of cards, it’s a reproduction of 19th century Saxony pack or something like that, very funny). It turned out their Arkadia was moving slowly, so…
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Russian Preference
My mother and Ismo were visiting to see Nooa. Well, Nooa didn’t want to sleep before they arrived and we had to put him to bed while they were here, so we entertained ourselves with games while Nooa was napping. I got to clear one game from my “I need to play this list, that…
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Thursday session: Eketorp
Another Thursday session, this time on Tuesday because the Vappu festivities on Thursday mean the university is closed. After a quick round of Coloretto we bit into Eketorp. Whether to play this or not was a bit of a question, since from reading the rules I knew I would not enjoy the game. However, I…
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Game timer
Remember the online Chess timer I mentioned before? It was discussed on the Finnish Board Game Society forums and the lack of multi-player option was noted. Well, it didn’t take many days before Zumba Gametimer was online. Check it out, if you need a multi-player timer.
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A word on video games — Mario Kart Wii rocks!
We got a Wii last week. The final reason was Mario Kart Wii — it’s one of my favourite series, I’ve enjoyed it on both GameCube and particularly on DS. The Wii version is the best, however, for several reasons. Wii has been on our “to buy” list since it came out, it was obvious…
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Two nice GeekLists
The Generic GeekList — The only GeekList you’ll ever need. Images for Desktop Wallpaper — Need desktop wallpapers? Sorry, the Generic GeekList won’t help, but this one will!