From the monthly archives:

August 2005

Architekton

August 31, 2005

I was thinking about getting Architekton (as a companion to another small-box Queen game, Turbo Taxi, which is a must-buy for me), but after I read Mary (sodaklady) write about in
Gone Gaming: Techniques to Recruit The Non-gamer in Your Home, I’ve changed my mind. Mary’s entry hit my doubts fairly well — I’ll skip Architekton, [...]

Read the full article →

Another new blog!

August 30, 2005

Gathering of Engineers is another group blog, started by the members of Rip City Gamers group. That includes Chris Brooks, Dave Eggleston (Death Metal Cafe), Eric Landes (Incunabula), KC Humphrey (game design guru) and others. The start seems promising.

Read the full article →

Boxes

August 28, 2005

Shannon Appelcline wrote a good article on game boxes in the Gone Gaming blog.

The Problem with Game Boxes is a lament for the variety of different box sizes these games of ours come in:

This might seem a pretty minor issue to kibitz about, but I suspect that storage issues affect just about anyone who has [...]

Read the full article →

Board game blog review (and linking)

August 28, 2005

I think board game bloggers could link to each other a bit more. Most blogs have a blogroll, that’s good (and quite a few link to me, that’s always nice!). Still, maybe few more entries with links to other board game blogs wouldn’t be bad? Pointing out the best stuff in other blogs, you know.
I [...]

Read the full article →

Visiting Italy

August 27, 2005

We were in Italy last week. Two years ago we checked the jesters in Florence, this time I checked the background on San Marco. Well, actually we resided in Bardolino on the Lake Garda, but we made a day-trip to Venice (by the way: the anglicized names of the Italian cities really bug me… It’s [...]

Read the full article →

Three years!

August 26, 2005

Oops, almost missed the anniversary (actually, I thought it was the 22nd). I do remember our wedding anniversary (which is day after tomorrow), so perhaps I’ll just try to remember that this blog’s anniversary is two days before that.
Which makes it today. Gameblog has been up three years now. I don’t know about the other [...]

Read the full article →

Tea and Metro

August 25, 2005

Metro is of suitable weight and length to be played over a cup of tea, it seems. However, I’m afraid we’re not going to play the game again. Even though Johanna won the game hands down, she thought it was somewhat ho-hum. I agree — it can feel a bit pointless. It’s kind of fun [...]

Read the full article →

Finnish Game of the Year finalists

August 22, 2005

Finalists for the Finnish Game of the Year awards are out.
Children’s games:
Mighty Magpies (Harakkavarkaat) — Tactic
Geistertreppe (Kummitusportaat) — Marektoy / Drei Magier
Schatz der Drachen (Lohikäärmeen aarre) — Marektoy / Winning Moves
Family games:
Cranium CADOO — Danspil
Ticket to Ride (Menolippu) — Lautapelit.fi / Days of Wonder
Verflixxt (Sellaista sattuu) — Amo / Ravensburger
Adult games:
Alhambra — Tactic / Queen [...]

Read the full article →

Easier Antiquity

August 10, 2005

I played a game of Antiquity with Johanna today. This time I chose to play the easier introductory game, without pollution and famine.
The game was much easier, but still interesting to play. Johanna picked up the game quite well and we soon got off to a good start. When it was time to build the [...]

Read the full article →

Board game club: Antiquity and Shadows over Camelot

August 8, 2005

Yesterday we played the first game of the much-expected Antiquity. Teaching the rules was fairly straightforward, but I didn’t stress quite enough that Cart Shops were needed to build inns and cities, too, because I think everybody but me fumbled with that at some point.
The game progressed slowly. It took four hours, before Robert and [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries