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Kneedeep in Dead
I attempted the first Doom scenario against Johanna’s invaders. I got killed in a horrible way, after reaching the red key. Too bad, but it was still quite fun. I know I played pretty bad, forgetting damage bonuses and slowing down too much (should’ve run through the place much faster), but then again, I don’t…
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Fifth Avenue
I got some extra time, so as a result, you’ll get another review on the Finnish site: Fifth Avenue.´ I haven’t played Fifth Avenue much, but I think I have it pretty well nailed down. It’s certainly not bad as some have claimed — there are interesting decisions and good tension. However, for various reasons…
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Niagara
Next up in my Finnish review site: Niagara. While Zoch is well-known for games with good presentation, Niagara is an extremely pretty game. From the first pictures I saw from the Essen fair 2004 I knew I had to see this game in action. I was not disappointed: the clever board (go see the pictures…
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Verflixxt, Amazing Labyrinth
I came across two new games I haven’t heard about yet. Verflixxt is a new game from Kramer and Kiesling, but far from their earlier work together. The board of this roll and move game is made of cards with number values from -10 to +10. The last piece to leave each card (each player…
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Monumento, High Society
Monumento was the last game I reviewed on the old site and High Society is the first one on the new. Monumento (or Make’n’Break) is a very simple dexterity game. The player in turn takes ten large colourful wooden blocks and a deck of cards. When the timer is started, he or she turns up…
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Lautapelaaja.net is open
I’ve been thinking about getting a domain for my board game site for a while now. Now, I’ve went and done it: Lautapelaaja.net (“lautapelaaja” is Finnish for “board gamer”) is open. The old page is gone, but the links aren’t dead — they redirect to the new site. If you’re linking to my site, please…
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Boardgame club session: Doom, Cluzzle
Last month we had a record-breaking crowd, now just few players. Such is fortune, waxing and waning. Perhaps the international film festival had something to do with the smaller attendance. We had enough people to play games, and that’s quite enough. We started the games with Bug Bluff. A deck of 64 bug cards (eight…
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Gone Fishing, Catan, Niagara
A bunch of games played recently: I played a game of Gone Fishing! with Johanna on Friday. She proved to be a superior fisher. Of 31 possible fish points, she got 26. I fished after her, so I could tally my score against hers, but woe, I ended up eight points short. I was rather…
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Gone fishing with the bugs
I got review copies of new Marektoy releases. Torakkapokeri aka Bug Bluff aka Kakerlaken-Poker is a very simple game of bluffing. Players give cards to other players face down, claiming them to be something — the player in the receiving end can either take and believe, take and doubt or pass on. Correct guess means…
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Doom
I got my hands on Doom: The Boardgame today. Oh my, it’s neat! I can’t help being a parakeet. The bits are gorgeous! The figures suffer a bit from silly colours (I’d like to see them painted well), but they are still rather impressive. The amount of cardboard is also stunning — the game is…