From the monthly archives:

May 2011

Airlines Europe, more Agricola

May 29, 2011

Yesterday I played three games of Airlines Europe, with two, three and four players — that’s pretty good considering I’m going to review the game. Rarely I get such a spread of player counts (Black Friday, three times with five players every time, for example). It’s seven years since I last played Union Pacific, so comparisons [...]

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Expansions: Finca and Agricola

May 28, 2011

Yesterday’s games were about expansions to familiar games. First up was a two-player game of Finca with the El Razul expansion. It’s a bunch of elements that make small changes in the game: Wildcard tile on windmill gives you any fruit you want. Makes things easier and the game a bit faster, perhaps. El Razul [...]

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Finnish Players’ Picks 2010

May 27, 2011

Again it took me about six months to get to it, but: Finnish Players’ Picks 2010 geeklist is up. Check it out to see what were the favourites of Finnish gamers in 2009–2010 season.

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Bohnanza and Rattus

May 26, 2011

Yesterday we were supposed to play Cavum, which I’ve had for quite a while now, but that plan failed: there were five of us. The curse of a small game group… I don’t mind a smaller group, as it makes it more likely that you get to play the same games again with same people, [...]

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More Rattus and Black Friday

May 19, 2011

So, after last week’s session, I bought Rattus and the Pied Piper expansion. This order and some other additions finally got me to 250 games owned, so now I have the silver collector geekbadge at Geek. Hooray! Now I can sell stuff again… Heh. A big auction coming up, later in the summer, so I’ll [...]

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Travel Blog, Rattus, Black Friday

May 12, 2011

Travel Blog is a fun little geography quiz from Vlaada Chvátil. It’s not all about map knowledge, but also quick thinking. Six European countries or US states are chosen randomly each round and then one as a starting point. The goal is to choose a country that can be reached from the starting point with [...]

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Children’s games update

May 6, 2011

I haven’t been blogging about playing games with Nooa, but that’s a fairly big part of my gaming (and counting games played, the majority of what I play). Here’s some recent highlights. Kids of Carcassonne. Nooa loves this one these days and suggests it a lot. The box says 20 minutes, which is far off [...]

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Black Friday

May 6, 2011

Last week was something else, now was the time to get Black Friday on the table. I decided — on a whim — to buy the game. It’s been on and off my shopping list, but I wanted something new (and the silver collector badge in Geek), so I got it. After the first game [...]

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Photo of the Month!

May 3, 2011

I won! My photo was chosen the winner of the March 2011 Monthly Photo Contest! Here’s my entry for the April 2011 Monthly Photo Contest:

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