From the monthly archives:

September 2005

Amazing Meeple Geeklist

September 30, 2005

GeekList: Intelligence Report on Subject #M33P135: The Meeples is simply amazing. A must-read, one of the very best geeklists ever.

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ESSEN!

September 28, 2005

I just realised it! It’s just two weeks to Essen! Exactly two weeks from today, I’ll be boarding the plane to Düsseldorf! I haven’t been that active in the Geek forum, but I guess I’ll be checking out Essen forums to get the last-minute tips and tricks. Oh, and Mik Svellov said Gruga, my hotel, [...]

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Essen games

September 27, 2005

Now, here’s the entry I’ve been meaning to write for a while now… Which games I’m looking forward to getting from Essen? First let me note that thanks to a deal I’ve got with Lautapelit.fi, Finland’s foremost board game retailer, I have little need to buy stuff I can get later cheaper. That includes Railroad [...]

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Small game session: Louis XIV, Modern Art, Turbo Taxi

September 26, 2005

I met some guys last Saturday for a small session of games. I’ll be missing the next two board game club sessions for various reasons (mostly Essen), so it was good to get some games going. We started with Turbo Taxi, as we were one player short. Well, the missing player joined us after the [...]

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Colours

September 26, 2005

Shannon Appelcline writes about The Problem with Colors in Gone Gaming. It’s a wonderfully geeky article, quite analytical concerning an issue that’s at the same time really important and really small. I mean, in the grand scale of things, what does a colour of a board game piece matter? The answer is “a lot, of [...]

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Dvonn

September 23, 2005

After a big silence on the game review front, I wrote two reviews yesterday. The second one was Dvonn. Dvonn is neat, like most of the GIPF series. Well, at least Zèrtz and Yinsh. The games are close to perfection, when it comes to modern abstract board games: the rules are simple, yet the games [...]

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Gone Fishing!

September 22, 2005

I’ve written a review of Gone Fishing!, in Finnish as usual. I like the game, though it’s clearly best suited for kids and families. For gamer, its appeal is definitely smaller. There’s too much guessing and probably not enough bluffing and strategies for a serious gamer. However, I like the game: it’s pretty, it’s exciting, [...]

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Taj Mahal

September 22, 2005

Isn’t it funny, when Brian Bankler describes what he sees as the fundamental flaw in Taj Mahal in his article Worst Poker variant ever, he actually describes the very thing I find so attractive in the game? It’s exactly the mechanic where you lose the cards, whether you win the pot or not that makes [...]

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Hall of Fame voting time

September 20, 2005

I noticed from Tao of Games that The Sumo Counter Hall of Fame voting is on. You’ll have until 31st of October to vote, which games should make it to the prestigious Hall of Fame. I think the current list is a pretty impressive selection of quality board games, and even if Brian disagrees with [...]

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Alfred’s Best of Blogosphere continues

September 16, 2005

Alfred’s Best of Blogosphere continues, and I made the list! I’m flattered! I’ve come across most of the entries he picked, and I think he’s made some good choices this week, as well (even excluding me).

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