From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Zooloretto

May 28, 2007

Review of Zooloretto in Finnish.
Zooloretto is the latest game in the Coloretto family. This zoo-themed family game is based on a familiar mechanism that works so well in the small card game. This big box board game turned out be another success for Michael Schacht.
A simple idea
The basic idea is the same: there are eight [...]

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More Phoenicia

May 27, 2007

Three more rounds of two-player Phoenicia. Two were quite exciting: first one went to tiebreaker, second one I eventually won as Tommy continued to struggle with economical restraints. Storage is good thing to have. The third game was a slaughter; unfortunately I was in the receiving end.
It’s fun, but the small number of cards makes [...]

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Phoenicia at JKLM Interactive

May 27, 2007

I played a game of Phoenicia at JKLM Interactive. It’s a neat idea: they’re offering a online game until the game is published. I’m not sure they’re going to have lots of players when the game is published and playing is £5 a year, but for now it’s a nice way to test the game.
The [...]

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Tom Lehmann

May 23, 2007

Before, Tom Lehmann simply didn’t register on my radar. I’m too young or something for the TimJim Games and Fast Food Franchise to mean anything to me. However, now I take a look at my list of three most-anticipated games — Caylus Magna Carta, Race for the Galaxy and Phoenicia — and hey, two out [...]

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Just 4 Fun

May 18, 2007

Just 4 Fun isn’t the most popular game, despite being a Spiel des Jahres finalist. From description, it sounds terribly inane. The name is horrible to start with. Four-in-a-row, with cards determining where you can play — can it be any more drab? But guess what, it’s a surprisingly good game anyway.
Nothing special, that’s for [...]

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Zooloretto with two

May 12, 2007

I got a review copy of Zooloretto, latest entry to the Coloretto family. It’s out now in Finnish (with Swedish, Norwegian and Danish rules included). The box was bigger than I expected, a full Kosmos-size box. Cute panda!
The game isn’t a ripoff, but something quite clever. In its heart lies the basic Coloretto system: you [...]

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Board game club: Leonardo da Vinci, Taj Mahal

May 7, 2007

Yesterday’s board game club started with a game of Leonardo da Vinci. This one’s published in Finnish by Lautapelit.fi. Bit of a strange decision, it being such a gamer’s game, but I suppose Puerto Rico has sold well enough.
It’s an optimization game, basically. Players use workers to gather resources and convert them into inventions. Inventions [...]

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