From the monthly archives:

December 2002

Post-Christmas games: Villa Paletti & Scrabble

December 29, 2002

I went “back home” to visit my parents with Johanna. Games couldn’t be avoided, especially since I had given Villa Paletti to my mother as a Christmas present. It turned out to be a good gift — which was expected, since she has always enjoyed Timpuri, a Finnish variant of Jenga. Well, we played a [...]

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Christmas Games

December 25, 2002

While waiting for the gifts, I played some games with my girlfriend Johanna. Because we were spending the Christmas at her parent’s home, we had her old game collection to use: Afrikan tähti (Star of Africa, named after the huge diamond) and Pekingin mysteerit (aka Mysteries of Peking). Afrikan tähti is the best-selling Finnish game [...]

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BSW Session: Lost Cities, Carcassonne

December 23, 2002

This was probably the last game session this year… I played few games at the Brettspielwelt, classic BSW games really. First, I played seven hands of Lost Cities, losing most of them. Still, it was pretty fun. At least it didn’t take a long time. Then, I played a two-player game of good old Carcassonne. [...]

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Tournament systems

December 22, 2002

I’ve been thinking about the tournaments in the board game club. In 2001, we had a very simple tournament. In our December meeting, we played a four-game tournament and the winner got the prize. This year, a small one-game tournament was played every time and the finals in the December meeting. That was better, but [...]

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Boardgame club meeting: Puerto Rico, Die Händler, Carcassonne: H&G

December 17, 2002

The last meeting for this year of the Tampere University board game club was yesterday. We had a nice amount of people playing lots of different games. The Game of the Year -award was given to Puerto Rico (last year’s winner was Carcassonne) and the finals of the Spirit of the Game -tournament was played. [...]

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Fun and games for Christmas

December 14, 2002

Another attitude towards games: I had great fun playing Poker with my girlfriend yesterday. We play for Go stones, as I have plenty of those, and the way we play would probably make most Poker experts hilariously insane. Yesterday we tried out a new variant, inspired by a very silly strip poker program in TV. [...]

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I Do Rule the Ricochet Robot

December 13, 2002

After 119 more players, I still rule the Ricochet Robot. See for yourself: Scores for 12.12.2002. This is only the first of many victories to come! (But today I screwed up — I found seven move solution, but only after I had spent about 80 seconds doing an 18-move one…)

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Ruling the Ricochet Robot

December 12, 2002

It’s 9:42 AM in the USA, 190 players have already completed the daily Ricochet Robot puzzle and I’m still number one! I knew I found a good solution (I’d say optimal) and fairly fast, too, but it’s still hard to believe.

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Puerto Rico at BSW

December 12, 2002

I just played another game of Puerto Rico at the Brettspielwelt. However, it was an exceptional game: it had five players. I’ve only played three 5-player games this far. It was an interesting experience, even though it only reinforced my opinion: Puerto Rico is a four player game. Five players make the game a bit [...]

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Café Games: Lost Cities, Bluff, Canal Grande

December 11, 2002

I met up with some of my friends yesterday for couple of hours of gaming. Unfortunately only two of them showed up in the end, but we had two hours of fun and games anyway. And I had a wonderful and very tasty chicken bread, too. Try it, if you ever happen to visit Klubi [...]

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