Month: October 2009

  • Last Train to Wensleydale first impression

    I was fortunate enough to make it to the game night this week. Last Train to Wensleydale was most wanted of the new games, so we got full four players. Short version: it’s good and worth buying. Description of the game Players build small railroads in the Yorkshire Dales, moving cheese, stone and passengers. Passengers…

  • 1825 Unit 3 with Olli

    Olli and I played another game of 1825 Unit 3 (our first game, our second game). Even though it was a while since our previous game, we got the game up and running in just 10 minutes. That was pretty sweet. On company selection I got the large private, Olli started NBR and I took…

  • Board game auction

    Today ends our large board game auction. We have couple of hundred games for sale. See the auction at Lautapeliopas. Feel free to participate, if you understand the instructions and can pick up your games at Helcon or from me. I made a huge inventory cleanup for the auction, I’m selling over 40 games. Lots…

  • Ghost Stories and Steam over Holland

    I’m a wee bit late, since everybody played Ghost Stories back in Helcon last year, but I got it now as the Finnish version was published and we got it on the table today with Johanna — and got promptly butchered. It’s one hell of a difficult game! I suppose that’s good, as beating the…