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In the Shadow of the Emperor
In the Shadow of the Emperor seemed pretty cool when it came out. It was touted as a real gamer’s game with clever new mechanics. However, for some reason I played it twice and forgot about it afterwards. What happened? Setting In the Shadow of the Emperor is set in Germany in the late middle…
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Blockster
I wrote a review of Blockster (in Finnish and sorry, no naked ladies on the marginals). Blockster is a small dexterity game, where players are trying to stack small plastic pieces according to cards. There’s a timer to add pressure! When someone fails, everybody else scores a point. The basic idea is nice, but the…
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Louis XIV
Rüdiger Dorns Louis XIV started Aleas new mid-size series. Its not a big board game, but not a card-game either, but something in between. Theres no actual board, though there is something quite like it: a grid made of cardboard tiles, functioning as a board. The game definitely plays like a board game. Palace intrigue…
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Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Rieneck is based on Jules Verne’s book. Players are sent from London to circumnavigate the globe, hoping to make it back to London in 80 days. A race has begun! Race around the world So, it’s a race game. Race games have generally two problems, I think:…
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Antike
For me, Antike was definitely one of the brighter hits from Essen 2005. I had reordered the game, mostly tempted by the theme and having some faith in Eggert-Spiele thanks to Neuland, which was excellent. Lower price I got didn’t hurt, either. I wasn’t disappointed. While Antike isn’t the Civ Lite some people would probably…
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Finnish reviews: Antike, Louis XIV, Around the World in 80 Days, In the Shadow of the Emperor
I’ve written few reviews recently. These are all in Finnish, I’ll write the English reviews here at some point: Antike, Around the World in 80 Days, In the Shadow of the Emperor, Louis XIV. Has anybody who doesn’t understand Finnish actually checked any of my Finnish reviews? Like, could I just claim to write like…
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Board game club: Antike, Antike!
Board game club met last Sunday. It was a good meeting, with lots of people, some new faces and active gaming. After a warm-up game of Flix Mix (I’m still unbeaten in this game), we started a six-player Antike. That was one of my main wishes for the meeting, trying Antike with five or six.…
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Travian
I’m somewhat hooked on Travian. It’s a German multi-user online game you can play using just a browser. Let’s see if it sounds familiar: players farm their hexagon-shaped fields, producing a variety of resources: wood, bricks, iron and wheat. These are used to build new buildings and improve the fields, but also to create units…
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Blue Moon session
I met Olli for some Blue Moon. We played for few hours and hey, Blue Moon is already on my 5&10’s list this year. We had time for exactly ten games. Interesting enough, a first player to act won all games. That wasn’t the case last time, but it sure is curious. There’s an advantage…
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DVD Sudoku
I played a game of DVD Sudoku with Johanna yesterday (that’s something only an exceptionally good wife would do for her husband!) and wrote a review in Finnish on the other site. DVD Sudoku is one of the games featuring the biggest thing of 2005. This version adds another 2005 trend: a DVD. Can something…