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Tea and Metro
Metro is of suitable weight and length to be played over a cup of tea, it seems. However, I’m afraid we’re not going to play the game again. Even though Johanna won the game hands down, she thought it was somewhat ho-hum. I agree — it can feel a bit pointless. It’s kind of fun…
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Finnish Game of the Year finalists
Finalists for the Finnish Game of the Year awards are out. Children’s games: Mighty Magpies (Harakkavarkaat) — Tactic Geistertreppe (Kummitusportaat) — Marektoy / Drei Magier Schatz der Drachen (Lohikäärmeen aarre) — Marektoy / Winning Moves Family games: Cranium CADOO — Danspil Ticket to Ride (Menolippu) — Lautapelit.fi / Days of Wonder Verflixxt (Sellaista sattuu) —…
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Easier Antiquity
I played a game of Antiquity with Johanna today. This time I chose to play the easier introductory game, without pollution and famine. The game was much easier, but still interesting to play. Johanna picked up the game quite well and we soon got off to a good start. When it was time to build…
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Board game club: Antiquity and Shadows over Camelot
Yesterday we played the first game of the much-expected Antiquity. Teaching the rules was fairly straightforward, but I didn’t stress quite enough that Cart Shops were needed to build inns and cities, too, because I think everybody but me fumbled with that at some point. The game progressed slowly. It took four hours, before Robert…
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Gold rush
Joe Gola recounts his Silverton experiences in There’s Gold in Them Thar Cards. Suddenly I feel a rush to try to game! Man, that’s some well-written and attractive stuff about a five-hour juggernaut game! The new Gone Gaming blog where that entry appears looks promising, by the way. I should fix my blog roll on…
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Lost in the valley with no shopping
We played Lost Valley after a while. This time we both explored the same side of the river, which made things a bit more interesting. Johanna’s fear of getting locked in the same two strategies was reduced, as she had a good time hunting animals and stealing gold from my mines. I played real idiot…
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Antiquity is here!
Antiquity arrived, finally! It had taken a detour, visiting three Tampere post offices when it should’ve come through just two. That’s why I didn’t get it last week… Well, that’s all behind, now I can enjoy having the game around and that’s all that matters. First thoughts: oh, it’s huge! Oh, it’s full of counters!…
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Blueberry Africa
Just a quick game of Africa while we waited for the blueberry pie to bake. It was over fairly swiftly; actually, it was just on time. Johanna lead throughout the game, even though I almost caught her lead. However, good camp scoring in the end really finished the game for her advantage. I asked how…
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Around the World in 72 Days
The guys at the Marektoy were kind enough to send me a copy of the Finnish edition of Around the World in 80 Days along with the games I’ve translated. It wasn’t on my list of games to get, but sure I’ll like to have it if I get it for free… I tried it…
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Monopoly Card Game
I coaxed Johanna to try the Monopoly Card Game. Designed by Phil Orbanes, it’s basically a Monopoly-themed Rummy game. Players try to form their 10-card hands into complete sets of colour groups and bonus cards. First player to build a ready hand scores five extra cards, but everybody counts points. The game is very much…