From the monthly archives:

August 2003

Vom Kap bis Kairo

August 15, 2003

I’ve written a review of Vom Kap bis Kairo in Finnish. English-speaking visitors can read what I wrote about the game in Boardgamegeek a year ago and compare. I think Vom Kap bis Kairo is a nice little blind bidding game. Players try to build a railroad line from Cape Town to Cairo, crossing eight [...]

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Wednesday games, part 10: Go, Sticheln, Pond

August 13, 2003

Another small crowd this Wednesday, only Ilari and Olli once again. Well, we still had good time. Because Olli came a bit later than Ilari, I had time to play a 9×9 Go match with Ilari. I gave him 1-stone handicap (he played black, I didn’t get komi) and proceeded to win the game by [...]

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Gamer sense of humor

August 12, 2003

Who says gamers don’t have a sense of humour: GeekList of X-rated games — terribly funny! BoardgameGeek entry #69: Bollox GeekList of haiku reviews GeekList of devilishly good games — there’s no fun like satanic fun

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Game stat madness continues

August 12, 2003

Hein Hundal contacted me about my game stats madness and described a very interesting rating system, which was easy enough to implement. It’s basically a way to calculate what is the probability that one is better than an average opponent. Here’s how it’s calculated for each game: First count the harmonic average of number of [...]

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Mystery order part 2

August 12, 2003

As told before, I ordered a copy of Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper from Leisure Games. I was getting worried when I didn’t get it or hear anything from them, as they’ve been very fast before. Turns out they don’t have the game anymore and they had e-mailed me about it. I must’ve missed the [...]

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Weekend games, Sunday

August 11, 2003

Sunday began with a game of Mamma Mia! with the kids. They’ve become fans quickly, I guess I’ll just have to keep on taking the game with me from now on. I’d also throw a guess that it’s going to appear on the next Adam Spielt order, too… Land Unter, here are the kids. Kids, [...]

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Weekend games, Saturday: Monopoly, Puerto Rico

August 11, 2003

Saturday began with a surprising game choice: Monopoly. I’ve been wanting to play it for a while now and finally I got the opportunity. I played with Oskari and Severi. Oskari was the first one to be dropped out, when he went bankrupt on my houses. I got a nice bunch of mortgaged properties, most [...]

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Weekend games, Friday: Puerto Rico

August 11, 2003

My trip to Jyväskylä went well. My brother picked me up from the busy railroad station and gave me a lift to where my mother and Ismo live. Before he left, we played few games of Battle Line. Which was nice, especially as I won two out of three. Balloon Cup was fairly popular game [...]

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Logistics

August 8, 2003

I’m going to Jyväskylä this weekend and as usual, it means games. I’ll probably post the session reports Monday. I’ve practised the art of game packing quite a lot. This time I’m bringing Puerto Rico, Balloon Cup, Land Unter, Coloretto, Mamma Mia! and King Lui. Because I’m taking the train, I’m going to walk a [...]

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Wednesday games, part 9: Go

August 7, 2003

This time we played Go. Well, thanks to computer clock trouble, I was an hour late. Olli and Ilari played Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation before I came. But then it was all Go! Ilari had played a little before, Olli had played about once a long time ago. I played couple of games [...]

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