From the monthly archives:

May 2003

Interstellar Pig = Cosmic Encounter?

May 6, 2003

Ron Hale-Evans has written a very interesting article about the Interstellar Pig in the Seattle Cosmic Wiki. Interstellar Pig is a book (mentioned here before), which features an interesting game as it’s main theme. The game, says Ron Hale-Evans, bears more than passing resemblance to Cosmic Encounter. If you’ve read the book, go read Ron’s [...]

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FinDipCon pictures

May 5, 2003

FinDipCon pictures are finally available! There’s the event pictures to start with. I also took lots of game photos: Acquire, Capitol, Fabrik der Träume, FlowerPower, Go, Members Only, New England, Ohne Furcht und Adel, Royal Turf, Samurai and Taj Mahal. As usual, the captions are in Finnish but the pictures speak the international language of [...]

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The Games Journal

May 1, 2003

A new issue of The Games Journal is out. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but the articles seem interesting. Especially the one about the evolution of German games — it should be handy when I prepare my talk for the game studies group next Thursday.

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Top 10 list 05/2003

May 1, 2003

Sunda to Sahul (1) Taj Mahal (10) Mare Nostrum (-) Tichu (7) New England (-) Sticheln (2) Löwenherz (6) Bohnanza (5) Wildlife (9) Go (3)

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Mare Nostrum

May 1, 2003

I played my first game of Mare Nostrum yesterday. Johanna wanted to play, as she’s (like me) a big fan of the Civilization computer game. As there were only two of us, we both had to play two civilizations to get enough players. I chose Carthage and Babylonia, Johanna had Rome and Egypt. I knew [...]

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