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GeekList: Builders vs warriors
I did a GeekList: So, who else is a builder? It’s about how building stuff is what makes me happy in games. Take a look, comment and add!
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Thursday session: Shogun, Dolmengötter
Yesterday’s game session was mostly about Shogun, the Dirk Henn game of warring Japanese daimyos in the 16th century. It’s a redevelopment of Wallenstein, which I’ve played once as play-by-web (and I didn’t like it). Now most complex games are better learnt by the board, so I was willing to give Shogun a go. Shogun…
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Interview and a review
Boardgaming Finland podcast interviewed me and reviewed my book in their latest episode. Unfortunately the interview and review are in Finnish, but if you understand Finnish and want to hear someone else’s opinion of the book, Cane’s review is definitely worth listening (it helps he gives the book an excellent review).
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Thursday session: Airships, Dolmengötter, Vegas Showdown
We were planning to play cards this time to celebrate my book, which was finally released last Friday. Well, that didn’t happen, thanks to rather diminished number of players (four), including one particular person who doesn’t fancy traditional card games. So, card games were restricted to Flix Mix. So, we started with Airships (aka Giganten…
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Thursday session: Wabash Cannonball, Canal Mania
Oops. I noticed I had missed blogging our previous Thursday game session. You see, I got sick (stomach flu, fortunately Johanna and Nooa avoided the same bug) the night after that, so I had something else to think about for a while… But here it is, just in time before our next session! After a…
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Hot games for Q1/2008
Oh my, another quarter gone! The previous one was good, how about this one? Wabash Cannonball is the hottest of the hot, and no wonder. I’ve loved every game so far. I’d like to try a five-player game at some point, to see how that changes the game. And of course more games with three…
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Games day with Tommy and Stefu: Trains and stuff
Tommy and Stefu came over to spend a day playing games. Johanna was very kind to take Nooa to her parents so we could have our place for us. A chance to play longer, meatier games in such a great company is rare and something to cherish. We did start with some actual meat, though.…
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Sense of achievement
I was writing about Cuba on the Finnish Board Game Society forums after my latest experience with the game and I think my friend Tommy hit the nail on the head on what I don’t like about the game. It’s the lack of snowballing. Valerie Putnam wrote about Snowballs and Princess Brides on Boardgame News…
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Jyväskylä visit: Black Vienna, Cuba
I visited my mom at Jyväskylä with Nooa. Thanks to Easter, we stayed for three days, which — of course! — presented us with more opportunities for games (two evenings and Nooa’s nap time on Saturday). That in mind, I brought some new games to try. Black Vienna was a major hit. It went down…
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Thursday session: Wabash Cannonball, Great Wall of China
Thanks to Easter, we had to reschedule our Thursday games to Wednesday. I started the session with Don. It’s been a while since I last played this little filler. Too long, actually, as I was already getting hazy with the rules. That’s unconvenient, as I only have the German rules… Well, we did play it…