From the monthly archives:

October 2004

Essen 2005

October 31, 2004

Unless something force majeure -level happens, I’m going to Essen next year. I already booked a hotel room, too. My current choice is Hotel An der Gruga, which is slightly on the expensive side, but has a brilliant location. Find P3 on Mik’s Essen Hall guide and yeah, that’s where the hotel is! 500 meters [...]

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Joys of authorship

October 28, 2004

Oh, how can one’s own name look so gorgeous, when it’s printed in a game. To be honest, getting a name on the box cover with large print would be even more gorgeous, but even small name in the end of the rulebook is just great. Just great…

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New Geek feature

October 25, 2004

The BoardGameGeek guys just keep on coming up with new features. Now they offer RSS feeds on individual games. The urls are in format http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gamexml/[gameid]. For example, here’s War of the Ring. I’m actually not sure if this is a new feature at all, but I just noticed it today myself. It’s a nice way [...]

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Boardgame club meeting: Fifth Avenue, Finstere Flure

October 25, 2004

The first boardgame club meeting this Fall was yesterday. It sure was great to get some gaming action going on. We had a decent showing, with about two tables going on most of the time. First game I played was Fifth Avenue. It was much better than the last time. This time even the scoring [...]

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Dos Rios

October 22, 2004

I got Dos Rios yesterday. I’m not too keen on Franz-Benno Delonge’s work (well, TransAmerica), but Dos Rios had such a neat idea in the river system that I just wanted to try it out. I’m not expecting too much, if it’s good I’m surprised positively. I’m afraid it might be too tactical and chaotic, [...]

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Mental dexterity games

October 21, 2004

Mindball stretches definitions. It looks like a dexterity game, but instead of your muscles, you control the ball with your brains. In order to move the ball (or the magnets controlling the ball) towards your opponents end, you must relax. The system monitors Alpha and Theta waves of the brains and whoever chills out most [...]

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San Juan and St. Petersburg

October 20, 2004

With my job and all, last three months have been very quiet games-wise. So, the first thing I did on my first day off from work was to head to Brettspielwelt and play some games! It was quiet this time of day, but I managed to play few two-player games of San Juan and St. [...]

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Exciting times at Little Golem

October 15, 2004

I’m currently having very exciting time. I’m playing in the Little Golem StreetSoccer championship. My goal was not to be demoted to fifth level, but since the championship started, I’ve learned how to play, my rating has climbed up to mid-1500s and it looks like I might actually get a promotion to the third level. [...]

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Major gaming ahead

October 13, 2004

Helcon III is coming! This two-day gaming extravaganza is scheduled for 6.-7.11. this year. I enjoyed last year immensely and expect this year will measure up. For more information, see the event web site (in Finnish, if you can’t read it but are interested, ask me for more details). If you are still hesitating, just [...]

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Bruno Faidutti’s new website

October 7, 2004

Bruno Faidutti has a new website, The Games of Bruno Faidutti. It’s basically what he had before, but there’s new stuff and some nice improvements. The layout isn’t optimal, it seems to be a bit too wide, but at least the content is good. It’s good to see Faidutti producing new game reviews, that’s for [...]

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