From the monthly archives:

September 2003

Hammer of the Scots and the Columbia Games independence

September 19, 2003

I’ve been offered 100 euros for my copy of Hammer of the Scots. Reason is, of course, the decision made by Columbia Games: “To improve product output and customer service, all Columbia Games products will henceforth be sold ONLY by mail order, telephone, or via www.columbiagames.com.” Which is of course nice, except when you live [...]

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Crokinole

September 12, 2003

I’ve been having these crazy ideas about getting myself a Crokinole board. That’s sort of silly, but it’s not like I’m able to get a pool table anytime soon… It’s worse now I found Crokinole Companions web site. Crokinole boards from Germany! Less postage costs, no customs, no taxes. Still very expensive, but perhaps not [...]

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Lahti Board Game Weekend, Saturday

September 11, 2003

After less-than-well slept night (maybe the real-size Space Marine helmets I slept next to haunted my sleep?) it was a new day and new games. The breakfast — eggs, bacon, french fries — was sturdy and sure to clog arteries. That’s just nice. The first game of the morning was a classic — Dragon’s Gold. [...]

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Lahti Board Game Weekend, Friday

September 8, 2003

So, I spent the weekend at the Munter mansion in Lahti, playing games. It was an excellent weekend of games, one of the best I’ve participated in. Not the best, though — I think game events get better the less people there are. The participants were pretty carefully selected, but not enough. The ideal for [...]

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Weekend of games

September 4, 2003

Tomorrow I will head towards Lahti for the game weekend organized by Peter Munter from Puolenkuun pelit. The guest list has mostly people I don’t know, but also few people I’m very happy to play with. I’m looking forward to face Gameblog’s faithful reader Reko over a Go board. There will be plenty of good [...]

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The Games Journal

September 3, 2003

A new issue of The Games Journal is out. This time the article selection isn’t that inspiring… There’s an article about tie-breakers, which I don’t find very inspiring. Why is it so hard to accept that games can sometimes end as ties? I don’t see a reason to invent new tie-breakers, especially if the game [...]

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Millionaire business

September 1, 2003

I never wrapped up the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? experience. Some of it is hidden in the comments, but here’s the whole story. Second time I went there, I went alone. It was easier now, having been there once before. I came in later than the other competitors and immediately had to tell [...]

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New game-related blogs

September 1, 2003

There are two new blogs listed on the sidebar of my blog. I’ve been reading Boardgames-To-Go by Mark Johnson for a while now (since he switched providers and got a RSS feed). It’s good read and highly recommended. Then this Dutch blogger mailed me about her blog asking for permission to use my RSS feed [...]

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