Comments on: Exciting times at Little Golem http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/ Mikko Saari on board games. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: inconsequential ruminations http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/comment-page-1/#comment-1909 inconsequential ruminations Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:11:36 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3692#comment-1909 <strong>Twixt</strong> I have been investigating "Twixt":http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/949 recently. After being turned off by the over-seriousness and commitment required from "Go":http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/188, I have wanted to find a challenging abstract t... Twixt

I have been investigating “Twixt”:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/949 recently. After being turned off by the over-seriousness and commitment required from “Go”:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/188, I have wanted to find a challenging abstract t…

]]> By: Mikko http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Mikko Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:28:36 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3692#comment-1908 As long as you finish behind me, I don't care =) But yeah, you're the biggest mystery with all those unfinished games. And you certainly have the potential to do well and thus you make me worried... As long as you finish behind me, I don’t care =) But yeah, you’re the biggest mystery with all those unfinished games. And you certainly have the potential to do well and thus you make me worried…

]]> By: Erik Arneson http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Erik Arneson Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:23:08 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3692#comment-1907 >>Erik Arneson is the worst<< I hope you mean "slowest" and not "worst player"! :-) >>Erik Arneson is the worst<<
I hope you mean “slowest” and not “worst player”! :-)

]]> By: Mikko http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Mikko Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:39:01 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3692#comment-1906 The learning curve in Twixt is brutal. I know one trick and that's enough to beat just about every clueless newbie. However, I lose to pretty much everybody else... Amazons is more interesting in our skill level. The learning curve in Twixt is brutal. I know one trick and that’s enough to beat just about every clueless newbie. However, I lose to pretty much everybody else… Amazons is more interesting in our skill level.

]]> By: Iain http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/10/exciting-times-at-little-golem/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Iain Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:00:51 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3692#comment-1905 You're right about Twixt being weird. It hardly felt like a game. Two sloppily placed stones and it was all over. Ideally, I'd like to play this against an AI, but there does not seem to be one easily available. I will have to find a suitable face to face partner, before I can really comment. Amazon's certainly is fun and is dynamic enough for PBW. You’re right about Twixt being weird. It hardly felt like a game. Two sloppily placed stones and it was all over. Ideally, I’d like to play this against an AI, but there does not seem to be one easily available. I will have to find a suitable face to face partner, before I can really comment.
Amazon’s certainly is fun and is dynamic enough for PBW.

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