From the monthly archives:

December 2003

Overview

December 28, 2003

I’ve been working on my yearly overview. It’s pretty much ready, but I won’t post it before January just in case I play something before the new year. Meanwhile, here’s the overview from last year.

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Christmas games

December 27, 2003

I’ve been playing some games with Johanna during the holidays. I wanted to introduce Attika to Johanna. I thought she might like it, the whole constructive attitude of the game. In the other hand, I thought it might be a bit too complicated. It turned out well. We both played a good game (I suspect [...]

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New blog

December 25, 2003

There’s a new board game blog in the blogosphere. Inconsequential ruminations is written by Iain Cheyne, who should be a familiar name for you if you’ve read the comments here. There’s nothing much there yet, though.

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Kronberger games

December 19, 2003

I got Tom Tube and Bonobo Beach today. I know Tom Tube to be an excellent game (I’ve played it before) and Bonobo Beach at least looks interesting, despite what people have said about it. I also did a Finnish translation of Tom Tube (and will do Bonobo Beach/Cronberg). Those should be available at the [...]

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Attika at BSW

December 18, 2003

Determined to get Attika on my fives and tens list this year, I played two rounds at the Brettspielwelt. Attika is certainly an interesting two-player game! The first game I played was an embarrassing five-minute disaster — my opponent blitzed to connect the two shrines. The second game went better, but it’s still very obvious [...]

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Canal Grande

December 17, 2003

I wrote a review of Canal Grande. It’s in Finnish, as usual. For English review, see my older review at the Geek.

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Games keep coming in

December 16, 2003

Last Friday I got my copies of Finstere Flure and Attika. I already played Finstere Flure with Johanna. It supports two players officially, but I thought it’d be more interesting if we both played two teams. It was good, light fun and Johanna seemed to enjoy it (though she lost; had she won the game, [...]

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New edition of Dia de los Muertos

December 12, 2003

Jolly Roger is publishing a new edition of Dia de los Muertos. Boardgames.about.com has some pictures, which looks absolutely gorgeous. That should be interesting, as the game is one of the most interesting trick-taking games there is.

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Gang of Four

December 11, 2003

I wrote a review of Gang of Four. It’s in Finnish, as usual. Gang of Four was published around ten years ago for the first time. Now Days of Wonder has published a new edition of the game. The game is designed by a designer Lee Yih from Hong Kong, but it has it’s roots [...]

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Go and Viva il Re!

December 10, 2003

Today I played a game of Go against Ilari. 13×13, no handicap, I played white. Ilari is much slower player than Juho, which is both good and bad. It’s nice to play several 19×19 games in quick succession, but I think I play better against Ilari when I’m forced to think a bit more. Still, [...]

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