From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Steamy steeds

January 24, 2010

Played Dampfross today. It’s dated, slightly too long, but good fun nevertheless. I would like to play the game again, but I think it might be a bit difficult. Here’s Robert thinking about his final moves in the building phase. All cities are connected, so it’s time to race! I’m the red network, spreading out [...]

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Railroad Dice 2, first impressions

January 20, 2010

I’m very busy writing a book with a really tight schedule — the manuscript needs to be done by the end of February — so my blogging tends to lag a bit. Thus I’m reporting what happened last week in the board game meeting… We played Railroad Dice 2. I bought the whole set (the [...]

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First impression of Cannes

January 10, 2010

I’m mostly price insensitive when it comes to board games. I’ve learnt a long time ago that low price doesn’t make a weak game any better. If a game is interesting enough, I’m ready to pay a lot for it. However, I can appreciate a good deal when I get one. Three euros for a [...]

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Gaming Year 2009

January 1, 2010

Time for another of these yearly reports, huh. This was a fairly quiet year for games. Last year was really good, but we got the second kid this year (see Gaming impact of children)… So, from last year’s 284 plays to this year’s 130 plays and some very quiet time (just one 90-minute session in [...]

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