…IC and Jani’s NYC were the best companies, while Nooa ran a much weaker GT and a decent B&O. However, in the end, Nooa had certificates up to the limit, while Jani and I didn’t, so Nooa won. We’ve enjoyed playing 18 India in three hours and easily fitting it into a Wednesday evening. It…
Here’s a top 20 list of games I like. This is based on my annual top 100 lists. I’ve been doing those since 2014, so I thought there’s some history there I could use. Here’s the latest edition on BGG. I scored each list: the first game gets 100 points, next one 99 points and…
…old game of commodity trading. The catch is that all the trading happens simultaneously. Players yell out numbers, indicating how many cards they wish to trade out. Players trade, trying to collect complete sets. First player to collect a set slaps a bell or a mat, depending on edition, and wins the round. I didn’t…
…the acquired company… It’s particularly great when you have a company that has more traffic than coverage and a company that has more coverage than traffic. Merge two, and things are balanced. Mergers also open up the board in the late game, as tokens are removed from the board. The merged companies can then reappear….
If anybody has a copy of Prairie Railroads, Veld Railroads or Pampas Railroads they’re willing to sell, please let me know. As if, but doesn’t hurt to ask, does it?…
I wrote a review of Amun-Re. It was kind of a request, really — I implemented a search box on my game review site and someone had searched for it. Amun-Re kind of puzzles me. I find it’s mechanics interesting and while the Egyptian theme is a bit boring, it is woven well with the…
…game stats told me I had played the game once in 2002 and again in 2003. But where? Quick search in this blog told me: FinDipCon V. It also told me other games I had played that day, brought back a bunch of memories (like playing Citadels with William Attia, who was just a French…
…%. That’s a lot in my opinion. My top keywords are three variations of “gameblog”: together, apart and with a hyphen. I don’t have really good keywords, really, but I get a lot of long tail searches for wildly different topics. I’ll just hope people find what they’re looking for… What comes to content, this…