We’re on a gaming streak with Johanna, it seems. Yesterday we were thinking of what to do and decided to play a game. The obvious choice was, of course, Historiallinen Helsinki, a game that I’ve owned for over a year now and haven’t played once. I know I haven’t been missing much, but it was…
Golden Compass is an excellent book (and a fairly mediocre movie), and of course it has spawned a bunch of board games. Most of them are based on the movie, but Der goldene Kompass by Kosmos is based on the books. It’s a race game: players try to go through the board as fast as…
…Petersburg. How refreshing. I did well, too, winning three out of five games. I still have it. The only San Juan game I lost was mostly because I had to wade through a big bunch of cards without any large buildings. I’m looking forward to next weekend and board game club and of course, Helcon……
After clobbering Hannu in Sunda to Sahul, it was time for Golden Compass. We had full table, four players, and off we went, on our trip to the other universe. The card playing mechanism was definitely more interesting with four players: you really had to think a bit when choosing which cards to take. However,…
…again, with three players folks seem to complain there’s not enough blocking and the first-player advantage is atrocious. Not in our game, most certainly. Perhaps four is the sweet spot? I wouldn’t mind playing this one again, but it’s not an A-level game. Again, this is probably at least a decent family game, though the…
…It’s good read and highly recommended. Then this Dutch blogger mailed me about her blog asking for permission to use my RSS feed to display my latest headlines — permission granted, of course, she wouldn’t have needed to ask but she certainly has good manners — and her blog, Gameblogger, looks promising. (Gender corrected later.)…
…Merchants is a light card game, so of course there’s plenty of luck. However, there’s also room for skill, as you must consider timing, come up with combos and so on. I’d say the skilled player will most of the time, but not always. If you include the Lucky Ocelots, the level of luck and…
…date. The scenarios are also updated, so even the basic game scenarios utilize stuff from later expansions. One of the early expansions, for example, is a night attack and roads have appeared on many maps. That’s very nice for us who own all the expansions. Of course, if you don’t have any or just have…
After less-than-well slept night (maybe the real-size Space Marine helmets I slept next to haunted my sleep?) it was a new day and new games. The breakfast — eggs, bacon, french fries — was sturdy and sure to clog arteries. That’s just nice. The first game of the morning was a classic — Dragon’s Gold….
…neither mason or architect were built, yet we built a bunch of stone buildings and a total of six monuments (all basic buildings were replaced by shiny blue monuments, it looked quite fabulous). We both maxed out on building favour track, of course. That was kind of funny. We also spent lots of efforts in…