…at Helcon (or Lautapelaamaan, as it is called now). I played lots of PBEM 18xx earlier this year. It was fun, but takes a bit too much time. It’s still nice to have that option. All in all I’d say my interest in 18xx has waned a bit. The games just take too much time….
…and when? Players: Robert, Tommy, Reko, Olli and Stefu Games: Roads & Boats, Memoir ’44, Battle Line, Ta Yü, Hammer of the Scots Events: KinkkuCon, FinDipCon, Ropecon, Essen and Helcon Times: 10:04 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:50 PM, 5:23 PM, 10:00 PM (All connections with real individuals, games, events and times are purely coincidental.) 1. Roads…
…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……
…things (minor relating to the word count, anyway). Highest peak is Lahti games weekend, Saturday and Sunday with almost 2000 words. Rest of the gaming weekend is another big one, almost 1600 words. There are few others in the 1000-1500 range. There’s Helcon, gaming at Tommy’s, Lahti weekends… that kind of entries. I don’t know…
Now I have all of the HelCon (and earlier) game pictures online. Go ahead: Alcatraz Battle Cry Die Händler LotR: Confrontation Villa Paletti Next I’ll start working on the session reports….
As some of my most faithful readers might remember, Reko had promised to teach me to play Lord of the Rings: Confrontation at the HelCon. Well, he kept his promise and after our game of Die Händler was over, I hooked up with him and we played two games. The rules were quickly explained —…
…important game of the weekend, I suppose, was the mandatory Die Macher. Phil and Olli (from Tampere) were anxious to try it out. Tommy and Markus (who won the game in Helcon six months ago) joined. As usual, I took the charge of PDS. It was an exciting match. Markus won, as usual, and Tommy…
…is left is something for the Boardgame Society to give as a prize in Helcon — I’m thinking about an English Elasund with Klaus Teuber’s autograph — he’s doing a signing session every day. I saw English copies of Elasund at some booth, I wonder where it was… Well, I’ll find out. Stuff I skipped:…