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Best session report ever
This Amun-Re session report by Joe Gola is simply the best session report I’ve ever read. It’s just hilarious. The following is a translation of an ancient Egyptian text found in a crude clay pot buried long, long ago on the banks of the Nile. Carbon dating of the ink on the papyrus indicates that…
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Fish Eat Fresh Fish
In our boardgame club session back in June, I confused Robert’s copy of Fish Eat Fish with Fresh Fish. I noticed my mistake too late and we ended up playing Fish Eat Fish, which turned out to be decent but not interesting. Now if I tell you that I asked for Fresh Fish from Lautapelit.fi…
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Ordering games
It’s been a while, but here I am, contemplating an order from Germany. I get free games every month, but I want Geschenkt now, not later. I’m also intrigued by Mogul and Die Sieben Siegel. Of course, buying few small games from Germany just isn’t worth it, so I’ll have to buff the order up…
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Dvonn strategy
I’m determined to learn Dvonn. Therefore I dug out some strategy guides. There are some basic tips and Alan Kwan’s glossary, both at Project Gipf site. There’s also Joe Gola’s very detailed session report at the Geek. I sure hope these help me improve my game. If I played more of two-player games, Dvonn would…
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Kahuna
I met Olli today at 9 am to try my brand new copy of Kahuna. I’m doing a translation of it, it’s going to be one of a bunch of Kosmos two-player games Marektoy is publishing at some point next year. Of course I needed to get some hands on experience of the game! I…
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Fresh Fish
I was wondering what to grab this month from Lautapelit.fi. I had little idea, until I reached F in the list of games and noticed they had Fresh Fish. When it came out (from Plenary), I wanted to get it, but at the time Safe Haven didn’t have it and ordering from USA was (and…
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Games and artificial intelligence
Yesterday I watched a bit of a documentary about Garry Kasparov and how he lost a match to IBM’s Deep Blue. As the story goes, Deep Blue pulled an untypical move in the second game, causing Kasparov to lose. After that, he lost his concentration and failed to win the match. Kasparov, naturally, accused IBM…
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The Games Journal
Another issue of The games Journal is out. Greg Aleknevicus continues his series on basic strategy, this time covering long-term planning. I was somewhat disappointed by this article, it felt somewhat trivial. I found the previous article in the series (covering strategies of trading) much more interesting and useful. In the other hand, Sarah Samuelson’s…
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Diplomacy game
Ok, so now we have Michael as the GM and he has already set up the game. Anybody wishing to join the game should first register with the DPJudge. Next step is to send e-mail to dpjudge@diplom.org, with the following content: JOIN vertigo [password] redhill SIGNOFF And that’s it.