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Decisionmaking
I wanted to comment on something Shannon Appelcline wrote in his blog. He has banned comments from non-LiveJournal users so I’ll just have to say it here: So at EndGame I usually try and be really considerate of what people might enjoy and do all the consensus twaddle about what we should play. Today, because…
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KillDog
I was browsing Bruno Faidutti’s Ideal Game Library, when I came across KillDog (Geek entry). KillDog, named after Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs is a bluffing game. Players are gangsters fighting over a pile of loot. Each turn, four bills worth 5, 10 or 20 are turned over. Each player chooses whether they are ready…
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Poker chips — opinions wanted
I’m contemplating on buying a set of Poker chips. I’ve got my sights set on two different sets right now, one without numbers and one with numbers. I’m planning to use the chips not only to play Poker, but to replace all unpleasant paper money and miserable plastic chips in other games. However, I can’t…
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Virtual Board Game Stock Market
Matthew Gray has whipped up a Virtual Board Game Stock Market, where participants can buy shares in Spiel des Jahres nominees, trying to predict which game wins the award. Each share in the winning game pays $100 in the end of the game and player with the most money wins — of course it’s possible…
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Bang!
Latest review on my Finnish site: Bang! Quick and dirty English review: Bang! is an interesting game, with a solid theme. The underlying mechanics, which have more than little in common with Werewolf are less impressive. I prefer games with more structure and less fun, or else the fun must be more spectacular. More like,…
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Board game club session: Spinergy, In the Shadow of the Emperor
Saturday’s board game club session continued: Another game having some buzz about it was Spinergy. We got nine players to play it, which was nice. Spinergy is highly creative party game, where one player spins three words from a device with three word rings that can be spun. Say there’s “fly, “hay stack” and “trash”.…
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Board game club session: Attribute, Australia
We had a rather pleasant board game club session yesterday. Since Johanna was away on a cruise with her friends, I played until midnight with the last enthusiasts. It was fun, though a bit too late perhaps to be done on regular basis. This session report will be in pieces, because there were so many…
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Dos Rios
Two new reviews up on the Finnish site: Dos Rios and Trivial Pursuit. Dos Rios is a brilliant example of a tactical minmax-game action point game. Every turn is a puzzle, where you must find the best way to use the action points you’re given to maximise your own score and minimise your opponents’ scores.…
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BSW session: Diamant, Attribute (finally!)
I did two BrettSpielWelt sessions today. I tried to recruit folks from Boardgame Society forums, but with no luck. I got some general interest, but nobody joined me. On my first visit I played seven games of Diamant. It’s a new filler game from Alan Moon and Bruno Faidutti. It’s a push-your-luck game: players are…
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Shadow of the butterflies
Yesterday brought me long-awaited In the Shadow of the Emperor. So far I’ve marvelled at the bits and read the rules few times, and I must say I’m quite thrilled. It sure looks like an interesting game, with a particularly heavy doze of theme. It sounds so good in theory I can’t wait to see…